Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-11-23
MORE MONEY fORQUAlRlI ] / loDI
COUNCIL APPRopRIArRe u = :
FUND OF $1,000 -sANDl = KIis0 Z; ~ -
ED ASST. CUsToD1AN

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Wednesday night, It voted. tos oaPesd
all the money in the road improve
.ment fund, amounting to 81 ,806, 20
improve the road i from the 6paFrY
quarries in Ruh town to the sDe&e
Prairie station. t}.ss S.. ss IF S =, II :s
Alderman Brown, q member Of the
quarry road committee, reported On
what had been done on the ROAD md
what still remained to be done. He
said that Street Commissioner LaTsad
has been doing some hne work on The
road but great deal Of money ean
yet be spent in order to put it IN eesd
shape for the traffic that it viii Be
subjected to. One mile of the rad
which passes through q low place. has
not yet been opened up, he said, and
it is important that this part BE
opened, as it will shorten the kAal
two miles. He estimated that it 7w0ald
take $4,000 to put The road in coed
shape but that $500 would put Il in
passable condition a. the way. thru
to the quarries. He suggested that
the road be corduroyed with Stone In
the low places and. stated that stone
was plentiful in that vicinity Ind
could be secured at q very low eost.
George Kiewel stated that the plan
Of corduroyinga the low places: With
stone was & a one and he added
that this was the proper time b ap-
propriate the money, as it would alEow
the people to move the stone who's the
ground is hard and it is custounaxY
to do corduroying in the winter time.
Mr.. Kiewel stated that the matter Of
good road to the quarry was very
important to this city's future and
there should be no hesitancy IN Ind
ing cooperation such as this to b eDn-
Germ which came here and started In
business without asking a single sent
bonus Of the taxpayers. e: e ...... {. 8.
City Clek johnson informed the
council that the road improvement
fund contained 81 ,904, but that / part
of this must be paid out and that The
balance in the fund amounted d q
triAe over $500. .s
Several citizens were ct the meet
ing and expressed themselves 40 fav-
oring liberal expenditure Of meney
on this road. T. c. Gordon spofo IN
favor Of it and Of the plan of cor
duroying the low places with stone.
s. J. Vasaly stated that the opeaiag
Of the previously mentioned ono nile
| Of road to the quarry would also pro-
vide straight road to Mile Laes
lake. He said that the money could
not be spent to better advantage ard
he offered big quantity of time
which is on his farm IN that vi1n1ty
free Of charge to help the 1oad
It was suggested II that the oatiens
of Little Falls 20 before; the eo1nty
board and ask for some help. Belle
Prairie town officers have ini3e6ted
their desire to help as much as ,possi-
BILE. A movement is on foot out there
to have this road made q couas1itt:: {: or
state road and it is likely that .sthe
latter will be ,petitioned for: This
would relieve the township and city
Of considerable upkeep expense. Belle
Prairie is also interested in getting
q good road to Belle Prairie station
in order to send sufficient freight to
the station to insure is retentiea. 8.
On motion by Alderman LaFond It
was unanimously voted to expead
81 600 on the road. On another mo-
tion by the same alderman the presi-
dent of the council was instructed to
appoint committee Of fifteen, con-
sisting Of local citizens and rePr >sc1-
tatives of Belle Prairie and Buh town.
ships, to petition the county board for
~aid on this road. A resolution was
passed appropriating 5000 for cash Of
two pieces Of work on the road now
under way by the street commission
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Mr.. Hall has appointed the follow
ing men on the committee: George
| Kiewel, chairman; J. K. Martin, p.
J. Vasa1y, Elias Brown, NJ. b. Blake,
r.. J. LaFond, 81. Ryan, Charles
Sylvester, Ed. M. LaFond, T. O. Cor
dan, N. N. Bergheim, Herman Vie
land, Buh, and Peter st. Marie, Linus
Strand and Victor Beckman, Belle
Prairie. 55,