Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-05-02
CITY COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS

PROCEEDINGS
Council Chambers, City Hall Building,
Willmar, MIMI, April 3, 1917.
Adjourned meeting of the City
Council. Mayor Wellin called the
meeting to order.
The following members Of the Coun-
Gil were present on roll CALI Mayor
Wellin,- Aldermen Olson, Jacobson,
Willard, Berkness, Brown, Jensen, En-
ickson and Norman, 8; absent, none.
City Attorney Stanford was also
present.
On motion, the Council proceeded to
have a hearing on petition of w. r.
Gratz, w. M. Chase, G. E. Gerretson
and others for extension of Street
Spr1nkl1ng District on Becker Avenue
from 5th street to 18th street. 9Th
street from Trott avenue to Litch-
field avenue, 9Th street from Trott
avenue to Litchfield avenue, 10th
street from Trott avenue to Litchfield
avenue and Trott avenue from 9Th
street to 10th street, as per published
notice given in the official paper.
An objection from L. j. Boudette,
N. P. Jorgenson and others was pre-
sented and read, objecting to having
Becker avenue west sprinkled
After duly considering the aforesaid
petition, the hearing was, on motion,
closed.
Alderman Berkness offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted
by the following vote: Ayes" 8;
"Noes," none.
RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, A petition, proper in
form and execution, and signed by the
requisite number of property owners,
has heretofore been presented to the
City Council praying for the sprinkling
either with water or with crude oil,
as the Council may determine, of that
portion of Becker avenue extending
from Fifth street west to Eleventh
street west; that portion of Trott ave-
nue. extending from Ninth street west
to Tenth street west; that portion of
Sixth street west extending from Trott
avenue to Litchfield avenue; that por-
ton of Ninth street west extending
from Trott avenue to Litchfield ave-
nue., and that portion of Tenth street
west extending from Trott avenue to
Litchfield avenue;
WHEREAS, The Council has here
tofore fixed the time and place when
and where said petition would be
heard and considered, and notice
thereof has heretofore been duly given
by one publication in the official pa
per, and, whereas, hearing was duly
had on said petition by said Council
at the Council Chambers in the City
Hall building, on the evening of the
30th day of April, 1917, at which time
and place all parties interested were
permitted to appear and be heard, and,
whereas, the Council has examined
into said petition and the necessity and
the propriety of the sprinkling prayed
for.
NOW, THEREFORE,, Resolved that
the sprinkling of that portion of Beck
er Avenue extending from Fifth street
west to Eleventh street west and that
portion of Sixth street west extending
from Trott avenue to Litchfield ave
nue., hereinbefore described, is neces-
sary and proper and will be of public
benefit, and that the proposed sprink-
ling of that portion of Trott avenue
above described and of those portions
of Ninth street west and Tenth street
west above described is at this time
unnecessary. !;
RESOLVED, Further, that that por-
ton of Becker avenue extending from
Fifth street west to Eleventh street
west, and that portion of Sixth street
west extending from Trott avenue to
Litchfield avenue, be and the same is
hereby added to and included in the
sprinkling district of said city.
RESOLVED, Further, That that por-
t1on of Becker avenue extending from
Fifth street west to Eleventh street
west, together with that portion of
Sixth street west extending from Trott
avenue to Litchfield avenue be here
/ after sprinkled either with water or
with crude oil, as the Council may de-
termine, as in the Charter of the city
provided, and resolved further, that
the cost Of such sprinkling, or such
portion Of such cost as shall not be a
charge upon the city at large, be here
after assessed against the abutting
property.
E. C. WELL1N, Mayor.
The matter of hearing on petition
of G. A. Erickson, G. S. Olson, Lewis
Johnson and others for extension of
Street Sprinkling District to include
First street and Litchfield avenue and
south to Dina avenue was then taken
up, as per published notice given in
the official paper.
The matter of adding this new ter
ritory to the Sprinkling District was
talked over, and it was decided to ex-
tend the District on said street to Au-
gusta avenue only, instead of to Dina
avenue.
There being no one present object
ing to the granting of said petition,
the hearing was, on motion, declared
closed.
Alderman Erickson offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted
by the following vote: Ayes" 8;
"NOes," none.
RESOLUTION.
WHEREAS, A petition, proper in
form and execution, and signed by the
requisite number of property owners,
has heretofore been presented to the
City Council praying for the sprinkling
either with water or crude oil, as the
Council may determine, of that por-
ton of First street in said city, ex-
tending from Litchfield avenue to
Dina avenue, and
Whereas, The Council has hereto