Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-05-10
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE GRANTED
EXTENSION OF TnGRN NAT
TER OF REMOVAL or PoI.BS +

council, Aldermen Mogelein, Falk,
Brown, Farrow, Hall, George Peterson
and n. J. Peterson being present, the:
matter of granting the Northwestern:
Telephone Co. an extension of time to
remove their poles from the business
streets, principally Broadway, was TAX.
en- up. Fred Specify, district CONNER
cial manager of the Northwestern Tel
ephone Co., of st. Cloud, appeared be-
fore the council asking for this, extern.
sion Of time. Mr.. speechly gave statis,1
tics on the cost of construction since'
war was declared and also said that.
his company is doing its utmost to help
the government and is doing no con
struction work whatsoever, it having
furnished all the apparatus used by the
numerous cantonments and cannot do
any work in Little Falls until after the
war. The extension was granted.
Fire Chief George Emder appeard be-
for the council asking for $3.50 to pay
the expenses Of the eight delegates from
the fire department. who will attend the
state firemen's convention at Monte
vedio. His request was granted.
The amendment to Ordinance 143 to
raise the license rate on Little Falls
other than liquor licenses, was taken up
but was laid over until next meeting.
It has principally to do with peddling.
Bill Of Phil Randall, which amount
ed to SO a day for services as city on.
gineer, was considered too high and wss
laid over until next meeting for furth-
er discussion. "a
The bill Of William Bastien for $116
for services as band leader was allowed.
A motio19Fyas also made that Mr.. Bas-
tien be paid at the end Of every month.
The matter Of purchasing oil for
street sprinkling was taken up and the
city clerk was instructed to make in
vestigations as to what kind of oil can
be obtained and the price quoted on
same. ~
A junk dealers license was granted
to Sans Ruebin. 3.
D. J. Bell appeared before the council
to find out whether or not he was still
member of the board of health. There
was some mistake in the appointment
of the new board and a new man was
appointed in Mr.. Bells place although
he had received no notice of it. A
committee was appointed to investigate
the matter. ~tS i
A building permit was granted to the
Morrison County Lumber Co., for g
building to be constructed on the vacant
Richard lot on first street n. E. Under
the city ordinance the company will fur
|aish a. S., 900 bond :-.-r7,: sts.
+. The bid for printing was granted. to
the Transcript Publishing Co. ~.T
A permit to build sidewalk was
granted to Ed. Tranberg. - ~
Bids for the depository of city funds
were laid over, until next meeting be-
cause all the banks have not been heard
from. ~-.-. .- ~
The matter of granting roller skat-
ing rink license to Frank O. Wesenberg
of Sauk Rapids was laid over until the
next meeting for further discussion.
A bill posters license was granted
to A. K. Hall. X Is
The appointment Of Harold Clark as
patrolman in place Of p. J. Lauermann
by Mayor N. N. Bergheim, was approx
ed by the council. ) Is
"A building permit was granted Peter
Gregerson for garage to be constructed
! on Broadway East. Mr.. Gregerson is to
furnish $1,000 bond in requirement Of
the city ordinance.
The council adjourned to Tuesday
May IA. "a
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