Morris tribune., 1918-08-16
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
BY COMMERCIAL CLUB
Meeting Held Tuesday and Matters
of Importance to City Taken
Up

r1S commercial CLUB was held Tues
day night and several matters of i'm
portance to the city we're taken up
and acted on. The matter Of an in
crease in the rates for electricity was
under consideration and re-
solution was adopted asking the city
commission not to grant the power
company the right to raise the rates.
Another resolution was adopted rela-
tive to new armory and municipal
building for Norris
A committee was appointed to as
sist Captain P. L. Spooner of the
Home Guards in cleaning up the War
Savings Stamp campaign. This COM
mittee is j. ]. McCanney, S. A.
Siverts, Sr., Walker Towle, Dan
Lawler and c. A. Dushek.
Five men were also appointed to
constitute an armory committee to
see what can be done in the way of
getting a new armory for the, city of
Morris. These men are J. c. Morri-
son, J. HI. Devenney, J. B. Ormond,
H. o. Eames and w. III. Cherry.
Both resolutions appear below
Whereas, the otter Tail Power
Company Of Fergus Falls, Minnesota,
now under contract to furnish light
and power to the City of Morris, Min
nesota, and the citizens thereof, un-
der scale of prices stipulated in
said contract, have proposed to the
commission of said city that said
company be permitted to increase the
rates for light and power to said city,
and it's citizens, 25 per cent over the
stipulated rates in said contract pro-
vided; and,
Whereas, the proposed increase Of
said rates having been called to the
attention of the Commercial Club of
said city, and the members thereof
having read over and discussed the
said company in support Of said pro-
posed raise in light and power rates,
are of the opinion that the said power
company has failed to in any way
convince the membership of this club
that any such increase in rates, or
this time;
Therefore, be it resolved by the
Commercial Club of the City of Nor
ris, Minnesota, that as body, it
recommends to the commission Of
said city that no increase of rate for
either light or power be granted to
said company; that the proposed re-
solution of said company be disre-
garded and that the said commission
insist that said company continue its
service at contract rates.
The following is the resolution
adopted on the armory matter
Whereas, Tt appears that, thru eff
forts put forth by the committee on
National Guard appointed June 10,
1918, to represent the Morris Com
mercial Club, company Of the new
National Guard now being organized
for Minnesota will certainly be auth
orized for and stationed at Morris;
Whereas, The present existing
municipality owned armory, in the
judgement Of the Commercial Club,
| is inadequate both as an armory for
| a National Guard company and as an
auditorium for the City Of Morris,
which latter is building which this
city very badly needs;
Whereas, AS soon as said National
Guard Company is officially author
| lied and stationed here the City of
Morris will be qualified to avail it
self Of the provisions Of Chapter 302,
Laws of 1911, and acts amendatory
thereof and supplemental thereto, re-
lating to state aid to municipalities
| in the construction Of armories;
And whereas. The City of Morris
is also greatly in need Of municipal
building to supply Offices for the city
administration and to adequately
house the Morris Fire Department
Land 1t appears that plans for an ar
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