Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-12-05
'D0lNCS OF COUNCIL
CITIZENS OPPOSED TO FRAME
LUMBER SHED - STREET
LIGHTS WANTED.

The city council held a regular
monthly meeting at the council cham
bers' Monday evening with all members
present except George Peterson.
A petition was presented, asking for
four street lights in Berg's addition,
as follows: One at the corner Of Hick-
ory and Maple streets northeast; one
at the corner Of Maple street and Fifth
avenue northeast; one a block east Of
the corner of Maple street and Fifth
avenue northeast; one approximately
| 500 feet west of the corner of Maple
street and Fifth avenue northeast. Sew
eral other places where street lights are
needed were mentioned by the aldermen
! and the chair was instructed to appoint
a committee to investigate and report
at the next meeting.
On motion by Alderman Hall the city
| clerk was instructed to see that tele-
phone is installed at the residence of
VIM. Batters, acting fire chief. This
has been customary in the past.
The matter Of increasing the pay Of
fremen who stay at the city hall was
brought up by Alderman Brown. He
stated that it is difficult to get the men
out to fight a fire on a very cold night
for so cents per hour and he suggested
that those who will stay at the city
hall should be paid about S. per month
extra during the winter months. As
this matter required an ordinance It was
left until the next meeting, the members
of the fire committee and the city at
toreny to draw up an ordinance in the
meantime for presentation at .he next
meeting.
The question Of granting a permit to
the Carpenter Lumber company for the
erection of lumber shed at the corned
Of Second street and First avenue
northeast and the matter Of extending
the fire limits so as to bring this prep
erty within the fire limits and thereby
requiring the erection of a fre-pr0of
building, resulted in more discussion
and haggling than has been expert
enced at any council meeting for num-
ber Of years. Charges Of negligence of
duty on the part of residents, aldermen
and others were flying hot and fast and
after the meeting more than one OF
those present, including the aldermen
STATED that they wished that the coun
Gil had a cloture rule in force such as
the one in congress.
In the first place J. j. MulloWney,
representing the Carpenter Lumber COM
pany, brought up the lumber shed mat
ter by stating that when the company
purchased the property here they were
assured that it was located outside Of
the fire limits and that therefore no
permit to build was necessary. He
stated that the, company's intention is
to erect good warehouse and to keep
on1 o1o n
building is not fire hazard, he stated,
fact that the insurance rate on such
business property. To make the build
ing fre-proof, he said, would cost the
company at least $4,000 to $4,000 more.
D. NJ. Cameron presented two petit
tions signed by people owning property
in the vicinity Of the proposed lumber
shed, objecting to the erection of any
other than fre-proof structure there,
and asking that the fire limits be ex-
tended to include the south half OF
Block II, original plat. Mr.. Cameron
addressed the council on the matter,
stating that as far as appearance is
concerned the building will no doubt be
satisfactory but this matter goessfarth-
er than appearance. The danger, he
said, is not so much in it's catching
fire but the fact that if it should catch
fire it would be worse than any other
kind Of a building as with large quanti-
ties of lumber and other building mater.
ial piled therein, under high wind
the burning embers would be carried
great distance and the entire busi-
ness section of the city might be
threatened. He stated that there is no
excuse for frame lumber shed being
built at this location unless as a per-
sonal accommodation to the company
building same. He added that the pc
titioners are not asking anything un-
reasonable and that a concern like the
Carpenter company should not hesitate
at such trivial expense as $4,000 when
! it would give them a protection against
other fires as well. He remarked that
it looks like an attempt by the company
to get as close to the business heart OF
the city as possible without putting up
fre-proof building The council, he
pointed out, could give this company
the same chance as was given the III
State Lumber company, to erect a tenn
porary structure this winter and require
them to put up substantial building
| when weather permits.
DR.. Robcrts,whose residence is located
at the other end Of the block wherein
the company proposes to erect its lum-
Der shed, was at the meeting and he
stated that he endorsed all that Mr.
Cameron had said in regard to same,
| adding that the people who are here
should be entitled to more considera-
tion than newcomers on any proposition
Of this kind.
L. V. Tanner, representing an estate
| which owns property in this territory!
also objected to a frame lumber shed
at this location.
Mr.. Mullowney stated that the com:
pany would never have commenced
building at this location frame build
ing had they not been assured that they
were acting within their rights. The
company does not like to be stopped at
ter having gotten well under way with
the work and gone to such an expense
he said.
Alderman Moes,e;n stated that it is
funny that this matter had not been
brought up before this time, when il
was generally known that this company
| had purchased this property some time