Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-04-18
DON GS OF CITY ! ] DADS
APPRoPRIATE $1,000 FOR QUARRY
s Road SALARY INCREASES
DISCUSSED.


day evening, all aldermen present ex-
cept Alderman Moeglein. 81.
The bid OF the Transcript Publishing
company For the city printing at the
legal rates, was accepted and that pa
per was designated the official paper.
The bond Of Andrew johnson as city
clerk was approved.
building permit was granted to G..
ID. blanchard, for alterations in the
building occupied by the Milo theatre,
the part Of the specifications regarding
tho extending Of the wooden stairway
onthe side Of the building being strick-
en3out as the fire chief would not O. K,
this part Of it. The building bond Of
Mr. Blanchard was also approved.
City Treasurer Vertin IS quarterly re-
port was read, accepted and ordered
placed on file. .~>.. ~
q letter from Prof. Bass Of the state
university, making a report on the sur
face drainage proposition, was read. Mr..
Bass stated in his report, that he had
visited the city for the purpose of
making the survey and had gone over
tho territory. He recommended that
a drain pipe be laid from Fifth street
and Second avenue southeast extending
to the river, covering total distance
of f.81a blocks, which, he said, would
handle the drainage situation satisfac-
torily. The pipe would have to be laid
at q depth of from to Ii feet and
should be "a to 80 inches in diameter.
He estimated the cost Of such drain
age at $4,000. The report was ordered
G1o1 without onv 0iScuSNiOD
The city clerk read communication
from the division superintendent Of the
Northern Pacific. notifying the city
that it would be expected to pay its
share toward the repairs Of the rail
road on the East side. where the city
has a lease on part Of the ght-of-way
for it's oil tanks. The estimated cost
Of the repairs was given as $50. The
railroad company claims that the prop
erty benefited must pay the costs OF
maintenance of the railroad under a
ruling Of the railroad administration,
but City Attorney Vernon told the
council that he did not believe that the
city could be compelled to pay this and
he was therefore instructed to write the
proper officials to the. effect that the
city. declines to pay it. ....:s:, :,
G.. #. Kirscher, in letter to the
council, demanded that L. G. Hoffman,
who operates peanut and popcorn
stand on the streets Of the city, be fore
ed to move his rig away from the bank
corner as it was a nuisance. Jos.
Moeglein, cashier, was present, and he
;eS-,lained that the bank: had granted
M Hoffman the use Of q certain space
in front of their bank but that he was
not satisfied with that and moved to an
other place, nearby, where the bank
does not want him to be. The street
commissioner was instructed to inform
Mr.. Hoffman that unless he would use
the location offered by the bank he
would have to look up another location.
A petition asking that Ninth street
southeast, between First and Second
avenues, be graded and made passable,
was referred to the street committee
for investigation, a report to be. sub
mnitted at the next meeting of the
council. ..
: A resolution was passed appropriat-
ing $1,000 from the road Improvement
fund to be spent in fixing up the road
to the granite quarry. Alderman
Brown called the councils attention to
the fact that in figuring up the; amount
on hand in this fund an error was
made and that there was still more
than $1,000 on hand. The sum of $9OO
has already been appropriated, making
Al 900 from the city, and this, with
the county's appropriation, will make
more than $4,000 to be spent on that
CT City G Clerk Johnson reported that the
contractors on the dam had secured
418 52-s cubic yards Of crushed rock
from the city rock pile and that the
Water: Power company would replace
aame at any time that the city asks for
it. The clerk was instructed to advise
the company to replace same at tneH
earliest convenience, as the cry con-
templates doing paving this spring.
The city clerk was authorized TO get
necessary stationery, such as WARRANTS
etc. s5.
AT the suggestion of w: E. Olson, Sc
cretary Of the Board of Commerce, ne
was authorized to transfer the CITY 8
membership in the board from Isaac
IaFond to Charles IaFond, the ne"
street commissioner.
"a number of directors and members
Of the Board Of Commerce appeared De.
fore the council and asked whether that
body: had given the matter Of paving
anv consideration. They called their
attention to the fact that under the
Babcock law the state viii pave through
cities and villages a roadway IL feet
wide. Of the same material as the state
rnads are paved with, or allow the cost
Of same If the municipality chooses 70
put in. better paving. It was suggested
that the council keep in close toucn
With the county board on this matter ..1
and the council decided to mees with
the commissioners on the l7tA and TO
have representatives at the good roads
Meeting on the, 10th. !.
Secretary Olson Of the Board OF
Commerce had q copy Of the bill which ''l
has been passed by the state legislature
and. awaits the governors signature,
which will empower cities OF the fourth ~
class TO do paving without petition from n
the owners Of abutting property. Al
that Is necessary is to hold 9 puoiic
hearing, notice Of same to be pub blisheds .
a least two weeks previous to the
hearing. h. Abutting property owners vi E 9.
can also be compelled to make 4. water a.
ana sewer connections with the mains