Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-10-07
PAVING HEARING
AGAIN POSTPONED
Oc,JNCIL DESIRES DATA ON
AVAILABLE STATE AID FIRST
TAX BUDGET REDUCED

A definite understanding is to be ar
rived at with the state highway de-
partment as to what its assistance will
,De before any action is taken in re-
gard to the paving OF First street south
east. This conclusion was reached at
an adjourned regular meeting Of the
city council held Thursday evening OF
last week, at which public hearing
on the petitions for paving said street
were to have been heard. Aldermen
Brown, N. j. Peterson, Olson and Moeg
lein, City Attorney Vernon and En-.
g1neer Reilly were appointed as com
nlittee tc confer with the highway de-
partment officials end ascertain what
part Of the cost Of fill Oh the west
side Of said street will be borne by
the state and whether the department
will install drainage sewer in connec
!! ton with the building Of the Is feet
/ Of trunk highway paving. The hearing
on the petitions was postponed unit
October 20, at which time it is expected
that this committee will he ready tt
report.
A number of property owners on
First street southeast were present anC
voiced their views regarding the pro
posed paving; some favoring- it in one
way or another and others being op
posed to it. Some were in favor of paw.
ing, provided the cost of making the
necessary fill on the west side of the
street would not have to be paid by thu
property benefited. AS this would in
volve considerable expenditure
should the city have to assume the en-
tire cost, the aldermen felt that the
question should be submitted to the
voters.
Engineer Reilly submitted an esti'
mate on the cost Of paving this street
twelve feet wider than the trunk high
way. He estimated the cost on each
side per running foot of a l2-foot pave.
mcnt alone at $2.40 and an additional
90 cents per running foot for curbing,
legal printing, etc., making a total of
$3.50 per running foot to Fifth avenue.
Sewer would have to be installed from
Fifth to Eighth avenue at an estimated
cost Of $2.1O per running foot addition
al. The cost of making the fill was
not included in any Of these Fl gures.
The finance committee submitted Il
budget estimate for the ensuing year:
which was adopted. The estimate
showed a cut Of Approximately $s,oo'
below last years budget. The biggest
cut was made on the revenue fund, this
being reduced $4,000, based on reduc-
ton in wages and a general reduction
in street work. The poor fund was in
creased $500 in order that the city may
avail itself of refund from the county
of Is per cent of the amount levied.
The library. music and park funds were
left the same and a cut Of $4,000 was
made in the public improvement and
public utilities funds and $475 IN the
interest fund. The sinking fund was
cut from $4,000 to $4,000, but this Will
necessitate the selling Of Liberty bonds
in the amount of the reduction, which
was the intention when the bonds were
purchased.
It was brought out at this meeting
that the spreading Of sewer assess
ments will have to be made soon in or
der to get the assessments on the county
books for the coming years taxes.
Aldermen Brown, Blake, n. J. Peter
son and Wieland and Engineer Reilly
we're appointed as committee to fg'
nre out the assessments on the various
sewer projects completed and report at
The next meeting.
Engineer Reilly reported that IT
would cost approximately 800 to put
The roadway west Of the north wagon
bridge in passable shape. In his re-
port, he stated that it would be neces-
;ary to- construct drainage hitch for
, distance Of about 500 feet. His es'
innate provided for the grading of the
Dad for distance of 1850 feet from
he west end of the bridge, "a feet
vide, and claying and crawling an 49,
FOOT roadway. The estimate on clay
NO and grading was high, he said, on
recount of the distance that material
would have to be hauled. The street
commissioner and engineer were in
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