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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNT'S 571 and August Olson, assistant. July ].">. 1903, it was decided thai the service of the Northwestern Telephone Exchange was so poor as to warrant the withdrawal of the righl given them to use the streets and alleys for their poles. Mr. Danforth was elected city assessor. The city purchased block 50, on the river hank, from .Mrs. C. J. P. Smith for + 1.000. preparatory to establishing the beautiful levee park winch is now so prominenl a feature of Red Wing's beauty. The Carnegie-Lawther library was dedicated October 'I'.), 1903. a new charter was adopted February 23, 1904. by a vote of 567 to 352. X. Tufvesson and Peter Thompson re- signed as aldermen April 21. 1904. 1904-05 — The new aldermen elected were: M. Kappel, V. S. Scott. C. II. Tiedeman and W. .1. Back. ( '. W. Ives and John Seastrand were elected constables. After the organization of the council, dames Daily was appointed chief of police, and the force consisted of X. Severson, John -Ian sen. ( '. P. Belin and John Peter- son. Permission was granted II. M. Scoville and his successors. the Consolidated Telephone Company, rights to make certain additions to their lines. May 6 there was a discussion of the proposition to move the city offices to the basement of the public library. October 5, 1904, Hart X. Cook was named as chief en- gineer of the fire department and also fire marshal. October 7 the Sheldon Memorial Auditorium was accepted. It was for- mally opened October 11. November 4. 1904. C. II. Meyer was appointed deputy clerk. December 2. 1904. the president was re- quested to appoint a committee of aldermen to work with the board of commissioners. After many applications and consider- able discussions. 1). M. Xeill, of the Red Wing Telephone Com- pany, was granted temporary permission to string and operate a telephone cable on certain poles of the Consolidated Telephone and Telegraph Company. March 3, William Danforth resigned as city assessor. March 8. 1905. a motion was passed that a build- ing be purchased or erected for a city hall and- central fire station, jail and other purposes at a cost not to exceed $25,000. April 7 it was voted to erect a public building on the city lot. W. A. Gif- fin was appointed city assessor. 1905-06 — A. P. Pierce was elected mayor; A. J. Prenn, treas- urer; G. H. Diepenbroek and J. H. Boustead. justices; Hiram Howe. Otto Remmler, # J. C. Johnson. P. W. Reichert and F. J. Crandall, aldermen. At the organization of the council. M. Kap- pel was made president ; H. Howe, vice-president, and C. E. Har- rison, clerk P. M. Wilson was appointed city attorney. James Daily was named chief of police and the force consisted of C. P. Belin, John Jansen, John Peterson and X T els Severson. C. H. Meyer was named deputy city clerk. Albert E. Rhame was ap-