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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 573 hun to sink ;in artesian well. The officers appointed were: <. 11. .Meyer, city clerk; C. 1*. Diepenbrock, city attorney; George F. Gross, city treasurer; Dr. G. C. Wellner, health officer. Wis Severson was appointed chief of police and the force consisted of John Jansen, George Tebbe, A. Jackson and .John Loken. The justices were G. H. Diepenbrock and J. 11. Boustead. ('. V. Ives and C. P. Shilling were constables. Hart N. Coot was chief of the fire department and August Olson, assistant; Theo. Carlson, street commissioner; Y. A. Giffin, assessor, and Albert E. Rhame, city engineer. One of the features of this administration was the home-coming celebrated August 22, 23 and 2-4, 1908. 1909-10 — A. P. Pierce was elected mayor; George P. Gross, treasurer; C. P. Diepenbrock. city attorney; L. C. Meyer, city clerk; S. T. Irvine, deputy city clerk; Albert E. Rhame, city engineer; G. H. Diepenbrock and J. H. Boustead, justices, and K. P. Seiler, street commissioner. Nels Severson was named chief of police, and the force consisted of John Jansen, George Tebbe, A. Jackson and William Anderson. C. P. Shilling and W. A. Scott were constables. Hart X. Cook was the chief of the fire department and August Olson his assistant. At the organization of the council, C. H. Tiedeman was named president and AY. J. Longcor, vice-president. At the spring election school bonds were voted to the amount of $50,000 and water bonds to the amount of $35,000. The voters refused to sanction the issuing of bonds for an extension of the sewer system. July 2, 1909, a flow of water was obtained from the artesian well sunk seventy-five feet east of the pumping station, and in the fall a contract was let for a reservoir eighty feet in diameter, twenty-three feet high, with a capacity of three-quarter of a million gallons. The city now has over twenty-five miles of cement sidewalk, more than seven miles of cement curb, over five miles of gutters and thir- teen miles of water mains. An expenditure of over $108,800 has been made for sewers, and work has been commenced on an ex- tensive addition to the sewer system, which will furnish sanita- tion for the residents of the west end of the city. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. Following is a recapitulation of the more important municipal undertaking as contained in the report on audit, April 30, 1909: The City Hall was built during 1905-06. and includes the fire station, jail and city offices. It is situated on the northerly half of block 22. The ground is valued at $12,000 and the building at $35,000. Parks — The City park is valued at $10,000. and the Levee park, beautifully laid out with retaining walls, walks and drives.