Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-12-10

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MIR. Hughes, the special committee to
whom was referred the matter of employ
ing some one 10 take care of the fire up
paratus, reported unfavorably and the
matter was abandoned.
Mr.. Hicks moved that the original bill
OF the board of health be allowed aud
that the chief Of police be allowed s. for
serving notices. Adopted.
Mr.. Conchay introduced resolution
appropriation $534. S. to pay bills allowed
at this meeting.
BY request of several citizens Mr. Cone
hay presented the matter of an artesian
well in the city for the consideration Of
the council.
MIR. Hicks thought favorably of the
proposition and moved that committee
OF three with the mayor be appointed to
Investigate the subject. Adopted.
Messrs. Hicks, Conehay and Kelleher
were appointed as such committee.
Mr. Conehay asked to be excused from
the committee, and Mr. Long was substi-
tuted
Mr.. Hicks offered a resolution to the
effect that it is NJ cessary to build an eight
foot sidewalk from the northeast corner
of block SO, Klaus addition, to the south
east corner of said block on the cast side
Of the block. Adopted.
MIR. Hughes suggested that the side
walk ordered sometime ago on the south
side of block IS be built.
Mr.. Hicks offered q resolution that the
lighting of the present city street lamps
be dispensed with from this date owing
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lamps.
Mr.. Miller favored the resolution.
Mr.. Hughes was decidedly opposed to
it,
Mr.. Long also opposed it or in any
event to keep the lamps on Fifth avenue
lighted. ...
Mr.. kelleher thought the council
should be careful in this matter as the
city was blessed or cursed with q great
many scribes, some of them corrcspon.
dents of the st. Paul papers, who would
advertise the city as going down under
the present administration.
Mr.. Conebay favored disseminating the
present street lamps because they are
worthless in the winter
Mr.. Miller said he was not opposed to
lighting the streets but he was in favor
of disseminating the lighting Of the pres.
ent lamps
The ayes and nays being called On the
adoption of the resolution the result Of
the vote was as follows: Ayes, Conehay,
Hicks, Kclleher, Miller. eNays, Hughes
and Long.
The police report for the month of
November by chief Of police Schmitz was
received and placed on file.
Mr. Kellehcr called up the city park
question and suggested that Mr.. s. r..
McGlnnis, who was present, make q
statement OF the matter.
Mr.. McGlnnis stated the history, pro-
gress and present condition of the park
scheme, and that the city council, he
thought, owed it to him and Mr.. Kidd to
take some definite action in the premises
either by way of acceptance or rejection
of the park.
Mr. kelleher then offered the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, Mr.. McGinnis having ap-
peared before this council in the interest
of himself and MIR. Kidd IN relation to a
public park.
Therefore be 1t resolved that inaslL uch
as the time having expired in which the
city had agreed to accept said lands for
park purposes and the above parties
failed to present their deeds WITHIN the
specified time, therefore that the city
council consider itself no longer bound
by said agreement and that they will not
hereafter accept said lands or have any
thing to do in the matter, and that
Messrs. Kidd and McGlnnis be imme-
diately informed of this action by the
council.
The ayes and nays being called upon
the adoption Of the resolution the vote
resulted as follows: Ayes, Conehay,
| Hughes, Hicks, Keileher, Long and Mil
Ter. Nays, none.
Geo. e. Eager, chief Of the fire depart
mcnt, being present, on suggestion of
Mr.. Hughes presented the plan and nee
cessity of providing some better means
Of drawing their apparatus to and from
fires than by the hands of the fire com.
pany He further stated that MIR. Bassett
proposed for $lO per month to keep q
team in readiness at all times day and
night to be at the service Of the fire com
pany on occasions when they were called
out by fire.