Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-03-17
CITY
official Proceedings of Mo
Nights Session.

omcial Proceedings of Monday
Nights Session.
Council Room, City of Yankton, Mon
day, March IA, 1857 o'clock p. NJ
Council convened in regular session
Mayor Harris in the chair. Roll called.
All members present.
On motion full reading of the minutes
of last meeting was dispensed with and
they were approved.
Petition Of e. O. Dudley, George W.
Roberts, B. S. Williams and nineteen
others, asking that William Ridell be
appointed a special policeman to see
that the ordinances of the city are in
force, to be paid by the petitioners, was
presented and read.
Alderman Dudley moved that it is the
sense of this council that an emergency
exists which calls for the election of a
special policeman. Carried.
William Ridell ives nominated and q
vote being had resulted rs follows:
Those voting for William Ridell we're
Aldermen Bruce, Grove, Dudley, Faulk,
Piles, Powers asd Mr.. Mayor.
Those voting for P. G.. Conway were
Aldermen Branch and English-2
William Ridell having received
a majority of the votes of the mayor and
council, was declared by the mayor duly
elected to the Office of special policeman
during the pleasure of the mayor and
council. The following communication
was received from the city engineer and
referred to the committee on grades,
streets and alleys:
City Engineers Office, Yankton, Da-
kota, March 18th, 1S86-To the Hon.
Mayor and City Council of the City of
Observation-Disclosures: | would respect
fully call your attention to the bad con-
dition of the sidewalk on the north side
Of Third street along the west half of
lot 10, block %, Witherspoon's Yankton,
also the walk on the north 81 lie OF Fourth
street along lots 9 and 10 block So,
Witherspoon's Yankton; portions
OF 9 and 10 block "a,
Todd's Yankton. Also the crossing on
the north side of Fourth street on Linn,
IS in very bad condition and needs i'm.
mediate attention.
Respectfully yours,
i Ed. PALEER, City Engineer.
Committee on ordinances made the
following report which on motion was
, laid on the table:
Yankton, d. T., March 18th, 1886. To
1.-the mayor and council of the CITY O
Yankton, d. T,-Gentlemen: You
committee to whom was referred an
ordinance providing for the levying anc
collection of g license tax on hacks
, drays, wagons, etc, etc, beg leave to re
port the same back to your honorable
body without recommendation, no
being fully advised after some exsmina
, tlon, as to the practicability or necessit,
of such ordinance.
Z PHIL X. FAUX,
1 l.. PILES,
"WABLACE j. BRUCE.
Ordinance Committee
Alderman English moved that tbs
; ordinance referred to in said report be
referred to the committee on licenses
Carried.
. Committee on water works made th
following report:
: Yanktop, d. Il. March 18th 1886. Mi
, Mayor: Your committee on waite
!, works, to whom was referred the yariou
' bids to sink an artesisn well in this cit1
ono thousand feet deep or less, piped t
. to the bottom or to the strongest flow
. in accordance with advertisement 0
s city clerk, dated March 2ud, 1886, bee
leave to report as follows:
First-we have carefully and thorough
ly Investigated and considered said bid
in conjunction with the blds beretofor
Submitted on FEBRUARY 10Th, 1886, IN,
have carefully Investigated and inepeoa
ed the different piping referred to il
the different bids as to cost, durabilit,
a and material ussd.
Seccnd-We find that the six incl
, casing 55s diameter inside, weight 9 So
100 pounds per foot to be u very cheay
and hin pipe and a casing that woulc
soon wear out and be o continual ex
I, pense to the city by way of repairing &c
if used, aud would be q very dear cas-
9 ing to the city in the end, and it would
g be poor economy for the CITY to use sucl
pi ping even at seventy five cents be
foot less than some other.
Third-We find after a thorough in
: vestigation of all the different piping O
casing referred to in said bids that TIL
heavy six inch artesisn, for salt wei
casing, weighing Is 77-l00 pounds pc
g foot spoken OF in first bid of Karr 1
Riohey to be far superior to any othe
in quality, thickness, durability aud Ii
the manner in which it is Joined to
gether, and to be a piping or casin,
that will last for years without repair
IS and will not pull apart or drive to
v gether. The cost of this casing is some
: what more than the so inside dlamete,
= but we believe it to be the cheapes
pipe for the city to use in this veil.
k Fourth-We find by thorough investi
cation that in using this heavy ST
inch salt we'll casing weight Is ITO
pounds per foot that it will be neces
sary to remove at least fifteen per cen
!, more dirt and rock than it would if til
55s inside diameter, weight 8 35-l0
d pounds per foot was used and that i
viii make Q far better and more SUI
d stantial we'll. We therefore recommend
q Frst-That all bids submitted unde
!, the advertisement for bids of the cit,
clerk dated March 2, 1885, be rejected.
Second. That the bid of Karr ,
d Richey submitted February 15, 1885, 70
e putting down said we'll with heavy al
) tesian salt we'll casing or piping weigk
= ing Is 77-l00 pounds Der foot for $40
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