Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-04-13
officers and appointees OF the various
departments OF the city be present at
every regular meeting of the council.


departments OF the city be present at
every regular meeting of the council.
Considering the amount of work which
comes before the council ut each meet
ing and the work done by committees,
Alderman Adams moved that special
committee Of three be appointed to
select more suitable rooms for the
council and report at the next meeting.
II there are one or two committee rooms
IN addition to the council room, the
work of the committees can be carried
on simultaneously and called meetlnRs
obviated. Matters could be more
thoroughly and intelligently discussed
and much time gained, he thought.
The city marshal reported the potters-
field, he was not sure Of its exact locs-
ton, as used by only about one.fitth of
those hauling garbage there. Some 18
or 20 teams are hauling daily and the
exact location will he defined and the
proper use of the field in the future en-
forced. The garbage question was we'll
aired AID the unanimous opinion of the
council given in favor of the rigid en-
forcement of the ordinance in relation to
such matters-portions Of revised ordl-
nance No. lin the future. 1t seems
that manure has been dumped in large
quantities on the west side of the river,
west of the old brewery, and in the
Third ward, to the annoyance Of the
citizens in those localities and these
places were placed under the ban as we'll.
Alderman johnson made the motion
which was unanimously adopted, that all
manure and refuse, including ashes, in
the future be hauled outside of the city
limits or to the potters field.
The w. p. Shepherd damage claim,
upon the report Of the city attorney, was
referred to committee of three.
The following bills we're allowed:
Chas Wilbur, rebate on dray
incense ~ w
Herman Beau, rebate on dray
E Cadieu1, rebate on dray license ? go
H Post, rebate on drsy license. 6 90
H B Wood, removing snow on
Fifth avenue. ........ 5 90
G T. McGregor, 2 days and
hours work on roads and
Ofldgee ...............:... III
The bill of VIM. Stone, of $3.50, for
meals furnished at Jail, was put in the
hands of the finance committee for con-
sideration.
THE SEWERAGE PROBLEM.
The sewerage committee has held
several meetings and much work has
been accomplished since the last meet
ing Of the council. They reported that
on their own responsibility, (Which was
approved by the counciD, contour and
typographical map Of the city had been
ordered to be made for use in couplet-
ing plans for sewerage system for tho
city. Two letters from Chas. F. Loweth,
sewer and water works engineer Of st,
Paul, were read which contained much
valuable information in this direction.
Mr.. Branch had come before the com
mittee, they reported, and had stated
that he did not care to plan for such .
large undertaking, as system of sewer.
age for the city now, as we'll as in the
future, it being work upon which he was
not an authority. He thought that the
interests Of the city would be better
served by the employment Of an expert
sewer engineer to make plans for the
same, and the construction of the work.
as secondary matter, could be we'll
left to him. The responsibility for plans
of q system Of sewerage is great and az
the matter is an intricate problem it can
only be treated to the best ad-
vantage and to the best interests
Of the city by person who has made the
question of the sewerage OF cities study,
and to that end he recommended the en-
ployment Of an expert. B. P. Tlden,
upon invitation, appeared before the
committee, and gave his opinion upon
the matter also, his views coincidlng with
those Of the city engineer. The sewerage
committee were duly authorized forth
with to
"Prepare contour map of the city and
to submit the same to an expert sewer
engineer, or il in the judgement of said
committee the best interests of the city
will be conserved by such action, to en-
ploy an expert sewer engineer to prepare
plans and specifications for sewer sys-
tenn"
This was objected to by Alderman
johnson, AZ the expense, he thought.
would be great. To this Alderman
Wells, chairman of the committee, re-
piled, that the cost OF the map was not
to exceed 800. Explaining the situa-
ton, he said that money can be made by
working intelliaently in this matter-by
making haste slowly. BY having system
intelligently planned, as much or little
could be built, from time to time, a. the
requirements of the city may demand
aud when the whole 10 completed,
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