Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-06-08
FILED THEIR REPORT
Messrs. BleWett and Parkinson
File Report Of Auditors and
Treasurer's Books.
Find That the City Owes D.
Baldwin $9O-Make Some
Good Suggestions.

BALDWIN $9O-Mak0 oOno !
Good Suggestions.
Bike Ordinance Introduced Re-
curing Lamps, Bells and No
Sidewalk Riding.
The experts-Andrew Blewett and A.
Parkinson-have checked up the city
auditor and treasurer's books and Mon
day night their report was read at the
council meeting. In checking up the
trsasurer's books they found the accounts
all right except that the interest fund
was $50 more than it should be. Treas
urer D. Bald win turned over $50 intereet
on coupon bonds, took receipt for the
came and neglected to properly credit
himself with this amount. He turned
the Office over to bis successor and the
books called for $50 IN excess Of
what should have been the case. Con-
sequently the city owes D. Baldwin $9o.
The books of auditor and treasurer
were checked from April 10, 1894, to
April 10, 1899. The auditor, the experts
cay IN their report, should keep up bis
records. From the records 1T appears
that the city has not received any rent
from its lot during the past year. Tho
city magletrate has made no report aince
Feb. 7, 1898. The record Of plumbers
license does not appear and was not paid
until May l, 1899. The waser COM
missioner has not reported eince Sept.
80, 1895.
The experts suggest that the treasurer
turn over all warrants paid by him the
hrst of the month aud take receipts for
the same.
The city auditor 10 now engaged 10
writing up the bond register and ex.
poets to have the came completed before
long. The experts suggest that the
auditor state on every warrsnt for what
1t 10 drawn and to which department of
the city it belongs. Tho drawing OF
warrants without specifyiag to which
department they belong accounts for
the large miscellaneous account. The
matter OF looking up such warrants %
these would take long time and the
lnformati. n would hardly pay for the
expense.
The police fines, according to the
report, have, since May l, 1886, been put
in the general fund in place Of the school
fund as formerly.
Meesrs. Parkinson and Bl.wett were
employed 124 days and the expense OF
the work was $92.
Alderman klaus Of the street and
bridge committee reported that some
new crossings were needed on Fifth
avenue and suggested that be.city try
stone crossing similar to that used IN
Wshpetor. After some discussion 1t
was dec,ded to refer the matter to the
street and bridge committee. The COM
mittee also reported that they had en-
pIoyed Surveyor Conn IN the work OF
turveying the roads over the hills near
town and had sent his report to b. +.
Tilden, who replied that he could not
give any ides of how the grades should
be reduced until he was informed as to
the amount OF money to be expended on
the roads. Mrs. Dunstan still refuses
to sell the right OF way for road through
hsr farm. She claims it would damage
- O. mn
An ordinance granting franchise to
Fsank Casey and John Masters. owners
OF the electric light plant, was intro
duoed. ss was one relating to the riding
OF bicycles and tsndems, by 0. Women
borg, en- the sidewalks OF jamestown.
The latter ordinance relating to bicycles
and tandems forbids the riding Of same
on any sidewalk in the clty. requires .
bell to be carried on same and TO be
runR whom within Is feet Of pedestrian
and to ring the bell until past the person.
It also requires the biker to turn TO the
right and to carry lamp on bis bike
which shall be visible 200 feet from tho
wheel. A fine Of $40 is provided tor any
violation Of the provisions Of the ordi-
nance.
A resolution was passed empowering
the mayor to borrow money sufficient to
pay the we'll contractor. This was made
necessary by the non arrival OF the
money for tho bonds recently issued.
1ohn vannnm vaa named a clerk OF
the ars department and Henry Wssser
- secretary. The hose bill Of the W. 8.
Mott & Co. for e373.6O va not allowed 60
the general fund OF the oity 10 not large
enough to permit such payment at this
time.
The notice relating 70 repairing OF
about Q mile OF sidewalks was read but
no sotion wss taken in regard 70 the