Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-04-04
new CITY WELL
Council Decides to Advertise For
Bids for q New ArteSian
Well.
Alderman kurtz Expresses Belief
That q Pumping Plant is
Better.
Suit of GlaspeIl and Smith Against
the City Will be Ap-
pealed.

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present at the meeting held Monday
night. The matter OF drilling a new
artesian well near the old north side
we'll came up. Trimble thought there
| was no use for further delay that il
should be decided what kind of a vel
was wanted and bids advertised fol
the construction Of a four inch tele
scope we'll.
Klaus of the water committee sale
no satisfactory replies had been re.
ceived from the well dri7lers who had
been corresponded with.
Kurtz thought it hardly fair to de.
ceive we'll drillers as to what was de.
sired of them. If they were to repair
the old we'll they should be so inform.
ed and not lured here in the belief
that a new we'll was to be sunk. He
| had talked with numerous citizens re.
garding the matter of new we'll and
had found that many were in favor of
pumping plant. 1t was the belief
that even if we'll as good as the old
one was secured there would not be
enough to supply all the people of the
city. Then there would be more con-
tracts necessary.
Mayor Rose thought a new we'll
equally as good as the old would give
sufficient water for city of 10000 if
the water were not wasted.
Klaus agreed with the mayor as to
the old we'll. He thought we'll
equally as good would furnish abund-
ant water.
kurtz thought that an income Of
$4,000 per year would be possible it all
were supplied with water who desired
the same and if everyone paid his
share.
Bensch understood that years ago
the residents of certain portions of the
2nd and 4th wards were granted a pc
titiOn to have water mains extended
but to date nothing had been done in
the matter.
Klaus told of correspondence with
certain McCarty and well dr:ller
named burst and a few others all of
which had ended unsatisfactory SO
that matters were about as when the
committee was appointed to take the
matter up many months ago.
Trimble introduced a resolution to
the effect that bids for the construc-
tion of a 4-inch well be advertised for,
the well to be of the telescope variety.
Wilder regarded the telescope well
as about twenty years behind the
times and believed siX-inch well the
proper thing.
Trimble's resolution was lost. Klaus
and Bensch voted with him.
Wilder introduced a resolution that
bids be asked for the deepening of the
old we'll and the construction OF a
new one. Trimble moved an amend
ment that bids be asked for 4 or
6-inch we'll. Wilder objected to the
amendment but it was tackled on any
way. The resolution, with the amend
ment passed, KurtZ and Wilder vot-
ing no. Wilder explained his position
by statement that the bonding prop
osition had been voted on by the peO-
pie with the understanding that the
Old well would be deepened tirSt and
he thought the resolution as passed
did not carry the correct idea.
AS TO EXCLUDING PROPERTY.
The petition OF Bailey Fuller and
others was received. The council was
asked to exclude from limits certain
lands in the southern portion of the
city. The petition was referred to
the committee on public grounds.
On motion it was decided to appeal
the suit of Judge S. L. Glaspell and
Arden Smith VS.. City of Jamestown
to the supreme court. Chapman
thought the city could not do other
wise than appeal and get the matter
finally settled. KurtZ wanted the
members put on record and this
brought from Trimble explanation
that he did not vote as he was inter-
ested in some of the lands.
TOO MANY DRUNkS.
Mayor Rose said there had been
more drunks in evidence the past
winter than for ten years. There was
no day policeman and the men acted
disgracefully sometimes, yelling and
otherwise disturbing the peace. He
thought it would be probably neces-