Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-07-16
NUMBERING STREETS AND HOUSES.
COUNCIL PASSES ORDINANCE
MADE NECESSARY BY PROPOS-
ED ESTABLISHMENT OF FREE
MAIL DELIVERY.

MAIL DELIVERY.
The council last night passed the Or
dinance providing for the numbering
of streets and buildings. made neces-
sary by the establishment of free mail
delivery September 1. The ordinance
is as follows:
Section l.. ALI streets intthe city of
Bismarck. running north and south,
nues, shall be numbered, the first
street east of Mandan avenue to be
called First" street and each success
sive street shall beara name or num-
Der corresponding to it's distance from
Mandan avenue. ~,
Sec. ?. Main street shall divide the
city into north" and South" districts
and streets running north and south
shall have the prefix South in the
district south of said Main street.
Sec. 5. Washington avenue shall d.
vide the city into least" and west"
districts and the streets running east
| and west shall have the prefix vest
in the district west of Washington
avenue. .. s. .- 49,
Sec. t. The building on each TWEEN
ty-fve foot lot OF tract of land abut-
ting any street in the city of Bis
marck shall take a number, which
shall be an official designation of such
structure. The south side of streets
running east and west shall be given
the odd numbers and the north side of
such street shall be given the even
numbers; the east side of streets rum
ming north and south shall be given
the odd numbers and the west side of
said streets shall be given the even
numbers. If two buildings shall occu-
ply a twenty-five foot lot or tract of
land, then a half number shall be given
such intervening structure or store
room. 20
Sec. ). The numbering on the streets
running east and west shall begin at
Washington avenue and from. WASH
ington avenue to First street the num-
bering shall exhaust one hundred num-
bers and no more. and from First
street to Second street shall exhaust
one hundred numbers, so that begin
ming with Second street the numbers
shall be 200 and upwards and begin
ming with Third street the numbers
shall be 300 and upwards and SO on
to the city limits.
Sec. 6. The numbering on the
streets running north and south shall
begin at Main street and follow the
same general scheme as set forth in
section ) of this ordinance. From said
Main street north to Broadway shall
exhaust n hundred numbers and
each block north thereof shall exhaust
n hundred numbers. South of sale
Main street to Front street shall ex-
haust one hundred numbers and zach
successive block south thereof sltll
exhaust n hundred numbers.
Sec. Z. The figures forming the
numbers on all buildings shall be not
less than three inches in height and
shall be conspicuously painted over the
entrance to each building Or may b.
painted, stamped Or printe1 on glass
tin or other substantial background OF
body and attached to said buildings ir
a conspicuous place over the front en-
trance thereto.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of Thu
city engineer to superintend and alp
prove the numbering of the building!
herein provided for, which numbering
7 shall be completed throughout the cit.
within forty days after the taking eff
I feet of this ordinance. and the ci.!
clerk shall give notice to all agents o
owners of buildings in the city of Bis
marck, as soon as this ordinance shal
take effect, of the provisions hereof.
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