Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1903-06-11

hurtZ, Stone, Dewey, Gleason and
McElroy we're present at the meeting
of the city council Monday evening.
A communication was received from
the fire department stating that the
tiremen had selected H. A. Wasser
for chief and Rudolph Hamm for
assistant chief.
The council elected the nominees
of the fire department..
Bonds of Chenery & Anderson and
Canham s. Mastin in the sum of ST..
600 each for plumbers ]isences were
received and accepted.
The ordinance relating to the num-
bering of houses of the city was CIV
en- its final reading and unanimously
passed. This ordnance obliges citi-
zens to have their houses numbered
in accordance with the plan Outlined
recently.
The ordinance introduced by Mr..
Dewey, providing that policemen
shall at all times wear uniform con-
sisting of a helmet and blue coat and
a belt was given its final reading and
passed without debate.
Mr.. Kurtz stated that George c.
Smith wished to purchase tie north
SO feet of lot 0, in block 4, Lloyd's
addition to the city of jamestown.
He expressed himself favorable to the
selling of the lot. Mr.. Chenery op-
posed the proposition. He stated
that the lot had been advertised a
year ago and the council had decided
not to sell it. He believed that the
city should keep it. 1t might be use
full for city hall or some other pur
pose. Mr.. Dewey thought the lot
was too far from the business section
of the city to be useful as a building
site for city hall. a motion to sell
the lot carried, Mr.. Chenery voting
no.
Mayor Severn stated that the
artesian well sunk few years ago,
and believed to be practically useless,
was increasing in pressure daily and
had been for several months. He
believed that it would supply the resi-
dents Of the Second ward with all the
water needed for domestic purposes
1t is now being used by number o
residents in the Second ward.
MI. Kurtz proposed Dorman Bald
win, Jr. for water commissioner. Mr..
Baldwin being the choice Of the
water committee. Mr.. Baldwin was
elected to the position. There were
no other nominations.
Mr. McElroy wanted to know what
had been done in regard to the bridge
on Fifth avenue south. He was in
formed that nothing had yet been
done and stated that if this was the
case. he proposed to have the old
bridge repaired. He introduced a
resolution appropriating $50 for the
purpose of putting the bridge so that
it could be used for while, timbers
belonging to the Russell Miller Mill
ing Company to b. placed under the
bridge and the work to be done al
once.
Mr.. Chenery stated that he dislik.
ed to see the resolution carry in view
of the fact that the council had
unanimously passd resolution intro
duced by Mr.. Dewey and urgently
endorsed by Mr.. McElroy condemning
the bridge. To pass the McElroy
resolution would be to go right back
on the action taken week ago. To
limit the cost of putting the bridge
in safe condition to $50 was redi-
culous. At the meeting week ago
when Mr.. Dewey was urging the
passage of his resolution to condemn
the bridge he stated that it would
take $500 or S400 to put it in repair
so that it could Re used with safety.
Harry Past had stated that it would
cost at least $3.50 to fix the bridge.
The crossing near the bridge could be
fixed up at a small cost and could be
used until a new bridge was built.
Mr.. Chenery said he would like to en-
quire if Mr.. McElroy was an expert
in bridge building or whether he had
ever built any bridges.
Mr.. Kurtz stated that the meeting
of the council was one adjourned
| from the week before. 1t was practi
callv the same meeting. A resolu
tion condemning the bridge had beer