The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-03-09
LOOKING AHEAD 70
MANY IMPROVEMENT
Cement WAX to 10 Built See Msst vaeste
Street To Ckas Tie ciiy-Ts isstaIl
New City Scales.

The city fathers held most
interesting session at the Second
National bank Monday night
with the following present:
Aldermen Davidson, jacobson
Greenleaf, Slocum and Dolloff.
In the absence of Mayor Roach,
Alderman Greenleaf had charge
kof the meeting.
I City Attorney Aurland and
Auditor NcHugh were also pres
ent besides q few citizens.
| CEMENT WALK QUESTION
The cement sidewalk question
was brought up. The Auditor
was instructed to advertise for
bids for the building Of cement
walks in accordance with the
resolution passed by the council
at it's meeting October 7th 1903,
bids to be open. April 4. The
main street from the, old bank.
to the beginning Of the south hill
is to be provided with cement
walks also several other blocks.
The aldermen are in favor of see
ing that the walks are built on
the grade established by the city
In some cases this will be expen-
sive, for instance along the
street in the block east OF the
Leland hotel, where the walks
will have to be graded up six or
seven feet.
| TO SHUT OFF WATER.
Pumper knudson, OF the
waterworks, asked permission of
the council to shut off the water
main for one day to allow i'm
provements at the pumping
station. The council granted
this, instructing him to give the
people Of Minot aday's warning.
PLATFORM SCALES.
The council are favorable to
the building Of platform scales at
the pumping station for the
weighing of the city's coal. The
city has paid III the neighbour
! hood Of 5000 Il nionth for coal
all winter and believe that there
is possibly Il leakage somewhere.
The scales will put a stop to
this. Some Of the members OF
the city council are in favor OF
the establishment Of apair ofcity
scales in the business portion Of
the town to be used by every
one. \ man can be secured tC
manipulate the scales for fifty
dollars a month and the city and
others would save a good dea
more than this by reason Of this
according to some OF the fathers
TO CLEAN Up THE CITY.
Chief OF police kimball report.
to the city that it is next to i'm
possible to have the city clean uE
this spring. The draymen refuse
to haul any lnaneur, and Other
impurities: and others dare not
do this without a license. The
city should be cleaned by al
, means and no doubt some pro
vision will be made for this.
Pumper knudson wants anew
pump house.
500 DEPOT IL THE STREET.
{. Aurland has instructed the
500 company that their new adj
dition is in the street and states
that there is a probability OF the
city;s building a sidew ak along
the north side of that street this
sprin 9. Unless wego over. under
or thru the depot, it will be i'm
possible to do this and the Soc
is respectfully requested to move
their addition for our specia.
convenience, l.. W. Gammons
represented the 500 at the meet.
ing and asked for a compromise
The city would compromise only
in one way and that is for the
500 to purchase enough land
south OF the depot to make the
street as wide as it formerly was.
This would incur a great ex-
penditure on the 500 and the
company will not likely do this.
The 500 evidently knew that
the addition was being erected
in the street and should move it..
The company has had the expert
ence Of moving it's water tank
and should have protited by it.
The matter has been left in the
hands of the street committee,
Aldermen, Greenleaf. Davidson
and Ramstad and the commit
tee will report at the meeting
next Monday night.