Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1905-05-12
rRocEEDIhos OF CITY COUNCIL.


The City Council Holds an Adjourned;
Meeting for the Regular Transaction
Of Business Webb Presiding.
I An Afternoon Meeting. Il
The city council met last night with
Mayor Webb presiding and all alder
men with the exception Of A. r. Pat
terson present.
Under the head of petitions and,
communications the bond of P. e.
Byrne, city treasurer, as corrected,
was read and the same was approved.
The committee Of official bonds re-
ported back the bonds of Phillip
Kirschmann and Peter Cox with the
recommendation that the same be ap-
proved. They were so approved.
The committee on ordinances to
whom had been referred the ordinance
granting thirty years franchise to
the Interstate Telephone & Electric
company reported. The committee
was divided and there was a majority
report signed by Aldermen Mckenzie
and Slattery and a minority report by
A. T. Patterson. The majority report
recommended that the ordinance be
passed when the amendments handed
in herewith became part thereof.
The minority report recommended
that "the ordinance be passed with
some few amendments.
e. G. Patterson moved that the
minority report be laid on the table
which motion prevailed.
M. J. Mckenzie moved that the ma
jority report be adopted, which motion
prevailed and the report was adopted.
The motion of M. ]. Mckenzie Sec
onded by M. P. Slattery that the ordi-
nance be given its second reading and
placed on final passage was carried.
A summary Of the amendments as
recommended by the majority report
and as embodied in the ordinance as
passed were:
In the title the words Telephone ex-
change" were inserted. In paragraph
two of the ordinance the words cor
either of them" were inserted making
| it the sense of the ordinance that the
company is permitted to install a
telephone and electric Hight and power
plant in the city cor either of them
Another insertion in the same para
graph was "as -ood and as efficient
Las any in use in cities of similar size
| in the state of North Dakota" making
Tit compulsory with the new company
to furnish as good service in either OF
both branches as that to be found in
any city in the state of the same size
as Bismarck. In the same paragraph
the words Gully i, 1906" were stricken
out and the words Gully 1, 1908" were
inserted in lieu thereof. This gives
the new company until the last men
toned date to have their plant OF
Eplants in operation though the ordi
nance says the work upon the con
struction of the same shall commence
within twelve months after the pas
sage and approval of the same. In
paragraph five Of the ordinance the
words mot more than" were inserted
in connection with the price that shall
be charged the city for incandescent
lamps which when SO amended stipu'
lates that the city shall not pay more
than two dollars per month for incan.
descent lamps. In paragraph eight
relating TO the mayor of the city en-.
tering into contract with the new
company for lights, ETC., the words
forthwith" and instructed" were
struck out making it within the
mayors power to enter into contract
with the new company subject to the
approval by the council but also leav-
ing to his pleasure the matter of time
when he shall do so.
Upon motion of Alderman Mckenzie
the ordinance was placed before the
council for final passage and there
were seven ayes, no hayes and one
absent. so the ordinance was passed
as amended.
Alderman Patterson moved that
When the council adjourn that it be to
one O'Clock Friday, May 18th, which
motion prevailed.
Alderman Horner as chairman of
the fire committee informed the coun7
ell that he had engaged quarters for
the fire department in the N. H. Loyin
building on Fifth street at $25 per
month and moved that the city attor-
ney draw lease for the same to be
presented at the next meeting Of the
council. The city attorney was in7
'structed in accordance with the mo-
ton and also to confer with Alder
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