The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-10
THEY RECOGNIZED.
ALDERMAN ].
JARVIS
Lively Business Session Of City
Council With Plenty Of
Harmony.

The city council met last night and
disposed of considerable amount of
business. Alderman James Jarvis was
present and was fully recognized as
member Of the board. Sherlock and
Bydahl were not present at the open
ing Of the meeting though Bydahl
wandered in late in the session. =
When the council was called to Or
der the recorder gulped few times
as though swallowing mallet and
called the name of Jarvis as the al
derman from the First ward. Three
months accumulation of minutes we're
to be read and the recorder proceeded
to the difficult task, and for none than
an hour the monotonous drawl of the
same was relieved only by the blow
ing Of the curfew whistle. In the mid
die of the agitation the recorder re-
marked as he wiped about four GAL
Ions Of presperation from his face,
that it was warm. Jarvis suggested
that he reduce the speed. The min
utes included those Of the broken
back meeting at which the writ of
prohibition Of the supreme count re-
straining the council from proceeding
further in the ousting Of Alderman
Jarvis, and The prior actions of The
council in this matter, and on motion
to approve the minutes In IL bulk jar
Wis voted mo-"
The city attorney reported that he
had conferred with the Merchants Ma
tional bank of st. Paul in reference
to the judgment which the bank holds
against the city in the amount of $11,-
C73.66, and that the bank was willing
to have levy Of 10 mills made in this
and next year the money arising from
this to be applied on the claim, and
the balance to be paid in 1908. a
resolution providing for this was
adopted.
The matter of arranging the fina.
price of the electric supplies which
had been sold MCGUIRE & Prather, and
which had been invoiced at $34!, was
referred to Alderman Craig, Supt. AL
lard and the city attorney. The trout.
BILE Is that the inyoi.e seems to have
been too high on some of the articles
and the idea is to get the matter adj
justed.
Several sidewalk matters were con-
sidered, couple at petitions being
fled. The street commissioner re-
CITED that he had served notice .on
M: lber of property owners to build
side walks or the city would proceed
to do so at the expense of the owners
and that this meant an extra cost to
them. Craig called attention to the
raising of the grades and sidewalks
at the Northern Pacific, and stated
that the elevation of the grade had
made it almost impossible to keep the
proper end Of the person on the walk.
No action was taken in the matter.
A petition was received from the
residents of Seventh street asking for
the establishment of grade in that
part of the city. It was referred. to the
street committee with power to act.
A petition was also presented asking
for the building of crossing from
the powers corner to the corner of the
burnt district on DeMers avenue was
also referred to the street committee
with power to act.
The reading of bills Is usually as
dull and dry as the reading Of the
minutes but last night the occasion
was enlivened by two incidents out
Of the ordinary. One. was the calling
for the item in a bill in which Alder
man Barlow was interested, and the
other was the suggestion of Jarvis