The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-17
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Ordnance Rsported for Passage 81
Colncil Meeting Last Evening Gas
Ordnance Placed on First leading.
! The city council met in adjourned
session last evening, the following
members being present: Young, Col
Inns, Canniff. CarOthers, Sprague,
Schultheis, Freeman, Moran, Day; abb
sent, Hagen and Lynch.
"A petition was presented asking
that another ward be added to the
city by q division of the Second ward
into two. Following q description Of
the other wards of the city and their
boundaries, Councilman Freeman sub
mitted figures as an argument why
there should be division Of the Sec
Ond ward and a creation of two wards.
He showed that the average popula-
ton Of the city per ward Is 1858 or
844 for each representative alderman.
Since the previous census the average
population per ward has changed as
follows: IL
First ward, increase. 81
Second ward. increase. .l54
Third ward, decrease. 40. 3
'tE4urth ward, increase. ~. ..i.'...'...... u
Fftth ward, increase. ....... los
SEth ward, increase. ...... .109
vs. The average population per alder
man Is as follows: First ward, 1888;
Fourth ward, 686; Fifth ward, 96G;
SAvf6 QEG fI{1,Sdal Geo.
Ond will have an average Of 722 and
the Seventh 694 per alderman.
According to the vote cast in 1904
the wards have the following average
vote for each representative alder
man: First ward, 129: Second ward,
1877; Second precinct, 227; Third ward,
1905 Fourth ward, 1917; Fifth ward,
142; Sixth ward, 100. If divided the
Second will have, according to the
same vote, an average of ITO, and the
Seventh 113 to each alderman.
The petition referred to the ordin-
ance committee, which reported an or
dinance for passage providing for a
new division of the city into wards,
which in effect creates the Seventh
ward out of the south half of the pres
ent Second ward. The sections Of the
ordinance giving the boundaries of the
new Second and Seventh wards are as
follows:
That part of said city included with
In the following boundaries shall
constitute the Second ward. to-wit;
Beginning at the intersection of Bel
mont avenue with Fifth street. thence
south along said avenue to Fourth ave-
nue., thence along said Fourth acenue
to the right-of-way of the st. p, M. &
M. Ry. Co., thence in northeasterly
direction along said right-of-way to
Fifth street aforesaid, thence along
said Fifth street to the place of be-
ginning, si
That part of said city included
within the following boundaries shall
constitute the Seventh ward, to-wit:
Beginning at the intersection Of Bel
mont avenue and Fourth street, thence
south on Belmont avenue to the city
limits on the south, thence along the
southerly and westerly limits of the
city to the right-of-way of the st. p,
M. & M. Ry. Co., thence east along said
right of way and along Fourth avenue
to the place of beginning.
A communication was read and re-
ferred to the proper committees from
" Carol requesting that provisions
! made for his obtaining q balance due
dim on water mains. A bill for $500
from Mrs. Mary Mcmahon relative to
,,non a dafactsue uaIir rafarrod 70
COMMITTEES on claims. nation from
A. a. Anderson reouesting that ha be
allowed to tan water main IN Budees
addition for use Of properties on lots
21-22 was referred to the COMMITTEES
on water works.