The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-01-11
CITY FATHERS TAXI | !.
Up THE Light
QUESTION /
Also Pass Bills and Accept.
Bonds Of Dan Buckley and
Chris Nelson.

Ing ldSI evening. X All the aldermen
were present and large amount Of
business was gone through in short
time. The bill of Mrs. Nelson for
boarding a pauper twenty days was.
granted Hans Ellingson's bill for
salary as assistant chief of police for
the month of December was then TAX.
en- up. 5 &
1t appeared from Mr.. Eellingson's.
statement that he worked until the
23d of December. After considerable;
arguing the bill was cut down ITO.
$49. 80 and this amount was allowed.
The important question Of the even
Ing then came up whether to allow
the Red River Valley Brick corpora
ton to pay for electricity at the rate;
of 40 cents per hour or 671s cents. per
hour. Mr.. Moran then explained his
side of the case. He said that con-
tract was made four years ago and to.
last FIVE years to allow him electricity
for 35Ncents per hour. Last summer
he was notified to pay 40 cents per
hour, which he agreed to do. Mr.
Moran claims that the service was:
never worse than this summer and
that he did not, see why he should pay
such large rate for poorer service.
After considerable discussion it was
decided to let the check for $29S nav.
for power in full up to Dec. 8. Ar
rangements will be made by the light
committee to give Mr.. Moran power at
the correct rate. 5 ss@
Alderman Sherlock then asked
about retaining Attorney Massee for
the city case to come up soon and At
tornel Collins advised the. council to.
look into the matter of paying Mr..
Massee for his services before acting.
The all-important; question of get
ting wood for the light plant was then
brought before the council. One of
Mayor OLeary's chief aims is to make.
the city light plant paying PROPOSE
ton and this cannot be done until
serviceable wood can be secured at a
low cost After many suggestions as
to different places of getting the
wood, ETC., the matter was finally re-
ferred to the purchasing committee.
Martin. Purcell then got t1p and said
that not more than 800 worth of wood
could be bought at a time without ad-
vertising for bids. Some of the al
dermen learned something when this
was announced. % ~
Mayor O'Leary then announced that
he had appointed Chris Nelson Of the
Third ward as .patrOlman. Attorney
Collins then announced that. Tim Ryan
and James Gust were Nelson's bonds
men. Dan Buckeye bonds with Hugh
Dunlevy ahd p. Arfneson as suretfee
were accepted. James McIlraifh's
bonds with the Metropolitan. Surety
20. as sureties were accepted after
slight modification I -..7- ~ .} Z
Supt.: Allard OF the light plant then
announced that 1t. would be necessary
10 put IN q vOltmeter to determine
where leaks of electricity are and an
antmeter >. to determine how much
power motors and power plants use.
These improvements were referred to,
the light committee. a,-
Aldermen Sherlock and Westberg
said that landing for the fire engine
should be built by the DeMers avenue
bridge. The council then adjourned.
until the regular. meeting. ) s'+,
Cause Of Discussaoa. A'a. hil.
The allowing Of the check Of m!
Moran for $298.8O to pass through the
council meeting last night aroused
considerable discussion and Competent
authority on the matter says: when
Mr. Moran made his contract with the
city four years ago he agreed to do
so at 4 cents per kilowatt and with
the current he was using at that time.
The next year Mr.. Moran added
much larger dynamo and heavier wire
and the result was that he was get
ting power at less than it cost the city.
He was informed of the matter and
made another contract in which he
agreed to pay the proper price, about
66 cents per hour. Why the council
passed this check through L don't
know, but believe Mr. Moran should
be made to pay the proper price. Why
q nonresident should get cheaper
rate and deprive residents of light and
power is what puzzles me, and / think
some action should be taken in the
matter"