The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-06-13

Northern.
2. Granted electric lighting /:
franchise and privileges to +. l..
Healy Of Red Lake Falls, MINI.
The above very important matters
engaged the attention of the city
board of aldermen at an adjourned
session last evening for a period of
several hours. Both subjects have
been up in council for threshing out
fore ripe for disposition.
The session in the absence of Mayor
Duis. who is at Fargo, was called by
Aldermen NJ. w. Day, and the first
matter taken up was what is known
as the Great Northern Ordinance"
which provides for the vacation Of
certain streets, parts of streets and
alleys near the site of the new freight
depot. The matter has been in keep
ing of special committee consisting
of the mayor, Aldermen Hunter, Lynch
and Carothers, and the report of this
committee was at once called for.
This was that after due considera-
ton. the committee recommended the
vacating of the following alleys,
streets and parts of streets, being vir-
tually as asked by the Great Northern:
Resolved by the city council of Grand
Forks, state of North Dakota, that the
following portion of streets and alleys
in said city be and the same are here
by vacated, viz:
Alley intersecting block "K" from
east to west, Bulge & Eshelman's Sec
ond addition to said city.
Alley intersecting block IS" from
east to west said addition.
Alley interesting block "R" from
east to west said addition.
Alley intersecting block at" from
east to west said addition, for the
distance of 100 feet from intersection
of said alley with the westerly line of
Marvel street.
The whole of Marvel street from the
line where said last named street in
tersects the southerly line of Bulge
avenue, thence southerly to the inter-
section of said Marvel street with the
present right of way.
The whole of Dixie avenue commence
ing where the same intersects the
easterly line of Parkhurst street,
thence easterly to Marvel street.
That portion of Parkhurst street ex-
tending south of the southerly line of
Dixie avenue.
That portion of Ashton avenue ex-
tending south of the southerly line of
Dixie avenue.
That portion of Bulge avenue ex-
tending easterly of Marvel street to
the right of way of said company.
Ninth street between International
and Alpha avenues.
The alley intersecting block from
north to south of Bulge & Eshelman's
addition.
Alley located from east to west
through block IS" of said last named
addition.
And the use of said streets and al
leys for street, highway and alley
purposes is hereby declared aban-
doned, all paving, curbing and plank
ing on Ninth street to remain the
property of the city of Grand Forks.
On motion of Carothers. seconded
by Hunter. the report was adopted
and the matter finally disposed of.
On the call for remarks" on the
vacation subject, c. J. Murphy, attor-
ney for the Great Northern, addressed
the council and stated that he under
stood there was some opposition on
the part of some of the members of
the council to granting the vacations
at this time, at least not until certain
concessions which the city desires
from the company-notably side
track to connect with the Northern
Pacific on the east side that shorter
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cured-were granted. He believed
to refuse the vacations or to delay the
order would work an injustice to both
the company and the city, as work on
the new freight depot would have to
cease at once. He assured the coun-
Gil, however, that so far as he himself
was concerned he would do all he
could to assist the city in having it's
wants attended to.
The Healy Franchise.
The promise of cheaper light and
power for the citizens of Grand Forks
1t now seems is not too far from the
point of realization. That is, provid-
ing E. L. Healy of Red Lake Falls and
his associates make good their repre-
sensations as to the construction Of q
huge power plant at Red Lake Falls
and the transmission of electric cur
rent overland to this city for distri-
button.
The ordinance conveying to Healy
and his associates franchise for the
purpose mentioned, and which has
been before several regular and adj.
journed meetings of the city council
since the first of January, was passed
last night and it is now up to Mr..
Healy to give the bond for faithful
performance required in the ordinance.
According to provision of the fran
chise In order to avail himself of the
privileges granted, he must have his
plant in operation within two years or
default.
A number of changes were made in
the different sections of the ordinance
but the principal change. perhaps, was
that on rates. included in section IA.
Two propositions were discussed, one
for q maximum charge of 10 cents
per kilowatt hour. To this Tracy r.
Bangs, counsel for Mr.. Healy, stated
that the company couldn't operate on
that scale. The other proposition was
based on service of meter charge.
and the latter, which follows. was
finally adopted:
For the first five years of the life
OF the franchise, a service charge
based on q rate of 20 cents for a l6-
candle power light, and not to exceed
~ per month, and in addition a
charge Of 6 cents per kilowatt hour for
electricity. For the second five-year
period maximum service charge Of
1920, and q charge Of s cents per Kill
OWatt h0nr. fOr Tho <hsrA A.,~ $500.