Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-03-15
REVISED ORDINANCES
City Council Adopts Revised Ordi-
nances with some Changes. Sew
er Difficulty to be AlIeviated.

UeIuk dill duJOuIIleu 1ueeCluS 1IOm
March lst. The mayor presided and
the city attorney, city auditor, aid
ermen McElroy, Dewey, Buckley,
Grant, and Fl. W. Kelley were pres
ent, and Sifton, E. F. Kelly and
Tunstall absent. The principal busi-
ness was the discussion and adoption
of the Revised Ordinances with the
changes. The gas franchises were
not touched upon.
Aid, McEiroy offered a resolution
that the sewer committee be direct
cd to construct cesspool at or near
the point where the main sewer of
the city empti's into the James
river; said cess pool to cost not more
than s500;provided however that the
suit concerning said sewer against
the city now pending in the district
court wherein S. L. Giaspell and
othes are plaintiffs: be withdrawn.
and that said plaintiffs enter into an
agreement with city not to enter any
claim or claims for damages against
the city on account of said sewer,
said agreement to be in manner and
form acceptable to the City attorney.
The resolution was adopted, the
city council believing from the re-
cent experience in the Pyke case
that in case of possibly just claim
it may be wiser to settle amicab bly,.
This resolution was the result of
the suit brought early in January
against the city and the Russell-Mil-
ler Milling Co., by B. ". Fuller, S.
L. Glaspell, Wells Bros, A. McKech-
ME and Arden Wells. all of whom
have property'below the dam thru
which the river runs and who claim
that the water is unfit for stock and
the odors flom the stream a nuisance
The sewer committee has careful
ly Investigated the problem and be-
]ieves chat the cesspool together with
the use of disinfectants and acids to
destroy the refuse will alleviate the
difficulty.
Alderman H. W. Kelley offered a
resolution that at the general cleo
tiorsz April ana.an alderman be elec-
ted from the third ward for the
term of one year to complete the un-
epxired term of C. F. Rathman, and
that notice thereof be given by the
city auditor. Mr.. r.Rathman was elec-
ted in the 3rd ward but has since re-
moved to the End ward.
The Revised Ordinances of the city
were brought before the council for
final passage and unanimously adopt
ed. some changes from the old ordi-
nances as published in 1893 being
made. All sidewalks must be built
of stone or cement, no wood being
allowed. The width remained about
the same.
The salary OF the commissioner of
streets and water was increased from
$50 to $50 per month, it being consid-
cred that his present arduous duties
were not tittingly paid
The ordinance regarding fireworks
was changed to read that no fire.
crackers over three inches in length
should be kept, sold, or fired off with
in the city limits. It was UNDER
stood that merchants would be per-
mitted to dispose of their held over
stock. 0
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vised and made more strict, but the
exact limitations will not be deter
mined until advice can be obtained
from Bismarck.
A section Of considerable interest
to local merchants was added re-
quiring the payment Of license of
s5 per day or S25 per week by all
transient Merchants -mercnants who
come to the city for a few days, rent
room, box car, etc., and sell goods
to consumers. The transient mer-
cnants license, is distinct from the
peddlers license. The Revised Ordi-
nances we're then passed. T
The city auditor read a letter from
u. F. Father, a former city father,
now living at Minneapolis, who had
been attracted BY the new we'll Of the
N. p. Co. at the round house. and
believed that the city water supply
might perhaps be improved By a
similar well. :3s:5
The oonncil adj journed until Mon
day evening pril 2. S5Ss*.
81 IS FORsSALEAl 400 bushels Of fine
5Nfacaroni seed wheat at my farm.
Price IS cents per bush Thos. K
SKokott.
The person who Els fitted for the
position gets the promot ion. Enroll
ID thesJ Jamesto own Coll ege and prepare
yourself for that sad vance men i.