The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-01-08
PAVING COMMITTEE
PRESENTED ITS
REPORT
At the Meeting of City Council
Held in Chambers on Mon
day Night.
FORM A NEW DISTRICT
Portions of Down Town Dis
trict Recommended for Re-
paving This Year.
FORM A NEW DISTRICT

At the meeting of the city council
Monday evening, the report of the
paving committee was submitted. 1t
is one of the most interesting reports
made for some time, and is of interest
to every citizen. 1t follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council, City of Grand Forks, N. D.
We, the public improvement and
paving committee, beg leave to report
regarding preliminary steps to be
taken in respect to repaving original
Improvement district No. -, city OF
Grand Forks, state of North Dakota,
pursuant to your instructions of Dec.
8, 1906. We advise the following:
Sec. l.. That the boundaries of inn
provement district No. be as follows,
to-wit:
Commencing at the intersection Of
the northwest side of lone avenue and
the southwest side of alley between
Third and fourth street, thence north
east along the northwest side of said
lone avenue to the west bank of the
Red River of the North, thence south.
east along said west bank of the Red
River of the North to the northwest
side of Belmont avenue, thence south
west along the northwest side of Bel.
mont avenue to point where the same
intersects the southwest side of the
alley through block SO, original town.
site; thence northwest along the said
southwest side of alley through block
IS, original townsite, $50 feet to the
east corner of lot 6, block 33, original
TOWNSHIP; thence southwest and par
allel with the course of the southeast
side of Bruce avenue 76O feet, thence
northwest parallel with Fifth street
and 160 feet southwest of same to the
southeast side of block %, original
townsite; thence southwest along the
southeast side of block 2S, original
townsite to the south corner of said
block 2S; thence northwest along the
southwest side of block 2S. original
toWnsite to its intersection with the
southeast boundary of the St. Paul.
Minneapolis & Manitoba railway right
OF way; thence southwest along said
southeast boundary of said railway
right of way to an intersection with
the southwest side of Seventh street
extended southeast across said rail-
road right of way; thence northwest
across said railroad right of way along
the said extension of the southwest
side of Seventh street and along the
southwest side of seMnth street to the
southeast side of the alley through
block 2, Griggs' addition; thence
northeast and parallel with DeMers
avenue and 100 feet northwest of the
same to the southwest side of the
alley through block %, original town
site; thence northwest along the
southwest side of the alley between
Third and Fourth streets to the place
Of beginning.
Streets to be Paved.
Sec. 2. That the following streets
be paved:
Third street from lone to Belmont
avenue.
Fourth street from DeMers to Bruce
avenue.
Fifth street from DeMers to Bruce
avenue.
lone avenue from the southwest side
Of the alley between Third and Fourth
street to the northeast side of Third
street.
Dakota avenue from southwest side
of alley between Third and Fourth
street to northeast side of Third street.
Cheyenne avenue from southwest
side of alley between Third and Fourth
street to northeast side of Third street
DeMers avenue from the southwest
side of Seventh street to the south
west end of the bridge approach across
the Red River of the North.
Kittson avenue from the southwest
side of Fifth street to Third street.
Bruce avenue from Fifth to Third
street.
Sec 8. That any paving done east
of Third street shall be composed of
material that will not float in water.
Sec. 4. That the surface Of DeMers
avenue from Third street to the bridge
be raised and that the street grade be
changed to correspond thereto.
Sec. g. That the pipe connecting the
catch basin at the south corner of
Third street and DeMers avenue be re-
placed by a larger one so as to deliver
readily to the sewer the very large
volume of water collecting at that cor.
ner
Sec Z. That the street commission
err be instructed to repair the sewer
on Fourth street near Kittson avenue |
where the same is a few inches too
high.
Sec. s. That an ordinance be passed
providing that parties applying for a
permit to make excavation under the
proposed paving after the same has
been laid in place shall pay fee OF
$50 which shall include the cost of
inspection.
Sec. 9. That the Kalamen water
pipe in Third street from the south
east side of International avenue to
the northwest side of lone avenue
shall be taken out and replaced by
new 16-inch cast iron pipe with all