Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-05
Will SELL ]! The CITY LOTS
Council Decided to Sell Them to the Highest Bidder at
nEalh DaySoO Will Drain Low Place on
sFOadWay.-.TiI Over City Prisoner

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The city fathers Monday night took /,
decided action in relation to the sale |
of the lots in which the city has title
to a more or less extent, and it was
decided to sell them at an early date
at public auction to the highest bidder
who will accept quit claim deed for
the doubtful titled ones and warranty
deed for those in which the city's fee
is said ito be good. In addition to this
quite lot Of business was quickly dis
posed of.
The mayor was present, as also the
following aldermen: slattery, Reade,.
Mckenzie, Peterson, Marquett, Tay-
Tor, Wilcox, Richholt and Horner.
An invitation was read for the, city
to send delegates to an inland state
convention to be had in the further
ance of inland waterways at Wichita,
which was filed.
The matter of draining the low place
on Broadway between Twelfth and
! Fourteenth streets came UP on report
and it was deeidede to accept the Of
fer of the 500 line to permit them to
run a drain across their right Of way
from Broadway to Main street and
via open ditch west to the sewer, the
$3.50 cost to be borne by the railway
company as part compensation for the
use of Broadway. 4 81
The mayor notified the council that
he had authorized the, Wachter Dray
company to place 1000 yards Of dirt
excavated from the Tribune building
on the streets in the Second ward as
1t was very much needed, the mayor
assuming the responsibility for pay
ment in case the council refused to
do SO, the price being 10 cents yard,
and the contractor to wait until the
next annual appropriation was made
: for his money. The action of the
mayor was approved after some SPAR
-
ring on the part of Richholt and Me.
kenzie. Mr.. Richholt thought the may
or should have called special meet,
ing of the council before entering into
such an arrangement, saying that ali
the street work had been done this
year by one or two officials without
the approval of the council first-fr
which he forgot the resolution passed
last spring by which all the work or
the streets was ordered done by the
city engineer under the direction o.
the mayor. He said he was agains1
this way of doing business and made
some other remarks relating to til.
old dirt bills being still unpaid.
Alderman Reade said that Ii the oil,
d dirt bills had been arranged for in til,
same way this deal was, there wou1,
have been no trouble and they woul
have been paid long ago.
A roll call was demanded. McKer
III zie passed. The mayor sand he coul
the council and as several member
objected Mr.. Mckenzie explained hi
5 negative vote by saying that he ha
cons istently opposed the practice q
grading the streets with dirt from or
vate excavations, as he believed iii
practice would some day be abused
as 1T had been In the past The a.
ton Of the mayor was approved, M,
Senzie, Richholt and wilcox oppo.
ing.
The mayor announced that he ina
vetoed the resolution directing him t
make 4 quit claim deed to two lot
70 Sullivan on the ground that til
city had No title to convey ana til
veto was sustained ~
Mayor sniytll reported to the cour
cil that he had ordered the release )