The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-04-17

The Grand Forks Gas and Electric
Light company. paving, granting of
privileges to railroads, the hay and
wood market proposition and the
liberation plant are among the things
taken up by Mayor Duis in his annual
message. read to the city council at
its session on Tuesday evening. The
message:
To the City Council of the city of
Grand Forks.
Gentlemen:
1t becomes the duty of the chief
executive of tlfis city from time to
time to advise the council as to the
affairs and conditions of the city, and
am pleased to advise you what the
past year has been in every way sue
cessful one for the city and citizens
of Grand Forks. Our city has been
free from accidents. crimes or epidem-
les, our people have been generally
successful and the growth of our city
most excellent. There is nothing to
indicate that this rapid growth will
in any way cease for the coming year.
With the rapid increase of population
and wealth there comes numerous
calls on the city council for improve
ments and changes in streets and
alleys, in permits for increasing rail-
road and shipping facilities and the
crossing OF streets by side tracks, in
order to accommodate the growing de-
mands of our shippers. Members of
the previous council have been liberal
in granting requests of this kind and
if the city of Grand Forks expects to
continue to occupy the commercial
Importance that it now does in rela-
ton to the state. it will be necessary
to continue liberal policy in these
matters.
Paving.
The incoming council will have
much to do with the future growth
and commercial Importance of the city
of Grand Forks. Whenever questions
concerning the future of this city
arise. know that you will be both lib
eral and conservative in your actions
and that you will have in mind the
best future interests of our city and
its citizens. The incoming council has
before it problem of vast Importance
to the citizens of Grand Forks. that
is the question of paving. The coun-
Gil that passes out of existence this
evening has done much in the direc-
ton of the preliminary work and it is
fortunate that so many of the old
members will sit in the new council.
The paving question Is hard prob
lem, there have been many kinds of
pavement presented to our citizens,
the Commercial club and citizens of
Grand Forks have taken an active in
terest in this question. The work of
education on this question has been ac-
tive and it is agreed by our citizens
generally, that the most important
question involved in paving our city,
is that of permanent base, there APP
pears to be no difference of opinion
as to the necessity of having a con-
destructable, and having agreed on
this greatest problem of the paving
question, the matter of surface Dress
ing will be arrived at. believe in a
satisfactory manner, by the wisdom
of this council and the best judgment
of our citizens. Repairing means an
expenditure of vast sum of money
but if We wish to continue to have a
growing and prosperous city this ex-
pense is inevitable. and the only ques-
ton that arises is making the eXpendi-
ture Immediately and getting the most
for our money. In completing so large
a contract it means an endless amount
of work for the council but I know
that you will not shirk from any duty
that you have to perform in this or
any other matter concerning the city,
know that you will use your best
judgment in making a contract for
this important work, that will be salts
factory to our citizens.
Water Works Plant.
1t is with considerable qualification
that l call your attention to the city
water works plant, this plant has been
very successful in it's operation the
past year and the net profit derived
therefrom is $20,507.53. The city of
Grand Forks can be congratulated
upon having so valuable a plant and
one of such great Importance to the
health of our citizens. The chief ex-
pense in the operation of our filtra-
ton plant is the cost of resanding,
which as you know must be done from
time to time. 1t is a we'll known fact
that our filtration plant is being