Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-11-07
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Business Transacted by the City
Fathers at Regular
Meeting.

AJuerm0Q MCE1IOys OtWcy, " Puy'
Buckley, Kelley, Pearson. and.Tun-
stall. Minutes of the last regular
meeting were read by city auditor,
as we'll as minutes of special meeting
of October 2lst., showing payment of
$4,000 on account Of new.city hall 10
Contractor Hoglund, and the draw
ing of jury. Minutes of both meet
ings we're approved.
Mayor Severn reported that he had
made settlement-withssAl. Jackson
for.dirt hauled, belonging to the city,
for $40. 90, and payment of same had
been made to the city.
The Mayor announced that he had
been served with a notice of suit
in which the city and the Russell
Miller Milling Co., arc defendants,
said salt being begun by William
Tompkins, who recently acquired
property near the river within the
city limits. The legal action re-
uuires the defendants TO show cause
why the alleged nuisance of polluting
the water of the river below the dam
should not be abated. An order has
been made by the court for a hearing
November 9 before Judge Burke, at
which time the matter of complaints
regarding the city sewerage running
into the river and the washings from
the Russell Miller mill, will be con-
sidered. City Attorney Kneeland
stated that the old suit commenced
by Judge Glaspell, for an injunction
to prevent the city from running the
sewerage into the river, and which
action had not been brought to
final conclusion, pending certain ex-
periments being made by the city,
and the stipulations entered into
concerning the same, had .been re-
vived. A hearing of the same will
be given November 9Th.
Both tbs mill washings AID the
city sewage now run into the river.
And a Temporary Injunction is asked
to preventive city empting sewerage
into the river pending a final settle
mept- of the suits. The, city council
have spent some 500 to rectify this
matter and Is now. attempting to
clean out the septic tank which has
been built to remedy the trouble. 1t
is believed that the use of the tank
by the Mill Co. has-been the means
of ,overflowing the tank and prevent
ing its desired..action. The.city has
directed the Milling Co. to keep Its
washings away from the tank IN
order to determine If that has caused
the trouble. At present this is be-
ing done and both .the city sewage
and the washings from the mill, are
run direcu into the river. 1t is be-
lieved that. when the tans is cleaned
out, which will be done.as soon as
possible, that the. arrangement as far
as the city sewerage is concerned will
work satisfactorily.
In connection with the sewerage
matter certificate of an analysis OF
the water was presented to the coun-
Gil, the analysis having been made oy
Prof. Ladd--who visited the city for
that purpose. Prof. Ladd certified
that lie had analyzed the water above
the da IN, that it showed good con-
dition. Analysis of water below the
dam showed a large increase In solid
natter and below ,he mouth OF the
sewer, the river was especially Often
sive and unhealthful That a greater
amount of water flowed into the
river below the septic tank than
above the tank. indicating the pres
ence of springs.
Petitions we're received asking that
an Independent long distance tele-
phone instrument be placed in the
court house, Grant Mercantile Co.
store, and Bijou --theater. Granted
with usual restrictions.
A surety bond was presented by
Lutz g. 60. 10 the sum OF $500 to
com DIV with the city scale ordinance.
Bond referred to city attorney for ap-
proyal, was approved as to form, and
was accepted by the council.
A petition was presented BY a
number OF property owners asking for
an electric light at the intersection
of St. Paul street, and First avenue
south. Moved and carried that the
prayer OF the petitioners be granted.
City auditor reported collection OF
an auctioneer's license from Col.
Marks, in the sum Of $500.
The Water committee was instruct
ed to purchase a boiler .'and appara-
tus for thawing out water mains in
extreme cold weather.
Water Com missioner Ringuette re-