The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-06-21
FIRE ESCAPES AND ASBESTOS CURTAIN
ORDERED At OPERA HOUSE

By City Council Monday Evening. No On,
Present to Protest Against New Side Walk!
Board Of Equalization Starts in Work Tues
day Evening.
The city council met Monday
evening Aldermen Manley.
Farley, Rourk and Mittelstaedt
present-Mayor Meehan, Aid.
erman Roberts and Martens,
absent. Alderm man Manley, pre-
sident of the board called the
meeting TO order.
The sidewalk com mittee re-
ported that most of the sidewalks
ordered at the last meeting were
beng put down.
City Attorney Bouck was in
structed TO draw up resolu
tion ordering in all walks not
constructed as ordered by the
city, the same to be built by the
city and assessed against the
property.
Alderman Mittelstaedt wanted
to know what was to be done
about the opera house-over
eighteen months ago, when an
ordinance was being prepared
by the council to order fire
escapes OF the building, Mr..
Bentley had come before the
board and offered to put up fire
escapes, such as the council
should choose, if the city would
pot charge him any license.
This had been agreeable to the
council - the ordinance was
still pending. Mr.. Bentley had
never built the fire escapes.
Should anything happen to cause
a panic with large audience,
there was certain to be loss of
life and good many injured.
1t was due the public that some
thing be done. After some
further discussion the city at.
torney was instructed to have
notice served on Mr.. Bentley
to have fire escapes placed on
the building and an asbestos
curtain put up at the stage, and
that the opera house be closed
until these were put up as re,
| quired by law. The motion
was seconded by Alderman Far
ley and carried by a unanimous
vote.
The city attorney was instruct
ed to prepare a resolution order
ing sidewalk laid in front of the
citys lots, extension of Main
street south from Mr.. Guthrie S
feed barn.
The council then adjourned.
Tuesday evening it began its
duties as board OF equalization.
Ed Emanuel is visiting his
parents in Wisconsin this week.
Emmett McKenna principal
of the schools at Edgeley,
North Dakota, returned to his
Grant County home last week.
He was in the city Monday greet
ing his Milbank friends.
Watertown Public Opinion
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Kramer
and two sons, Masters Harold
and Gordon, departed Sunday
evening for Chaska, MINI, in
response to a telegram announc-
ing the death of Mrs. Kramer's
mother
Quite a num ber of people were
down at the railroad yards to see
the large engine being pulled to
Butte, Montana. The engine
was No. 462, eight drive wheels,
grade C-1 or in other words first
grade. The engineer and fire
man were accompanying it from
the Milwaukee shops from where
it was taken after some re-
pairs had been made. 1t was
taken to Aberdeen, thence to
Edgely, n. D., and from there
to Butte, over the N. p where it
will be used on a two percent
grade thatis being made by the
Milwaukee on it's extension.
A draft of S2,255.55 came
through the Merchants National
bank last week from the West.
ern Surety company for the city
of Milbank. This is a little leg.
acy left the city by the Bouck
administration and is a token of
the thoroughly business like
manner in which the affairs of
the city were conducted under
the late administration of munic-
ipal affairs. The Surety COM
pany madea hard fight against
}the payment of these dam
ages, and if there had been left q
single loop hole out of which they
mioht have escaned thew would