Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1908-01-16
CITY COUNCIL
Held Regular Meeting and Tran.
sacted Routine Business. Com
municatlops and Bills.

The regular January session Of the
city council, adjourned from the 9th,
was held III the council rooms Mon
day evening, Mayor Severn presiding,
and Aldermen. Dewey, Buckley, Tun-
stall, Kelley, Pearson and Murphy,
City Auditor Bensch and City At
torney Kneeland attending. Alder
men Nc Elrog and Sifton. absent.
There was little new business of
Importance before the meeting,
which adjourned at an early hour.
After the minutes of the last meet
ing had been read and approved a
communication was receive from f.
J. Koehn. chief Of the fire depart
ment with several requests and re-
concentrations regarding the i'm.
provement of the fire protection SER
vice after the new Quarters in the
city hall are occupied. The COM
munciation included request for
more hose, a new hook and ladder
truck, that attendance at drills by
members of company be made COM
pulsory, aud was referred to the fire
committee for report at..a later meet
ing. =
"A communication.was received..also
from Fred Draw of the Artesian
Hose Co., with recommendations
and suggestions regarding the im-
provement of the fire department,
appointment of chief, payment Of
members, which was placed on file to
be considered later.
pplication to connect in his office
for private use with the North Da-
kota Independent Telephone lines,
! was granted j.. A. Murphy, with the
usual restrictions.
The bond of e. J. Harrington, to
do plumbing work for the city, was
fled, having been approved by the
city attorney.
The report of the city auditor, for
| the month of December, 1907, show
ing $55 taken in during..the month,
was received and placed on file. The
report. of the city treasurer, with
expenditures and balances for the
past month was received, and re-
ferred to the finance col mittee.
As requested at the last meeting,
City Attorney Kneeland reported to
the council the legal status OF the
! bill for the health officer for ..Quatan-
timing, releasing from quarantine.
| taking cultures, etc., the large ex-
pense of which had not been antici-
pated, and it seemed to he the ..opin-
ion tl.at the council should decide
what was "a fair and reasonable COM
pensation for such professional ser
vices, and that the hoard Of health
meet with the health officer and
frame an Ordinance to cover the
points in question, and prevent fur
ther confusion, and delay
The following bills were allowed:
McCulloch g. Mudgect, lun-
Der 20 40
jamestown Gas Co, pipe,
city hall OO
;P. Case. rent pest house ~ mo 40 90
p lialt. labor city scales ~ 95
e. Crane, lumber " Tss-s'1 ,.s'2i 70
Thos Bridge, labor city. hall 3 90
J.A. Rankin, board of..health 84 90
H.A. Wasser, board prisoners 425
F.W. .Sappenfield, labor street
fountain 5 50
B. l.. Scott & Co., wire ETC.,
city hall 5 As
Grant Nero. Co., hinges 90
Grant Nero Co, springs city
hall u 03
Game 3 Caldervale, wood 90
Western Electric Co, pumping
air, Dec. 81 90
water, Dec 1875 oeI
Western Electric Co. lights s
Dec ls.s1 I'll Is
Jno Sucha labor s 20.
Nc Culloch 8 Mudgett wood s
4 pest house p 49,
Dec VI. rs 90.
~, u 80 !, 4, IA o,snn ,ratars a A