The Dickinson press., 1909-02-06
BETTER fire
REGULATIONS
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his assessment be reduced from 5000 to
$500. The petition stated that his house
was not completed until late this fall.
The council recommended that the
county commissioners make the re-
duction of assessment if presented with
the proper affidavit.
The report of City Engineer Veigel,
who inspected the Unique theatre, was
read and adopted. The report showed
that on the whole the conditions were
very favorable for the public safety.
Some suggestions for improvements were
mentioned, which me with the approval
of the manager, and already the changes
are being made. The entrance t the
auditorium should be CHANGED to lead
directly in instead Of having two small
entrances; a wide set of steps should
replace the narrow ones in front of the
stage, leading to the rear door fire exit =;
The seats should be arranged with two
wide center aisles instead of three
narrow aisles !; a more complete system
of ventilation should be Installed by
means of a Aue and fan. All of the
suggestions meet with Mr.. Warren's
approval and the mayor will see that
the changes are made.
George Berzel presented q petition
asking to be allowed to construct a brick
enclosed oven at the rear of. his bakery
east of the Merchants National bank.
No,objections were made.
Louis Pericka, manager of the Dickin-
son Hardware Co., was present at the
meeting and asked that~his company be
granted permission to erect. a warehopte
410x6o feet on the Langdon. lots on First
Street North, the building to be con-
4tructed of 2x4 posts. the sides and
roofing to be of sheet iron, a practically
fire roof building. The lots are in the
fire district where all. new buildings
must be of stone OF, brick and Alderman
Turner came out fat-footeds with an
objection to any, such building. He
stated that too many buildings of this
kind were already standing in the bust
ness portion Of the city. He stated
that such buildings not only looked bad
but cut down the value of the adjoining
property and he for one would object to
any more of the kind being put up in
the fire district. Mr.. Petricka started
that when the building was stated he
did not know that it was within the fire
district and he did not feel greatly dis
appointed at the objection. A com
mittee was instructed to see that the
new Office building of the Standard Oil
Co. be removed al least $50 feet from
the big tanks. The recent fire showed
the danger of such a building in such
close proximity and the company will
either be compelled to move the building
$50 feet or build of brick.
Supt w. j. Littlehales reported that
there was too much refuse being
dumped near some of the wells and some
action should be taken to stop the
practice. The matter was referred to
the board of health committee.
Valentine Kock, publisher of the
Deutche Zukunst, stated in a letter to
the mayor that he had been assessed on
his printing Office and. equipment for
the year 1908, when as a matter of
fact, his shop was not built Or the
machinery ordered until after April list
and therefore should not be taxed for
that year. The council recommended
that he make an affidavit covering the
above and present it to the county COM
missioner
Tn final report of Loweth & Wolff
Of St. Paul. inspectors for the city::in the
Kennedy water contract, was read by
the auditor and proved to be quite an
interesting document. This report has
been hanging fire for more than a year
and will cost the city several hundred
dollars. In another sense the city saves
about $500 on the Kennedy contract.
The report showed that from the several
tests made the total leakage per "a hours
amounts to e Z. 200 gallons, the con-
tract only allowing /. 700 gallons cross
walks sidewalks and streets were
damaged to the extent of $500. 1t is es-
timated that the cost of pumping the
extra water will amount to 1913 in 20
years and it is safe to say that the
council will never allow the balance of
W. J. Kennedy's bill amounting to over
$500. The report was referred to the
committee on public Improvements.
The ordinance relating to the Office of
city scaveneer was given the third read
ing and thrown aside for the reason
that it coni1icted with several other