The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-12
PORRITT GIVEN
WATER CONTRACT
CITY COUNCIL AT SESSION LAST
NIGHT AWARDED WORK or
LAYING WATER MAINS IN SEW
ENTH WARD TO LOCAL CON-
TRAcToR-oTHER BUSINESS.

The contract for construction Of
water mains in the Seventh ware was
let last night at a meeting of the city
council to c. III. Porritt on a bid OF
$1.34 per foot and SEQ. for Ere hya-
rants installed. The bids received
were that OF MIR. Porritt and one Of
O. w. Haggart The latter bid 1886
per foot for the work and SCI. so for fire
MIGRANTS.
This means that everything is now
arranged for installing water mains on
College street, Fourteenth street and
Ninth avenue. 1t will give city water
to large number of people who have
been clamoring for the installation of
such service.
II was also decided by the council to
call for bids for the construction OF q
trunk sewer to run along Tenth street
to Third avenue nSrth and thencs
along this street to the Slough west
of the city. This trunk sewer will be
assessed to the whole district between
the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern tracks. The work will cost
something in the neighborhood Of $685.
600. The city attorney was instructed
to advertise fer bids on this work.
Salaries Are Boosted,
Another important matter taken up
by the council at its meeting last night
was the matter OF salaries of some of
the city officials. On an unanimous
vote Of the aldermen present the sal
airy of the city treasurer was raised
from $1,000 to $1,000 per annum and
that of the street commissioner was
advanced from s1,oo0 to $1,000 per an
mum.
City Sold Frame Dwelling.
Bids had been asked for a frame
dwelling which now stands on the
property recently purchased by the
city on which to erect a sub station
OF the fire department on the south
side. One bid was received from J. ].
Jordan, offering the city $500 for the
building. Mr.. Jordans bid was ac-
cepted and the house will be sold to
him. This building now stands on
Front street, just opposite the North
ern Pacific freight depot
After PeddEers and Takers.
Alderman Early offered a resolution
calling the attention of the mayor OF
the city to the fact that the city is
sues licenses to peddlers to sell iewelry
and other articles on the streets. The
resolution was signed by a number OF
the business men Of the city and ask.
ed that licenses be not granted these
people. The reason stated for askins
the discontinuance of licenses was thai
| 1t injured the legitimate business of the
city. No action was taken on the
matter.
| This discussion called forth consider.
able criticism of the medicine men wht
have been allowed to hold free per.
formances on the streets. Alderman
Stewart stated that a patent medicine
man was in town now and took UP hi
stand at the corner of Broadway ant
First avenue north. That his per
formers kept up such racket that 1
was impossible to hear what was go
ing on during lodge sessions in eithe
Union of Loyal knights halls.
The meeting last night was an ad
journed session held principally for TIN
purpose Of opening the bids on tn
municipal improvements that have beef
planned. In the absence of Mayor Ell
lott President Mills occupied tn
chair Those present were: Bolene
Bowers, Cole, Early, Hodges, Lewis
Mills, Stewart and Tibert. Alderma
Powers came in midway of the session