Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-29
CITY DADS PUT in
A BUSY evening
CITY BUILDING PROPOSITION Is
UP FOR BRIEF DISCUSSION
MONDAY.
Many Matters Of Importance Discuss
ed and Settled at the Meeting Held
Monday Evening.

The board OF city commissioners
held it's regular weekly meeting last
evening, all the members being
present. A large amount of import
ant business was attended to.
The minutes Of the meetings OF
March II and Fl were read and a2-
proved.
A petition frcm J. F. Philbrick ask
ing permission to erect and addition
to the Henzler garage on Broadway
to be Of frame construction, covered
with sheet metal, was referred to
the fire commissioner, Marquett.
l.. T. Rhodes had read a communi-
cation stating that at the auction sale
of city lots held the first of Marca
last year, he purchased lots IS and &c
in block IS, Original plat, on the bot
toms, but that such lots do not ex.
list and are not shown on the plat
of the city as filed at the court house.
The lots are plated on the maps of
the city as shown in every real es-
tate office in the city, and the matter
was referred to Commissioner Giere
mann, the city engineer and the city
attorney.
The acceptance of the Northern Pa
cific Ry. company of the ordinance
recently passed allowing the company
to construct spur across Main St.,
to the new International Harvester
co. building, was presented and &C
cepted.
Public Health Commissioner Smyth
reported that there were ten deaths
In the city in February, nine being
residents and one nonresident, but
as three Of the deaths were from vio-
lence and one a still born baby this
did not mean an exceptionall,, high
death rate. He also reported there
had been eleven births in the city
during the same month.
: The city auditors financial state
ment for March list, showing total liza
bilities og $55,37053, and assets of
cash on hand of $2O,253.14. was pre-
scented and ordered referred to Com
missioner Geiermann for examination.
Inc city attorney reported on the
complaint of J. P. Kenyon regarding
his sidewalk assessment in effect.
that as the assessment had been duly
advertised and notice of time and
place for the approval of same pub-
hshed in the official paper that the
commission had now no. power to
cnange the assessment. It appears
mat Mr.. Kenyon owns the east half
OF certain lots. A sidewalk was con-
structed along the west side of the
lots and the entire lots assessed for
the walk. Mr.. Kenyon claims that
as his half of the lots received no
Deneflt from the walk he should not
De assessed for half of the cost.
Ihere seems to be conflict of opinion
as to what the law means in the
manner Of assessing divided property
Action on the attorneys report was
postponed for another week.
Commissioner Marquett introduced
a resolution empowering the commits
sioner Of streets to employ a man at
40 a month to oversee the street
work to be done in the next six
months and final action on this mar
ter was also deferred for another
week.
The report of the city engineer,
stating it would cost $3.50 to construct
a sewer on Fourth street for one
BLOCK between Avenues F and G, to-
gether with Commissioner Lucas re.
port favoring the construction of the
sewer and a resolution to advertise
Tor bids on the work, were all REFER.
ed to the city attorney to see if the
reports and resolutions were in prop.
er form. Commissioner Lucas H.
more time to consider tho
matter of a sewer on Broadwtv be-
tween Mandan and Washington ave-
nues, as the city engineer want 20