The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-08-02
Call for Five Inch Sub Base and Two
Inch Wearing Surface-Made
of Concrete.
COUNCIL GRANTS NORTHLAND
PETITION FOR WATER MAINS
Joe Harrington Appointed Chief of
Police-Mayor Says Saloons
Must Obey Law.

Bids for the paving of two city
blocks on Third street will be
opened by the city council at 8 p
m. next Monday evening. Specif
cations for the paving were read
to the council last evening by City
Engineer Stoner and they call for
a first class pavement. According
to his estimate, the street will have
to be closed to travel for two weeks
from the time the pavement is
made.
The specifications say that the
sub base must be laid on the
sand while the sand is wet and
packed down. 1t is to be one part
of cement mixed with five or six
parts of gravel, according to the
coarseness of the gravel. 1t is to
be placed in position while wet
and tanped down to a hard layer,
five inches thick.
The wearing surface is one part of
cement to two of sand and will be
graded to the sidewalk. After it
has been smoothed off, a wire stable
brush is to be dragged across it
diagonally to make it rough. Eigh.
teen feet of the street will be built at
once, two strips being laid from
each curb and then the sixteen foot
strip in the center. This will allow
the use of at least one third of the
street until the center strip is laid.
The pavement is to be kept damp
for three days and then closed to
travel until the cement has thorough
ly set. Spaces between sections are
to be left to allow for expansion and
filled with board when the street is
made. After the cement has hard
ened, the boards are to be removed
and the spaces filled with tar. All
material is to be approved by the
city engineer. The specifications
were filed with the city clerk.
Harrington Appointed Chief of Police.
Mayor Parker stated to the coun-
Gil last night that he had appointed
Joe Harrington chief of police to
succeed Allen Benner, whose resig-
nation took effect yesterday morn
ing. He said that he had given
him instructions to see that the
state law was enforced and that all
saloons were closed at II p. m. and
all day on Sunday. All saloons are
to be put on the same level. The
mayor said that he had word from
the Indian agents that the city would
not be closed if the saloons were made
to live up TO he laws. He said that
if Harrington could not control
them, he would find a man that
could.
Mayor Parker told the council
that many people had asked for
police protection on Lake Boulevard
and in Mill Park but that so far it
had not been possible to get it. Two
men are on nights, and after ten
O'Clock one meets the. trains and the
other sees that the saloons are closed
on time. This is just when the
people want the additional protec-
ton, he said.
1t was decided to put in arc lights
in Mill Park and make the way
light. Nothing was done about
putting an extra man along the lake.
The mayor said that if things were
not going right there, he wanted the
citizens to let him know. To-.
Fire Team Must Work.
Doran B.otherS bill for shovels
lost while fighting fire back of the
Bemidji mill brought out the fact
that the run to the mill was made
by dray and not by the city fire
team. Attention of the council was
also directed to the fact that the
team did not do any work and was
costing about $50 month for feed.
Many Of the councilmen though,