The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-14

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It, and place the city again in the
situation, as to bids for these proposed
bonds, that ,it.tfound itself lin on the
forwer. bonds.-A Isl George, Lucifer oxf
OF those who do not or viii not proht
by experiences Or was the rate OF
interest injected In the resolutions.s be-
cause George Lucifer: is against and
opposed TO having municipal lighting
plant, and because he favors the tight
company and wants to make II east
for that company in preventing the
people from having a. lighting plant, by
having the city receive only one bid
for the proposed bonds, that Of Athe
state. and that with "a string to 1t, ri.
e.. THE state viii take the. Abondh
when decfied legal by the supreme
court :, and by having 30 many s'sefe :
gambjans'. in the resolution, we have
pointed out, that.the supreme court, BY
reason = tine defects I'M the resofu-
ton will of necessity, when brought
| before it, have to knock 1t out as
| v6id?< $500 100 sssSt sts FFs,
/ The people. Of, Fargo want a niunic-
| ipal lighting plant. IA
The people of Fargo want an irnprov+
ed water supply. ~ -e
Now, does any fair minded man be-
! lieve that under the defective and ut
terly void resolution that George Luci-
| fer Tibert has presented for aSlighttng
plant. that there il any likelihood of the
city having. al municipal lighting plant?
No. not the slightest. ~ eF-z NJ
The water resolution, presented by
this same worthy gentleman, contains
this very remarkable clause: Said site
to be purchased for a sum not exceed
ing $11 900" and this, 100 right in the
face of the decision Of the 4 supreme
court in the Stern case, where the
bonds in that case were Knocked OUT
because it was held the amount of the
bonds was not. stated, because after
the figures 100000 in that resolution
the words We're used, ''or such part
thereof as may be required -;
What was the author of this care
fully prepared water bond resolution
thinking about when he inserted those
words, said site to be purchased for
sum not exceeding $1,000 dollars?'
Has it not been made apparent that
the learred(?) adviser of George Luci-
fer had not read the decision in the
Stern case? go sg" y
II
the law, as construed by the supreme
court in the Stern decision to know
just how much money the council pro-
poses to invest in site for the water
works? viii the people, be athletic de-
termine, from the resolution proposed,
how, muche Of the 's11 600, will be in
vested i'm, al, SITE or. whether ALI Of it
will be so invested?. ia 80 5 - e. .
Does not that part of the carefully
prepared resolution. approved by the.
FIVE. eminent members of the legal pro-,
fession," vouched, for by our worthy.
George, fly right in the teeth of the.
Stern decision?W is &a4sT-. +. n ~ L
The law, as construed in the Stern
case, requires, the exact, precise
amount, that shall be invested in a,
sitegfor the water works to be stated, :
without. such statement, he, supreme
court tellssus, 1.-THE, question is not,fatrly3
presented .toi the electors. = That the
people, the electors, are entitled to-
know definitel. what is. pFoposed1zto be,
know definitely what Is proposed to- be-
of site. the. indebtedness'o of the. city is.
increased Under the proposed reso-,
luton of George Lucifer Tibert the city
council may decide to, pay amy part of
the $1,000 for a site and issue bonds
for the amount THE only power to-
issue bonds lis derived from the statute,
and any condition which the statute'
imposes precedent must be, complied
with fairlys and substantially, and the,
voters are not empowered to delegate
the power to fix the amount of the issue
for the purchase of a site that belongs
to them alone, to the city council,
Now our worthy George ,Lucifer Til
bert has also selected the site for the
new water works, of course this does
not appear i'm the carefully prepared
water resolution but, he has actually
selected the site, just the same, and
it is the ground lying just east Of
Alderman Early's barn on the. south
side of First avenue south. The tract
selected for the water works plant Is
reasonably worth about $4,000 surely
not more than $4,000, yet this worthy
gentleman is attempting to appropriate
"a. sum not. exceeding. $1,000 for such
Site = @ef
Is there a "nigger in the wood pile n
Any way, getting down to a fairErea-
sonable viewsof the situation, why, why
should the waterworks t''be located ali
a place to, be hereafter. decided upon
between Second avenue south and Sec.
ond avenue, north, near the business.
center OF the. city y when every person
knows that thatsis not~a proper loca-
tionlfor.it?
why not, locate the waterworks
where it belongs, beypnd and above the
present sewer. outlets and outlets OF
sewers that must yet be constructed.
The sewers on lthe south side. of the.
city. are now. about taxed TO, their full
capacity, yet many unimproved lots
between Eighth avenue south and Thir
teenth avenue south, saying nothing
about all the lots in ,Hurtington's aid
dition, which are now being Improved,
and built upon, depend upon the present
sewers, IL sewer connection is to be.
had, for them at4all:
Will the city council allow the worthy
alderman from the seventh ward to.
preclude, by locating the water works
down; town any further sewers, to be
constructed on, the south side? And
il the council does, stand for il, are the
people on ftles south sideaof the North
ern Pacific railway track to the western
boundary OF the city, going to stand
meekly by and permit this outrage to
be done to them ?.rss-
Of course have heard Alderman
Tibert assert that a pipe can be laid
in the bottom of, the river up to and
above point Of all sewer outlets, and
the water be brought down to the
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