The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-01-04
AN UNIMPORTANT
COUNCIL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS ITS FIRST
MEETING or THE YEAR LAST
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO BE
MADE IN ALLOWING PuR.
cHAsEs FOR THE CITY.

Inc Fargo CITY COUNCIL HeLu
rather unimportant meeting last even
ing at the city hall. A large amount
of routine business came before the
city 'atlcrs, but no matters of any.
moment were UP for consideration.
One of the chief and most import
ant measures which will be inaugural
ed as a result Of the meeting, will be
the requirement of acquisitions for
| the purchase OF supplies for all the
! departments of the city. Heretofore
! supplies have been bought, and often
it has been hard to find who ordered
the purchases and the o. K on the
| bills have been made in a haphazard
| fashion. Greater care will be made
In the city purchase system and Mayor
Lowell appointed a committee consist
| ing of City Auditor Orchard, Alder
| man Mcdonald and Alderman Clapp
| to investigate the different systems
and report in full at the next meet
ing of the council.
| Mayor Lowell reported that the
school board did not seem to take
kindly towards the proposition of pay
| ing for the pavement around the city
school buildings and that something
would have to be done towards having
the board of education or somebody
pay for this paving around the in
situations of learning.
4 The question of final payment on
the big slough was considered at
some length and Mayor Lowell gave
q very detailed description Of the case
as it now stands. The original as
sessment against the city, which was
made by the drainage board about ten
years ago, amounted to $4,000, but
interest and expenses on the big drain
have made the city's share Of the
cost about $4,000.
OF this amount $4,000 has been paid
and during the last year there was an
appropriation made for the payment of
$1,000 more of this assessment. On
motion of Alderman Clapp, the mayor
and the city attorney are to investi-
gate the city's liability and if the
city is obligated in the matter to the
extent that is now charged against It,
an order shall be made for the draw
ing of the $1,000 warrant, made pos
sible by the appropriation Of last year
Bids were received for 500 feet oil
fire hose from the Eureka Fire Hose
Mfg. Co. and the Bi-Lateral Fire Hose
Co. The prices ranged from 80 cents
to $1.1O per lineaI foot and the Eure-
ka brand was well guaranteed. This
question of the purchase of the hose
was left with the fire and water com.
mittee which was to join with the fire.
chief, and these men were given power
TO act in the purchase of the new
stream containers.
The reports of the corporation Of
flcials were read, which were yer!
encouraging. Satisfactory report
were heard from the city auditor, cit!
treasurer, street commissioner, polio
: magistrate, chief OF police, fire chief
weigh master and superintendent o
> 1.-THE water works, all of which wer,
4 received and accepted.
: In allowing the bills a number o
2 them were questioned and the legalit!
. of a few were referred to the cit.
attorney who will report on them a
the next meeting.
The city attorney brought UP tn,
question of allowing water stops II
stick a few inches out of the grounC
on the sidewalks 1t is understood tina
] these will be looked after and the cit.
engineer will ask a number of tn
property owners of the city to arrang
: the stops so that they will not be 81
great a menace to pedestrians.
Two bids for the laying of waite
= mains were received. New mains will
l. be laid on Fifth avenue south be
tween Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets and on Oak street north be
] tween Seventh and Eighth avenues
4 c. III. Porritt was the only bidder OF
8 | either bid, and he was awarded tn
two contracts at $1.85 foot and 81
for the installation of MIGRANTS.
The street commissioner of the cit
presented plea for 100 feet of hos
to be used In cleaning off the surfac
s Of the highways. 1t was ordered tina
o the committee be allowed to purchas
the desired amount of hose and tn
g purchase will be made with the fir
: hose purchase and on the contrac
that is now pending with the fire an
- water committee.
1t was ordered that an account q
the expense of the construction of tn
river dam be sent to the Moorhea
officials. The city aldermen in tn
T town across the river have slgnifie
: their willingness to pay a portion c
y the amount spent for the constructio
. of the dam, and will now be give
the opportunity.
II Mayor Lowell will go to Minneapo
], lis the latter part Of the week !
IS company with city Engineer Ander
to make an investigation of some filte
# plants at the mill city. The trip wi
n he made at the expense of big ga
: producer company in Minneapolis.
is desired that he meet the city dad
upon his return and to that end TIL
: meeting adjourned and the member
y Of the council will gather again ne1
? Monday evening to hear of what
two city officials learned in the twi
cities.
Chop suey at FtathsksIIer, Moorhea,
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