Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-11-28

The board of city commissioners
met in regular session Monday even
ing at the city hall, President Will
liams, and Commissioners Jackson,
Lucas, Patterson and Tatley being in
attendance.
A communication and report was
received from the city engineer stat
ing that the white way lighting sys-
tenn had been installed satisfactorily,
and that all the work remaining was
the painting of the posts and the fill.
ing in of some of the trenches, and
relaying of paving in some sections.
This work however can not be &C.
complished until spring.
Commissioner Jackson moved that
the system of white way lights In
stalled by Grallbs and Peet be &C.
cepted by the commission as report
ed by the city engineer, and that war
rants be drawn in favor OF CRAMPS
and Peet for the amount due them on
their contract. The motion carried.
The report of the city treasurer for
the month of October was received
and placed on file, being referred to
Commissioner Tatley, as was the re-
port of the city auditor showing the
| amount of warrants outstanding to
date.
In regard to the matter of opening
the alley at the rear of the lots owned
by r. J. Tully in the eastern section
! of the city, Commissioner Jackson
submitted report that no alley was
! shown on the official plat of the city,
and as the legislature had taken away
from city commissions the right to
locate alleys, matters of this nature
would undoubtedly have to be settled
by legal procedure.
The report for the special commit
tee to which was referred the bids
for furnishing the city with hay, oats
and coal, for use at the city fire hall,
! was adopted, the contracts being
awarded to the Wachter Dray and
! Transfer company to furnish the oats,
; L. w. Sperry the hay, and the Wash
burn Ignite Coal company the coal.
Commissioner Patterson voted nay
! on the adoption of the report, stating
that the contracts, in his estimation,
should be awarded to the lowest bid.
der. In the matter of the coal, S. M.
Ferris had bid $3.50, while the Wash
burn Ignite Coal company bid $3.50
per ton. The committee, however,
was in receipt of an analysis made by
Professor E. F. Ladd, showing the
relative merits of the various Goals,
and the Washburn coal is said to have
shown a greater amount of heat and
less ashes and clinkers, and their re.
port was based upon such statement.
The ordinance granting the Stand
ard Oil company the right to erect
warehouses in the city came up for
it's final reading and was passed.
Commissioner Jackson introduced
an ordinance prohibiting the moving
through the streets or over any
bridge or culvert within the city, OF
traction engines propelled by steam,
without first protecting the street
crossings and planking and after a
permit had been granted.
Mr.. w. E. Rawlings appeared be-
fore the board and spoke of the es-
Enlistment Of the public skating rink
al, Custer park and asked the COM
mission to provide some lighting IA
cilities for the same. Commissioner
Jackson was instructed TO see that
temporary lights be installed and
maintained.
The matter of the white way lights
came up for discussion. While the
city has formally accepted the system
from the contractors, who installed
it. the matter Of contract with the
electric light company had not been
settled, and the lights will not be Of
ficially turned on until Manager
Hughes of the electric plant returns
from Fargo and arranges matters sat-
isfactorily with the commission.
After the usual grist of bills were