The evening times., 1911-08-10
COUNCIL PASSES RESOLUTION
TO EXTEND THE CITY LIMTS|
First Step in Increasing Acreage the City Proper Was
Taken-Many Were Present to Speak on the Matter
Will Advertise for Furniture and Fixture Bids

outrageous and premature.
| Alderman Sorlie eaid he was SORT!
that Mr.. Kelley should be 50 hare
hit, but he did not see where the lant
would depreciate in value. He could
| not see Why the land was not valu-
able IL Mr.. Kelsey could sell the
property farther west to the state fol
$500 an acre.
Professor v. P. SQuires OF the uni
versity wanted to know what the val
uation Of the land was and wanted
statistics on the increase in taxes
Alderman Wedsley thought that it
was one Of the duties OF the ways and
, means committee which had the mat
ter in charge, to make such an in
vestgation. He desired greatly to
know what the committee did on the
matter of looking up the figures. At
this juncture Alderman Ellestad in
behalf Of the committee. stated that
such was not the work of the COM
mittee.
]. R. Poupore's Opinion
]. r. Poupore of the brick company
gave the information that he had
talked with several brick company
representatives and that they were
all Of the opinion that brick could not
b manufactured and sold by a con-
cern that had to pay CITY taxes. He
naintained that while the taxes
would o1ly mean an increase OF prob
ably ten cents q thousand Oh the SELL
ing price of brick, that amount cut
big figure in the long run and con-
tracts had been lost on 2 smaller mar
gin than that
Mr. Poupore concluded his remarks
by stating that man. cities of the
United States were trying 70 get man
uEacturers 20 locate il their midst.
Some we're SO anxious to ger them
thar they were giving bonuses. The
brick company which IS one OF the
most valuable assets OF the city, does
not wish any bonus and sIl they ask
is TO be let alone"
Alderman SorIie. who has cham
pioned Ite e1tension.srs since the
matter was first brought Up. went into
detail OF tie price OF brick He be-
lieTed that the company had sold
9.0f0,0fAl brick last year The taxes
under the extension would be approx
mately ten cents mor5 thousand.
providing the taxes were increased
Ave times
4. L Hunter REGRETTED
A I. Hunter was the next 20 ad-
dress the council He regretted the
bringing il the Iimeiight Of the brick
company and vent OF TO say that he
was CT the committee OF the Com
merciai club which lad worked to-
ward getting new manufacturers In
10 Grand Forks. He said that it was
the purpose Of that organization to
encourage manufacturers and not to
antagonize them The attitude taken
in the extension matter was, accord
ing to Mr. Hunter, nothing more than
antagonism and would mean the un-
dermining Of the foundation Of the
biggest asset Of the city today if 1t
went through.
tistics regarding the affairs Of the
company and volunteered the infor-
nation that they had paid out $685.
900 in wages last year and that they
employ about 11s men at the present
time. Last year 10000 bricks were
sold in Grand Forks at total cost
OF $4,000 and a profit of $4,000. He
did not think this an excessive profit
and believed that the company was
paying the city enough in taxes at
the present time anyway.
Remarks were passed at the time
by Mr.. Hunter to the effect that some
members of the council were after
the brick company and that it should
not be allowed. Alderman Sorlie
could not see it that way and stated
justice for the people Of the city.
NJ. Stanchfield did not think it was
right to antagonize the manufacture
ers and that if such a course was
pursued, how was the city going to
get new concerns located here.
Wadsley Made Motion
Alderman Wadsley then stated that
Alderman Sorlie had been working
hard for the extension of the city
limits and that he himself had been
accused Of working for the "inter-
ests." He wanted it distinctly un-
derstood that he was working for the
best interests OF the city and he felt
that it would be no more than right
for the ways and means committee
to make some kind of statement as
to the benefits of the extension. He
offered substitute motion to lay the
matter over until some kind Of a re-
port on the benefits of the increased
acreage of the city in regard to tax
alton SO that the council would be
able to vote intelligently.
Alderman Thomas said that the
resolution extending the limits had
been before two COMMITTEES and both
had reported unanimously in favor