The evening times., 1911-04-12
Will ADVERTISE FOR
new SET Of
BIDS
Heated Argument Over Re.
port of Street and Alley
Committee.

luB anu udQ one OF In0 OuSleSC SeS-
sions on record for some time. Alder
men Redick and Valley We're absent
when the roll was called. The most
important business of the meeting,
the opening of the bids for the city
paving, was the last on the program.
The first matters to come up were
requests from A. NJ. Montgomery for
a pool hall license, Joe Scott for a
drayman's license and Jeff's transfer
company for licenses on hack, dray
and baggage wagon. Their petitions
were granted.
When the street and alley commit
tee was called upon to report, two
communications to the council were
turned in. A minority report signed
by Aldermen Lockman and Turner,
recommending that Dinnie Bros. be
awarded the contract for the city side
walks and that in case that this con-
cern did not do the work. that the
bids be rejected and the city auditor
be instructed to call for bids accord
ing to plans and specifications en-
bodied in the report was turned in.
The majority report presented to the
council by X. c. Hunter, George Sails
bury and Hugh Ryan favored letting
the contract to P. S. Person.
An argument of some duration was
then started. City Engineer Lykken
being called upon to give the council
his opinion as to, what the merits of
the sidewalk proposed by the minor
ity report were in comparison to the
present city ordinance. Mr.. Lykken
stated that in the past several years
hoA hoov, h,,f frifa S0
feet Of cement walk laid under the
city specifications and stated it called
for a very expensive walk owing to
the rich mixture OF the foundation
He favored to 6 mixture for the
foundation and 1 to 1-2 mixture
for the dressing, this dressing to be
laid with a minimum of three-quar-
ters Of an inch.
Attorney o. B. Burtness in behalf
of his client Mr.. Person made avery
eloquent plea to the council, to award
the contract to Mr.. Person as he was
the lowest bidder on the city engi-
neer's specifications and tied with
Dinnie Bros. on the city specifica-
tions as called for by the present or
dinance. Contractor Carl Sorenson
questioned the fact that Person had
the lowest bid and read a few figures
to the council. Alderman Bucking-
ham then moved that all bids be re-
jected and that the city auditor call
for new bids according to speciflca-
tions furnished in the minority re-
port. The motion was passed and
later in the evening City Attorney
prepared a skeleton amendment to
the present city ordinance, which
passed its first reading.
Reports Adopted.
The city hall building committee
report that they had ordered the
plans of the new city hall changed,
to have the columns in the new coun-
Gil chamber removed. These columns
as has been stated in the Times, were
intended to support the tower, which
It was voted to do away with before
the building contract was let. The
report was adopted and on roll call
all voted aye.
The report of the public improve
ment committee approving the city
engineers report was adopted. The
city waterworks committee reported
favorably for the purchase of new
parts of the pump at the station. for
the building of sidewalk and for re-
pairs to the west wall of the settling
basin. The report Of the committee
was adopted.
Suits for Police.
A very spirited and heated discus
sion between several members of the
council in regard to whether the city
should continue to donate the uni
forms to the police and f1remen, was
the next number of the evenings en-
tertainment. The police committee
reported that they had decided to give
the contract for the uniforms of the
police force to Thomas Griffiths at
$35 per suit.
Alderman Thomas doubted whether
the city had any right to give the city
employees these suits. He stated that
he had Investigated the matter and
that there were very few cities in the
United States, which followed the
Grand Forks practice. The city audi.
tor was called upon to read several
communications from heads Of depart.
.ments in the cities Of the northwest
In this regard and it was found that
Winnipeg was the only city which
adopted this policy.
Alderman Wadsley approved ol
donating the suits to the police, stat.
ing that the officers did not receive
any too much salary at the present
time and that il the suits were not