The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-08
COUNCIL DECIDED TO
EXTEND INTAKE
At ONCE
Let and Work Com
menced This Morning
Will Better Supply
ARMOUR MATTER
NOT OF
Permission Granted East
Side Brewery to Tap the
Big Main
ARMOUR MATTER
NOT OF
What die Council bid

NAh NO&AAhSAA ~
. Let a contract for extension Of .
: concrete intake pipe up Red =
. Lake river. .
= Deferred action on porposal .
= to allow use Of council chambers =
. as public hall. .
. Passed second reading Of ordi- .
= granting privilege to Ar .
. mour & Co. to build spur track. .
: Allowed bills representing the .
. balance due on new city hall con- .
. struction. .
. Granted the East Grand Forks =
. brewery permission to tap new .
: intake pipe. .
Approved plat Of w. H. KEEL .
. sey's Third addition. .
The above matters were taken up
at the meeting of the city council
held Thursday evening. which lasted
until l o'clock this morning. One
Of the most important matters taken
up was letting the contract for laying
the new intake pipe up the Red Lake
river. which was awarded to the
the bid of $1,000. The company be-
gan the preliminary work today and
1t Is expected that it will be complet-
ed within two weeks.
The discussion over the letting out
of the council chambers to the gener-
al public was precipitated by the re-
port Of the building committee, which
while making a number of recon
mendations that We're ~favorably pass
ed upon recommended that the petit
ton Of Prof. Hult representing the
Universal Religious organization fol
the continuous use Of the small
N0,1nrf1 nhon1hnr no mt 0Fanfod- Pf0Y
HUT was present and spoke for the
people he represented. Several OF
the council thought that while the
chambers should be used for meet.
ings of a public nature, they should
not be let out for continuous use such
as that asked by Prof. HUT. The
matter was debated back and forth
for an hour before action was finally
deferred.
Ordinance Comes Up.
Following the %protracted discussion
as to the use of the council cham
bers Of the city hall. on motion the
council at once proceeded to Order
Of business No. Q and took up the
ordinance granting to the Great Nor.
thern railway the right to cross North
Fifth street at a point north OF the
present Great Northern tracks for the
purpose of putting in a spur track
for the benefit Of Armour and com.
pany. The ordinance was up last
evening for it's second reading and
final passage and after an hour had
been devoted to its discussion. the
matter was laid " until the mex
regular meeting Of the council. Con
siderable opposition to the ordinance
spoke against the ordinance dwelt a
length on the situation which nov
presents itself at the Great Northern
in respect to blocking the crossingi
and urged that the addition Of thu
spur track In question would great,
| enhance the present problem.
When the ordinance was read
Chairman T. J.. Smith Of the ordin'
ance committee offered an amend
ment which made provision to ex
clude switching Oh the spur during
hours and al such times as the schoo
children would be liable to be go
ing to and from school. Provision
was also made in the amendment Of
fered that that ordinance would be
come null and void unless within
year Armour and company erected
$4,000 building on the property t.
be served by h spur track.
Asks Amendment.
Attorney Scott Rex. Representing
the company spoke briefly on som
provisions Of the amendment regard
ing the hours and these were adjust
ed. He also pointed out that to re
Ing worth $4,000 was putting
rather strong. He said that he di,
not know Armour and company's bus
mess but that he would assure tn
council that whatever building wa
erected would be a credit. The sug
gestions of MIR. Rex were Incorporates
in the ordinance and the building re
quirement placed at $4,000. tn
meeting was then thrown open 70
general discussion.
Aldermen Hunter thought that tn
matter was a decidedly important on
and declared that he was sorry tina
the matter had not been brought u
in the Commercial club, he urged de
lay and thought that postponemen
would materially aid in the councI
reaching a more satisfactory conciu
sion.
H. N. Wells spoke at some lengt
against the proposition. He said tina
from his point Of vantage at the He
tel Northern he had a splendid op
Fifth street due to the railroad cross
ing. He declared that the conditio
was an unusually unfortunate on,
He said that the granting Of the RICH
to cucumber the street with anothe
track would mean the opening u
Of that block and that there would b
switching on the spur that would en-
danger safety Of pedestrians. H
said that he was certain that II tn
matter was brought to the attentio
Of James j. Hill, Mr.. Hill woul
never allow the spur to be built.
Sig Wolff spoke briefly but express
ed no opinion. He said he had cor
fdence in the ability and integrity
the council to decide the matter O
it's merits.
Kelly Against 1t.
supt. j: Nelson Kelly Of the cit
schools also spoke al some length 1
opposition to the ordinance. He sal
that he thought the object of Armou
and company in getting SO central
location was to compete with the Il
cal dealers. He pointed put that thel
Is already a federal suit In progrel
against the packers and expressed tn
opinion that the corporation was n,
one that was entitled to considerable
at the hands Of the people Of Gran
Forks. He also spoke at length wit
reference to the condition now exis
ing at the railroad crossing and sal
that he did not believe the putting
Of such a building as Armour an
company promised would warrant til
council granting them the privflel
asked.
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