The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-06

The paved streets Of the city of
Fargo will be cleaned and flushed at
night. and there will be very little
cleaning Of the highways during the
day time, If the plans Of the street and
bridge committee OF the Fargo city
council are worked out
AT the meeting of the city council
last evening Alderman Jardine of the
street and bridge committee intro
duced a resolution to have the pur-
chase Of a fusher made by the city
for the purpose of washing the streets.
1t is proposed that all Of the streets
shall be washed between midnight and
6 o'clock In the morning by the work
Of the fiusher and in this manner there
viii be very little street cleaning
necessary during the day, and further
more, practically no sprinkling viii be
required on the paved streets of the
city.
The plan, II carried out, will greatly
improve the condition OF the streets.
Furthermore. it will require less help
to take care of the paved streets and
the employees of the street department
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other street work which is now being
left neglected.
Paving First Avenue North.
The city council last evening APP
proved Of the plans and specifications
Of the city engineer for the paving of
First avenue north and the alleys in
the down town district.
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objected to the paving Of the west al
ley in block OF Roberts addition,
which runs alongside the operahouse
and the Walker Bros. & Hardy build
ing, and he was sustained in his pro-
test by Aldermen Jardine and Cooper.
When the question of having all the
alleys included in the plans and speci-
fications of City Engineer Anders, the
point was carried.
1t will be necessary to have sewer
built out of the alley which caused the
controversy. The alley in the center
is very low, which makes the sewer to
carry off the rainfall necessity. Bids
will be received by the city council
June 26 for the paving work on First
avenue north between Roberts street
and Fifth street, and the downtown
alleys.
Thirteenth Street Crossing.
At the council meeting Mayor Lowell
read communication from the North
ern Pacific Railway Co. which stated
that the railroad would be willing to
open UP Thirteenth street and keep a
Waterman at that crossing night and
day, but that the company would then
close the present crossing at Fifteenth
street
However, the railroad did not pro-
pose to open UP crossing at Sixteenth
street as was desired by the city and
to the aldermen of the Fourth and
I othe aldermen of the Fourth and
Fifth wards, and Mayor Lowell, who
will carry the question further with
the N. p. officials.
The Mayors Recommendations.
The mayor recommended that the
council consider the advisability of the
city purchasing a set of apparatus for
the use of the meter inspector. He had
carried on correspondence with num-
Der Of well known electrical houses
and secured prices on the cost of such
machinery, which would run to about
$500. According to the mayor the
meter service in the city was unsatis-
factory, and the meter inspector was
handicapped by lack Of the proper APP
paratus. The matter was referred to
the light committee.
The question of tn location Of a
powder magazine near the city was
brought up by the mayor and he sug-
gested that something should be done
regarding the location of the magazine.
The matter was referred to the city
attorney for Investigation, and he VIII
report at a future meeting.
The chief executive informed the
council that the deeds for the site Of
the filtration plant were now on file.
but that the titles for the lots were not
quite clear. He suggested payment for
the property as soon as the title is
cleared and warrants were ordered
drawn for the same.
The garbage question will be taken
UP by the city dads in the very near
future and at the suggestion OF the
mayor some modern and progressive
system of the disposition of garbage
will be considered. The ordinance
committee was ordered to draw up the
proper kind of an article governing
the disposition of refuse.