The evening times., 1911-04-12

pieces. He said that If tha suits we're
not &arnisaod tkS police It would be
necessary to raise the salaries and
that the present system insured the
city Of neat looking police force.
On roll call 1t was found that the pres
ent system of furnishing the clothes
would be continued.
The matter Of material for the uni
forms then came up and heated ar
gument followed over the question as
to the weight Of the cloth to be used.
After a long argument in which the
chief Of police was called upon to
express his views, it was decided to
call for new bids on military cloth
instead Of on serge, which the COM
mittee reported on.
Was Deadlock.
The fire committee then reported
that they had agreed upon giving the
contract for the flremens uniforms to
Paulsness Bros. at $34 per suit. The
question as to the material to be used
was argued and a substitute motion
to receive and file the report and ad-
vertise for new bids resulted in a
deadlock, the vote being six to six.
Mayor Murphy for the first time made
use of his prerogative and voted aye,
carrying the motion.
The report Of the city attorney ap-
proving the report Of Police Magis-
trate Church was received and placed
on file and the latter report was
adopted. The city assessor reported
the appointment of A. B. Gum to sue
coed Deputy assessor Constance who
resigned The report of the city en-
gineer on the estimated cost of water
main extension 72 was $4,756.sO.
Poor Ordinance.
City Engineer Lykken then pre-
sented communication suggesting
that the present city ordinance re-
garding the erection Of brick dwelling
houses be changed as it called for
walls of size the cost of which
would be prohibitive for the erection
of residences. He suggested that the
ordinance be amended to read 12
inches for the base and inches for
the walls instead of 16 inches for the
base and IL inches for the walls where
not over 20 feet in height. The recon-
mendation was adopted and permits
will be issued for the erection of sew
eral residences.
Another Communication.
Another communication from Lyk-
ken stated that j. NJ. Bathgate had
applied for permit to build frame
structure for an automobile store
house. on Fourth street across from
the court house. The question as to
whether or not this would raise the
insurance rate in this district was
brought up. Mayor Murphy said the
council should 60 slow and take their
it was referred to the fire committee
after lively tilt as to whether or not
the fire committee or the public i'm
provements committee would be prop
er.
John Mcdonald. the present park
board superintendent, was appointed
policeman for the park board and Joe
Lobsinger was appointed a member of
the special assessment committee for
six years.
Condition Of Alley.
Alderman Hunter called the atten-
ton of the council to the condition
the alley between Third and Fourth
street was in. Alderman Ryan thought
that paving should not be done there
in too big a hurry as the sewer would
cause settling and the paving would
be interfered with. Alderman Ryan
then asked the paving men present If
they would be willing to pave this al
ley, about 20 by 700 feet, at the same
rates as their other Jobs, provided
they were successful in their bidding.
The paving men present all stated
that their companies would be more
than glad to do so.
Alderman Buckingham then moved
that the old city hall roof be repaired
so the rain would not come through
and interfere with the councils work.
The motion was carried.
Cornerstone Exercises.
Alderman Ryan then addressed the
council and suggested the fact that
as the city was building what will
eventually be the finest and best NUM-
cipal building in the state and the
northwest, it would be proper to pro-
vide for a fitting dedication of the
structure and recommended that a
committee be appointed to prepare for
dedication services, incident upon the
laying of the cornerstone. This mat
ter was suggested by the Evening
Times a short time ago and found
favor with the residents of the city.
The motion met wits much approval
from the council and was carried
unanimously. Mayor Murphy then
appointed Alderman Ryan, Hunter,
Ellestad, Lockman and Thomas to
act as this committee.
Other Business.
The bonds of Joe Scott for draying,
Dick Stacey for street work. Joseph
Giese for street work, Bacon and Van
Alstine for hacks, etc., and Joe Fish
man for street work, were approved
Do Not Pay Licenses.
Chief Lowe reported to the council
that several of the local livery stables
had three and four hacks and only
had licenses for one and two. but they
explained that the surplus hacks were
used only for funerals and not for
ordinary calls. The matter was dis
cussed at some length by the council
and will be looked into and report
made later.
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