The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-06-20

the council denied the protest. The
sewer committee also asked that the
special assessment against the sewer
on Fourth street north be allowed to
stand, which was done, although OBJ
! iected TO by Alderman Stewart OF the
First ward.
The Ordinance Committee.
The ordinance committee made sew
! erai reports of some work that was
/ being done. The committee had held
! uaaeting yesterday afternoon and had
/ gone over the proposed ordinance
f, With Manager Hughes which regulates
: he pay of the city from the Union
Light, Heat G. Power Co., for the use
| OF the city streets. The committee
reported that the light company and the
city was about to agree and that the
report of the committee would be
| brought in at the next meeting of the
council.
The ordinance committee asked City
! Attorney Shure to talk upon a garbage
! ordinance that is under consideration.
1 The city attorney suggested two ways
or drawing UP a garbage ordinance and
the ordinance committee approved Of
one of them as the best for the con-
sideration Of city the size of Fargo.
1t is proposed under the terms of the
ordinance, that each family win pay 81
per year to the city for the assess
ment on the collection of the garbage.
The city will advertise for bids for
men to collect the garbage and two
wagons will be sufficielt to collect all
the garbage in the city during the nine
months when The temperature will
permit the collection of the garbage.
The ordinance committee had the
city engineer present the matter Of
a new building permit ordinance. The
city engineer and the city attorney
suggested that Fargo adopt the ordi-
nance that had been prepared by the
National Board of the Underwriters
Fire association of New York, which is
an ordinance complete in every detail.
The ordinance is a lengthy one cover
ing almost 22O pages, but is most i'm
portant, and If adopted, will mean a
great deal to a city like Fargo.
The city engineer stated that the
Builders & Traders exchange and
some of the architects in the city were
very much in favor of the ordinance
that was proposed. The ordinance was
ferred to the ordinance committee and
the building inspectors.
Engineer Anders spoke of the in
. adequacy of the present ordinance. he
cited a brick building in the city which
, needed to be condemned, but under the
present ordinance there is no way In
which 1t can be condemned. The build
} ing has the walls sagging more thar
| n
| sixteen inches. This structure is in {
very bad condition and is danger Il
: all who pass it, as well as those WHIT
inhabit the structure.
5 A number of assessments for side
: walks were confirmed by the coun
: ell as we'll as resolutions ordering side
' walks. A new alley crossing was or
Y dered for the private alley RUNNING
b along side the grocery Of Baldwin
: Thompson on First avenue south
d where the conditions have been ba'
t after a rain.
a Alderman Mcdonald introduced
motion to have the license fee Of stand
ing hacks increased, which was lost.
Manager Hughes of the Union Light
Heat & Power Co., rendered to tn
= city the use of the meter testing la
: boratory of the company in Fargo 70
= the use of testing any meters; If tn
i city SO desired. He stated that 1t wa
the purpose OF the company to hav
= its meters as nearly correct as possibl
!. and for this reason 1t maintained a
Z elaborate laboratory and employed a
expert meter man. He spoke OF II
= troubles of the meter reader and tol
i, of some OF the cases where meter
" were not read. and bills sent out Q
- some occasions, while on others thel
were no bills sent out.
Z, Alderman Frenette stated that
- believed that many times the mete
- registered all right but that they We
- read incorrectly. He referred to Il
- time when the company had nun
- Der of college students reading Il
-, meters. Mr.. Hughes stated that Il
ha T.leter readers like anyone else, we
- liable to make a mistake and told
some of his own mistakes in this liz