The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-01-09
COUNCIL ORDERS
SPECIAL ELECTION
PROPOSE CHARTER AMENDMENT
PROVIDING PUBLIC FRANcHls-
Es BE GRANTED FOR TWENTY.
FIVE YEARs-sTEP TOWARDS
EXTENSION OF DILWoRTH LINE

Action was taken last night on the
amendment proposed by the charter
commission of Moorhead, which will
amend section "A, chapter 4, so that
public franchises may be granted for
twenty-five years instead of ten years.
A resolution was presented and passed
unanimously ordering a special cleo
ton, to vote for or against the adop-
ton Of the amendment to be held
Tuesday, Feb. 20. Election officers
were named inc the usual ward vot-
ing places appointed by the council.
This is the first move preceding the
application to be made by the own
ers Of the Fargo and Moorhead Street
Railway Co. for a franchise which
will cover the proposed extension of
the system to the town of Dilworth.
The additional service has been adVo-
Gated by the residents of Dilworth
for q long time and the extension is
also recommended by the commercial
clubs Of the two cities. Among the
members of the council the sentiment
prevails that the proposed extension
is a very important matter to both
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first lnterurban line in the northwest
ern part of the state and it is firmly
the opinion Of those who are able to
peer into the future that the pro-
posed extension will not end at Dill
worth, it means lines beyond at a not
very far distant date.
The resignation of A. M. Hopeman,
as building inspector, was received and
accepted and the application Of Elof
]. Fridlund asking to be appointed 20
fill the vacancy was referred to the
building committee.
Plumbers licenses were issued to
C. SchilI and Geo. ]. Thompson, and
Mr.. Kippels will continue to operate
the municipal slaughter house for
another year. The city treasurer's
monthly report showed a balance on
hand of $63,S54. The new ordinance
providing for the licensing Of ~electri-
clans was read the third time and
passed.
On behalf Of the Civic league, F. H.
Peterson called the attention of the
council to the contention Of the league
that the council did wrong IN granting
a license to the building now known as
The Matt hotel, formerly the Rex, To-
Gated on First avenue north, because
of it's proximity to the public school
in the First ward-that it is within
the 400 feet limit, provided by ordi-
nance. After hearing the statement
of Mr.. Peterson. the city engineer, was
requested to prepare a drawing of the
block in question and that will be sub
mitted to the attorney general of the
state for his opinion. This matter has
been up several times and the decision
has been reached hat the hotel build
ing, now one OF the best conducted In
the city, is fully within the law, but
to sqaelch continual agitation the
council said that submitting the mat
ter to the attorney general would set
the matter at rest and if that did not
suffice it could be taken up to the
state supreme court. One alderman
says that by airship the distance be-
tween the hotel and the school build
ing in question is less than 400 feet,
but the good people Of the city are
not yet travelling to schoolhouses by
airships-not yet.