Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-04-02

drawn attention to your honorable
body to the necessity of the appoint
ment of public scavenger or sani-
tary contractor, whose duty it would
be to regularly remove all rubbish
and garbage from alleys, backyards
and vacant lots. On March q, 1911,
l presented to you, for your approval,
some rules governing the removal OF
rubbish but, as far as l am aware,
nothing has been done in the matter.
Possibly you have formulated some
method of abating the insanitary con-
ditions complained of and if so I
would urge, as needed measure, the
immediate application of the method.
The death rate of the city has been
reduced from 81 per 1000 in 1909, to
1874 per 1000 in 1911, saving of over
80 human lives per year, and with a
clean city l believe the death rate
will be stil lower.
l shall be pleased at any time to
confer with your board or any CON-
mittee appointed as to the best meth
cd of cleaning up the city and keep
ing it clean. =,
ncSpeCLlUAy,
F. r. SMYTH,
City Health Officer.
The report of the city treasurer was
received and referred to the commits
sioner Of finance. It showed a bal.
ance in the treasury of $42,2O3.3S,
On March %, 1912. The city auditor
also submitted his report which was
received and ordered to be published
in the official paper.
The matter of the resignation OF
Commissioner Jackson from the de-
partment of streets was taken up, &C.
ton having been deferred thereon at
the meeting OF week ago. Upon mo-
ton Commissioner Jackson was as.
signed to the department of finance
and revenue, and likewise Commits
sioner Hinckley was assigned to the
department of streets and public i'm
prOvements.
The matter of sewer on the south
side of the Northern Pacific tracks
was deferred until some later time.
The question Of street sprinkling
invoked considerable discussion, Com.
missioner Hinckley was instructed to
confer with the city attorney and pre-
pare. a proper ordinance to create
sprinkling districts. In the mean time
what sprinkling is to be done will
be done in the manner formerly en-
ployed. rig
There was some discussion as to
the advisability Of using the fire team
upon the sprinkling wagons, but SEN
timent was strongly against using
them for any such purpose. The point
was emphasized that where the fire
team is employed on the streets and
is some distance away from the fire.
hall, serious loss might ensue some
day from fire as the result of the de-
lay in reaching the blaze which would
thereby be necessitated.
Upon motion the president and the
commissioner of finance were instruc-
ted to negotiate for the sale of bonds
for the municipal auditorium.
An ordinance amending Ordinance
20S came up for it's first reading. The
ordinance is designed to cut down the
license of the motion picture shows
to $50 per annum.
The most important part of the
evenings session, however, was the
allowing of huge grist Of bills which
have been accommodating for the past
six months. The amount of the bills
which were allowed and for which
warrants were ordered to be drawn,
was $1O,317.21. Several bills were
held over until they could be O. K. d
by the proper departments. A bill
from the Times Publishing Company
and another from the Palladium Pub
fishing company for "of1cial print.
ing"were not allowed because they
were not designated as official pap
ers.
Commissioner Hinckley introduced
a resolution instructing the city en-
gineer to prepare plans and speci.
ications for grading Mandan avenue
between Thayer and Avenue B. The
resolution carried. :.
A resolution providing. that the
president of the commission proclaim
the week commencing Monday, April
20, as Cleanup Week was carried.
After some minor business was at
tended to, It was voted to allow the
city auditor to employ an assistant
Tor three days, the salary not to ex-
coed SO. The board adjourned
thereupon until Monday evening, April