The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-03

as follows:
Chief of Police ........... 1875
Assistant Chief of P~olicc..... 100
Each Patrolman ............ S5
Guy Attorney ............. 10
Chief of Fire Department.. so
Street Commissioner ........ so
Health Officer ............ 20
Janitor IS
Assessor (pcr annuln ...... 20
Mayors Message.
The following is the message of
Mayor OLeary to the council
Jan. IL. 1912.
To the Honorable Mayor and City
Council of East Grand Forks.
duties of The Office of mayor of your
city for the third term ] take pleasure
i'm complying With the provisions of
section 80, chapter $ of the general
laws of 1895. which require the mayor
from time to time to give he city
council such Information and to rec
ommcnd such measures us he shall
deem advantageous to the city.
You n l are not strangers, since
the council remains the same as that
to which ] gave a message two years
ago. 1t gives me great pleasure to
know that most of the recommends
tions made to o two ears 4 have
been followed out by you to the let
ter. Among these ] might mention
that O placed the municipal court
upon a salary basis. secured an audit
of the books of the city by the state
public examiner, took care of the
dump ground proposition SO that it
has occasioned no annoyance to prop
erty owners in the vicinity. and grant
ed franchises to- the Tri-State Tcle-
phone COMPANY and to the Grand
FORKS street Railway company.
In view of the able manner IN
which previous suggestions have been
carried out II other important mat
trrs by you. my recommended
tions at this time will necessarily be
few.
Wanted u Cemetery.
] want. however. to renew the Slg-
s"sti"n made to YOU in regard to ac-
curing "a city cemetery. A city lii
ours, of over 1900 popmlation. should
have a place to bury its dead. know
that the Older II city gets. the moro diff
h"ult 1t is to procure suitable grounds,
nut ! think that the council should
he on tho watch for every opportunity
that may arise which would enable
1T t" acquire q proper and suitable
site for Il cemetery.
] would recommend that the city
council Install Il city scale upon which
bulky articles could be weighed free
OF charge ] think that this would
prove emincntly satisfactory to farm
ers and others bringing in bulky arti-
rles for sale and also to the purchas-
ers. This scale should be regularly
tested by al. officer provided for that
purpose under the stat" law so that
It's accuracy could not be questioned.
recommend again that the city
clerk be instructed to secure a suitable
nook wherein to keep a register of all
ianorers VIII" are residents of the city
OF East Grand Forks to the end that
they may he given the preference in
inc work done under the directions of
and paid for ny the city.
The city council has recently ac-
CURED about 40 acres of land within
the limits of the city. which. if prop
erly preserved and improved. will
make h finest park system to be
round anywhere in a city of this size,
think that measures should he taken
to attend to this as we'll ms some of
inc smaller park places of the city.
! helleve that the city should in ac-
c"rdAnce with section 1855 of our CITY
CHARTER. attend to the appointment of
n park board. I understand that such
a BOARD was appointed some years g
nut that the terms of all appointees
nave expired. I think thai now that
inns large amount of park property
mas neen acquired by the city that
some definite arrangement should he
made for its care. In this connection
! would recommend that tho berms i'm
THIS city where the streets have been
graded and rurbed should he made n,
part OF the system so that proper care
and some uniformity in management
and bcautitication might be maintain
cd.
wish to Congratulate the city coun-
Gil on the work they have done and
are doing on certain streets of this
Guy IN the matter of grading and curb
ing n getting the streets in shape.
rms is d work that should be extend
ed as rapidly us possible by the abut-
tihg property owners on streets where
there are watermains and sewer con-
nectlons SO that the improvements are
not likely to he sdisturbed by future
excavations.
IN my last message to o I recon-
mended hat DeMers avenue from he
river to the Northern Pacific railway
tracks near the city be paved. The
council made an attempt last wear
70 get this paving done. but the work
was hlndered by certain constructions
lists" whose motives were pest known
to themselves. ] think. however. that
publc sentiment is sue that this inn
proVement is demanded by the city
and that 1t can be carried through in
tne coming year without great oppo-
sltion. AS to the kind of paving to
De laid. l have no recommendation to
make except to suggest that most Of
the property on DeMers avenue is
valuable and either does or could be
made to a good incomes and that
the traffic on the street equals that
OF n other street in the two cites.
In view of these facts there is no rca-
son why the paving to be used should
mo be the best that can he obtained.
II before or about the time Of putting
in such pavement the city council
could see its way clear to install a
suitable light system from DeMers
avenue bridge to Fourth street
think 1t would be greatly appreciated
by our citizens and the benefit to our
business men would more than com.
pensate the city for the outlay in
volved
In conclusion. gentlemen, I would
say that during the two years you
have served the city you have become
familiar with many of its needs and
thoroughly acquainted with the en-.
tire local situation. With hearty co.
operation between the city council and
the executive department the COMING
two years should be the most rogres.
stve n successful that this city has
ever known.
I thank you,
John O'Leary. Mayor.