The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-08-10

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There was another adjourned ses-
sion of the city council last night with
ten members present and Mayor Sweet
presiding.
After the call to order and calling Of
the roll, Alderman Rupert asked per-
mission to speak and when this was
given he stated that people in the So
called dark wards of the city had ask
ed for better police protection and he
wondered whether it would be possible
to have two or more p~lainclothes men
appointed to serve until after the fall
rush Of men passing through this sec
ton was over.
Matter to Be Considered.
Mayor Sweet said that this subject
had been under consideration, but he
was not prepared to say al this time
whether it could be done; that the po-
lice fund was well nigh exhausted and
that the funds in the contingent de-
partment were low, and he could not
just figure out where the money to
pay extra policemen would come from.
He said that police were asked for at
the lower end Of both Front street and
N. P. avenue. At this it was sug-
gested that as the red light district
was closed it might be we'll to take
the policeman from there and put him
on either one of these streets. This
ended the discussion and the mayor
will look further into the case.
Additional Paving.
The question of additional paving
on the south side was then taken up.
This is additions to the paving al
ready under contract and comprises
extensions on Ninth street and Four
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on the south side. The mayor read
a long communication from City En-
gineer Anders on the subject in which
that official said that there were at
least forty connections for water and
sewers that must first be made be-
fore these additions could be made to
the paving, and he did not believe
that it was possible to start this work
before the middle Of September and
conform to the ordinances of the city
and charter and he was utterly OPP
posed to starting the work so late.
as the work done on First venue
north which was started late in the
fall had been greatly damaged by
frost and a great deal Of it would
have to be taken up and relaid, the
creosoted blocks and material being
all right, but the frost had done dam
age, and he said that the same might
be said of the paving in the alleys
of the north side.
Care to Be Taken.
Both the city engineer and mayor
were of the opinion that no actual
paving. such as putting on of the BIZ
tulithic and bituminous concrete
should be done after Oct. /. as it was
risky. The mayor stated hat he had
urged the contractor having the al
ley paving on the north side to start
much earlier, but hat so far nothing
had been done.
City Engineer Anders' communica-
ton stated that it would be impos-
sible to start the paving or the ex-
tensions before Sept. Is and he did
not think it was wise, as the connec-
lions for fire and water could not be
put in before that time. He wanted
to see the city have the best kind of
paving and this could only be done
by exercising care against frost. He
believed that the contracts now under
way would all be completed by Oct. 1.
Contract Awarded.
Some time ago, James Kennedy
who has the bitulithic contract paw
ing in the city, sent in a bid to the
effect that he would do the extensions
on the south side at $40 per square
yard, but no action was taken on this
at the time.
1t had been stated that the mixing
machine for this paving was to be
taken away during the fall, as soon
IS the present contract was conclud-
ed and the people were very anxious
to have the work done on the extern
sions before then. Mr.. Anders said
that he had no objections to the con-
tract being awarded, but he would
like to have it specified that he was
to say when the work was to com
mence and that he was to have full
power to stop it whenever, in his
opinion, this was in the
best interest of the property owners.
inc after all this had been agreed to
the contract was awarded to Mr.. Ken
nedy at his bid. There are about g.
900 yards in the contract.
Another Adjourned Meeting. j
City Engineer Anders was directed
to prepare plans and specifications
for the water and sewer connections
on the south side and the council de-
clared the necessity for the same, and
the city engineer stated that he would
try his best to have these ready by
Wednesday evening, Aug. IA, and the
council adjourned to meet again on
that date.