The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-06-05
HAS
WARM SESSION
CITY FATHERS HOLD AN INTER-
EsTING MEETING ON MON
DAY EVENING
CITY MAY OPEN UP MAIN STREET
Land at Head of Street Can be Secured
At a Reasonable Fisure-other
City Business Disposed Of.

The city council had a rather inter
esting session at it's regular monthly
meeting on Monday evening. Perhaps
the matter of greatest interest brought
up was the question OF opening up
Main street on the north and extend
ing 1t through the same as the other
streets. This matter has been up be-
fore the council several times, but
never has aroused much interest. At
the present time, however, there Is a
demand for the excellent building lots
beyond the present end of the street
and those interested in the land Ia
turally are anxious for the street to be
opened, While 1t would benefit them
particularly at the same time We be-
lieve that 1t would be a good thing for
the city at large, as 1t would mean
considerable building in that section.
Speeches favoring the question were
made by President Hall of the Com
mercial Club, w. M. Cheever and Rev.
Carter of Sturgis, who has an interest
in some of the lots. Several Of the
aldermen also expressed themselves,
both for and against the matter, but
the majority OF the council seem to
favor IL. At the present time the city
a purchase the land at the head of
the street, which Is owned by w. l..
Paul, for $4,000. This Is certainly a
reasonable price, as the plot Is 100 feet
wide and extends back about $50 feet.
The owners of the land beyond that
for a couple Of blocks offer to donate
enough ground for street purposes, SO
it would seem that the city Is getting
away cheaply, far cheaper, perhaps,
than it aver will again. The matter
was finally referred to the committees
on finance and streets and alleys and
a special session of the council will
likely be held In a week or ten days to
hear their report.
Lewis Johnson asked that the coun
Gil condemn the old Hunstad livery
barn on the ground that 1t Is a fire
trap and unsafe, and the matter was
referred to the fire department COM
mittee.
The bonds OF the newly appointed
city officials were approved and placed
on file.
The Register and Press were ap-
pointed official papers for the coming
year.
The committee on fire department
recommended that the city donate
5000 to the department for the ex-
penses OF delegates to the state fire
tournament at Hot Springs. and the
recommendation was adopted.
The treasurer was instructed to take
up $4,000 outstanding bonds on July
LIST.
Nels Larson and Claude Ellis OF the
power plant force were granted a raise
in salary.
The chairman Of the street commit
tee reported that the North Western
had no intention of Strengthening the
street when rebuilding the bridge over
the viaduct on Sixth avenue and the
matter will be taken up with Superin-
tendent Dickinson.
c. e. Poole appeared before the
council regarding the open drain IN
the north side Of Sixth street west Of
Main, and asked that the council put
in a cement ditch. The ditch carries
of the surface water that comes down
Sixth street from the east and Main
street from both the north and south,
as the sewer is not large enough to
take care OF It. The ditch is a deep
one, with more or less water in It the
greater part Of the year, and 1t La
offensive to the property owners in
the vicinity. It Is estimated that 1t
would cost about $500 to put in a
covered cement ditch and this is about
the only way 1t can be handled. It
was finally decided to employ an en-
gineer to make a survey along Sixth
street and devise plans for the best
way of handling the matter.