The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-04

that the engineers bid should be put
In at the same time of the other bid
ders and not wait to get his ideas
from the other bidders after their
bids were exposed. This he said had
happened in certain cities where
municipal contra citing is done.
A report from Walter Thomson, jr.,
city accountant, showed the amount
Of the shortage on paving warrants.
the Of the shortage. where the
shortage Is and how to overcome the
shortage. The total shortage is &c.,
1910. The cause Of the shortage
is said to be the wrong system Of COM
putting the taxes for a period of sew
eral years. ~
Since Mayor Sweet has been in Of
fee, he reported to the council last
night he has received a number of
communications from persons in the
east who hold paving warrants against
the city, n in nearly all of these
instances the city has defaulted in
the payment of the same. He felt
that some action should be taken by
the council as soon as it is possible.
To overcome the shortage, all prop
critics in the paving districts that have
not paid the full amounts Of their
assessments, will be reassessed. A
separate account for each piece Of
property so affected has been opened
and the itemized statements of the
city's claims against each lot in these
paving districts was presented to the
council. Most of the paving shortage
is in the southside districts. The mat
ter was referred to the mayor, city
attorney and finance committee.
There was considerable routine bust
ness accomplished. 1t is was the first
meeting Of the month and the bills
were all allowed along with a number
Of estimates. The street committee
vas authorized to ecure prices on an
other street flusher and street sweep
err which were reported necessary.
A resolution was adopted giving the
Standard Oil Co., the right to use
Ninth street north, commonly known
as Park street, for It's own purposes, so
for warehouse purposes. A reso-
luton vacating hat thoroughfare to
the Standard OIL Co. was lost.
An amendment to the milk ordi-
nance was placed on its first reading
and referred to the ordinance COM
mittee. Mayor Sweet stated he had
communicated with the officials of
Minneapolis regarding Fargo fates. A
reply from them stated, he said, that
the company officials were preparing
a response to the city's request for
reduced rates and it would be sub
| mitted in the near future. Pertinent
to that subject, the city auditor read
a list of. comparative rates of the
| North Dakota cities, showing Fargo
to be much higher than nearly all
other towns.
There was what looked to be like
a resumption of the fight V e the
| city t~reasurer's bill just at the close
of the session last night. At. the last
meeting, the city council allowed the
| city t~reasurers bill for attorney fees
in his two suits in which he was in
volved in the filtration plant case
Last night Alderman Mcdonald, who
was absent at the other meeting, OBJ
| jected to the payment OF such a bill
on the grounds that it was not a bill
In which the city had N part, but
purely a personal matter between Col
NJ. A. Hildreth and the treasurer, and
that the original suit was brought as
| an Instrument against the city to as
sist in the w. J. Price suit against
the city concerning the filtration
plant. - w. .
After entering his protest, Alderman
| Cummings asked what good it was In
~rehearsing the whole thing again, tha'
the warrants had been drawn and the
money paid, SO that it was all w
Mr.. Mcdonald said he felt If such
an amount could be paid out of the
| contingent fund, surely. a certain
amount could have been set aside fol
a. city market which the people need.
| ed,