Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1913-06-05
CITY COUNCIL
HOLDS REGULAR
june MEETING
COUNCIL BUYS PULMOTOR AND
y WILL UNDERTAKE TO ABATE
FLY NUISANCE.

LII NO1Of1INOC, ~
There we're meetings of the city
council and the city board of health
Monday evening. The board Of
health acted upon several matters,
and recommended that the council
accept offer of an agent for the sale
of sulphite of iron, to be used for
the destruction of flies at the livery
barns and various other places.
The council afterwards appropri-
ated $25 for five tons of such mater
ial, and authorized the employment
of an agent at not to exceed $50 per
month, for the next four months, to
spray the material. This will be
done in connection with the city
y >scavenger's work.
! The board of health also passed a
resolution which will require all cess
pools over four feet high and con-
tanning over so cubic feet, to be
made water tight by the use of con-
crete. The cess pool at the City hos
pital was also ordered to be put in
condition to conform to the new reg
ulations.
The board of health also discuss
ed the matter of requiring owners
of closets abandoned after installa-
ton of sewer service, to be removed
and the premises cleared of all un-
sanitary conditions.
The city council and the board of
health are going to try an expert
ment of cleaning up certain unsani-
,tary matters in the city, and request
the cooperation of every resident in
this work.
Council Meeting.
At the regular council meeting all
memb bers were present except Aid.
Henderson. AL Halstead and Harry
Wasser addressed the council re-
Questing that the city license on
pool, billiard tables, and bowling al
leys be abated. Mr.. Halstead de-
clared that pool and billiard tables
should not be required to pay IL
cense any more than any other kind
of business. The city derives only
800 q year from this source, but
the proprietors of the pool halls ask
to have the ordinance repealed. No
oo&;oo x,,o, &oIyon bv tho council m
resolution introduced for that pur-
pose. .....
John Schneider, who lives south
of the James river, appeared before
the council and claimed that the
high water in the river above the
dam had caused damage to por-
ton of his land lying adjacent to the
stream. The land is low, and the
river about eight inches higher than
last year. Mr.. Schneider said that
a part of his garden was destroyed
by the water and that it threatened
to make trouble in the cellar Of his
residence. The council will inves-
tigate and see if by reducing the
height of water in the river Mr..
Schneider's grievance cannot be
remedied.
A petition was presented by resi-
dents west of the river to have
water hole on Elder avenue filled
in. Peter Gurski spoke to the coun-
Gil in regard to the matter. R. E.
Giese said that the trouble was now
practically over as cinders had been
hauled in, and the street made more
passable. He also said the proposed
sidewalks on Second street were not
needed at present, at least not until
next spring as most Of the property
owners were unwilling to 60 to the
expense of putting in the sidewalks,
petitions for which had been signed
by only thirteen persons on both
sides of the street.
Pulmotor Wanted.
DR.. Wood addressed the council
8OVOCdLluS tu0 puAS0ooO Va q PoA
motor, an instrument used largely
in other cities and by gas, electric
and mining companies to keep up ar
ti1lcial respiration. The matter was
called to attention by the recent
drowning of three girls in the James
river. BY the use Of the pulmotor
many lives have been saved. 1t is
an instrument simple to use by any
person, and can be kept in a conven-
lent place always accessible, such as
the city fire hall. 1t can be used in
various kinds Of accidents, and may
be the means Of saving one or more
lives. It is claimed that artificial
respiration can be continued for 40
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