Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-05-19
MANY \ ! ! ! PROTESTS ] !
HAVE ! | been MADE
CITIZENS or BISMARCK APP.
/. PEAR BEYoRE THE CITY
COMMISSIONERS. i.
SUIT is. Aex THREATENED
Rev. s. A. Danford States That
His Property Will Be Ma
terially Damaged.
SUIT IS N0x THREATENED

A storm Of protests against some of
the work that is being done on the
streets of Bismarck, broke over the
heads of the members of the city
commission, when it met at the city
hall in regular weekly session, Mon
day at clock.
sGi RI Filed Protests.
Mrs. Budlong, Hon. L. j. Taylor,
Rev. s. A. Danford, and many others
appeared at the commission meeting
and made vocal as well as written
protests against the work now being
done. Some feel ;aggrieved that their
assessments will be so great that they
cannot amply meet the payments out
of their meager salaries Others stat
ed that the payment of the assess
ments during the next two or three
year would 50 hamper them that the
children in college wculd have to
break away and enter the walks of
life where they would have to contrib
ute to the maintenance of the home.
! Rev. s. A. Danford Was Sore.
Rev. s. A. Danford of 523 Ninth
street, stated very plainly that he
and others in that block were quite
scre," at the way things were going
and that they felt they had real
grievance against the city for it's
building up the street so that the curb
line would be from eighteen to TWEEN.
ty-four inches higher than the founda.
tion lines of their houses 10 ~.
Easements Become Catch -basins.
Easements of the houses on that
particular block have suffered consid-
erably since the work was started by
floods The surface water has been
turned by the new grade so that it
runs down into the yards and then in
to the cellars. The yards are also
left nearly two feet below the surface
level OF the centertof the streets and
would cost many hundred dcllars to
build up to the street level
Would Hold City Liable. ..
Mr. Danford further stated that he
felt and others concurred, that the
city would be liable to everyone of
the property owners whose property
by construction of such grades was
injured. And he further asserted that
the city would be held responsible in
a suit at law for the damage done.
Will Make Investigation. ~
President Lucas of the city COM
mission, stated that it was not the
intent Of the commission to do any
one injury and that the board only
sought to benefit the greatest num-
her of people. He.s further stated
that the matter would be examined
into at the earliest possible oppor-
tunity and that an attempt would be
made to amicaby adjust all differ
ences. The other members of the
board concurred in this statement,
and the matter was laid over until
next Monday night. ~ '.
,..,s Minor Matters Came Up. =. d."
A few minor matters came up but
were put over until the next meet.
ing. The only other thing that had
the appearance of Importance was the
matter of the vacation of the portion
OF Eight street near the 500 tracks.
This the city attorney stated could not
be done to third party, but the city
by vacation would only turn the pro-
perty back to the original owners OF
the land before taken for city use.
The Farmers Union have secured
options on the property or agree.
ments of purchase SO that should &C
ton be taken the vacation of the
streets would cause reversion Of the
property to holders of the fee.
6attey Acting Auditor. ..
In the absence of Auditor Thistleth-
waite; Commissioner Battey acted as
auditor. All commissioners were pres
ent. Everyone was interested in the
remarks an dprotests made to the
board, and all felt that a careful
scrutiny of the conditions should re
made before further actin. ~ .