Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-28
ARE FOR BETTER
GRADED streets
City Commission in Busy Session
Arrange for Many Fine.
improvements.

More and better graded streets was
the, theme which actuated the city
commission at last nights meeting,
when Street Commissioner Hinckley
presented several resolutions for the
improvement of the boulevard and
other thoroughfares in the vicinity
of the capitol.
During the past year, many of the
people who have their homes border
ing the streets running from the
capitol have sought for improve.
ments, and recently the matter as.
sumed form in a petition to the COM
mission to have the streets graded;
hence, the presentation of the reso.
luton covering the following places:
On the Boulevard from Fourth to
Ninth streets; on Fifth street from
Avenue E to Avenue B; on> Sixth
street from Avenue F to Avenue B;
on Avenue T. from Fifth street to
Tenth street; and on Eighth street
from Avenue B to the Boulevard.
On motion of Commissioner Hinck.
ley, the resolution was put to a vote,
President Lucas and Commissioners
Hinckley and Bertsch voting aye;
Commissioners Patterson and Battey
being absent. City Engineer Akin
son was ordered to draw specifica-
tions and the clerk ordered to adver'
tise for bids.
The bids for sprinkling the streets
of Bismarck were opened at last even
ing's meeting of the city commission
and after the matter of the consider
alton of several bids made and parts
of such bids not in compliance with
the requirements as advertised by a
committee composed of Commission
ers Hilckley and Bertsch and the city
engineer, the contract for the work
was let to Mcbride & McGarvey,
whose bid was for the use of two
teams for the season at the rate Of
$50 per month per team, and $3.50 for
each man and team when called upon
to do other work for the city.
During the consideration Of these
bids the question arose as to the ad.
visibility Of throwing out or return
ing such bids which did not comply
with the specifications given min the
advertisement for bids. On motion Of
Mr.. Hinckley the matter was referred
to a committee, which, after ten min
utes' discussion, decided that the
consideration of the same would be
unfair TO others who had fulfilled CIV
cry requirement.
The resolution was taken up before
the. commission in regard to the let
ting Of the contract for the laying OF
all the cement sidewalk for the city
of Bismarck during the season o.
1914, and, as only the bid Of M. p
Moore was on file, the contract was
granted to him, at che rate of IA cents
per square foot for the entire amount
As numerous inquiries have been
received by the commission relative
to the construction of the sewer or
Seventh street, for which a contract
was let to the Haggart Construction
company some time during the latter
part of 1913, and on which no work
has been done, President Lucas call
ed the attention of the commission to
tho matter, and the city auditor was
instructed to write the construction
company that il work was not start
ed within ten days, and if agreeable
to the said company, the work would
be taken up by home people and fin
ished.
The amplifed and extended report
Of Chief of Police, which had been
required by the commission, was
brought up, but in the absence Of
! Commissioner Patterson, the matter
was laid over until the next meeting.
A number of minor; bills were allowed
and ordered paid, after which the
commission adjourned for one week.