Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-01-08

ground as God Almighty left it. That's
a beautiful country out here and don't
needi,any grades
Mr.. Atkinson arose and asked ii
he was responsible for the Ninth
street ''cutting," and Mr.. Bull said
that he would not plame that onto
the present city engineer.
5McDonaId's Experience.
Jim Mcdonald told of his taxes be-
ing $3.50 more this year than last on
the same property AID with but little
Improvement on any Of it with the en-
ceptlon of some on the east side,
where some sidewalk was laid.
"'They did put in a piece of side
walk which | knew nothing about"
he said, land | believe it's fully a foot
under the grade Of the street,
A. Il. Preston told Of a special i'm
provement tax against his property
amounting to $40, "ald all they did"
he said, "was to haul some dirt past
the. house from some cuts a few
blocks off, on the prairie, to another
place two or three blocks beyond my
house."
Mr.. E'eithon talked along the same
lines. Austin Logan said that the
city had moved considerable dirt
around his property, doing cutting and
filing, and said that it seemed to him
that a halt should be called soon. s.
Atkinson Jumps Pye.
At this time City Engineer Atkin-
son arose and asked William NJ. Pye
if he had signed the call for this
meeting. Mr.. Pye stated that lie had.
Mr.. Atkinson asked him what his
complaint was and then asked permits.
sion to read, from the council records
regarding Mr.. Pye's purchase of lots
Z, s, 30, Is, 16, II and rs, block IS,
original plat. from the city in 1907, at
the rate of S. per lot and 81 addition
Pye's had lived on this property from
1877 until 1907, when the lots were in
the name of the city and that they
had paid no taxes on them during that
time. He asked Mr.. Pye what his
grievance was.
Mr.. Atkinson was seated or a point
of order by the chair.
49," Charged For Dirt.
A. w. Eppinger stated that the city
had charged his mother $52 for scnle
dirt hauled away from their place
and later charged her $22 for hauling
it back again.
~. Committee on Resolutions.
At this time +. ID. Young moved
the appointment of a committee en-
resolutions, which was ordered to re-
port back to the meeting before it ad.
journed. The committee was com.
prised Of F. n. Young, A. z. Preston,
J. w. Bull, C. L. Vigness and George
WEIGH.
After the adoption Of the rcsolu-
tions, r. e. Young was elected chair.
man of the permanent committee pro
vided for therein and |Messrs. NcGil-
lis and Vigness were also elected to
be members. The two attorney mem
bers were chosen in r. E. McCurdy
and Alfred Zuger.
City Engineer Atkinson asked per-
mission to address the meeting at this
TIM. but a motion to adjourn passed
in q jiffy and the crowd melted away
before he could start.
Atkinson's Statement.
Mr.. Atkinson gave. cut the follow
ing statement to the Tribune after
the meeting: Hf.". ~
6" have several times advised the
city commissioners that if they felt
that the estimates that I was giving
were incorrect in any way whatever,
that if they would employ a compe-
tent engineer familiar with street
grading l would be glad to go over
with him at any time, the work pre-
~vicusly done, and if he found my esti-
mates were incorrect would not onlV
pay the entire cost Of the engineers