Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1916-08-10
CITY COUNCIL
MONTHLY
MEETING
Several Important Matters Be
fore Aldermen.

the city council occurred Monday
evening at o'clocn, Mayor H. C.
Flint presiding.
Aldermen Henderson, L'Moore,
Kneeland, Game, Carr, Hall land
Hilton; Chief Obermiller, Weigh
master Geise, City Auditor C. E. Nc
Elroy, and other city officials were
in attendance The minutes of the
meetings of July and July "a were
read and approved.
Alderman L'Moore introduced an
ordinance providing that all except
private houses should burn wood or
anthracite or should provide their
smoke stacks or chimneys with
smoke arresters. The ordinance was
given it's first reading.
An application for the construc-
tion of lateral sewer On and near
Pittsburg Ave-, was referred to the
city engineer and the sewer commit
tee.
The bond of $25S1.92 for Carl
Lindberg, who has the contract for
the construction of curbings for the
city, was approved.
Several applications for plumbers
licenses were approved.
An application on the part of the
Midland Continental R. R. to put
not to exceed one track across Third
Avenue, with the required wires,
etc., to be placed beneath the sur
face in underground conduits, was
given its first reading.
General Manager Maxwell of the
Midland Continental asked that the
matter might be taken up at a spec
ial meeting, for the railway could
get the work done to best advantage
if it could be done soon. He also
stated that a.. representative of a
Wholesale house OF st. Paul mas been
in the city and talks of establishing
branch here if the line can be put
across Third Avenue. Mr.. Maxwell
informed the council that it was a
100000 corporation that they were
negotiating with.
Alderman Henderson expressed
himself as favoring a delay, to give
the people chnace to look into the
matter closely before giving the rail-
road the right to cross Third Ave.
Alderman Hall wished to expedite
the bringing in of .the wholesale
house, so favored the calling of
special meeting on Aug. IA.
In reporting on the Improvements
already made, Mr.. Maxwell, of the
Midland, stated that he had spent
$4,000 of which $4,000 had re-
mained in town, the rest going most
ly for rails, etc. He added that it
would be necessary to expend about
$4,000 more within a few months.
An ordinance was introduced by
Alderman L'Moore providing for the
licensing, bonding and taxing of
vehicles operated on the streets for
hire. This does not apply to taxi
cabs or vehicles which do not stand
on the public streets or solicit Gus
toners on the streets.
1t was reported by Engineer Han
sen that there was due Henry Lar
son, for concrete work, etc., $2,-
1928.
It was decided to instruct the au-
ditor to issue warrants for the above
amount and to cause the sale of the
same, paying Larson's bill
The appointment of Fred Hart as
permanent night policeman was an
nounced by Mayor Flint and ap-
proved by the council.
The meeting of each of the COM
mittees concerned in the expending
of money for next year, so that they
might make out their estimates and
submit them to the finance commit
tee, was urged by Alderman Hen
derson. Others suggested that all
the committees meet together.
1t was decided that the whole
council would meet Informally on
the 18th of August to discuss the
budget.
The question of providing safe
bridge for traffic out Of the city to-
ward the north was brought up.
It was moved and carried that the
street and bridge committee meet
with the county commissioners on
Aug. Is to confer relative to the
building of a bridge across the river
at the end of 8th Avenue north.
It was also moved that at the
same time it should be decided as to
what road should be improved by
the city and county-whether to