The Nome daily nugget., 1916-03-28


 pumping and lighting plant an,. ] :oal yard was made at last night
 meeting of the council following
 he reading of communication.
 from the Nome Chamber of Com
 .nerce requesting the council
 manic body to lay the question
 of bonding tLe city before the
 .oters at the coming election. The
 .hanlber of commerce communi-
 cation stated, in effect, that there
 were no particular obstacles in
 .he way oI securing an eApfes
 ,ion of the people concerning the
 projects and the council were re- lvrr.,l to the terms of ordinanc
 No o4I by way of confirmation.
 he chamber communication also offered the suggestion that the matter could te submitted to the approval of the people through -ne medium of asepalate ballot
 The matter was later taken up under the head of new business and it was decided, after consid >rable discussion of methods, .o conform to the re- quest. With the exception of Councilman Burgh, who is out of , town at present, the city dads were all on hand when the meet ing was called to order by the mayor. The minutes of the prev ious meeting were read and ap-
 proved after the noting of one
 minor correction concerning who had moved the adjournment at the last session. The clerk, very naturally, had put 1t down that
 Thompson was responsible but
 Thompson called attention to the fact that he was not in attend 'ance, and so could not have made
 the motion. This delicate mat
 ter adjusted, the clerk then read the chamber of commerce com
 munication and also petition
 signed by thirty or more residents
 and property owners requesting
 the city to place a fire alarm box
 at the corner of Steadman ave-
 nue and Fourth street. This was
 referred to the fire and water com
 mittee. Councilman Thompson, the chairman of that committee,
 stated that committee had all ready taken steps to install box at that point and had ordered
 wire for the purpose last fall but the same had failed to arrive and the matter was, therefore, in abeyance. He thereupon moved , that the matter of installing the box be recommended to the fire and water committee of the in- . coming council. Councilman Lo- men said that it would probably be better to refer the petition to ; them and let them do as they 5 pleased. Thompson insisted ? however, and it was finally so 2 ordered.
 l Thompson also reported that
 the water mains which were late
 ly frozen up are again in good t condition and have also been re- l paired so that any future troubles : of like character can be easily - overcome.
 V Reporting for the special com. e nittee appointed to look into tho $ complaint the people of ths e oandspit that they were being j. taxed in the face of the ordinance '- casting off f}om the city that DOT ( ton of the townsite in which they e 1well, Councilman Blake stated n that the committee had beer e working on the matter but hat
 not had sufficient time to com a plete their labors and asked foI
 another week, which was granted l Il Bills for supplies and labo d amounting to $2o3.Is were reac ,f y the clerk and, on motion o s, Thompson, all labor bills wer, 1T ordered paid and the rest referr r. ed to the finance committee. Bill le approved by the finance commit ,f teeein the sum of SPA were order e. ed paid on motion of Lehman~ 1t The council then took up tn ,f chamber of commerce communi -t cation. Ross moved that the rec l. concentrations of the chamber re :- Specting the placing of the ques
 ton before the people be granted l. Councilman Blake said that i; lc committee had been appointed t, l. investigate the feasibility of es C tablishing a municipal liphtin,