The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-04-21

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from Thayer street to the boulevard
If this proposition does not NEE
with your favorable consideration
the City Commission asks wlethe
you are willing to rebuild said ca
line with new ties within a length
of time to be set by you, within 81!
months. 49,.
If not, and if our first proposition
herein set forth does not meet will
your favorable consideration, tho City
Commission asks that the State re
move the rails and ties from Main
street and on Fourth street from
Main street to Thayer street, ana
asks your prompt action in order tina,
paving may not be delayed.
We would appreciate a prompt de-
cisiOn.
The following communication from
the State Board OF. Control was read
before the roll call on the preceding
resolution: 49,.
April 10, 1917.
r. II. Thistlethwaitc,
City Auditor.
Dear Sir:
We have your communication OF
this date, wherein you request us to
| cooperate with the contractor, with
whom your City Commissioners have
contracted to pave certain streets on
which tho Capitol street car is oper-
ated, under a franchise which pro.
vides that the State snail do a GER
tain amount of paving. This is to
advise you that there are no funds
under NJ control with which VIC can
do any of the paving, the last Legis-
lative Assembly having. refused to
make an appropriation aEetio:l this
We would therefore REQUEST, your
Honorable Commission to, notify the
Board in. detail as to, what you desire
us to do under these conditions in
cooperating with the parties having
the contract for paving on the streets
where the State is operating the car
line, and we will be glad to do any.
thing we have authority to do which
will expedite the work OF paving.
Yours very truly,
BOARD OF CONTROL OF STATE
INSTITUTIONS. s..
r"... r. S. Lewis, Chairman.
On motion Of COMMISSIONER Battey
the City Attorney was; directed to at.
tend all. commission msHHttl4naggs here
Commissioner Best r fspditt ;d't On the
matter of bids for street sprin.
king and offered a bid by Matt Cloot.
ell to furnish the city two teams and
two men by the day for $1,000 per
diem; and two men and two teams
by the month at $4,000 per month.
On motion of Commissioner Bertscl
seconded by Commissioner Battey the
bid of C. C. Wachter, previously Of
fered, was accepted for one team at
$780, 90 per month and another when
needed, Commissioners Best voting
nay, all other commissioners voting
aye on roll call.
Commissioner Best stated that he
had been informed that the cOntrac.
tors having the contract for remodel
ing the City Hospital, had exposed q
bed and other furniture and bedding
to the elements to the loss Of the
city. President Lucas stated that the
bond of said contractors and the un.
paid remainder OF their contract price
would protect the city.
The petition of E. A. Hughes and II.
II. Treacy to have alley in Block 60.
Original Plat, graded, was granted,
cost of such grading to be borne by
the petitioners, there being no alley
plated in that block.
prl,o r~Ilnu,:r- h;11.. 1,oro IiropA1I An
be paid. funds permitting: Pat Kelly
1st estimate on river road grading
1891 so, street work $162.50, Pat Kel-
ly $l4.8O, fremcn $4,000, B. X. Skeels
Spills, Thinner Hardware Co. 1920,
French & WEIGH $1S.14, H. A. Thomp'
son 1921, Grambs & Poet 20. $50.S3,
C. Martineson sos, W. y. Telephone
Co. 1922, Otto Dirlam $2l1.35, that
portion of the Dirlam bill relating to
expense incurred on Broadway motor
lift being directed to be relbilled to
the Haggart Construction Company
Of Fargo. N. d.
A bill from Burleigh County for %
per cent Of the cost incurred by coun.
ty in payment of Mothers Pensions
was referred to the City Attorney for
his opinion of the city's liability.
w. s. Casselman appeared before
the Board and asked that the car line
be extended east on Main street to
Seventh street.
An ordinance relating to the remov-
al of garbage by the city was offered
by Commissioner Battey and read the
first time, and re-referred back to
Commissioner Battey.
The offer Of Burleigh County for
the City's interest in the City Barn
Of $4,000 was laid over d.
The following resolution was adopt.
ed, being introduced by Commission
er Battey:
RESOLUTION.
Resolved that elective and appOin.
tive officials of the .ity shall furnish
bonds required by law at their own
expense, except the City Treasurer.
for whom the City shall pay for q
fidelity bond. II
Commissioner Best moved that all
members Of the present board of City
Commissioners do refund premiums
on their oficial bonds previously paid
by the City. A substitute motion OF
Commissioner Battev that the period
on which refund shall be made be
extended, was Withdrawn.
Tho motion Of Commissioner Best
was not put. TIE following rcsOlu-
ton was adopted on motion Of Com
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