Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-05-02

md City Clerk be and they are hereby
authorized to enter into a contract |
with said o. +. Olstad for the doing of
said work.
Approved May I, 1917.
E. c. WELLIN, Mayor.
Alderman Willard presented the fol-
lowing resolution which was unanf.
mously adopted:
RESOLUTION.
Resolved, that the bid of Geo. J.
for furnishing one team and
driver for the sprinkling of the streets
of the City of Willmar for the term of
six and One-half months, beginning
May /, 1917, and ending November Is,
1917, including sprinkling on Sundays
and holidays, at the price of $85 per
month, be and the same is hereby &C.
cepted, it being understood that the
Sprinkling District of the City shall
include all that territory now in the
District and all thereof that may be
added by resolution of the Council on
April 30, 1917.
Resolved, further, that the Mayor
and City Clerk be and they are hereby
authorized to enter into a contract
with the said Geo. j. Gustafson for the
doing OF said work.
Approved May 1, 1917.
e. c. WELLIN, Mayor.
The contract bonds of Olstad and
Gustafson for the Street Sprinkling
was fixed in the amount of $500 each
Bids for the City publishing for the
ensuing year were then taken up.
Sealed bids of Tribune Printing Co.
and The Journal Publishing Co., City,
were opened and read.
Both bids were accompanied by GER
titled checks and the bid of the Trib-
une Printing Co. was accompanied by
affidavit showing circulation of their
paper in the City of Willmar, as per
the "call for bids" while no affidavit
accompanied the bid of The Journal
Publishing Co.
Attorney T. O. Gilbert appeared, re-
presenting The Journal Publishing
Co., and addressed the Council about
the City publishing and the bid of The
Journal Publishing Co.
After some discussion by the Coun-
Gil, Alderman Willard offered the fol-
lowing resolution:
RESOLUTION.
Resolved that the bid of The Jour-
nal Publishing Co., for doing the Off
cial publishing of the City of Willmar
for the ensuing year in The Willmar
Journal, at the following prices, to-
wit: 16 cents per folio for financial
statement; 10 cents per folio for Coun-
Gil proceedings; 10 cents per folio for
Ordinances, notices and all other pub
LEGATIONS for the first insertion, and
nothing for each subsequent insertion,
be and the same is hereby accepted and
and the same is hereby accepted and
the Mayor and City Clerk be, and they
are hereby authorized to enter into
contract with said Journal Publishing
Co. for doing said publishing.
Resolved, further, that The Willmar
Journal, be and the same is hereby
designated as the official paper of the
City of Willmar for the ensuing year."
The vote on the above resolution
was as follows: ayes" Aldermen
Willard and Jensen, 2; "Noes," Alder
men Olson, Jacobson, Berkness,
Brown, Erickson and Norman, 6. The
resolution was declared lost.
Moved and seconded that the bids
for the City publishing be rejected.
Carried.
The Clerk was, on motion, instruct
ed to advertise for new bids for the
official publishing of the City for the
ensuing year, bidder to have sworn
affidavit accompanying bid as to cir
culation of his, or their paper within
the City of Willmar; such bids to be
received at meeting, May IA, 1917.
The Street Committee presented a
written report of new sidewalks to be
ordered laid, and the said report was
accepted by the Council, and ordered
placed on file.
Alderman Jensen offered the follow
ing resolution which was adopted bv
the following vote: Ayes" 8; "Noes."
none.
RESOLUTION.
Resolved, That four and one-half
foot cement sidewalk be and the same
is hereby ordered laid in front of the
following property of the City of Will
mar, to-wit: On the north side of lots
l and IA of block 81; on the east side
OF lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and of block 60;
on the south side of lots and 8. Of
block Ito, and on the south side of lots
and of block 119, all in First Addi-
ton to said City of Willmar; and on
the east side of lots 1, 2, 3, 4, north
one-half of lot S, south one-half of lot
6, lots z, and 9, all of block 1 in
Sperry's Addition to the City of Will
mar, Minnesota, all of said sidewalk
to be laid in accordance with the ordi-
nance of the City of Willmar, and in
accordance with the specifications on
file in the office of the City Clerk and
under the supervision of the Street
Commissioner of said City.
Approved May /, 1917.
E. C. WELLIN, Mayor.
The Clerk was instructed to notify
the property owners about the new
sidewalks ordered laid.
The Street Committee was authoriz.
ed to arrange for getting six 60 car
loads OF gravel for repairing streets
that are now gravelled.
Applications of Parson & Eckdahl
for sewer permit for their new garage
building on lots and 6, block A to
connect with the Third Street Sewer.
and OF d. N. Tallman for residence on
lot IL, block So to connect with the
fenth Street sewer were presented
and the same were, on motion. grant
ed, subject to the sewer regulations
and upon payment of the $50 tapping
Tee for each of the aforesaid proper
ties.
An invitation from the Junior Com
merc1al League, City, was presented,
inviting the Council to participate in
the Memorial Day exercises next
month, which invitation was accepted.
On motion tho COunoi1 odiourrod