Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-12-18

The city council met In special
tse1aon last night and adopted meas
ures Tor inveAktg1tng the hA1as Of the
Is~ur-charEes. which the Red Hyer
Power .company has announ<eANtRa
IL will be forcedeto add to this city'a
Inn sftse AJauuary:s1;. tho COUNCIL also
decided 20 comply with the erder OF
1.-THE fuel Adtdiristration tor have two
lNGhtless nights IA week until New
Years and then consider whether or
not further measures are to b. taken.
The matter Of the physical sconnec-
tor between the. two l06alYtelephone
exchanged was discussed in = report
sabsnittsd BY the special telephone
|commfttse, which recommended that
the issue he brought TO the attention
Of the board Of railroad commission
ers for Anal decision u 1t seemed inn
possible to reach Q settlement other
vise. i
M. Gfimth,s Leftee.
A standardization from r.. b. Grff-
nth, chairman OF the fue1 admfnietra-
Ition district Ma : was read to.thRe
cotncil together With an order from
the federal fuel adspinistra&or for
Mr.. Grihlth said in his letter:
II hand you herewith, order from
Isaac p. Baker, Of Bismarck. fuel ad-
ministrator for North Dakota From
the communication you will . that
1t 10 very necessary that oVr city con-
serve the available fuel. Regarding
street lighting: I beg to suggest that
II possible. ARRANGEMENTS be made to
shut OF all the lights, except the top
on each post, n only on Sunday and
Thursday nights, but every night dur
accordance with the wishes Of Mr..
Garfield" 80 s
Order Isesveeptng.
The order from Mr.. Baker came in
q telegram to Mr.. Griffith. al follows:
Effective December Is, all sigalssof
every kind. including merchants signs,
theater signs, also display lighting on
buildings and elewkere. hotel signs
aud advertising signs are ordered dis
Thursday night Of each week.
ION those nights, stores not open
for business. must not show more jn-
side lights, than are necessary for safe-
ty. Municipalities with cluster lights
or other bright |ighting for white
way effect must reduce on Thursday
and Sunday nights to show such light
ing ony as IL necessary for safety.
Have householdaEe observe these
nights with q few Nights in homes -
Power conapany Not Sorry.
Asked whether or not this order
would in any manner influence tho
contract exist{tx between The city and
the Red RiveN Power company. VIM.
III. Brown, manager of that Arm, who
was present In the council chamber,
said he was not at this time prepared
to submit any details. but he would be
CHAD to accofnmodate the city - much
as he could. Fys said that his frm
&c. fHRTkA AAA~. - ~>>n
every day and that In viaw Of the coal
ANTIQUITIES now peevalent the lightlsA
night order would certainly not be
considered = hardship e. far as the
Red River Power COMPANY was con
cerned.
a motion to the effect that the or
dor be carried out, And that the COM
mittse % lighting discuss the matter
with the Req River Power company
was adopted. yttheut = dlasentins vote.
Telephone SatlA&a0p Unsa0seACtoFy
l. w. s. Whitman. chairman of The
telephone committee. submitted the
following report: J
70 the Honorable Mayor and
EACity Council,
Gentlemen:
We your committee appointed to
investigate a~ndNreport CONCERNING tele.
phone conditions beg lekye to report
As follows:
/. Acting under tho authority con-
ferred upon us It the Oct. 18th. 1917,
mesting of the council your commit
tse attempted at various times to have
conference and consultation with
the Northwestern and Tri-state com.
panies for the purpose 1T .obtainiQe
physical connection Of their exchanges
in this city for both local and toll
business amdcAbly,by- agreement al
parties. an4 without liti&ktiop and
that we havS been unsuccessful. IN OBJ
tanning the attendants Of the North.
its Representatives At such q confer.
enoA. ;E
The committee has sst dif1sren'
dates for the conference but each time
the ! Northwestern Representatives
an agreement entered into BY themNSk 5
such . conferences on wednesday
November 2eth, bat later We were ad'