The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-11

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Long .'' Dead fI IA ( u ri IMPROVE
ment of -Four Blocks Broken Z.
by City Commission
/. BUDGET FOR ENSUING {, %
T. YEAR Is INTRODUCED

BUDGET FOR ENSUING sta
YEAR Is INTRODUCED
r. Resolutions holding the paving OF
the -four blockafsurrpunding the Bur
leigh county court house work Of
Necessity and directing the CITY iengl-
neer to prepare plans and specifca.
.tions calling for pavement With-bitu-
lithic, sheet. asphalt! or, standard speci
ticatiOd areasote, block were unani-
mOuslyl adopted by. the city commits
sion lin regular session last evening.
a'Fhis action, taken Onnthe adNice40 Of
the counsel for the paving, committee,
C., E1sYOuhg,, y. breaks. a}t;'dead.lock
which had existed more than q, year
betw eenf the city and county boards.
The former declined; to order the
work in: except. on petition Of the
county board. The latter held a peti.
ton not necessary; argued What the
couaty wa:s~ready TO- Pay for it's share
OF the Improvement and if the i'm
prOyemRnt was made aWithout a pro-
test fromtthe Countrywide latter could
be held for it's payment. .%,,s,gafS.-
Commissioner 'Battey last evening
reported an opinion from Attorney
Young in which he inclined! to the. De-
lief the county commission could ;be
held, and he further advised that the
county board, had included in it's an
nual budget $500 for paving bond in
terest and. an. item of. $40 900, unas.
signed, butiwhich would become avail
able for the payment of paving as
Plans and specifications will be,pre-
pared mmediately, and bids WIZ be
advertised for on the. three forms IT
paving designated. The project must
be handled as separate from No. 2
paving district, in the opinion OF the
committees attorney, ~ in order that
the legality of the latter may not be
questioned. "a,
Protest Against, Pavement. IT,
Attorney Ed Allen, representing
some property-holders in the first dis
trict, appeared before the commission
last evening second time to protest
against the payment Of Hanlon 4
Uke' sslast estimate on the work done,
alleging that affidavits in the posses
sion of Attorney General LANCER, but
which the latter has declined to give
up, prove that the concrete base was
skimped by the contractors. -
DAY Okes of, the paving contractors
followed MIR. ALLEN with state,hen:
that the pavement had been, tapped at
various points not selected b., the
contractors and the base found to be,
one to two inches thicker than the
contract called for. He pointed to
the fact that the company's malnten-
anee bonds protect, the city In: the
event the base should be found defec.
tive, and asked that the final esti-
mate be allowed The commission re-
garded the company's bond as suff-
cient. protection for the property-hold-
ers, and did not attach much weight
to the affidavits, said to have been
made by workmen with a %grievaace
against the contractors, and by men
who have, for the most part, left the
city, - HsFe, -, J,l,.ttf - @i,->5
s,:r T. +, =. - Budget Introduced r. st",f ,
Finance Commissioner Battey intro;
duced the budget for the ensuing
year, which contains the following
items: Vs. 49,. "- p -
Public library, $4,000; salaries, 49,
760;ieprinting and stationery, t$1,400;
street lighting $7,2O0;, city engineer,
$3.50; street commissioner, 81 ,50Q;,
street repairs, $4,000, crossings, ST.
O00;'r sprinkling,' $1,SO0; park main
tenance, $500. Total for general fund,
$1I5G0. Health, commissioner, 5000;
milk inspector, $3.50; expense health
$500; city hospital we'll,
$500; hauling garbage, zl,O00; total
health department i$2750; Fire de-
partment-Chiefs salary, 5000; sal.
AIRY Of firemen, $500; custodian fire
hall, $1,000; care of team. hall. 49,.
000;.' Total fire department $4,000.
Police OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $500; cap
tain. 200; policeman, $780, special
police 81 600; board of prisoners, etc,
$1,000. Total, $500, Waters and
sewers, $3.50; needy poor, $500.
Total general fund, $51,1SO. Interest
and sinking fund, bonds, etc, $14,34O;
Total to be levied, s065,520. z 80 ( i
.%@. Crossing Protection. 3 =. :
An; ordinance introduced by Com
missioner Batteyl authorizing the city
commission to order suitable prote..
ton at any railroad crossing, on ten
days notice, by resolution. was read
for. the third time and passed, and
the city attorney was directed to pre-
pare resolutions calling for gates at
Third street and Waterman at
Ninth. 81 ess ~ ..' j.,
,.@, Must Move Barn. IT., q
On advice from Attorney Miller re-
the Northern Pacific that
hijt clients must have the:.right- of-way
now occupied by the. municipal-county
barn as a site for the J. l. Case Co.'s
new plant, the commission voted to
sell the barn for $500 to the county
and give the latter the job Of moving
the structure to'a new site offered by
the railway company east of the
ii - :'5S4 rs 8 Il $500:
The bid Of B. M. Beers BISON for
digging we'll at the city hospital was
accepted. ..!s5.=s.s = 81 r. .e.a@ss 81 : a