The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-05-14
WATER Wells
TOBE TESTED
TOASCERTAIN
their WORTH
Contractor Who Drove the
Wells Confident They Will
Ri Supply Sufficient Water.
ALLEGES NEGLECT ONLY *.
is CAUSE OF TROUBLE
Fifth Ward Citizens Want Paw
Z ing; Willing to ''Dig Up"
@ For Its Cost.

The feature of the meeting or the
city council last evening was the pre-
sentation~ of the report of the spe-
Ecial committee named by the council
to make a trip and Investigate vari-
. Gus water systems. The committee
consisted of Mayor Vandersluis, Al
derman A. ". Garlock and City En-
gineer Swinson. The report was
freely discussed and several points
: explained.
E. ]. Mccarthy Of the Mccarthy
Well company; Minneapolis and St.
Paul, the concern that sunk the first
wells of Bemidji's water system, was
present. and addressed the council,
!; expressing himself that in.hiss opin-
: ion; there was plenty of water in..the
wells but : that the: city@had been
negligent and had not tested the
wells nor given them the proper at
tention to ascertain their capacity,
nor. what could be done to improve
the water supply. =
:. Fl Will "Pull' Well.
It was decided to have Mr.. Nc
Carthy bring his equipment to Be
4 midi, pull we'll, No. 2 and ascertain
& it's worth. x :,
:. Mr.. Mccarthy expressed his en-
phatic belief that capacity of one
million gallons each "a hours could
be secured from the wells for the
city. .t+.,.~ ga
s.a Mayor Vandersluis asserted that
I the city wanted no limited supply of
water but wanted all the water the
people wanted to use and pay for.
Fifth Wants Paving.
l.. r. Elwell, cashier of the Farm
ers' State Bank in the Fifth ward,
addressed the council on behalf OF
"a large number of property owners
petitioning for pavement to extend
from the end of the Nymore pave
ment south four and one-half blocks
to the business district of Nymore.
He stated that owners of 5671A lineal
feet would pay their share Of the
pavement in cash, 1000 lineal feet,
kalf cash, balance as assessed at the
Tusual time; 24O~ feet to pay 20 per
cent cash, 4921a feet non-residents.
OF this, it would be Up; to Be
midi to pay for LAO. feet Of front
age, about $1,000, to :, $1,000, tor
street and alley Intersections ~.
The city engineer was instructed
to make surveys and estimates OF the
proposed improvement
Object to-. Fence.
A petition signed by twelve prop
ertv owners and residents, whose
home yards are on Dewey avenue,
presented petition to the council
protesting the erection of a high
fence by w. E. Dean at 1909 Lake
Boulevard. The Dean lot is backed
by Dewey avenue and the offending
4 fence is along the avenue at the rear
of the Dean lot yard, it being alleged
the fence is seven or eight feet high
The fence is termed a nuisance:
and objectionable"
After the matter. was discussed
! few moments President Clark re-
marked that he believed the mayor
and city attorney should attempt to
: straighten out the matter satisfactor-
ily, whereat the mayor calculated
S"Y-e-s!'' Then he narrated an
account Of having attempted to do
So, and, the results.
The matter was referred to the
committee on streets and walks.
Joseph Hahn was given the con-
tract to clean the septic tank at
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