The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-08
D0UD AVENUE TO
BEFIRST PAVED:
BEMIDJI AVENUE
Will COME NEXT.
Council Orders Setting of Curb
Lines to Mark Width
of Avenues
CROSS STREETS WILL
ALSO BE CONNECTED
Bixby Avenue Property Own
ers Ask to Build Walks;
Request Granted.

The vicinity of the new normal
school seems to be special object of
attention on the part of the city and
the extensive Improvements now in
the course of construction are to be
greatly augmented, until that por-
tion of the city assumes a modern
aspect, figuratively and literally
This was brought out at the meeting
of the city council Monday evening.
Under way, at the present time,
are concrete walks being laid upon
both, sides of Doud avenue from
Tenth street to the normal school,
while on Twelfth street the walks
win also be laid. It is in this dis
triet that the storm sewer is being
Laid, from Tenth to Fourteenth street
and east from Beltrami avenue to
the lake.
Doud and Bemidii.
Two of the principal streets are
slated for curbs and paving, Doul
avenue and Bemidji avenue, with
cross streets paved to connect. Tlis
work will commence next spring. On
Bemidji avenue it. is intended to have
a wide pavement with parkilgs ten
feet wide, while on Doud the pave
ment will be flanked by parkings
fifteen feet wide. City Engineer F..
J. Bourgeois Informed the council
that Doud avenue would receive the
first attention, and City Attorney
Huffman was instructed to confer
with the engineer on width of streets
and curb lines.
Bixby- Seems: Ready. a..
In all smptabi}itys Bixby avenue
will be paSAd, between Twelfth ANU
Thirteenth streets. The property
owners of this avenue, between the
streets herein, mentioned, are also
ambitious and on the west side have
asked the council to have the curb
lines set that they might lay con-
crete walks to conform to the other
walks being laid on adjacent thor
uoghfares. E. e. Kenfied owns the
triangle on the east side of Bixby
and he will himself construct a long
concrete walk to conform to curb
lines, thus surrounding his hand
some residence with concrete. City
Attorney Huffman was instructed to
prepare a resolution to be passed by
the council, establishing the curb
lines on Bixby and the walks will De
laid with the rest now in the course
of construction.
''Ducking" To Pass.
On and after October 1 pedestrians
of Bemidji will not be obliged to
duck from low hanging awnings nor
signs and will not be greeted with
cumbersome and unsightly hanging
signs of any nature, for the council
acted upon an amended ordinance
governing tn ese nuisances and 1T will
be passed.
All awnings and signs, wooden
awnings and such things must be
raised seven feet from the walks aud
extended not over three feet from
where they are fastened. This does
not apply to banners swung for ad-
vertising a community affair, con-
yentions, chautauquas, celebrations,
ETC., but in such event they must not
remain for more than week in each
month. A fine or Jail sentence is
the penalty for violation.
Phone Manager Talks.
F. e. Lister. division manager OF
the Northwestern Telephone conf
pany, headquarters in Duluth, orlet-
" addressed the council and cub
mitted a blueprint of contemplated
work when conditions warranted. 1t
calls for an extension. through the
Omich addition beyond Twenty-fifth
street and new lines north of Holy
Cross cemetery.
Complaint of Henry Brake, anent
an unsightly wood yard next to his
grocery, Eleventh street and Doud
avenue, was referred to the street
and alley committee.
A reuuisition by the fire depart
ment for hydrant wrenches and LOO
feet of steel cable for razing pur~
poses was granted.
Everybody Will Help.
An amended ordinance, having tor
it's purpose the transferring OF $50
for every fire hydrant yearly from
the general fund to the water fund,
also had its reading. There are many
residents of the city who do not pay
one cent toward fire protection and
it is with the object of making them
help. The present amount is aoou'
$50 for each hydrant, so disposed or.
The Woman's Community club
asked the council for permission tc
give weekly dances and concerts on
the dock and foot of Third street, as
part of the children's playground
nroeram. and the sanction OF the
council was given.
In various parts of the city the ir'
hydrants are standing high from tn'