Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-04-16
!roject Urged by Delegation
From City's Unions-An-
| nual Message Presented.
BY City Executive Ordi-
] nance to- Consolidate San
itary Work Placed on
First Reading.

n Consideration of the establishment
spf q municipal lighting plant. the
Eeading of the annual message of
Mayor H. NJ. Wheeler. dealing with
this and other problems of he city
administration. and the first reading
or an ordinance consolidating the san
Ration work of the city, were the out
standing features of the annual meet
ing of the city council Tuesday night.
- The municipal plant project was
turged by 81 members of the labor
unions of the city. who marched to
The city hall in a body to present res
elutions to that effect. Addresses in
favor of the plant were made by A.
q. Sorlie. NJ. ~stanchfield and w. g..
Miller. The subject was also thor
roughly dealt with in the message of
The mayor, who urged that the city
proceed cautiously in the matter, and
the matter was finally laid on the
Table until the first meeting in May.
In the hope that a decision from the
state railway commission on the ac-
hon of the city for lower rates by the
Red River Power company would
have been received by that time.
81 Sanitary Officer.
-, Ar ordinance providing for the es-
Establishment of a new office in which
the work Of the present food inspec-
tor, health officer and the state pub
Tic health laboratory would be merged
as far as the city is concerned, was
passed on it's first reading. Mayor
wheeler pointed out that at present
Al1e salaries in these departments
amounted to $4,000 annually, and de-
Elared that under a single head the
work could be done much more eco
homically.
Il w. H. Kelsey was elected president
Of the council for the coming year.
n The report of George A. Bangs, city
ktkN~rayy fhot tho ottxy woo nnf 1ao111x-
bound to return money for licenses of
pool halls. etc.. made void by the
coming into force of the law transfer
ring the licensing power from the city
70 the state. was received. The mat
ter was referred back to the city at
tOrney for further consideration, and
Will be acted on at the next meeting
0f the council.
3 The usual routine business of the
annual meeting was transacted, in
Guiding the receiving of reports from
the various city departments. The
important points of these will be
found in another column.
~. The text Of the mayors message
follows:
g, In the annual mayoralty address be-
fore the city council las evening,
Mayor H. M. Wheeler outlined the
public improvements that he would
advocate for the coming year. gave
v HE Opll1AOll ditcllI piSoCiI AoodSo oAiSt
declared that he was determined to
place the city upon a sound financial
basis before the expiration of his term.
4 His address follows:
To the Honorable, the Members of the
City Council of the City of Grand
u Forks, North Dakota:
u Gentlemen: II desire, at this our
annual meeting, to briefly call your at
lention to the general condition of the
city, as I see it~and to outline to you
Ehat ] conceive to be it's more import
INT needs.
@ In my judgment. the city is fast ap'
Hroaching a sound business-like finan'
Nal basis. One year ago we had or
hand a matured bono issue of s3O,ooo:ot
with no sinking fund or other provision
for its payment. The bonds had beer
carried for some time by a local banl
1t six per cent interest. We made ap'
nlication to those in control Of the state
school money to refund with them, bu1
We're refused. We effected their refund
Nhent with an eastern firm at five an6
6ne-half per cent. We have a SIS, 10000
Issue maturing in June next. Upon ap
3lying to the state board, the member:
y Al y s-a.s-s- ~