The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-06-10
COUNCIL WILL
!. HOLD SPECIAL
!: :k|EET10ACT0N
ClTYHALL BIDS
George E. kreatz Would Re.
model Municipal Building as
Planned for $13,852.
PLAN CHANGE MAY
>< PROVIDE BIG SAVING
Ordinance Which Would Re-
quire License for Soft Drink
Dealers Fails to Pass

quire License for Soft Drink
Dealers Fails to Pass
Z. Contract for the remodeling Of the
City hall, the completion of the work
to provide Bemidji with an attrac-
tive and convenient municipal build.
ing, will probably tbe let by the
council at a. special meeting to be
: held during the next few days. AT
Monday nights session Of the coun-
ell two contractors offers to do the
: work were, submitted, George E.
4 Kreatz bidding $13,S52. and Louis
Lauritzen presenting IBID of $15,-
- 483. The bids were more than the
council had planned to expend in
making the improvem ents, but is be-
lieved that by changing the plans
for the alterations the cost can be
/ materially reduced. For this reason
!, the council postponed decision in the
kmatter.
y, One Of the surprises Of the meet
ing was the action Of the council in
killing an ordinance which would re-
i. quire all dealers in soft drinks to Sc
cure city license costing $25 "a
year. The ordinance failed of adOp-
tion by one vote, the ballot resulting
in .tie. Aldermen Garlock, Jones,
Groom and 'Barnell voted against the
measure, while the votes in it's favor
were cast by President of the Council
Vandersluis, and Aldermen Palmer,
Backus and Benner.
Amend Wire Ordinance.
The council amended ordinance
No. 101 which requires that all
wires, polls and apparatus of the
telephone and electric light COM
= panies be removed from Bemidji, Bel
trami and Minnesota avenues by the
first of September, next year, to pro-
vide that the council may grant per-
, mission to the companies to cross
streets where necessity of so doing
is shown. The North western Tele-
phone company was represented at
the meeting by F. E. Lister, of Du-
luth, district commercial manager,
F.. E. Hannah, of Grand Forks dis
trict plant chief, and G. H. Bielitz,
Bemidji manager. The Minnesota
Electric Light and Power company
was represented by A. J. Naylor, Be-
midi manager. The ordinance was
read for the second time.
Ordinance No. 1O2, which author
ICES the issue of $4,000 city bonds
for use in improving and extending
the water works system, was read for
the second time, no amendment BE-
Two resolutions, No. 1853, provid-
ing for the building of cement side
walks five feet wide and four inch
thick on Fourteenth street from Ir-
vine to the North side school, and
No. 154 which will entitle drivers
of motor cars to secure single day
jitney licenses for one dollar, the oc-
casions to be on days when the reg
ular jitney drivers cannot meet the
TRANSFORMATION demand, were adopt
: ed.
Secure Cement Contract,
The contract was building cement
walks, crossings and curbs was
awarded to Goodman & Loitved, the
ibid being IL cents square foot for
sidewalks, 40 cents a lepial foot for
curb lines, IS cents a square foot
for alley crossings and 18 cents a
square foot for street. crossings.
X1sA petition of property owners re-
uuesting that Woodland avenue and
the lower part of an alley in block
six of Carsons addition be vacated
was referred to City Attorney Huff
man, City Engineer Bourgeois and
the street and walks committee. The
action is sought by the Bemid11 Po-
tato Products company that the lana
. may be used for the erection OF ware
houses.
A communication from the State
Board of Health offeringt to cooper
ate with the city in a thorough in
spection of all milk used in Bemid1l
was referred to the health commit
tee. The bond of City Engineer
Bourgeois was approved. A license
was granted to the Moose lodge to
stage a carnival in Bemidji June 16
to 81. \
Board Of Review.
= President of the Council Wander
i sluis announced that the board of re-
svN wouldgsinclude Mayor l.. F.
Johnson and the following aldermen:
first ward, sGarlock; second ward,
Palmer; third ward, Benner; fourth
ward, Groom and fifth ward, Jones.
The board will meet just as soon as
the books of w. G. Klein, city as
sessor are completed, which will be
within the next few days.
Mayor Johnson announced that he
has devised a plan whereby the
6ute of the heavy jitney traffic in
The bushes district will be changed,
the object being to lessen dangers
now encountered by pedestrians.
Enjoyment is the sweet satisfac-
tion of knowing that your income is
more than you can possibly spend.