The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-27
CITY COUNCIL J.
AWARDS. STORM !.
SEWER: v / /: JOB: !: TO o
BEMlDu FIRM
Goodman & Loitved Contract
to do Work for $7,11s.52. 7
.->. -Four Bidders. .
cry SPENT $i4;ss6, v..-,
sqy> DURING LAST QUARTER
Report Of Clerk and Treasurer
fntetestins.- Water Col
lection. Ait Made.

.four bids presented to the city
council at its meeting Monday even,
Ing for the work. Of placing storm
sewers east OF Beltranli avenue to the
lake, between Tenth and Thirteenth
streets, that of Goodman 4 Loftved'
D. Bemidji firm, which calls for an
expenditure OF 81, Ii: :s2,l was accept
ed. T ~ ~: 80. 4! r. T., ..,
n -Four bids for the. work were pre-
scented and after the propositions nad
been carefully figured, the aldermen
found the offer Of Goodman LoltVed
to be the lowest, with L. r. Eckstrum
next, the amount being $7,3s2.lo lo,
while the bid of the, .z;Haggart Con-
struction company Of Fargo totaied
$1O,496.65::E The fourth bid, that OF
Phelps Drake of Hibbing, was not
figured the individual charges being
so high that they could not be con-
/. sidered.@ A2contract with Goodman &
Loitved viii be prefected by Mayor
N. r. Joh nson and City Attorney Hal
Ian L. Huffman and the Work OF plac-
ing the storm sewers will begin i'm
mediately. The storm sewers includ-
ed are much needed and wiA be
necessary next year when paving is
resumed. w.
( Many interesting items were
brought out in the quarterly reports.
OF George Stein, city. clerk, aud
George Rhea, city treasurer, which
4 were referred to the fAagse com1ni It :
tee The reports show that during
january, February and March the
receipts Of the city anhonntad to $685.,
s874.S3, while the disbursements
stotaled S14,966.70s - ~ :ys+;. y1s 49,,
.....4..At the end OF thssa quarter balance
OF $2S, ,305.51 remained to the cerdit
Of the various. funds. During the
period covered the water department.
expended $S,501. 40, a portion OF the
amount being used to pay for engln.-
eering done during the last year IN
connection with water Works i'm
-provements. Other expenditures
were: general government, 2,lS2:S9,
police and fire departments, $1.9O9.-
30; health department and health Of
flcer's salary. s46S.41: highways,
which includes lighting and the pur-
chase Of flusher, s4.642.65; military
-~band, $83.32; miscellaneous. 1924
A03; charities, $370.6S; library, $2l7.-
A Splendid Record.
The splendid record being made in
the collecting Of: water bills was
brought to the attention Of the coun-
, Gil. During the quarter $1,S46.73
was collected from water consumers,
every one of the 500 bills but three
being paid, and according to City
Treasurer Rhea these, win be paid i'm
mediately. Since the system Of hav-
ing water rents collected by the city
! treasurer was placed in. operation, but
little trouble has been. encountered
and last year more than $b8OO was
] collected over any previous year.
Where consumers do not pay their
bills the water is: shut oft by E. J.
Bourgeois, superintendent of the
water department..
r Ordinance No. 100, which requires
that all places where non-intoxicat-
ing beverages are sold must take out
q license at a cost Of $25, was read
for the second time, several minor
amendments being accepted. A mo-
!. tion of Alderman. .Barnell, seconded
by1 Alderman Groom that the license
!. fee be reduced to $500 failed.
~ An ordinance to be known as NO.
a31O1, which calls for the removal OF
all telephone and electric light wires.
poles, posts, equipment, fixtures and
brackets, from Bemidji, Beltrami and
Minnesota avenues by not later than
December /, 1920. was read for the
first time. This ordinance requires
that no new wires, etc., may be
strung along or across these streets
after September ! of this year. This
ordinance will necessitate that tHe
poles along these avenues be changed
to the alleys and that the cross street
lines will have to be placed under.
ground.
A resolution appropriating $50 to
be used in carrying out Memorial
Day ceremonies: was approved, as
was a resolution fostered by the
streets and walks committee, requir.
ing that sidewalks be placed on DUtld
between Tenth and Fourteenth
streets and on Twelfth and Thirteen.
tn streets between Beltrami and
Doud avenue, the walks connecting
with the normal school.
The following licenses were grant
ed: r. J. Tesch, dray; johnson and
Rygg, jitney: Sam Francoeur, jitney
The application OF John Goodman foI
refund of $14,55 on pool hall
license was denied. Goodman sold
the Ideal pool and billiard hall te
NJ. N. Crawford before the expiration
: of his license. Mayor Johnson sug.
gested that it be understood here.
after that no warrants for bills al
lowed will be delivered until tht
second day following the meeting al
which they are allowed.