Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-04-29

ITon0lly Well handed and u death toll
eities 'a Of our r'n si.e. our easn d%i tpat ri e sp,.
demic was managed upon the standard
lied rules Of the United States Health
A some i%nton,yen an1 was .s, 1soSp .so ssss.
Cd 81 the Isolation Of those found cap
able Of spreading the disease. but even
N 9 democracy. individual license must
I desire to urge that our Health Board
DC instructed to put on early in the
paiEn and that the general public BE- in
duced IL possible to unite in It.
we hope that BY. a readjustfnent in
. .dd q eoe sre,n ws shall inpa b ABLE sn Ser cos s0sn to
assistant. who will regularly and con-
where. it is sold thus releasing our ofris
and permitting him to devote himself
with greater efficiency to the larger ac-
Invites of this department:
ing perfectly. I regard them ali as
being nearly. il not quite 100 per cent
We have had no disastrous losses from
CONGREGATIONS. All fires have been
Crime has been reduced to a minimum,
been quickly a~pprchcnded.
In our Engineering department work
has been completed in record time.
IT and estimates have been promptly
Property has been assessed in strict
conformity with the law as interpreted
by the Tax Commission. I
Our Legal department has been most
efficiently and satisfactorily managed.
against the eity. but We nave little fear
We take special pride in the work lone
IN our Auditing department. 1t has
been very favorably commented upon
to Know that our System ter OF accountins
has become popular throughout the state
and adopted by manytof the larger cities.
IN this connection. to render our work
nances be recompiled and this part of
our records be brought up to date in
bound form. This matter has been put
Ths sliding river Banks.
we still nave a serious problem. for
s si9.r: Last tn t sesso Siding Ms v banks eo% Of Sus
TO build a new abutment to the Point
Bridge; In all probability We shall be.
Avenue Bridge this. season.
tWe shall this season also rave some
expensive work in repairing our intake
In view Of these facts. I again urge
that an effort be a to interest our
railways having. the same problem, TO
the end that some cooperative plan may
be evolved to stabilize the banks
H Incinsrator.
IN view of the fact that stacks for
$4,000 n their life under the best Of
that when it comes time for another re-
placement. a single concrete chimney be
erected capable Of, and so situated as to.
also a provision for a fourth should it
be required.
streets and 1oaAways.
roa p%rins the the summer our rs streetsS and
as our limited equipment and the size Of
our !, appropriation will permit. The
overcoming 'of snow obstruction in the
problem. We must take cognizance Of
the fact that Grand Forks is no longer
a country village, but aspires to be a
traffic conditions have undergone a very
decided change and that now practically
an OF our .transportati6n is effected by
our dnfy # Ii i sesn be r aecom IT sfssms at
reasonable cost. to facilitate their use.
From the demonstration given last fall
! am fully persuaded that with the aid
can keep all of our ~roadways open and
in addition that with the use of q home
made, inexpensive device the pavement
be kept free Of snow from curb to curb
thus permitting the use Of the whole
street, the elimination of the unsightly
s s5nasss sna d. ,, the nn. 9Ggiat len or 3r. t1s,ann amd
cutters. This I feel certain can be &C.
complished by two men without the aid
OF ~shovelers or teams. I am confident
readily be constructed thai will cnec-
tually remove the snow. even when two
or more feet in depth. from the walks.
in our next appropriation for the pur-
chase of such tractor. 7 believe the
sentiment. Of our people is such that
the. siGs, demand c efrie1ency s rather than tra pa5r
would be Of great service in our road
work the year round. suggest the de-
STABILITY Of the erection. adjacent TO
sufficient capacity to house all of the
city owned and operated auto-motive
Memorial Park Kighway.
WE are, l think. all agreed as to the
deeirability, and ever necessity: of hay,
s4osi and The t"e' p]4oSa5ility 70 Of tn Securing Esir
fear we must dismiss, The cost 81 this
Improvement would be too great to be
would seem that our only recourse
would be to resort to a referendum vote
or to populaE subscription. 7 believe
that project to render the raising OF a
reasonable sum by public appeal. easily
possible.
Of course a paved highway is always
desirable, but its cost would be great.
I believe that II. to it's present we'll
drained and graded surface. q properly
applied mixture Of gravel and clay were
applied the result would be satisfactory.
I know man. are speptical as to the re.
liability of such roads. but 7 doubt II
they have ever seen a scientifically built
same token many also condemn creo-
soted blocks. never having seen genuine
ones. but basing their opinion entirely
upon the behavior Of the counterfeit
Ifeel confident that clay. for this pur-
pose would be contributed and that .
low freight rate upon the gravel could
mitted to make this dsmonstraton i
Our wood Paving.
The behavior Of our block paving is
rssson snsa Ths Tnitsd STATES aas re- Seve anyaess
Report favorins 'creosoted blocks, lays it
down as At primary requisite that before
s seaaene tdsat e d aeey ~u eond Ss ls~or eil ~.
forts at steam vacuum drying. In fact,
states positively that such process adds
moisture instead OF removing it. The
lumber taken from the river where it
had been foated TO the mill, SAW.
placed in a so-called acuum drier for
sote treatment. inspection clearly
showed that the ~creosote only penetrated
the blocks at the ends from Y to y
the original sap plus some added water.
These blocks were accepted and laid in
spite Of individual protests. During the
this sap has evaporated and now when
|~thoroughly wetted. water being more
huid h less .viscid. than the original
SAP. enters in srestsr quantities. thy
The end srssults willSbe that the interior
Of the blceks viii decay aud they win
eventually crush down. lit would add to
their life and improve their behavior X.
when the pavement il ~.thoroukhiy dry.