The Nome nugget., 1920-07-03
COUNCIL HOLDS
 0i.WeEkLv SESSION

The Nome Common Council met in
 regular sessicn Monday evening at tI,o
 City Hall and decided to constitute It.
 self committee of the whole to look
 into the prospective coal situation
 created by the retirement 9. the Alas
 kn LighteraSe Co. from the local con.
 purveying field the coming winter
 and to take such steps as may he re-
 quircd to insure fuel supply for t.,ose who cannot secure 1t during the sum- mer.
 The councilmen were all on hand except councilmen Cavey and Tarnut- ger when Mayor Rice called for order around the usual hour. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. A communication present ed by Nels Swanberg offered 37s for
 lot 2S. block 6s. Action was deferred until committee can look into tile proposal. A communication from W. J. Rowe complained that the Dry Creek bridge Is In an unsafe condition for trahic. The communication as- ! serted that the public Is being greatly
 inconvienced thereby due to the unsafe
 condition Of that structure. "And We l respectfully request that the said bridge be made safe at the earliest pos-
 sible date" the message continued. |, Occasion requires that we cross the
 bridge daily and we will look to thc l city In the event of our suSta;nin. any | damage" After duly assimilatfns Mir.
 Rowe's statement the council anthoriz-
 ed the city clerk to refer Sir. Rowe to | a certain city ordinance designated as ] Ordinance 19s the tenor of which is l are an infraction of the law" and to
 inform him that its provisions would
 be strictly enforced. Tie council also instructed the Street Committee to
 have signs posted at both ends of the
 bridge warning the public ot dire pun
 ishment in the event of anyone cross Ing the bridge with loads of more than two tons weight.
 The committee appointed to Investi- gate the subject of heatiuy tae nuni-
 dpal building next asked for more I time and the request was trnnted. Mayor Rice reported he had inves- tigated the matter of repairing the public school building. stating that 1t
 would require ll.ooo feet of drop sid ing and 10000 feet of building paper to place the structure in proper shape.
 He infoxmed the council that the cost
 of the lumber would be 4100 per thous- and in Nome. It could be secured from 1 the outside and landed here for 975 per thousand. he said and he had al- | ready wired for the dealed amount
 Bills owed by the city wers next taken up and ordered paid under a suspen- sion of the rules after endorsement by
 the Finance Commdtte.
 Councilman TarnutSer reported that Al Orland had complained to him re- garding an alleEed increase In the Or
 land taxes. Orland claimed. Mir. Tar nutzer said. that his taxes were raised
 this year. that he was ovsrtaxed and
 that he would nat pay the assessment
 demanded. Orland was willing to pay 1 the same amount as previously assess- ed. but no more. At this juncAure City Clerk Grimm inforsned the council l that Mir Orland's taxes had not been l raised ono cent over last year. The | difference. he said. was due to the fact
 that two pieces of property belonging
 to Mir. Orland had been overlooked in
 making up the 1918 tar assessments ! and had not been included in Ar. Dr.
 lands tax bill. The error was discov- cred last fall and the tax in the two properties included in this ye1r's taxes. In the light of this explanation the l council agreed that Mir. orland k snb-
 ject to lthe amount taxed.
 The council next took up the coal situation and decided. after conMder- able discussion. to consider itself committee of the whole for inves4tga- ton Sf the outlook report as to what action had best bs taken to be made at a future meeting.
 The Health and Relief committee reported an intention to inspect the beach and psiva4e premises and take steps to secure the cleaning up of all cot in . cleanly condition. Persenai aotice will be served on all who do not clean up their premiaes immediately md the ordinance covering the aaae strictly enforced.
 Tho council then dAscussed the sub-
 1ect of celebrating the 4th ana sp-