Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-05-05
DEFINITE ACTION
ON STREET PAVING
PROJECTS DELAYED
Formal Report Of Paving
Committee to Be Made at
Adjourned Meeting of City
Council Monday Night
S. Birch Awarded Sewer
Contract.

Final action on the question OF ex-
tending the paved district Of the city
was delayed until an adjourned meet
ing Of the city council to be held
next Monday night May 9th. The
suggestion that the final cOnsidera-
ton of the various paving projects
be delayed came from the paving
committee, this body having been
presented with mnltitudinous petit
tions both for and against the pro-
posed paving.
Many OF the property owners have
signed both petitions fayoring and
opposing paving the streets adjoin-
ing their property and this has COM
plicated the matter. The paving
committee and other members of the
council expressed the opinion that
the matter should be considered very
carefully in order to ascertain the
desires of the majority of the pro-
perIy owners, and will proceed slow
ly.
Contracts Awarded
The report Of the committee, which
had the sewer bids under cOnsidera-
ton, was adopted by the council.
the contract being awarded to the
S. Birch and Sons Contracting com
pany. their bid being the lowest and
best
The mayor and city auditor was
authorized to make a contract with
the Chenery company for supplying
the city with light globes, and with
the Western Electric company for
lamps.
Ordinance Regulating Dances
An ordinance regulating the hold
ing OF public dances was introduced
and given its first reading. The
proposed ordinance provides that any
party wishing to hold public dance
must notify the city auditor of the
time and place of the dance. and that
the city will provide a matron to su-
pervisc the dance, this service to be
paid for by the parties holding the
dance and at not less than five dollars
per night.
Other provisions are that no girl
under the age Of eighteen shall at
tend Il public dance except in the
company OF her parents Or guardian.
and that all dancing shall stop at
twelve-thirty. The penalty for vio-
lation of this ordinance is fine of
not more than fifty dollars or impri-
sonment Of not more than fifteen
days or both at the discretion of
the court 1t is also provided that
anyone convicted Of violation of
any provision OF the ordinance shall
be prohibited from the holding Of
public dance in the city for period
of one year.
Taxi Licenses
Taxi licenses were authorized is
sued to Harold Reuterfeldt. Olaf Gill
bertson, Chas. Sheets and J. w.
Clark
Paving Resolution
A resolution declaring the paving
of Third street from Fourth ave. to
Second avenue and Second avenue
from Third street to Fifth St. neces-
sary was adopted. and the plans and
specifications of the city engineer
for the proposed extension of the
city's water and sewer mains accept
ed A resolution was also adopted
declaring the construction Of side
walks necessary in various parts of
the city, and the property owners
given until June 9Th to have such
sidewalks laid The list Of the
streets included in this resolution is
printed in legal notice in another
issue Of this paper.
Correction
In reporting the number of sign
ers on the petition of those opposed
to the paving of Second avenue
south, as error was made due to the
fact that instead of the names being
Ill signed under the heading Name"
a number were signed under the /.
seventeen names under the first
head and this was the number re-
ported. An additional sixteen names
we're signed in the column provided
for the addresses of the signers,
making a total of thirty-three pro-
performers opposed to the paving
Of the street. Fifteen persons sign
ed the petition asking for paving on
Second avenue south.