Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-02

Va &VT&0p t&SVILu O8AOkAs va sss
ed IN Book "F.' Of Deeds, on Page 111,
the same to extend from skidmoTe ave;
~ northwesteriy to the city limits o.
posed street and public highway is den.
nitely and, particularly shown by q plat
Of Federal Aid Project BIB now on AZ
u the office Of the city auditer o. snd
that the city attorney a K immediate
steps to condemn any and all private
property within b area above described
for the use Of the said city for street
Moved by Commissioner
second by Commissions Sdestad that tne
resolution be adopted. On roll call the
sehispsr<, f so'.sas. wsst..n ,ye o'Reef sye4:
Carried. So
Moved ~ Commissioner soistad' sec.
snes q now ny c ss3oarn. esrr, M.'.'en' '0@'
cHAs. ). E E,tx As3itor.
. 1Sh. ID, 1De1.
Regular weekly Meeting Of the Board
Of City Commissioners, held Wednesday,
Fob. 20, 1921, atel o'clock, T. M. Presi.
dent O'Keefe presiding and present ~
stad. WesteenW4. Absent. Commission.
MN 1aos.sss.
The foliowinE a%pplications f9 n l hss1tS
officer, presented, read:
James Cummings ............ b5 COVE
chas. 8; Observation-Disclosures. : cows
Moved by Gommis.icnsr Westeen. sec:
onded by Commissioner Solstad, that
licenses be granted. Carried.
Hardness In City water.
He aei zn sns ~ Ss!" :. ]! Gi p 5ns %s1 81 tss
Northwestern National Bank, appeared
before the board and stated that they
had experienced considerable trouble
from a precipitation lodging and fasten-
ing Itself in their hot water pipes In
their respective buildings. and inasmuch
as the pipes were incased inside Of solid
plant had to be shut down to clean out
these pipes, where possible to do 50. 1t
created a condition they could not afford
to have occur very often and asked for
Information as to the e this an g
the State Public Health Laboratory, who
had been asked by Commissioner OF
Health Western to be present, explained
: degrees Of hardness, what was termed
temporary hardness and also permanent
hardness. The chemicals used in the NJ
tration plan removed approximately 500
Of the temp. tsmIore ns hardness ts.n v giving ga US .. e
Fargo, N. d. or st. Paul or Minneapolis,
MINI. That to rernove the permanent
hardness would not be feasible under
the operative condition Of our no water water !
sive, being used for all purposes. both
domestic and other. Fire hghting. street
flushing, etc, and even. should 1T be at
Of taste in the water which would not
be agreeable for domestic purposes. That
the plants as used by some OF the city
laundries. who use 9 chemical sand
would remedy this for any private in.
stttution, but would not, by considered
advisable for a community. proposition
on account Of h expense aqd miscel-
Moved BY Commissioner solstad. sec
onded by Commissioner Schlaberg. that
this matter be referred for further con-
alteration by Commissioner OF Health
DR.. Westeen. Carried.
Watsrworks Tunnsl Repairs.
To the Hon. President and City Commits
Grand Forks. N. D.
The Undersigned walked through the
city water works tunnel today on q tour
Of inspection. sts
When the work OF repairs commenced
the timbers or pipe in the tunnel as the
structure was full Of water, and clay but
the work on repairs is now to 2 point
,i%ssts .a sneS Sip the ts se6Saa es %sVss tS Of
water hows from river-to bottom of YER
tieal pit. n thence to the suction Of the
raw water pumps.
All mud and foreign matter has been
spiral steel rivetted pipe set to a line
and true grade. New bolts have been
set in f1anges of pipe where necessary to
draw the fanges together and where old
holes that are rusted through the pipe
Will be closed up.
We are now at a point in the repair
work where we must decide to do con-
eoon as n part of 1t caves in and in
jures the pipe. II we proceed with the
work and. entirely complete the repairs
the structure will be in shape to serve
structed. Even If we were ready to
commence we could not construct a new
tunnel before Spring, but we are ready
to Immediately carry the repairs to com-
need Of minor repairs and the timbering
in the remaining 100 feet is in bad
shape. many being broken. others out Of
plumb and where n side Of the struc-
than the other side. the roof and bottom
plank laid originally crosswise are not
now at right angles with the center line
OF the tunnel and consequently will not
wv 9oAsIo u oIoC PIS6SuTe OF the
clay. WHICH tends to push the walls of
the tunnel together.
As the city must have water continu-
ously all the time, the committee has
come to one conclusion and that Is to
complete the repairs so as to make the
tunnel disable for a reasonable length of
time until a new tunnel can be con-
structed. we
We submit above report and ask for
instructions in regard to completing the
work. |e
Respectfully submitted
F.. w. s~chlaberg, Commissioner
J. J. Smith, City Engineer.
Moved ~ COMMISSIONS Western. sec
report be received and filed and that ne
committee proceed and complete the i'm
provement as outlined. On roll cali The
following voted Aye, Commtssioneerrss
s%chlaberg. Solstad, Western. O'KeefewiS
Carried, -
Bond Of City Treasurer. -
circular communication issued bv
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