The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-07-27
PROPOSED !! | BOND.
ISSUES LOST IN
CITY ELECTION
Majorities Against Issues Range
From IS on Fire Truck to
= 281 on IncineratOr
HIGHEST TOTAL WAS S6l
Fire Apparatus Proposal Carries
in Three Voting Precincts;
Loses in Six

The city commissions proposed
tlond issues totalling $4,000, which
were voted upon yesterday, were de-
feated. The average majority against
the issues was 176; the average num-
Der OF votes cast was 846.
The closest vote was upon the
question Of issuing $4,000 of bonds
for the purchase of fire apparatus,
which was lost by IS. The proposal
to issue $4,000 Of bonds to repair
the detention hospital was lost by 1872
and the proposal to issue $1,000 of
bonds for the purchase of an incin.
orator was lost by 281. The vote was
in the form Of yes" and mo" in an
swer to the three questions, and was
rs follows:
Fire apparatus Yes, 1898; no, 453.
Detention hospital-Yes, 331; no,
lncinerator-Yes, 2S1; no, 562.
Men and Women Same.
The detailed vote shows that the
total vote of both men and women
was against each issue. The mo
majority Of men against the fire ,.p-
paratus proposal was only 9 votes;
the wOmen's mo- majority was 46.
There was greater difference between
the "yes" and mo" vote on all other
issues.
The highest number of votes cast
upon any one issue was 851 for the
fire truck. The vote was somewhat
larger than was expected for bond
issue election. More than half of the
votes were cast after 4 o'clock in the
afternoon. The largest number cf
persons voted after the close OF the
days business. In the afternoon
some members of the city administra-
ton and Others who favored only the
fire apparatus proposal got out alto-
mobiles to take voters to the polls.
which swelled the number A few
citizens opposed to the bond issues
also helped "get out the v,ote' late
in the day.
Want Dump Moved.
One prediction generally made
failed. The vote in the Fourth ward
on the Hncinerator was yes" 46, mo-"
35 A south side resident explained
this opposition to the incinerator on
the ground that citizens of the south
side believed an incinerator would
give them no relief from the odors
arising from the dump ground, that
The dump ground would be kept close
to the south side residence district
and that what the south side ciizens
desired most rH all was to have the
dump ground removed a greater dis
tance from the city
The total vote Of men and women
on the various issues was: Fire ap-
paratus yes, ZIG; men, no, I'I
Women, yes, 1872; women, no, 1853.
Detention hospital-Men, yes, ZIG,
men, no, BAL. Women, yes, lis; WON.
en-, no, .172.
Incinerator- Men, yes, 1873; men,
no. 375. Women, yes, 50; women, no.
How Precincts Went.
The majorities generally were
against the issues in all of the Zine
precincts. Three pricincts Ward 3,
Precinct 2, Ward 6 and Ward gave
slight majorities' for the fire truck.
All precincts were against the laten-
tfddh hospital proposal and all pre-
cincts except the Fourth ward pre-
cinct were against the inc:nerator.
The cost Of the election is estimat-
ed by the city auditor to be between
5000 and $225.
VOTE ON BOND ISSUES
Fire Detention Incfn.
Apparatus Hospital orator