Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-06-14
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..'yOjU'T BY COUNCIL
First Ward TO Have Proper Street
Drain. Last Of Sewage Or
dered From Lake

~ AZ tn0s regular 4meeLlng OF the city
council Monday night large amount
Of business was transacted. Besides
the regular grind of routine business
of allowing bills, granting sewer and
water permits etc, much important
business was disposed of.
The sewer troubles at the south end
OF Third Street was discussed at
length. A sewer laid three or four
years ago serving the five houses of
the Willmar Home Building Company
were improperly laid, causing no end
of trouble to the, tenants who have
given notice that they would leave
unless the trouble could be remedied.
The remedy consists in relaying the
sewer. to drain towards the south and
construct a new line to the tanks.
Such "a line would. serve seventeen
lots besides those owned by the Home
building company. The estimated
cost of the change will be above $500.
The council finally agreed to appro-
PIRATE $40G from the sewer fund if
the company would donate the bal
ance which was agreed to by Mr.. A.
A. Anderson for the company.
The city engineer was instructed to
establish the street levels thruout
Hanson's addition, and make an esti-
mate for the grading of Third Street
from the park to Limit avenue. Prop
erty owners present declared that they
would finance such an Improvement
A discussion by the sewer commit
tee developed the fact that there is
still some sanitary sewage and cess
pool overfloWs into the lake, and all
such were ordered discontinued. This
includes a line of residences along the
lake and the division offices of the
railroad company.
A new dog ordinance was given it's
final reading and was passed provid-
ing for license of 81 year for male
dogs and SIS a year for females The
beginning Of the license year was pla-
ced at January l, instead of in the
spring. The~license fee from now un-
til Jan. l was placed at S1.00.
Bids were opened for the construc-
ton OF storm sewer to take care of
the street drainage in First Ward.
Catch basins in the streets, in large
sections Of First Ward have been con-
structed to connect with the sanitary
sewer system, causing no end of trou-
BILE by the backing up of sewage in
Hood times. The new trunk line will
empty into Foote Lake where Olof
Avenue and 18th Street join. 1t will ex-
tend to Ella ave. then east on Ella and
along 18th Street. Six bids were re-
celved ranging from $2,797 to $3.50,
all below the engineers estimate. The
low bidders were Bradley & Gerris-
cher of st. Cloud. Work on same will
begin within two weeks. This sewer
will relieve the bad situation at the
Lafayette school in relation to drain
age.
The construction of sidewalks was
let to A. P. Bergeson at the following
prices: Sidewalks, $1.4S per square
yard; private driveways, $1.75 per
yard; curbing, As cents per lineal it.;
Street crossings, 50 per yard, The pri-
ces are from Zoe ito 55c less per yard
than those paid last year.
The Mayor and Clerk were elected
delegates to the meeting of the League
of Minnesota municipalities which oc-
ours at Crookston, June p and p.
The City Council was invited to
visit the Modern Milk plant which has
been established by Mr.. Braithwaite,
which it did in a body. They were ag-
reeably surprised to find so complete
plant 1t is something Willmar can
point to with pride.