The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-07
REMEMBERING
OF BUILDINGS
T0BESTARTED
Card Will BE Tackled on Every
House. Giving Correct
Street Address

Work Of fcnumbcrlng every bulld-
iny i'm Bismarck will be started I'm
mtdIately by City Auditor NJ. II. At
kinsou. 1t was announced today. IN
connection with one of the clty's new
GrdiEaHces changing the method OF
numbering in several parts q nc
CITY
nder the new law, First street
2tn H. tho dividing line between
east and west Bismarck, instead of
Mandan street rs was the case prior
t1 the massage cf the new ordinances,
ard he correct address of all build
inps west OF First street VIII carry
the poetfiX west" such as "RosSer
avenuc west. "Thayer avenue west.
anG 40 ON.
ne new ordinance also provides
that Ill thoroughfarcs running north
ara south shall he known as streets
84 au running east and west shall
bp known as avenues. Consequently
thorough fares formerly rs Mandan
avenue. Washington avenue, Park
avenue. Hannfin avenue, etc. vii
from now on BE- known rs Mandan
street, Washington street, Fark
street, Hannifin street, etc.
Many Wrong Numbers
Because Of the change IN the di-
vidine line, the numbers Of all build
Tags west of First street Will be
changed, and ii has also been dis
covered chat many buildings in other
parts .of the city are wrongly mum
bored The city auditor plans TO
cover the entire city, lacking on the
front of each house Il card which viii
Give tie correct number Of that par
tieular building.
The person living IN each house i
requested to see that the proper
house number IS then placed on the
front Of the building in three neh
figures before May 10, and To leave
the card tackled on the house At least
until May i, or until the new num-.
hers have been put up. Should the
new numbers be put in place before
Nav /, the card should be left on tn,
house anyway until that date, as Tho
meter readers for the waterwork:
plant and the electric and gas com
panies plan to change their record.
III thcv visit each house between
April 20 and May | TO compare witt
the cards put III by the city AUDITOR
II the card is removed from th'
house before May | the meter read
ers will not be definitely sure wheth
er the number appearing on th'
house is correct.
Must Put Up New Numbers
The telephone company also plan
to change addresses of all customer
ID conform with the new arrange
ment of mum bers before the June
issue of the directory is printed, ant
consequently all property owners o
tenants are urged TO comnlv wltn tn
city's instruction as quickly as pos
Sibie, so that there will be no con
fusion in addresses.
Under the new arrangement ever,
- feet of property Is alotted mum
bcr. Consequently on the even mum
bered side of a street the mum ber
win run form @ to p, and on the cd
side of the street from | to II. Eve
numbers will be placed on the Yves
side of all streets and the north sid
81 all avenues, while the east side o
all streets and the south side of a
avenues will carry odd numbers.
Should house be found in th
m iddle of 50foot lot, the cit
auditor will give it either one of tn
two numbers which would 0rdinaril
he allotted to the two 25-fooe piece
Of property. but ii there should b
Instances where three houses Occup
Il So foot lot, the one in the cent,
would necessarily be given half
number.
Property owners are urged not
attempt to figure out their ow
mum bers, however, but to put u
whatever number the city auditor a
lots to each house, as shown by III
card which will be attached to I'll
front Of the house.
The new ordinance provides TIL
each house number must be place
in Il conspicuous place "over tt
front entrance to the building"