The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-05-10
STORM SEWER
CONSTRUCTION
Is AUTHORIZED
Ordinance Creating Sewer
Improvement District Civ.
en- First Reading

the commissioner of streets and
the city engineer, an ordinance was
given its first reading at the meet
ing CT the city commission Mon
day night which will create a
sewer improvement district for the
construction Of storm water sew
ers on Twelfth street from Broad
way to Avenue A and on Thir-
teenth street from Thayer avenue
to Avenue B.. The ordinance will
be up for second reading and final
passage at the next meeting Of the
commission.
The commission adopted a reso-
luton Monday night providing that
the city assume 10 per cent of the
cost of the paving laid on Thayer
and R0sser avenues and Tenth
street, around the st. Alexius hos
pital, last summer. This is in
keeping with the custom followed
by the commission when other
paving was constructed.
Sidewalks Ordered Built
Construction of sidewalk was
ordered along the north side of
lots 3, 4 and S, block 35, Williams
Survey, and a sidewalk and two
driveways were ordered built along
the east side of Hannifin street
for distance of 100 feet north Of
ROsser.
Transfer Of the balance of
$673.20 remaining in the Custer
Park fund to the city park board
was authorized by the commission.
Recommendation to the county
board that it accept the offer re-
Gently made by Miss Ruth E. Wyn-
koop for the purchase of certain
city lots was made by the commits
sion. Miss Wynkoop has offered
to purchase lots 10, 20, Fl and %,
block Is, Mckenzie addition, for
s125 per lot. The property went
to the county at tax sale some time
ago and the board agreed to ac-
cept the offer providing the city
commission approved Of it.
Similar action was taken by the
commission on the petition of
Adolph Schlenker, who stated that
he is willing to pay all delinquent
taxes and special assessments on
the north one-third of lot l, block
Is, N. p. addition. providing the
penalty and interest was abated.
Taxes on this property have not
been paid since 1914.
A compromise proposal made by
Marcus Edborg for the payment
of 1923 taxes was considered by
the commission, which decided to
recommend to the county board
that the proposal be accepted.
The request of w. p. LOmas for
permission to- erect a filling sta
ton at the corner of Main avenue
and Ninth street, presented to the
commission some time ago, was
again brought up Monday night
by Mr.. Tomas, and the proposition
was referred to Commissioners
French and Wachter for investiga-
ton.
To Erect Street Signs
Bids for street naming signs
will be advertised for shortly by
the city auditor, acting under in
structions given him by the COM
mission Monday night. The bids
will be opened May %, and the
signs wanted will be for marking
Main avenue from Washington
street to- Ninth street; Broadway,
from Washington street to Ninth
street; Rosser avenue, from Crit
fin street to Sixteenth street; First
street, from Main avenue to Ave-
nue. C.; Sixth street, from Main
avenue to the Boulevard, and
Sweet avenue, from First street to
Sixteenth street.
The commission authorized the
purchase of eight traffic markers,
such as those which have recently
been given q trial at the intersec-
ton Of Broadway and Fifth street.
Four will be placed at that loca-
ton and the others will be placed
at the intersection of Broadway
and Fourth street. Main avenue
will soon be designated an arterial
highway, the city attorney having
been instructed to prepare "a reso-
luton to that effect. After the
resolution is in effect, all traffic
moving onto Main avenue from
any of the streets leading thereto
will have to come to complete
stop before turning onto the ave-
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