The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-26
SENATE PASSES
3 3BRIDGE BILLS
AND KILLS TWO
$35,OOO Appropriation For
Structure Across Little Mis-
souri, in Mckenzie Go.
FARGO FUND RENEWED
Spirited Fight Waged Over
$4,000 Appropriation For
SOundings at Washburn

Three house bridge appropriations
were passed and two others were de-
senate Friday.
The bills passed and sent to the
governor would appropriate $4,000
for bridge over the Little Missouri
river in Mckenzie county at IA point
where it is crossed by federal high
way number eight. Inappropriate
$75. 900 for North Dakota's share in
building bridge across the Red
river at Fargo, and appropriate $3,0Os
for sOundings Of the Missouri river
preparatory to building a bridge at
ElbowOOds.
Appropriations of $4,000 each for
soundings of the Missouri river at
Garrison and Washburn as prelimina-
ry steps to construct bridges at
these points were defeated over
stiff opposition.
The Washburn bill, passed by the
house after spirited fight, was in
definitely postponed, but an attempt
to pass it later in the day after it
! had been revived nearly succeeded
and another effort to save the mea-
sure may be made.
Patten Leads Battle
| Senator X. W. Patten, Mountrail
county, led the fight against the
| Washburn appropriation with the
motion to indefinitely postpone
further consideration. He said that
it was not fair for the legislature
to say where counties shall build
their bridges.
Senator d. H. Hamilton, McHenry
county, replied that the measure call
cd only for sounding of the river
He asserted that federal aid foi
bridges will be eliminated some time
and that now is the time to take ad
vantage Of federal aid. Without fed
eral aid, he said. the state coulo
not afford its bridges.
Pattcn replied that as near as III
could learn the people do not want
a bridge there. and that on the west
ern side Of the river. across from
Washburn, there is no support fol
the bridge.
Senator +. =. Conrath. Mercer
county, who also represents Oliver
county, said that there is no de
mand. for the bridge in Oliver coun
ty, and read letter which he sait
was from the chairman Of the boart
of county commissioners of Olive
county in which the proposed bridg'
and the sounding were opposed. Th'
soundings would be made at Wash
connect Mclean and Oliver counties
Hamilton returned to the defens
of the bill with the statement tha
federal aid could not be obtained un
til the soundings provided for in tn
: bill had been made, and said that tn
!. whole fight over the measure cam
from troubles within Mclean coun
ty. He said that Garrison was jeal
Gus Of Washburn and pointed ou
that the house delegation from Nc
: Lean county had split on the mca
sure.
, Senator Ole Ettestad, McHenr
county, said there was no object il
making soundings at points wher
bridges were not wanted. and oppose
the bill.
Senator Fred Van Camp, Pembin
: county, said that when the bill wa
! in the highways committee hous
member from Mclean county ha
: appeared before the committee an
said that it was local fight a
Washburn, and that the rest Of Nc
Lean county was against the bill. H
said that the committea had agree'
to pass the Elbowoods sounding ap
preparation and defeat those 70
Washburn and Garrison.
Carries on Standing Vote
Patten's motion to indefinitel.
postpone the bill carried when. on
standing vote, rs senators voted 70
the motion.
! Later in the day Senator s. J. At
.. kins, Towner county, chairman o
: the highways committee, moved t
, reconsider the action in killing tn
bill. This was met with q counte
motion by Senator Peder L. Hjlem
stad, Walsh county, who moved tina
Atkins motion be tabled. However
Hjelmstad's motion was defeated, 2
!, to Is, and Atkins motion for recon
siderxtion carried.
II The bill was then placed on tn
calendar for final vote. 1t wa
lost by y q to % vote, the neces
sary number Of votes for a constitu
tional majority being Is. Pattel
moved the clincher motion, prevent
. ing further reconsideration except b.
q two-thirds majority, but it also los
on % to % vote.
The bill appropriating $4,000 70
: the soundings near Garrison wa
kllle0 LnrOugn an ADVERSE report o
!. thes highways committee. A fight t
: save the measure by reconsideratiol
: Of the committee report failed, 80 t
l6. and the clincher motion wa
Y added. A previous attempt to recon
slider the action in killing the bill
had also been defeated, 81 to "a.
!. When the Fargo bridge appropria
tion Of $4,000 cgme up for fina
vote, Senator H. ]. Rusch, Cass coun
ty, explained that the fund had beel
appropriated two years ago. but ha
never been used when 2 site for tn
bridge could not be agreed upor
] He said that Cass county wants tn
. appropriation and that more time !
: sought in which to determine IL
cation.
e Other Bill Passed
Other appropriation bills passe
Friday included $4,000 for travel ex
penses and stenographer's, salary, .
: the dairy division Of the department
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