The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922, August 06, 1914, Image 5

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    Ordltuinre No. 200
An ordinance proTldlng for the
construction of street curbing In the
City of Alliance, Nebraska, prescrib
es the method for compelling the
construction of same and assessing
the cost thereof against the lots and
parcels of land improved thereby,
and providing the method of con
structing said street curbing.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAY
OR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA:
SECTION I. That all street curb
ing hereafter constructed within the
City of Alliance, Nebraska, shall be
constructed under the direction of
the Committee of the City Council on
streets and alleys and under such
tales and regulations not inconsist
ent with the terms of this ordinance
as the City Council may from time
to time adopt.
SECTION II. Whenever hereaf
ter It may deem such action expedi
ent the City .Council may by resolu
tion require street curbing to be
constructed in accordance with the
provisions of this ordinance at and
along both sides of all the streets
and avenues or parts thereof em
braced in any duly created "street
improvement district" of said city
and abutting on and adjacent to all
the lots and parcels of land within
said district. Said resolution shall
.fee substantially in the following
form.
"BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ALLIANCE, NEBR
ASA, that street curbing be within
thirty days from the publication of
this resolution constructed at and
along both sides of all the streets
and avenues or parts thereof era
braced within "street improvement
district" number. ... of said City
and abutting on and adjacent to the
following lots and parcels of land,
to-wit
Said street curbing is to be laid in
accordance with the provisions of
Ordinance No of said City and
under the regulation of the Commit
tee of the City Council on streets and
alleys." Provided however, that un
less three-fifths of the resident own
ers of the property subject to assess
ment for such street curbing peti
tion the City Council to order the
construction of same, such street
curbing shall not be ordered con
structed until three-fourths of all
the members of the City Council
shall by vote assent to the passage
of said resolution.
SECTION III. No street curbing
shall be ordered to be cosntructed in
places where street curbing has
previously been laid in accordance
with the provisions of this ordin
ance. Resident owners of lots or
parcels of land abutting on or ad
jacent to which street curbing has
previously been laid in accordance
with the provisions of this ordinance
shall however be lawful signers of
the petition provided for in Section
2 of this ordinance.
SECTION IV. The City Clerk
shall cause a copy of said resolution
to be publ'shed in the official paper
of the City for four consecutive
weeks and the publisher ' of such
paper orchis agent , shall file. , with
said Clerk an affidavit of the pub
lication of said resolution as soon as
the publication herein required is
completed. Such publication shall
be deemed good and sufficient notice
to the owners of the property abutt
ing on or adjacent to which street
curbing is to be constructed. The af
fidavit of publication herein provid
ed for shall be prima facia evidence
of the publication herein required
and shall be carefully preserved and
made a part of the records of the ci
ty. SECTION V. All street curbing
ordered to be constructed in accord
ance with the provisions of this ord
inance shall be bo constructed with
in thirty days after the completed
publication as above required. If af
ter the expiration of thirty days from
the completed publication of said
resolution, the street curbing order
ed to be constructed be not con
structed in accordance with the pro
visions of this ordinance, the com
mittee of the City Council on streets
and alleys shall cause the said street
curbing to be constructed without
unnecessary delay, and said commit
tee shall report the same to the City
Council at the first regular meeting
thereafter to be dealt with according
to law. Such work shall be let to
the person or persons who have
agreed with the Council to perform
said work and furnish all necessary
material therefor In pursuance of
and accord'ng to the provisions of
Section 7 of Ordinance No. 126 of
the City of Alliance, Nebraska.
SECTION VI. The Committee of
the City Council on streets and al
leys shall certify to the said Council
all street curbing constructed and
the cost of same against each lot or
parcel of ground abutting on or ad
jacent to which said street curbing
is constructed and such other facts
as may be necessary to enable- the
City Council to make the proper le
vy. Also that said street curbing
has been by them accepted or what
action they have taken in the matter
and whenever practicable the said
Committee shall cause the owner or
owners of lots o rparcels of land
abutting on or adjacent to which
said street curbing is ordered con
structed to be notified of the order
made in respect thereto and that
they will be held responsible for all
damages thereafter that may arise
by reason of their failure or neglect
to construct said street and curbing
as is by law provided.
SECTION VII. The City Clerk
shall keep a record of all street
curbing constructed by the City,
which shall contain the date the
same was ordered constructed, the
time within which it is to be con
structed, the names of the streets
and avenues, and parts of same on
and along which and the description
of the lots or parcels of land abut
ting on or adjacent to which said
curbing is ordered to be constructed
and constructed. Also the name of
the owner of each lot or parcel of
land, the name of the contractor, the
date of such contract, the date of in
spection and of acceptance of the
work with proper space or columns
for number of feet, rate per foot,
charges for advertising and inspec
tion, and for total of all costs and
expenses made against any lot or
parcel of land and such other de
tails as may seem necessary.
SECTION VIII. The City Engin
eer shall at the request of said Com
mittee furnish or cause to be furn
ished lines and grades for said street
curbing by setting suitable stakes.
SECTION IX. The cost of con
struction of such street curbing shall
be levied upon the lot or parcels of
land abutting on or adjacent to
which said street curbing is con
structed, by resolution, which resolu
tion shall specify the street and ave
nue or parts of same upon which
such street curbing has been con
structed, and the amount of street
curbing constructed abutting on or
adjacent to each particular lot or
parcel of land Such assessment
shall be made by the Council at a
special meeting by resolution fixing
the value of the lots assessed, taking
into account the benefits derived or
injuries sustained in consequence of
such improvement and the amount
charged against same, which with
the vote thereon by yeas and nays
shall be spread upon the minutes.
Corner lots and parcels of land shall
be charged with the cost of so much
additional street and curbing as
shall be constructed at the street In
tersections and opposite the inter
section of sidewalks abutting the
frontage of said lots or parcels of
land. - Notice of the time of holding
sucn meeting and the purpose for
which It Is to be held shall be pub-
nenea in the official paper published
and of general circulation in said
City at least four weeks before the
same shall be held, or in lieu there
of, personal service may be made up
o nthc person owning the lot or par
cel of land to be so assessed. All
such assessments shall be known as
special assessments for street im
provement and shall be levied and
collected as a separate tax in addi
tion to the tax for general purposes,
to be placed upon the tax roll for
collection subject to the same penal
ty and collected in like manner as
are other city taxes. Whenever any
such special tax is levied the City
Clerk shall forthwith deliver the
certified copy of such resolution to
the City Treasurer who shall pro
ceed to collect the said tax by law
as is in such cases made and pro
vided.
SECTION X. All street curbing
hereafter constructed in the City of
Alliance. Nebraska, shall be con
structed with its upper surface upon
the grade established by ordinance
of said City and with its outer sur
face upon the curb line as establish
ed by ordinance of said city. Said
street curbing shall be fifteen inches
In height and six inches in width and
shall be constructed In the following
manner: All loose dirt shall first
be removed and the ground thor
oughly tamped. There shall then be
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References
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laid a three Inch base of cinders' or
coarse sand, which base shall ' be
thoroughly tamped. , The curbing
proper shall be constructed from a
mixture of one part Portland cement,
three parts screened river sand, and
two parts of coarse gravel, to be
thoroughly mixed while dry. After
being thoroughly mixed wet it shall
be put in place, thoroughly tamped
and the upper surface of the curbing
rendered smooth. The outer upper
edge of the curbing shall be slightly
rounded. The curbing shall be
marked at Intervals o ffour feet and
a three-fourths inch extension Joint
shall be allowed for each three hun
dred feet of curbing.
SECTION XI. In constructing the
street curbing at the street intersec
tions opposite the side-walk inter
sections the line upon which the out
er surface of said curbing shall be
laid shall be determined as follows:
the distance from the outer side
walk line to the official curb line on
each of the intersecting streets shall
be determined and the shorter dist
ance shall be subtracted from the
longer. The curb line on the Bide of
said intersection where the curb line
Is nearest the outer side-walk line
shall be prolonged on the official
curb line a distance equal to that
difference and a line shall be drawn
from that point at right angles to
said official curb line to intersect the
outer side-walk line. Using that
point of intersection as a center and
the distance between the curb line
and the outer side-walk line on the
side of the intersection where said
distance is shorter as a radius, one
fourth of the arc of a circle shall be
described to connect the two official
curb lines.
This ordinance shall be In effect
from and after its passage, approval
and publication, according to law.
Passed and approved thia 4th day
of August, 1914.
First reading August 4, 1914.
Second reading August 4, 1914.
Third reading August 4, 1914.
A. D. RODOERS, Mayor.
Attest: GEO. F. SNYDER.
(SEAL) City Clerk.
35-2t-478-3874
THE PRICE OK CiLOILY
From Omaha Daily News:
Let us consider the Servian man
and his wife.
Soon he'll march off with the ar
my to fight for his fatherland, quite
sure to bleed, perhaps to die. Don't
imagine he knows the reasons why,
What he knows is that there's been
a "call to the colors," which means
off he must go.
At first there'll be so much "rah-
rah" to it that he'll probably march
with pride and maybe swagger a bit
when the officers aren't looking.
Pretty soon, though, his feet will
get sore, his legs will ache and hun
ger and thirst will gnaw his vitals.
If he escapes the bayonets and bul
lets there'll be the fever; so that,
any way you look at it, If he gets
back at all. it's ten to one he'll be
the merest wreck and shadow of the
fine, upstanding, happy-go-lucky
chap who started. He and thous
ands like him. And all for what?
At that his fate is preferable to
his wife's. For her the long-drawn
agony of lonely waiting, the nerve-
wracking derad, and maddening sus
pense. Then, any day the enemy
may come and burn her humble
home, seize as plunder the little she
has to sustain her while her man Is
away, scare If not murder her child
ren yes, and that's not all or even
the worst.
Of such Is the "GLORY" of war!
will amount to much," is never of
much force. If you have no local
pride, borrow some.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Any person or persons plowing,
dragging or in anywise defacing the
roads or highways of Box Butte
county either before or after they
have been graded, without the ex
press permission of the county com
missioners, will be prosecuted ac
cording to 1 w.
County CoihmiMKlonera of Ilox
Ilutte County.
35-4t-3876
KHTLMATti OF KXPENHKS
At the regular adjourned meeting
of the city council of the city of Alli
ance, Nebr.. held June 15, 1914, the
following estimate of the expenses of
sata city ror the municipal year end
ing the first Tuesday In May, 1915,
was made:
Officers' salaries 15.000
Street and alleys 5,000
ire ana water 6,000
Stationery and printing 600
Street and cltr II eh tin . 4.000
City library maintenance . . . 1,300
interest on water bonds .... 3,000
Interest on water extension
bonds -. .' 1,094
Interest on sewer bonds .... 1,009,
Interest on lighting bonds . . . 1,090
Interest on light extention
bonds 1,000
Sewer maintenance 1,509
Interest on City Hall bonds.. 480
Interest on City Park bonds. . 269
Total 130.639
The total estimate of said city for
the previous fiscal year was $30,639.
The revenue of the city derived from
taxation for the previous fiscal year
wss $11,475. The total estimated
revenues of said city during the pre
vious fiscal year was $28,681.41.
34-2t-472-3859
GEO. F. SNYDER, City Clerk.
June 15, 1914.
STAND 11Y YOUR CITY
The growth of a town depends
very much upon the character of the
people who make up its population.
This may seem so self evident a
truth as not to need any mention,
but we wish to call attention to one
class of people who work much In
jury to their town. We refer to
the grumblers who run down their
own place as a bulsiness point and
think every village has a better open
ing . The men who refuse to stand
by their city are few in number, and
their Influence Is a bad one. If a
stranger comes along to Invest in
some business he is tola by those
by those croakers that the place Is
no good, and if they could get away
themselves they would do it.
"Why," they will say,"real estate Is
no more valuable than it was five
years ago, and many places go beg
ging for buyers. Farm property is
about worthless and there seems
little hope for the future of this city,
Such talk is enough to . discourage
the most enthusiastic Invester and
drive him away.
' There are but few cities which
have no representation of tnis class
of croakers. They mean no harm
and no doubt would like to see their
places advance, but they cannot see
that they themselves are the barn
acles which prohibit any progress
ive movement. Stand by your city
and sound its praises if you would
see it grow. Encourage investments
and competition, for by them will
Improvements come.
If there Is one better way than
another to ruin a town, It Is for those
who live in It go about apologizing
for its existence. There are some
who are always ready to say, by their
actions at least, that this place don't
amount to much. They will tell you
that the town Is dead; that no one
would think of stopping here; that
some town adjacent Is more respect
able, more enterprising, has better
people, better enjoyments, is ahead
of us In everything.
This is all wrong. Even If it be
true no one should admit it, when it
comes to making. Every good citi
zen of this town should take a spec
la local pride in all that pertains to
home. The schools, the amuse
ments, the business, pleasures, the
picnics, the celebrations. In fact
everthlng should be looked upon by
our own people as just as good as
can be gotten up elsewhere. The
town that says. "Oh, I don't think it
It's Cool in the Kitchen
When You Use a
Quick Meal
Gasoline or Oil Stove
No smoke, No smell, No worry
and everything is all right
All sizes, from $3.00 to $36.00
Newberry's Hardware Co.
Buyers to Share in
Profits
RORD
Lower Prices on Ford
Cars
Effective from August 1, 1914, to August 1, 1915, and guaranteed against any reduction during that tone:
TOURING CAE $490 RUNABOUT $440 TOWN CAR $C90
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P. O. B. Detroit, ail cars fully equipped. (In the United States of America only)
FUrtc1ars be nJboVedJte? maximum efflcienc7 k our factory production, and the minimum cost in our purchasing and sales departments if we ean reach an oatpat of 900,000
And should we reach this production, we agree to pay as the buyer's share from $40 to $60 per car (on or about August 1, 1915) to every retail buyer who purchases a new Ford ear be
tween August 1, 1914, and August 1, 1915
For further particulars regarding these low prices and profit-sharing plan, see the nearest Ford Braneh or Dealer.
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KEELER-GOURSEY CO., Agents, Alliance, Nebr.