Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-13

Poundmaster in Hot Water Again
Important Business Transacted Las
Night.
A special meeting OF the City Council wal
held last night, Mayor Hamilton presiding
The City Attorney called the attention o
the Council to the fact that complaint waf
made by Collector Kessler because Of the
difference in time when city and county
taxes became delinquent, causing much
trouble in the collection Of the former, es.
pecially when collected under distress. For
the purpose of remedying the evil he intro
dueed an ordinance repeating the old ordi-
nances covering the matter, and changed
the time when city taxes became due, pay
able n delinquent to the same date that
the county taxes become due and delin-
quent.
On motion of Alderman Calkins The
rules were suspended and the ordinance
passed.
The Council was then notified by the
City Attorney that the law made it incum-
bent upon the city to establish polling
PHSSSC IL UhO NdIiOuo PECCiuCuc W COu-
form with the county polling places, and
that it was the duty OF the Council to Sc
lect such polling places.
THE STREET COMMITTEES REcoMMENDA-
ION
Chairman Pinkham, OF the Committee
on Streets ard Alleys, reported the
amount of work lone under the commit
tees supervision during the past week, and
also recommended that the City Clerk be
instructed to advertise for bids for the con-
struction Of a stone culvert ON Woolman
street. Also, that a foot bridge, three feet
wide, at q cost not to exceed 500. be or
dered built across Missoula Gulch, at
Quartz street, as soon az possible. The
committee further recommended that a
sewer be built on Arizona street from
Broadway to Mercury. the same to be
permanent, and to form part OF the gen.
report closed with the recommends
ton that sewer pipe of Portland cement,
the pipe to be IL inches in diameter, BEEN
ployed in it's construction and that the
clerk be instructed to advertise for bids for
~excavating, filling and laying the pipe, the
pipe to be purchased from the same parties
who supplied Helena, their bid being the
lowest and best. Report filed.
wooLMAN STREET v
On motion OF Alderman Olson the clerk
WAS instructed to advertise for bids for a
calvert ON Woolman street, bids to
be submitted at the next regular meeting of
the Council, work to begin within five days
after acceptance Of bid and to be COM
pleted within thirty days thereafter.
WYOMING STREET SEWER.
Alderman Pinkham moved that the
be instructed to advertise for bids for
.exeayating, filling and laying a sewer pipe
on Wyoming street, from Broadway to
Mercury, bids to be submitted to the Coun-
Gil at it's next session, work to begin within
days after acceptance OF the bid. Also
for l 100 feet of 12-ineh sewer pipe.
Considerable discussion OH the motion
in which Aldermen Lynch, Pink
ham and Monteath participated. Messrs
Lynch and Monteath opposed the motion,
the former on economical grounds, being
opposed 10 doing the work piecemeal and
suggested that the bids call for al. the
piping the city would ueed for the compile
ton of it's sewerage system.
Mr.. Monteath argued that the time for
the submission OF bids contemplated in
the motion was too short, as it would
practically give the Helena parties q mo-
nopoly, bidders at a distance being unable
to submit proposals in SO short a time as
q week. Furthermore, the city would Sc
cure better figures on the entire amount
Oh LOO feet only.
Mr.. Pinkham defended his motion and
thai the Helena parties had gwen
him especially low figures On the amount
he recommended, because they had the
pipe on hand. and were anxious to have
the Council test 1t, and tn 1t they would
furnish the fifteen miles needed by
the city for the same price. Bids submit
ted by other parties, he said, were 25 per
cent. higher than those of the lie.ena peu-
pie. The work be now recommended, e
continued, was urgently needed, while the
OF the work could be done to better
advantage heXt spring.
Alter u lengthy discussion, which assumed
n triangular form, Mcssrs. Lynch and Nom
te tn forming the bast aud Mr.. Pinkham
the apex, the motion Was finally put and
prevailed two to one.
A supplementary motion by Mr.. Non
that tbs tiute Of receiving bids for
tie pipes be- extend, d Was lost for want OF
q second.
CITY BONDS.
The Clerk reported that he had not re-
ceived bids foc engraving the city bonds
owing to the fact that the exact amount OF
they would contain was not known.
Hehad, however, received approximate bids
ranging from $125 to $3.50.
FIRE DEPARTMENT HORSES.
Mr.. Pinkham, of the special committee
to whom was referred the matter of buying
horses for the Gre department. reported
that, ST. far, it had been impossible to
secure proper animals. The committee was
given further time.
Alderman Mutlville reported a dangerous
building in the southern portion of the city
and on motion the Marshal was instructed
to notify the owners to tear it down.