Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-27
THE oITF COUNCIL.

Pursuant to call Of the Mayor a specia,
.asion of the City Council was convened
,"st evening for the purpose of arranging
w. the sale of city bonds. which have beer
'avertised to be sold at the City Hal
so.dsy, and OF considering bids for CITY
Sork and supplies already advertised for
Tbe latter consists OF the construction al
stone sewer to enclose Town Gulch and
"culyert on Woolman street and for eleven
hrudrei feet Of sewer pipe and laying the
..me on Wyoming street.
AN ~AUCTIoNEER APPOINTED.
The first thing considered was the auc.
Timing Of the city bonds to the amount of
$4,000, which have been advertised for
s,e at the City Hall since September 20 in
,be city papers and in New York.
The Council appointed Alderman Pink
ham auctiOneer to sell the bonds at public
ale to-day at the City Hall at 2 %. m.
There nave been no bids for the bonds
rceived by the Clerk. The latter had nre-
nared and distributed about the time when
tbe sale OF the bonds was decided upon two
buudred circulars containing the act under
which tie bonds are issued and ~reciting the
subsequent proceedings OF the City Council
the amounts OF the bonds and the various
nurpose5 to which they are to be applied.
The city election at which they were author.
lied and the advertisement that has been
running since then. The circulars were
sent to most OF the large banking firms in
the country and Clerk Graves has received
numerous inquiries relative to the bonds
from which it may be inferred that there
will be no lack OF competition to-day.
THE NEW TEAM.
Alderman Pinkham reported verbally
his action in purchasing a team for the
citv. as previously instructed, for the sum
Of S425, and also that he had made ar
rsppcments to have the team and hose
cart kept at Lavell Brothers stable, who
had agreed To furnish sleeping accommodate
ton for a man to drive them, the horses /
and hose cart to be kept in front OF their
stable, SO that they can be got out in an |
instant when wanted. In consideration of
which he had agreed for the city to pay |
$50 a mouth.
As the special meeting did not include |
this matter in the call the chair said the
city would be satisfied with Alderman |
Pnkbam's explanation, pending action at |
the next regular meeting. |
THE SEWER BIDS.
The clerk then read the bids that had |
been put in for the sewer work. Thu re was !
a bid from Thomas Rowan & Co. for build !
ing the culvert on Woolman street at So |
per perch and for. putting in the other cul-
gerts in blocks 20, Is, IL and l at $3.45 |
per perch. Also a bid from George Gum |
Offering to put in all the c~ulverts advertised
at $3.50 per perch, STIMULATING that the |
city make all the excavations necessary.
These bids had been received before the
time at which the advertisement called for
them to be presented.
Winters & Donahue handed in q bid, |
while the Council was in session, offering to
build the rock c~ulverts for $3.40 per
perch; earth excavation at SO cents per
yard; loose rock or decomposed granite, /
81 per yard, and solid rock So per yard.
This not having been handed in at the
time required, could not be considered.
The bids which had been submitted in
time were irregular in form, but on motion
Of Alderman Lynch that portion OF the
bid of Thomas Rowan & Co. referring to
the Woolman street culvert was accepted
and the Clerk ordered to notify him to
that effect.
SEWER PIPE.
The bid OF w. e. BurnhAm Tor sewer
pipe was next considered. He offered
to furnish the best quality OF Port
AND cement pipe at the following figures:
Eat-inch pipe at 80 cents per foot;
lGinch, BIZ cents; ~12-inch, so cents;
6inch functions, at rs cents each; S-inch,
81 each, and lO-inch $l.25.
There is eleven hundred feet OF pipe
needed to be laid on Wyoming street and
on motion OF Alderman Pinkham this bid
was accepted at the figures in his bid.
The question Of excavation for the same
had yet to be arranged for and after the
matter had been discussed and Alderman
Pinkham had urged on the Council the
urgent necessity existing for the completion
Of the work this winter, it was decided to
90 ahead md order the publication OF the
necessary advertisement.
The chair held that the Council could not
do so at the session under the call and it
was agreed to adjourn the session and i'm
mediately ]reconvene for this purpose.
AN OPTION GIvEN THE CITY.
Before adjournment e. Ell. Irvine ap-
peared and presented a proposition to the
Council in reference to the streets and alleys
on the Smokehouse claim, which are still
in litigation between the city and the
claimants. He recited the arduous task
be has lately successfully completed in sd-
iusting the suit between the occupants OF
the lots on the Smokehouse and the
owners of the surface title. He said he
found it necessary to have a
separate understanding about the
streets and alleys from Mr.. Murray's
suit against the surface occupants. He ex-
planned that the terms accepted by Mr..
Murray and his involved the
collection Of n certain figure, and that he
had ioreseen there might arise CONTINGENCIES
by which the sun of the assessment LEVIED
from the surface occupants they could
reach might fall short OF this. That it had
turned out as he had expected and that
owing to unforeseen circumstances the as
sessment fell short some $4,000. That ne
had arranged with Mr.. Murray to cancel
this shortage by deciding over to him tne
streets and alleys at So 1000. IL,
He was not there to advise the Councu,
bnt had come to give the city an option on
the streets and alleys at the Ga me figure at
viii h he had offered them to Mr.. Murray.
He did not feel like deciding them to Mr..
Murray without giving the business men
and citizens the refusal of them at this
price which would end the litigation be.
tween Mr.. Murray and his co-owners ana
the city in the same harmonious way tha6
the suit With them and the surface occu-
pants had been terminated.
Mr.. Irvine declared that his action in the
matter had been disinterested that he did
not enter on the matter expecting to make
aCent out OF it, and had not receivsd any
thing from Mr.. Murray or anyone else 1or
his services. He was willing the Council
should appoint q committee to examine ms
books and see the deficit he spoke OF Tor
themselves, and if they found it as be eA;
planned they could have the streets and
alleys at the price he named. Allie wanted
was to go on record as having made tue
offer to the Council. He addsh NAV gre
already expired, and thatany action taken
by the Council must be promptto be oil any
avail.
SECOND SESSION.
On reconvenipg Alderman Lynch moved