The Great Falls leader. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1888-1900, 1889-03-06
Cabinet Confirmed
WAstIINGToN, March 5.-'The cabinet is
THE CITY COUNCIL

| Met last night in the council chambers.
After the calling of the roll and the
reading of the minutes, petitions for the
construction of sidewalks and crossings
were read, and on motion referred to the
committee on streets, alleys and side
walks.
The reports of the police magistrate
and city marshal were read and accepted.
| An ordinance concerning dogs was read
and passed. 1t makes it obligatory on
| the part of owners of dogs to have them
registered with the city marshal and
every canine found running the streets
without all owner will be considered a
nuisance. Every dog without RESPONSE
bic owner may be killed.
An ordinance amending the ordinance
to provide the city with water for fire and
other purposes was adopted. 1t provides
for the construction of miles of mains
within the limits of the city; no mains
shall be less than 6 inches in diameter.
| The city will be supplied with 70 hy-
drants, with freezing double nozzles,
latest patterns, at 800 each.
1t was moved that Is days time after
the grades have been fully established be
granted the watsrworks company in which
10 neSln tnelr WORK.
| MIR. L. e. Collins addressed the coun-
Gil. He strenuously opposed such limita-
ton. MIR. Collins said that the company
had been working assduously in order to
accelerate the construction of the plant;
that artluous labor is involved in the
| making of necessary arrangements for
the early construction of the works. The
gentleman assured the council that the
work would he commenced in this city
at the earliest possible moment. but
he deemed it impossible to COM
mence SO soon, owing to the
time required in which to get the
iron here. lie said that so long as the
| time III which the plant shall be COM
pleted is UNDERSTOOD he thought it ,,n-
necessary to specify the time in which
tcis work should he commenced His
remarks We're pertinent and dargumentative
and his interest in the early commence
ment OF work here was fully manifested
Mr. Collins stated that money with which
to prosecute the work has already been
raised, and as soon as the iron can be
purchased and shipped, work will COM
| mence.
On motion the fifteen days were
stricken out.
committee Of three were appointed
to confer with Engineer Kern regarding
the street grades, and the committee was
authorized to employ competent engin-
GERS to inspect the work before its sub
mission to the waterworks company.
The following bills were allowed:
Judge d. Hunt, police magistrate, $50;
John Hurley, policeman, $s5; II. Ring
| wald, city treasurer, $40: Pat Sweeney.
marshal, salary 500, and bill for boarding
prisoners S14: John w. Stanton, city at
torney, SIS. and perquisitcs $1o.5o; Z. J.
DConnor, $3.50; A. White, $3.50; Great
Falls Electric Light and Gas company.
$6; Rocky Mountain Telegraph com
pany, $3.50; /. b. Taylor, $17; llotchkiss
4 Hawkins, $3.50; Murphy, MaClay &
company, $l.5O.
Report from the city treasurer: Licenses
and fines collected, $S77.50. Warrants
aggregating about $4,000 have been is
sued, and it was moved that the city
treasurer be instructed to apply the
funds now in his possession towards the
liquidation of warrants already issued
Adjourned until next Tuesday evening
ut 8 o'clock