The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-24
IN The COUNCILCHAMBER
Fixing up the Contracts for Electric
Light Service-The Salaries
for City Officers
Agreed Upon.

BY the Standards Special Wire.
Butts, April 3.-The city council had
an embarrassing meeting tonight. All. the
aldermen were In good humor, and the
angel Of peace spread her white wings
owe the assembly. All the members ex-
cept Mueller, Cowan and Goodale were
present. The minutes OF the previous
session were read and adopted. A pc
tition was presented from Nadeau Broth
ers, asking that they he given permission
to build a stairway to the cellar in front
OF their property on the corner OF wyo-
ming and Galena streets. II was granted.
George Cobban pctitioned the council,
on behalf OF his brother, II. NJ. Cobban,
asking that no action he taken
by the city council towards COM
pclling the removal Of certain
instructions O a a lot In East Park street.
MIR. Cobban explained that X. NJ. Cobban
was absent from the city, and asked that
action be postponed until his return. ].
j. York asked TO he allowed to build a fire
proof building on West Park street, be-
tween the Miners and the Eagle saloons.
The requests were granted.
The Metropolitan Street Railway COM
pany presented a communication asking
that the ordinance he amended so hat
the height Of poles supporting the
wires OF that company could he
reduced from % to 10 fee and
also asked that section n Of d ordi-
lance granting them the franchise, be so
amended as to strike out the last five lines
OF the paragraph Of the section as pub
ing: "Also from a point on h described
line at the corner of Mercury and Arizona
streets, easterly along Mercury street and
its direction prolonged To the eastern
limits OF b city OF Butte" The orli-
nance was amended as suggested. Mr..
puted property on West Grani street be
referred to the city attorney and the city
engineer, with power 20 act.
The following bids were cad by the
clerk for building the storm sewer extern
sion: VIM. Winters, S2.65 per perch;
Rowan b. Regg, s2.aS; Geo: Talbot, $50;
Geo. Gum, S2.a5: Flynn 4 Greig, Si.l5.
Mr.. Winters being the lowest bidder got
the job. Alderman McDermott, chairman
of the light committee, reported hat the
committee had located IA additional lights
in all and he presented bids from two
electric light companies. The Butte
Electric Light company will furnish "a
all the lights west of Main street; the
Silver Bow Electric Light company
will furnish 10 lights east Of Main street
ut the same price. Ii was moved by Al
derman Shaw hat the city make the con-
tract and that the mayor and city clerk
sign the same when the companies fur
nish moonlight schedules. The resolution
was adopted. IL was moved by Alderman
Pinkham that the light committee be
given full power to locate the new lights,
and this was adopted.
A report wa presented by City Attorney
Corbett i'm behalf of the judiciary commit
tee recommending the appropriation for
the year 1s9l9f. The report recon-
mended that the salaries remain as last
year. except that of the mayor, which was
reduced from $50 to $500 per year, accord
ing to the act passed March IA. 1853, in the
sixteenth session of the Montana legisla-
ture. The report was adopted and the
necessary ordinance was passed.
Six incandesccnt lights were or
dcred placed In the fir ebri-
gade fire house. The city
clerk was instructed 10 notify the Thomp-
son-Houston Electric Light company Ia
place lights In the city hall according Ia
contract. Alderman Pinkham moved
that the Gagnon mine he connected with
the fire alarm system. Carried. James
A.. Talbot and A. w. Bernard were ap-
pointed TO remove the bridge on West
Part street TO the extension of West Gal.
ena street, the city 10 MI in the APP
p%roaches. The council then adiourne,
until May ..