The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-07-17
TROUBLE ABOUT GRADES
The City Council Besiesed With
KickerS Last Night.
Some Lively Cross Firing Between
Property Owpers-They Will
Fix Butte's Streets in
Good Shape.
BY the standards special Wire.

btT % sItttbtOTs was hothDis iufkt oiu
it afterwa rds proved they were there for
business. West Broadway was p~articu-
larly well represented and no sooner was
the routine business of committee re-
ports accomplished than the fight was
opened up by Mr.. Lynch, who stated that
the citizens of West Broadway were pres
m to get n hearing before the aldermen.
The acting president, Mr.. Mueller. ex-
planned that he and others had prevailed
upon the street commissioner to stop his
work and wait until evening. Something
must be DONE.
Pat Talent then appeared and pro-
tested against the street commissioners
work. He thought that il was m outrage
for the city to grade mp Broadway as the
commissioners was grading il. Property
owners were being damaged at least %
per cent. They would have to build steps
down to their house doors.
The Episcopal church also had the same
complaint to make. Omaha never graded
its streets up to the level of the higher
side. The higher side was always cut
down.
w. NJ. Jack stepped forward as a repre-
sentative and trustee OF the Episcopal
church and said that they had paid SO for
grading. a little while q and now they
were going to have steps five or six feet
down in order to reach their rectory.
Mr.. Lynch proposed TO make a satisfac-
tory resolution and il looked as though
the fight was all on one side when John
II. Bordeau got the floor. He said he
owned three lots to %anyone's N and
grade. For his part he thought
the city engineers judgment as good on
this matter as that of most men, IL not
then they had better fire him. Mr.. Kahn
weller, who had made complaint, was too
low.
Mr.. Kahnweiler Immediately replied
that he had got his grade of City Engineer
Harper. Mr.. Bordeau had filed his lot
from excavations above the grade, and il
is doubtful where the squabble would
have ended il Alderman Goodale had not
come 10 the rescue with a motion
that the whole matter be referred to
the streets and alleys committee. that the
work be stopped and the walk be put in a
safe temporary condition. This motion
was carried.
This appeared to satisfy all parties, and
b irritated inhabitants of Broadway de-
parted.
This fight had, however, not been set
tied when Henry ;. Clark announced that
he also had something TO say on the sub
ject of sidewalks. He had been instructed
by the council to put a sidewalk down to
grade, and he couldn't find out where the
grade was. His house was on jackson
street. He wanted to put down a cement
walk.
President Mueller suggested that he
had better apply to the city engineer.
"Why, your honor" said Mr.. Clark, II
have applied to him 40 times"
Alderman Shaw moved that the city
engineer, before issuing orders to build
sidewalks, first establish a grade.
Judge Barret thought jackson street
would never get n attention on such n
motion, SO a special motion with refer
ence to the establishment of a grade on
jackson street was put through,
The sidewalk matter was the most inter
esting business brought before the council.
One other little fight, however, added spice
TO the usual hum-lrtm of the routine
work and that was Regarding the removal
of an unused shaft house on Platinum
street.
Alderman Stewart opened up the mat
ter by calling the attention of the council
to a petition of some time before for its
removal. Some one said the street COM
missioner had been instructed 10 remove
that shaft a long time ago. This state
ment the street committee straiphtway de-
MED.
Here Alderman Ayotte denied the right
of the commissioner to eInove this shaft
house as the grounds were i'm litigation.
Alderman Stewart came forward with
his ingenious syllogism: The addition
had been accented nv the CITY: the streets
were Their given To the city; the shaft
house was i'm the street; therefore the city
could remove the shaft house.
City Attorney Corbett found some work.
inc difficulties i'm the application Of This
logic. This location had been made by
Alderman Ayotte, and now the property
wa i'm litigation between the alderman
and Moves Il linton. The city ATTORNEY
did not care TO take sides i'm this contro-
yersy and yet he did not see how he could
sue both nj once, Ayotte and his marty
were there under a receivers receiDt~
otherwise he would have removed
that shaft house i'm "a hours. The iss,Ier
of hat receipt was either a fool or n
knaye; but the writ must be respected.
nevertheless.
Alderman Stewart again asked II Moves