The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-06-24
WILL PAVE WITH WOOD.
The City Council Selects the Material
to Be Used on Main
Street.
Contract for Electric Lighting
Which Does Away With
the Moon.
New Hose House for the East Side-Clerical
Assistance Asked For-Other
Matters.

For Granite.
By this vote tho city council last night
decided to pave Main street, from Cutler
street to Helena avenue, with wood.
The question of the material to be used
on the Main street paving was the first
thing taken up by the city council. There
were present quite q number OF interested
citizens in the commodious lobby provided
by the new arrangement OF the council
chamber. Among them wasI. l.. Israel, who
handed in a paper Withdrawing the sigma
tures of all his Arms from the petition for
the paving. He gave as his reason that ne
wanted to be more certain OF the right OF
the city to charge the street railway for pav-
ing between its tracks and two feet on
either side. Mayor Kleinschmidt stated that
there was no question of the right to compel
the railway to pay. The mayor
next handed in the preferences OF those
property holders who had expressed any as
to the kind of pavement desired. 4hey
we're: Wood-John Horsky. ]. B. Sanford
(h.), W. G. Bailey. +. S. Roaay, Mrs. We.
Norris, H. Schott, w. J. Fuchs, agent. A.. j.
Steele. Chris kenck, Joseph Kenck. Louisa
Mellen. Horsky. Miller & Co., and Col. CA.
Broadwater, as president OF the street rail-
yay. Stones. J. Jones, c. d. Wood Tor
macadam). Fred Lehman Cor macadam).
Z. w, B~eattie, G. b. Beattie, Sands Bros.
and Cans & Klein. Next was read the re-
port Of the city engineer on the material
used in larger places on the streets having
the heaviest traffic. and the length OF life OF
the pavements. Kansas City, Portland, st.
n,~1;. s-caA rrar1ta 1ha
city engineer of st. LoHis said such 9 pave
ment would last fifty years. The other
places said the average life of a granite
pavement was from ten to fifteen years.. In
st. Paul the main thoroughfare is paved
with cedar blocks laid on a two-lnch plank,
and it lasts from seven to eight years.
An informal secret nallot was taken on
the material, and it resulted: Wood SIX,
granite FIVE. There were three absentees-
THOMPSON, Steele and Hanley. The first
named prefers granite, the two Others wood.
After some talk by City Clerk Craven, in
which he assured the council that there was
no dihicultT about she property owners and
the street railway paying their parts, the
formal vote was taken to decide what ma
terial should be used. 1t was an open vote
and resulted:
wood-Lissner, Connolly, Garrett. Hart
wig, Morris, Reece, Wilmer and Har-
rity-8.
Granite-Fuller, Gamer and Wieber-3.
Absent-Thompson, steele and Hanley.
MAYOR Kleinschnidt announced that
"the council has determined to paws
Main street with wood" The matter OF
procedure was referred to the judiciar,
committee, as it Is desired to have every
thing done in legal form. 50 that there vii
be no opportunity to break the action o
the council by those who may be DISPOSED
to fight the paving itself or the material t (
be used. On this point the mayor re
marked that if there was anythigg wFon4
about the action taken they had better fine
it out. If any one was opposed to the pay
ing, they could now show their hand. l
the council was right. let tho work proceed
If not. let the courts stop 1T.
The next most important matter wa
that of the contract with the electrl
light company. The company now charge!
tia oity SIS per month for each light. bu
is not required to keep them going whel
the moon shines. This clause in the con
tract and the part allowing deductions TO
the time lights are out when they Shout
be shining. has caused considerable troubl
in the adjustment of amounts. The com
pany made a proposition to keep the light
going from dusk to daylight for SIS each
month. Alderman Llssnsr protested OF
the ground that it meant a difference o
1850 a year to the city. The expenses o
Helena were already very heavy. lie wa
opposed to picking up monev like a begga
and throwing il away on eorporatlon
a moon for Helena and he believed it tax
-. 10
Alderman MOTIFS stooS w TO- .ne eo.u
pahy sl2 sroposieIon. lneh' ~ sa ~
" VIII nave h2nb every u:y a IN
year ana not dspeEd Oh Tue ihooh. . ""
decided 70 MAKE the new cnntIac', peain
hlnG july l,lof one war az sio Pei iiRn'
month. Alderman i4assdsr was ene oIi
one Voting aSalnstlt
Ihe Aldermen from the SeVenth ware
the mayor and the ire marshal were con
st.tute1 a to select a location &c
a hose hoGse on the east SIDE. l MS matte
vas broaehsd last year but fell fnrou4h p'
cau'e OF a d!sagrseIneIt over the pfice {
the lot. 1t IS believed the con
1nlttee Will be able TO get = sood &c
for the purpose IGr Sl,Zb. ne puilolh
Will coat about 5000 and Will be SO COZ
st ucted that 1t can be used Tor publ
meetings ana election purposes. 81,
City Clerk Craven. after refe ring 70 u
new system OF keeping accounts IN ms o
fee and the labor 1t entallad, fenarScd I'll
the ambition and the sttalnnlents uossessf
by the msn who ~ capable or ming II
position OF city attorney might pc hHtn
employed IN looking after the cltys lnte
ests IN a legal way than III ktef ing /
counts. He suggested that the city en-
ploy clerical assistance ct VIC q mont
The request was referred TO the ways al
means committee.