The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-12
pliance with a resolution passed some weeks

ago. The receipts were: May 81. 197. rs,
June 81, 961. SO. July Sl.972. 06, August ~
456.4l, September $24s!:l 10 October ".
SIS. 934.o 90. January S7.672.62, February
81, olo. 70, March $3, AL. 90; total Slsl.5l3.7l.
City Clerk Mclnt,re reported warrnts Is
sued by him during March as follows:
General fund S7.042.5a, fro department
4 ,03A.S So, street S3l5 G6; total Slo.393.l
During the month OF Ma oh the city treas
urer turned over to the clerk vouchers for
money paid aggreGating $l2a.3s7.6s. since
the collection Of this years taxes ana the
several orders of the council calling III ont
standing warrants for payment. warrants
on the fire department fund are cash; anu
all those on the street and sewerage fund
have been paid, leaving the general fund
tho only ono against which any warrants
are outstanding. The clerk says in his re-
port that he ID informed the CITY treasurer
! still has An amount of vouchers to be
turned over. The outstanding warrants on
the general fund amount to S2OS. 67l.13.
Street Commissions Stnhhs. in his 10
port Of work done during the month, IN
cludes tho removal OF snow and Ice ana
dirt from Main street, the cleaning OF Jack
son and Clore streets, the grading and NIL
ing of Warren street between helena ave.
nue. and Eighth avenue. the construction OF
a bridge over Last Chance creek on Lyn-
dale avenue, and the removal OF u large
amount of city garbage from lIyndale ave-
nue. which was deposited there by the gar
bage contractor during the winter months.
with the order of the council he notified all
property owners on the south side of
Eighth avenue, between Hoback street and
Montana avenue. to lay sidewalks within
ten day.. He also notified owners on
Phoenix avenue to lay q sidewalk from
Robert street to the soap factory. AZ the
next regular meeting of the council the
commissioner says he will submit a report
covering the transactions OF his department.
for the year past.
+, Fire Marshal McKinnon reported that the
hook and ladder truck needed some repairs;
also that the Old watch tower needed brac
ing up and that the lookoui on top was in a
most di!apidnted condition, every light of
glass and some of the sashes being broken.
He thought it would be n good idea to have
the tower in such condition that a man
be placed there to watch for fires oc-
ca%sionally during the prevalence OF hiRh
winds. The small boys, the marshal says,
have been using the tower for a target for q
year past and have carried of nearly every
thing portable.
City Marshal Calvin reported eighty-fve
arrests during the month for violation of
ordinances. and six for violation Of state
City Engineer Keerl stated in his report
that it would cost SG17. 10 to complete the
north approach to HOWE street bridge.
The committee on sewerage made a report
on the bids for work on the soap factory
sewer They recommended that Nels Vaw-
ter be given she contract for furnishing the
at $40. that John Z. Johnson's
bid of 1928 for excavating and back filling
accepted, but that all the bids for laying
the pipe and constructing the nanholes be
rejected as too high. The report was
adopted.
An ordinance was submitted giving j. H.
La = renee and his associates the right to
and OF crate a system of electrical
distribution in Helena; to at the
northerly limits of the city on Montana
avenue and thence southerly along, over or
under any streets or alleys. 1t is to be for
public or private use. A provision ls con-
tanned in the ordinance to the effect that no
additional poles shall be erected on Main
street south of Lawrence street; that all
precautions shall be taken to protect human
life, and that the system shall be operation
in two years. Manager Lawrence. who was
present, was asked 10 explain the matter. de
said he and his associates we're engaged In
building a dam on the Missouri river to de-
velop electrical power for use in the city.
He spoke of the cheapness ct which such
power could be furnished to manufacturing
enterprises and of the business 1t would
develop. 1t had been understood. he said,
that obstacles would be thrown in the way
Of the enterprise, and he wanted to know
beforehand Whether he could get the power
asked for before gong any further. The
council took q recess to consider the mat
ter. and then referred the ordinance to the
committees on judiciary and ordinances
and the city clerk. to be reported on at the
next meeting.
Among the bills ordered paid were the
following for March: Water. k2,0l0; cleo
tic light, S1,05l.
The council ~ieconsidered its action of the
previous meeting. when it was decided no,
to have any sprink!ine of streets done al
the public expense. Alderman Weber Their
offered a resolution allowing the mayor
and water committee to order any stree
Spanked at public expense when deemed
necessary. It VS. adopted.
The street commissioner was instructed
to put on tn ee teams for three weeks tc
assist in the removal of garbage and refuse
which had accumulated during the winter
An ordinance WAS assed sbolishinQ thu
sewer fund and ordering all warrants oil
that fund to be paid ont of the genera
fund.
The mayor ana the committee on audit
ing were authorized to employ m e1per
to examine the books of the city treasure!
and city clerk from Sept. II last down t.
tho time their SUCCESSORS take hold. The
cost is not to exceed 800.