The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-19
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III" City Building nm.stin tultS Dis
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mornin" to consider the necessities of /,
! public building Was largely attended by
q representative class 81 citizens and the
qify atlon Al issue fully and fairly dis
President Middleton and errftary
Wiley al the { handler Of Commerce.
Aldermen Bullard and Fish Of the City
Council and Messcrs. Light. Merrill
Batchelpr. Moran Loud. Naples. Gordon
Huffman. Miles Glib. King. Jackson.
WoodIif. Twomblcy Newman and many
hers
The meeting was presided over by
Mr. Middleton. who after calling to or
der requested Mr. Gordon to state the
object of the meeting which was done
briefly and as ALREADY outlined IN the
columns uf the JuiKNhL. the gist of the
matter bon" that the city was now
pa, ing ou, for rentals and collateral ex
pcnscF Il larger SUM annually than
would IL, fr.t,ir'',i Ia pay interest on a
loan al ; i.Joo Gr which sum it was
roughly 81 matted. u city building for
purely city purr ~as. could he built:
that the clty council had recently turned
It's attention t. this condition uf affairs
aud was disuasrd ip taht. action looking
t. better aHd .ernHanpnt aneatnmoda
tious for the city ii they could tc had AT
M greater outlay iran Was nuw incurred
~ st.
commodatiuns noW had. and that it had
been assumed hy the projectors of the
meet lg that the City Council would be
glad to receive suggestions from the
Chamber Of Commerce. representing as
il did most of the large tax payers III
the city. Mr. Wiley follnwrd.and speak
ing both as mayor and member of the
chamber. urged the erection If city
building both as Il measure Of necessit.
and economy. alderman Fish was of
the opinion that steps ough. Ia he taken
at once for putting up a building. as the
outlook was that city rents would soon
he higher and thai the expenses OF the
city in this line would increase /" Il sum
much larger annually than il would cost
us to carry bonds sufficient to provide
funds for such a building as was sug-
gcsted. He favored using portion of
the river park for d location and il the
feeling was against an expensive build
ing. that IA frame structure. costing not
To exceed = 900 could be bull. on this
site and not endanger the surrounding
property. Mr.. Wiley suggested that the
discussion be directed to the consi,lera
ton of three points beyond the limits Of
which. he did not think it was the prov
ince of the chamber to 60: these were:
First DO we consider that city
building is necessary:
Second What. approximately. should
be the size. arrangement and cost Of it
and
Third Where. approximately. should
it he located!
In order to arrive at the sense OF the
m Getting as to the first subdivision ot
the question Mr. Gordon offered the
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Resolred. That it is the sense Of this
meeting. that this city has urgent need
for public building. and that We urge
the city council to take such action as
will result in such building being
erected without unnecessary delay.
The resolution was unanimousl,
adopted, settling the first point. that ths
taxpayers present, were in favor OF hav
ing a public building. Before thu
second point was discussed, Mr.. Ligh
offered the following resolution:
| Resolred, That the chair appoint ,
committee OF three from this body to con
fer with the City Council in the matte
under discussion, and that the resolu
tions adopted by this body be considere'
and accepted by the committee as IN
structions in the performance OF tn
duty hereby imposed upon it.
!. The resolution was unanimousl
adopted and the meeting then proceede
to discussion Of the remaining point
: at issue. As to the question Of cost an
8 kind OF building. various ideas were az
vanced. Mr.. Gordon favored a buildin
: for city uses only, to cost about 81 80
n for which bonds could be issued bearin
!. 6 per cent interest. payable in twent
years with the privilege Of redemption
: ten, the annual interest charge on whic
4 being less than is now paid for rent
premises occupied by the city. N
i Wiley supplemented this, with the stat
ic mont that il the bonds were permits
to run the full limit, it would only I
!, quire an annual sinking fund OF 1916
V pay them. to raise which would requi'
even at present valuation. less than
half mill tax, Mr.. Loud thought Il
.h location would have good deal to
with the cost Of the building; II it "
he proposed to locate it on business bio
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