Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1895-09-13
CITY FATHERS DELIBERATE
Mass Meeting to Consider the Watar
Question Called for Thursday
Evening, at Which
The Aldermen Desire to Hear Citi
zens Express Their Opinions
--VOgel's Woes.

eSSGtoL
Monday; Mayor Webster presiding
and all aldermen being present.
The contract for the construction of q
retaining wall at the city garbage dunn,
containing 37O cubic yards, was awarded
to Ed Canary, at s2.G34 per cubic yard,
bis being the lowest bid.
City Engineer Swearingen presented a
third estimate in favor of Paving Con.
tractor Vogel, amounting to So, 1924 80.
Ed Chronister, an employee of Vogel's pre-
scented a claim for wages of S27. Vooel
stated that a greater portion of the claim
was on a contract aud the sum claimed
by Chronister for day labor was due to q
possible mistake of bis tina keeper.
Chronister was paid S94 Saturday. Ald'
Young, Fletcher and Mitchell thought
estimate should not be allowed until ali
Of Vogel's employees were paid. and
voted against the motion to allow the
estimate, but it was carried.
Aid Young said that at the rate at
which Vogel had been proceeding the
paving would probably be completed
Jan. l. Vogel had treated the council
unfairly; he had been granted an eyten.
sion OF Time on his contract. but had
failed to increase bis force. Young had
heard that Nogel contracted with mem.
bers of the Team Owners union 10 haul
sand, but the Street Railway COMPANY
was hauling it. The alderman wanted
to know why this was 80.
Mr.. Bennett of the Team Owners
union said that Nogel had made a verbal
agreement with the tehmHtere, to have
them haul sand, but refused 80 ratjfy it
%hen asked to sign a contract. The
teamsters had offered to give bonds TO
do the work satisfactorily.
NOgel said that his attorney told him
that he could not violate his cOntrac,
with the street railway; Supt. Dickinson
told him he could do as he pleased. but
ne would get into trouble If he violated
the contract. Therefore he refused 10
contract with the teamsters. II am the
contractor and will do as | please. If
Mr., Young wants my contract he can
have it," he concluded.
Young said that he did not expect to
be ineulted and Vogel was not an hon
orable man to speak as he DID. IT Vogel
mad cement he was out of tar: il he had
tar he was out Of cement; If he had CO.
ment and tar he was out Of blocks. and
vice versa.
Nogel said that the railroad company
Was responsible for all delays.
Thos Green, Of the A, +. of T.. said
that NOgel had admitted that he could
save from - % TO s. per day by employ.
ing Transfers,
City Engineer SWearlngen said that
the only que stion was, whether or not
the street rail way, under Its franchise,
may engage IN hauling sand. NogeI
can grow trees if he has the time, go far
as the city is concerned. The team
sters, themselves, can teet the right of
the street railway to haul sand.
City Attorney Stephenson said that
the city had NO right to dictate whom
logel should employ; as long as the
street railway hauls the sand, Nogel is
liable to the company, 10 matter what
its rights may be; the street railway has
no right to haul sand and any other
person can institute proceedings to en-
Join the company from SO doing. The
city should not do so.
Mr.. Bennett asked that the council
take some action, but the latter failed
to do go.
O. F. Wadsworth was granted permits.
to erect Il tWo-story brick block next
to he Milwaukee beer hall.
Mayor Webster called on the commit
zee OF the whole for a report on the water
question.
Alderman Williams said the committee
mad no report to make, but suggested
that the leading taxpayers and the pub.
be invited to meet the council and
discuss the question. 1t Is a question of
such importance that it is unfair to ask
the council TO assume the entire respon-
for any action.
Aid. Young moved that the mayor in
wife q number of the largest taxpayers,
personally, and the public, through the
press, to attend the meeting suggested
by Williams, Fitzgerald opposed the
of issuing special invitations. He
thought it was impossible to select in
that manner d representative meeting.
Young said that the smaller taxpayers
would not discuss the question, and he
thought that personal invitations would
secure the attendance of the largest tax
He modified his motion and it
was finally ordered that a mass meeting
De called for Thursday evening, at a hall
to be selected by a committee, due no.
ice OF the place to be given in the papers.
The council then adjourned.