Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-08-23
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Transfers Protest Against the Street
Railway Being Employed to
Haul Sand for
Central Avenue Paving-Vogel Al
lowed an E.timate-May Be.
gin the Next Block.

who is out of the city, President Mitchell
presided.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company requested permission to place
poles and wires along Fifteenth street
north from Ninth avenue to the bridge,
in order to connect with the line across
the river. Referred.
Residents in the vicinity petitioncd
for the extension of the water mains
along Fifth avenue north from -Four
teenth to Twentieth Streets claiming
that there were twelve houses in this
distance unsupplied with water Alder
man Young said that he did not believe
there were twelve houses in the distance
named. Referred.
A communication from number of
the teamsters of the city was read 1t
stated that the Great Falls Street Rail
way company was hauling sand for the
Central avenue paving, which, it was
alleged, is in violation Of the company's
franchise, and the petitioners asked that
the company be restrained from SO do
ing. Alderman Fletcher said that he
had heard that City Engineer Swear
ingen had forbidden tcamsters from
hauling sand. The city engineer said
that he had refused to permit teamstcrs
to drive onto the wet concret,, with
loaded wagons. He did not care how
the contractor got the sand onto the
ground, but teams should not drive on.
He had nothing to say regarding any
transaction between the contractor and
any other party.
Mr.. Bennett, a member of the Team
sters' union. said that if the council did
not act in the matter the unions would
Contractor Nogel said that the only way
he could get sand into the street was
over the street railway or in wheebar-
rows. and the latter method WAS too eX-
penslve.
All aldermen expressed the opinion
that the council could not interfere be-
tween Nogel and the street rail way COM
paDy, and no action was taken on the |
communication.
The Trades and Labor council sub |
mitted request that they be granted
permission to erect pavilion in the
park, on u site to be selected by the park
commissioners, to belong to the city, all
expense to be borne by the Trades and
Labor council. Park Commissioner Gsb.
son approved of the plan and the petition
was granted,
The city engineer reported special i'm
provemcnt assessments aggregating S}6.-
O42.S0 for lateral sewers and S3.251 80
for sidewalks. The garbage inspector
special assessments for garbage
removal of 5SG.li The city treasurer
was instructed to proceed to collect the
and if not collected within
30 days to certify them to the county
clerk, to be included in the tax list.
Chairman Young of the committee on
ways and means reported in favor of
having the city prisoners build retain
ing wall at the garbage dump. Alder
man Fletcher suggested that the hobos
be employed in eXterminating tie Rus
sian thistle. Park Commissioner Glib
son asked the council to appoint II su
pcrintendent OF the city dump. He said
That some one should be constantly pres
ant to secure the even distribution of
III
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]umn yos comn,,le,rv
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eft tho cu,,nril to snlvr - sorin,. f,,n, ,.,,'
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-hc sanitary ,,l;no,,,n,, IA ,'t H. Ky
mty. Thr st.n,h nnur 'TL,rj ,,.,n,,a
south and Fourth street u,a' rn,,,nh tn
.annaU Moses ;, S.,,it,,, p,Ii,.,,,',
-rark said that stcnrh ca,no frnn, thn
sewer He could unt Enn,, tbn en,rnrs
,lcan. The civ enuinnrr said tb,re wac
no finish -tanl, in thIi y;,initv
On = mntinn tn nIn,,lnv :, o,,,or;,to,,
lent of thc 1nun at :, L,v salary nrrJ
,bIv $40 nor n,nnth nnI' \,,',,,,, ii.',t,,l
mo y
II was ordar.1 tb.t I,ida Lo ,l,.o.+;..,,l
nr fnr :, retaining vail ~ tlo J,,r,,, .,
No NOT loss th:,, 3,n foot i, ln,,,tL ~,
.itv nnyinrrr nstinatod thn n7st ,4 -,