Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-12-20
CITY FATHERS DELIBERATE
A Number of Them Favor the Estab-
lishment OF a Rock Pile for
City Prisoners.
Doctors Can Drive Fast Over the West
Side Bridge-Centr. Avenue
Paving Short.

Monday evening the city council
met in special session, Mayor Webster
presiding, and all the aldermen being
present. The mayor called attention to
the ordinance making 1t the duty of
householders to clean the snow and ice
away from the sidewalks in front of their
residences or places Of business and the
police will be instructed to enforce the
same this year.
The committee on ways and means
were instructed to purchase desk at a
cost of S25 for the city clerk, Aid. Will
Jams alone voting nay on the motion.
Aid. Mitchell said that he had noticed
a good deal in the papers recently about
the desrabiity of providing some kind
of labor for the city and county prison
ers and thought the idea goou one.
He suggested that an inciosure be made
near the city Jail and rock pile hauled
in to give the prisoners d proper amount
of exercise
Aid. Young seconded the proposition
and said that he thought it would be ID
good move. He thought the broken
rock could be used to good advantage on
the streets, and if reasonable amount
OF manual labor were eXacted from the
vAgs and buns who constituted a large
portion of the city prisoners, the city
would make great saving III the cost of
boarding them, as Great Falls would
soon become known as a town to be
avoided by this class OF parasites on
society.
Aid. Fletcher also approved of the
idea ana said that during d recent visit
of his to other cities he had occasion to
investigate the subject and found THAI
rock pile had a most wholesome effect
in reducing the number of tramps and
vags, as nothing inspired the professional
bum with SO much terror as the pros
pect of work.
Action on the subject was finally post
pored 10 give the cuuncilmen time 70
think the matter over and make some
inquiries as to the probable cost of max
ing the change.
Aid Williams said that he understood
that Park drive had never been deui-
Gated to the public, and as the city had
been at the expense of paving it at the
intersection with Central avenue. the
matter ought to be attended to. IL Was
referred to the city attorney. Mir. " H.
liams also brought up the matter of the
10 per cent added to delinquent c,ry
taxes and collected by the county. lie
said that Il recent deciriCn given by
Judge Mediation of Butte heid that the
city was entitled to the amounts so col
lected against city property. Under this
decision, if sustained by the supretn
court, Great Falls would be entitled 10
recover some $1,000 or $4,000 against the
county and he thought s1cps should be
taken at once looking to It's collection.
The matter was referred to the city at
torney That official was also instructed
TO take steps to secure certain fire lnsur-
ance money due the city from the
county.
The city engineer stated that he was
unable to make d final estimate in the
Nogel paving contract, on account of
difference Of opinion between the city
attorney and the allowances for the
street railway company. The former held
that the street railway company were held
for the paving of the street between the
two lines OF track where a double track
was laid. The latter construed the Ian
-uage Of the ordinance to mean that the
company must pay for the paving be-
made a difference OF about 500.
"A catch basin was OrueTeu put in on
| the northeast corner Of First avenue
south aud Third street.
Dr.. Brady appeared before the council
and said that the ordinance recently
passed against fast driving on the West
side bridge should not be- enforced
against ply ecians. lie ar, ulG that il
case Of fire the department We're exempt
from its provisions and II human life en-
dangered WAS certainly Of as much i'm
portance as a building, The council
took this view Of the case and the mayor
will instruct the police accordingly,
lie question Of the claims of various
parties Spr material and labor furnished
on the Central avenue paving whs
brought up by the fling Of another
claim with the clerk against the cor
tract. q rough estimate made showed
that the claims already made for labor
and material furnished viii aggregate
some 5000 more than the amount due
VoGeI, and the city clerk Was ordered 70
notify MIR. Nogeis Helena bondsmen Of
this fact at once.
The mayor stated that il would prob-
ably be necessary to hold another SPECIAL
session Of the council this week to di=.
pose Of matters relating to the Vogel
contract, and the council therefore ad
| jourDed suOjact to The call Of The mayor