The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-18
PAVE MORE STREETS
Alderman KnOwltOn Favored Extend
ing the Business Beyond Park.
WHO'LL GET THE CONTRACT
IL Looks as II the Bitter Root De-
velopment Company WIN Fur
nish the Blocks II That Ma
terial Is TO Ee Used.


IL is likely that some at least of Tn,
members of the paving committee o
the city council Will go over TO Helene
| In a few days to investigate the CON
dition of the wooden block pavemen
over there. Contradictory reports il
| regard to the matter have reachet
Butte. Some have stated that the Hell
ena pavement Is a complete success
while others have insisted that II Is q
failure. Helena is the only city IN
Montana which boasts any paving, anc
will be the only city visited in all prob
| ability
IF we are going into this paving
business" said Alderman Knowlton
yesterday, II would favor paving ali
the central part of the city. / would
pave Main street from Quartz or Gran
tie to Galena, Park street from Mon
tana to Arizona, and Broadway and
Granite from Montana to Wyoming or
Arizona 1t may be we'll enough TO try
Park street first, as suggested, but /
would favor getting all the business
portion paved at once, as / think IL
would be less expensive to do Ii all at
once. / am in favor of fir blocks for
the pavement, as far as 1 have inves-
tigated the matter"
1t is not known that any active move
ing on any streets except Park street.
The petition for paving Park street
was signed by less than so per cent of
the property along the line of the pro-
posed Improvement. This, however. is
sufficient, 80 1-3 per cent. of the own
ers of the property in value alone be-
ing required to make the improvement.
According to the law on the subject the
city council can without any petition
whatsoever order paving on Park
street or on Main, Granite, Broadway
or any other streets. 1t is first neces-
sary that the council adopt a resolu-
ton declaring it's intention to pave
a certain street or district and fixing
a time at which objections to the maxi
ing OF such Improvement will be con-
sldered. Upon adopting such resolution
the council must give notice of such in
tentfon and the notice must be publish
ed 10 days in a newspaper of the CITY.
The notice must describe the improve
ment that is to be made, state the esti-
mated cost and designate the time set
for hearing objections. If at the time
set for this hearing objections to the
paving are not received in writing
signed by the owners of two-thirds In
value of the property affected, then
the council Is authorized to go ahead
with the paving. 1t is not likely that
two-thdrds OF the owners can be found
to be opposed to paving on any of the
business streets.
II seems likely that wooden blocks
Will be decided on as the pavement for
Butte If this is decided on. the con-
tract for furnishing the blocks will
DOUBTLESS go to the Bitter Root Devel-
opment company. 1t is true that the
Montana Lumber company and the
Connell Lumber company are still in
business, but both are precluded from
the lumber. Mayor Thomp-
son being vice president and general
OF the Montana Lumber COM |
pany, and Alderman Cook being secre- |
tary of the M. ]. Connell Lumber com |
pany. This is an unfortunate condition |
)f things, but Ii is impossible to see |
how 1t can be helped now If the con- |
tract for the wooden blocks is awarded |
20 either of these companies, the inn |
orovement is invalidated. the property
owners can refuse to pay the assess
nent for paving, as they can win on
he grounds that the lumber was illeJ /
sally contracted for. 1t is true that the I
,ity has been buying lumber illegally
companies for the past year /
Ind has been paying 81 more per thous-
md for the privilege of doing so. but
nat has been because no one has con-
'idered IL worth while to fight the
hing. In the case of public improve
nents 1t is absolutely necessary to live
within the law, no matter how disa-
'reeable that may be. Lots of property
'wners will want to get out of paying
heir paving assessments IL there are
my grounds for doing so, and they will
Vatch close to see who furnishes the
wooden blocks.
The law on the subject-Section 1906
II the new codes-is pretty strict. 1t
eads:
THE mayor or any member OF the
or any city or town officer. or
my relative or employee thereof. must
lot be directly or Indirectly Interested
n the profits of any contract entered
nto by the council. while he is or was
n Office"
II is stated, however. very fortunate
Y, by those interested in the Bitter
loot Development company, that IL is
n position to furnish, on short notice.
ii the wooden blocks, Ar or cedar, that
nay be required.