The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-16
IT ADJOURNS AGAIN
The City Hall Site to Be Discussed by
the Council.
MANY LOTS TO CHOOSE FROM
Offers Ely Realty Holders The
Railroad Right-of-Way Propo-
sitlon The Linding Reso-
lution-k ews Notes.
MANY LOTS TOCHOOSE FROM

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Livingston, May 14.-Another meet
ing of the city council was held last
night, the object being to consider the
bids for a site for the projected city
nan ana to take some action toward
the selection of a location. But after
an extended and somewhat piquant
discussion of the right-of-way propo-
sition of Alderman Mallahan, the rail-
road member of the council, and of To-
cations east and west of Main street,
another adjournment was taken with
out reaching any definite conclusion
The right-of-way proposition is to
lease from the railroad company for
term of 80 years plot of ground near
ly opposite the Merchants hotel The
building spot will be rs feet distant
from the railroad track. The rental
price will be the nominal sum of 81
per year. Alderman Mallahan, who adj
vocates this location, believes the COM
pany can be prevailed upon to strike
out the usual removal cause of all
Northern Pacific leases, which reserves
the right to the company to set aside
the lease upon 80 days notice. 1t was
In order to find out definitely from the
railroad company as TO whether it
would consent to give such a lease
that the council took an adjournment
last night until next Wednesday.
The Livingston National bank
through Receiver Mcnamara offers
two lots on the north side of Calendar
street, fronting west on Third street,
for $500. John 7. Smith owns three
adjacent lots to this corner and he
agrees to exchange the lower half of
his lots for the frontage of the bank
lots. Through this arrangement the
proffered site would front south on
Calendar street and corner on the al
ley between Second and Third. The
figure at which this property is quoted
is beyond doubt a most reasonable one
and the only objection to be found to
the site is that 1t is a little farther
west than generally thought desirable
Yet 1T cannot be said to be so far re-
moved from centrality as to be an i'm
portant factor in it's rejection.
Another site offered on Calendar
street is the two lots of w. j. Stoel.
This property is on the southwest cor
ner of B. and Calendar, with a 'front.'
age on the latter street. The lots are
only so feet in depth and the price set
upon them is $500. The location is a
good one. but it is not probable that
the council will feel constrained to in
vest so much money in lots of such
shallow depth.
Crossing Calendar street from this
point to the opposite corner, and skip
ping the first two lots on the corner,
is a site offered by j. L. Holmes for
81, 450. The frontage is on street and
the two lots are the regular 140 feet
in depth. Here also there is a PROPOSE
ton to secure Calendar street 'front.'
age, advanced by the National Park
bank, which controls the corner lots,
but no clear title can be given to them
pending the settlement of foreclosure
proceedings. If the city were to pur-
chase the Holmes property and seek to
make the exchange with the bank, the
former owner of the bank lots could
come in and redeem them and place a
price upon them which the city would
not feel warranted in paying. So If the
Holmes property is secured the city
must be prepared to front the hall on
3 street, in the event that an effort is
made to force a high price for the fore
closed corner lots. But even in this
event the location cannot be considered
an undesirable one. although the sum
of 81 .450 is a pretty stiff price to pay
for the same
In the same block on the southwest
corner are two lots offered by Robert |
Livingston for $1,000. They front on
Park street and the location may be |
said to be second in choice to CORE l
spending corners an Calendar. either |
east or west of Main.
There are three sites offered on Lewis /
street, but they are all open to the OBJ |
location than any of the above sites, |
as far as the business portion of town |
is concerned. w. +. Thompson puts in /
three lots on the northwest corner of |
Lewis and Third, for $500. Billy Miles
holds at $500 two lots on the southwest /
corner of Lewis and streets, and /
Worthy Mckee, as agent makes bid /
to secure to the city for the sum of 5000 /
two lots on the northwest corner of
Lewis and c.
Another proposition is the Livingston
hotel property of Henry Frank, includ-
ing the buildings and four lots. for the
sum of 5000.
AS far as the railroad lease is con-
cerned. that is practically out of the
question. The resolution passed by the
council for the submission of the bond |
ing proposition TO a vote of the people /
set forth the purpose of bonding to be
the purchasing of a site and the erec-
ton of a city hall" m conformity
with that resolution site must be
leased. The exact word
ing of this resolution was not looked
up until to-day. This fact accounts for
the council extending the courtesy of
the advocates of leasing the
right-of-way another week to find out
lust what they were able to offer that
here might be no ground for the accu-
sation that the council acted with un-
seemly haste.
The caution which the former coun-
I'll observed in framing the bond reso-
ution proves at this date the wisdom
With which they acted. All possible
,ause for any disagreement as TO
whether a site shall be purchased or
eesed is by the terms Of the resolution
'et clearly aside. and the question
simply now is. where shall be the loca-
ion Of the purchased site2
Edward Mcdonald OF the Upper Vel
owstone went East last night on a sad
mission. 4 telegram Of the 9th inst. !
him that his wife was suffer
ng from dementia and had been con-