Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-01-17
THE CITY FATHERS DELIBERATE
The City Parks, Water Nains, Park
Drive, nelinluenr Taxes, Gar
bag~ Contract,
City Census, Delinquent Taxes, Fund
ing and Other Subjects Are
Discussed.

present. There was great variety of
topics brought before the council for
discussion, many of them of considera-
BILE importance to the city, though final
action was taken on very few of them.
The committee on ways and means re-
ported that certain amount of extra
work would have to be done on the Riv-
erside Park retaining wall before the
high water comes in the spring, and the
city engineer was instructed to have it
done.
The city clerk was instructed to adver-
tise for three days for bids for painting
the old hose wagon.
The city attorney rendered an opinion
in the matter of the claims of w. M. Cock
rill for damage caused by the freezing
of sewer pipes at his residence on Fourth
avenue north, to the effect that the city
was not legally liable. AS there seemed
to be some doubt as to the facts on
which his opinion was based the matter
was referred back to the committee on
streets for further investigation.
AID. Williams stated that one OF the
electric lights at the west end of the
wagon bridge on F,rst averue north had
racantlv haan removed rn a nn,,I ,phare
if was NOT 90 etfirien, ard tha ua,..r
WAS referred to nina ~ s4., ,b., ,he
eIectric Eoht conn.,,v nut tte bridue
]ights where thav wnul,, ,in IN. mos,
good.
The citv attorney renor,ed ihat in j.,
oninion the citv had . unch ,i,la tn Park
drive nv tne fact of its a,n.ar,rg o th..
oriyinaj Mat cnnnled WIN the rI,,'s uAA
and occunat,on. After ul.rusl,nn ty
the council, hnwevpr. II aouearel ~
there is a ones,,on pe "a v hat 4ar ,i,,.
e+ree, has ever bern ,t,.,,r.,.d .,,t T..
other ouestions of titIar, tl.,,Iir ,n,va
ware raised tha Whole matter s..., ,,n,.a
mora refnrred to the o.rs rommissiou,r.
and the citv attorna, for fnr,h.r ,nve.,,
na,,op
The matter of LEASING Sun River par,,
for q farm of wears was r;srn.e-a tv tha
council and referred to the n.yl, ON
miseionara for a rnn,,rt Tha sa,,e c,r,-
mittea in coriunction with tne wavs
and ma,ns committee. were rpoupstad ia
investipate and renort as 70 tta titla of
certain lots in tbe Uighland nail,
Mavor Webster rpnorted that he had
looked into the matter of providinp
repnlar work for the citv nr,soners. and
in view of the fact thai the county
wouId soon have facilities for nuttjne
their own prisoners to work he thought
the matter minht he nostnoned tjlI thar
time. when arrangements mipht he made
to work the CITY prisone,s along with
them advantapeouslv. Aid. Williams
said that he had understood from the
county commissioners that the county
was about TO build A considerable add;
ZION to the county i.il and had thonpht
that an arrangement could he made With
the county TO take comnlete charpe Of
the ci+v nrisoners thns SWING the salary
of a clty iailer, besides fpeI. Hghts. etc,
nv conir,nu,inp somethine- foward their
care and their hoard
Mr. Bieman. the city parhaoe con.
tractor. addressed the council danvirg
the statement made at The last council
meeting tnat he had been nepIectinp
his dut1es As the insnertnr arreed that
at nreeent he was dong hia dutv the
matter waa dronped
Georoe n, Stanton appeared before the
counci and stated that Feky Rarnett
in obedience to the orders of the council
had iismissed his women and zone ont
of the variety business. and thar he was
now desirons of turning the n,ace into a
beer hail, Reforp makinn the necessary
alterations in the hnildjng he wished to
inouire if there was any otiaction by the
couocil tn his obtainnG q ealocn license
for a heer hall The disruss;on that
fol]ovcd showed that Aid thatcher and
Youn1 md small Faith in Eiskv'a nro
fessions of reform, notvithstan dino It,
tornev Cr, Stanton.s e,oouent and forc;h,e
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