The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-23
JENNINGS GETS IT
The Committee on Sprinkling Favors
Winters, Parsons & Botmer.
GIVEN TO LOWEST BIDDER
In Regard to Quarters for the Mill
tia-The Council In Special
Session 1ransacts a Lot
of Business.
TO LOWEST BIDDER

istering a kick. He was recognized by !
the mayor Immediately after the read
ing of the minutes, and stated that
there had been two meetings of the
sprinkling committee, of which he is a
member, Of which he had received no
notice. City Clerk Mcmillan was call
ed upon for an explanation and stated
that when a chairman called a meet
ing of a committee the notices were
sent out and turned over to Special
officer Wey for service on the alder !
men. Mr.. Wey was sent for. but could
not be reached, as he was out on Off
cial business.
IT would like to ask" continued |
Rowe, IF any member of any committee
should be ignored. / believe that /
have answered as many calls as any
other alderman and / don't propose to
be ignored by any committee. / may
have made mistakes, but If / did so
they were unintentional 1 was not .
notified of last nights meeting of the
committee until IL o'clock, and II is the
only meeting of the committee that
have been notified Of"
Cook stated that 1t had been shown
that the notices were properly made
out and that the chairman of the COM
mittee was not to blame for their fall
ure to reach the alderman. II am not
censuring the chairman" replied Rowe,
"I am censuring the officer whose duty
IL
ments then subsidized and things went
along as usual
d. c. Mcdonald submitted a drawing
showing an improved style of handling
night soil in a safe and inonenslVe
manner, accompanied by proposition
to do the scavenger work at the pres
ent rates. His communication was re-
ferred to the health committee. A COM
munication was received from Louis
| Stettheimer, in which he stated that
the city is using a portion OF the Gar
| field and Silver Crown lode for q dump
ing ground. He demanded that all
| garbage on the ground in question be
removed and that the owners be COM
pensated for the damage sustained.
Mr. Stettheimer also made a claim for
| a portion of the frankie lode, which is
occupied by Front street in South
| Butte and said that the owners OF the
| ground were willing to make an AMIGA
| BILE settlement with the city. The mat
| ter was referred to the mayor and city
engineer for investigation.
The bond of the Eschle Plumbing
| company, with Charles Schatzlein and
| Thomas Rowan, as sufeties in the sum
I of $4,000 was referred to the license
committee.
The following report of the judiciary
committee was adopted after some dis
cussion: Your judiciary committee
recommend that warrant be drawn IN
| favor of Louis Dupuis for $l5.43. taxes
| paid on property outside of city limits.
| We recommend that c. B. No. 100
amending section 1 of ordinance No.
| 367 creating sprinkling district No. 2,
| Academy street from Park to Galena,
| and wyoming street from B., A. * +.
| railway to Front street and then pass
ed and lawfully published. We recon-
mend that c. b. No. 1sl do not pass.
| We recommend that the city attorney
be instructed to draw up an ordinance
to comply with the request of John o.
| Jones. We recommend that condemna-
ton proceedings be commenced to open
an alley in block IA of the Butte town.
site"
Block IA is between Granite and
Quartz and Main and Wyoming streets.
Vivion insisted that Academy street
| between Galena and Park should be
sprinkled, and moved to amend the re-
| port accordingly. Harrington explain
ed that 1t was the intention to sprinkle
that street but that as the men who
| owned the property abutting on II also
| owned the property on Park and Gale
ma in each direction he did not think II
| would be fair to charge the cost of
sprinkling to the short alley to them.
Cannon said that he owned the lot at
the Northeast corner of Galena and
Academy and that last year he paid a
| sprinkling tax of SIS on Academy and
Sc on Galena He was willing to pay
whatever was right. but objected to an
| fmposition Vivion's amendment was
defeated and the original report was
adopted. The sprinkling committee re-
ported as follows:
1--WE recommend that the bid Of
Messrs Winters. Parsons & Boomer
for the sum of s4.75 per day per team
be accepted and that they be awarded
the contract. We make this recon-
mendation for the reason that the
above named firm sprinkled the streets
during the season of 1894 in a very sat
isfactory manner, and We think IL bet
ter to award the contract TO them than
to parties unknown to US at lower
bid of only cents per day or total
difference of about $780,"
Cook inquired II the committee had
inquired into the responsibility of the
different bidders. Carder replied that
he was not aware that the responsible
ity of the bidders cut any figure and
that the reasons for recommending
that Winters, Parsons & Boomer be
given the contract were explained In
the report. The report was then &C
cepted.
nermission to address the council In
the interests of NJ. Jennings & Co.
whose bid for doing the sprinkling was
81 70 per day for each team and driver
He said that Mr.. Jennings was re-
sponsible citizen who had lived in
Butte for a good many years; that he
was the lowest bidder and was pre-
pared to give the city any bond that II
! REQUIRED for the satisfactory perform
ance OF the work with any reasonable
, conditions. Mr.. Cotter did not reflect
on the motives Of the committee. but
. as an attorney and a taxpayer he
urged that the contract be awarded C
the lowest bidder. In reply 10 a ques
ton from Alderman Montgomery. Mr.
5 Jennings stated that he had put in hi:
, bid for himself and Mr.. Marshall or
1 / motion OF Harrington the sprinklinG
: contract was awarded 10 NJ Jenning:
l 4 Co. by a unanimous vote. Rowe be
! ing excused from voting.
al In the matter Of opening Cover
+ | street from Park 10 Granite the city
I engineer reported that the propert,