Great Falls weekly tribune., 1896-01-10
CITY FATHERS DELIBERATE
Who Is Responsible For the Water
Pipes Freezing on Fourth
Avenue North?
The Inspector Has Kick Coming
Against the WO.k of the
Garbsge Contractor.

The city council met Wednesdad in ad
Journed session, all the aldermen being
present Ia the absence of Mayor Web
ster President Mitchell of the council
presided.
Aid. Fitzgerald of the fire committee
stated that the old hose cart REQUIRED
painting and other repairs which would
probably cost about Sl25, and the com
mittee we're Instructed to get bids OH the
work, to be submitted at tho next meet,
ing of ths council.
The matter of the suit against the citv,
brought by II. b. Palmer to compel the
Issuance of certain warrants, was ex-
pected to come before the council, but
IN Vie" OF the fact that the hearing had
not yet taken place in the district court
the subject was laid over till the next
meeting.
AID. Williams reported on the matter
of certain claims brought before the
council by ". ". Cockrill for damages
resulting from the freezing of his service
pipe, connected with the water mains
at Fourth avenue north, between
| Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. A long
discussion ensued as to whether the
city or the water company was RESPONSE
| bic. The facts, as reported by the CITY
engineer, appear to be that the water
company laid the pipe, according to or
dlnance, 5l2 feet below the grade. Their
profile, however, showed the pipe
to be nearly Gis feet below.
The first figure, however, covered the
law Then the city changed the grade,
so that at present the pipes are only
A II feet below The ground. Some Of the
council thought that if the proti!es of the
water company had shown the correct
depth at which the pi pn was laid the civ
would no, nave changed the grade SO AZ
10 leave them only q little more than four
feet under ground. Aid. Fletcher want
ed htiie more time to consider the
matter and consult with the the CITY at
torney before voting on the question of
paying for Tho damages from the freez
ing Of service pipes, and the matter went
over TIL the next meeting.
The request Of the Great fulls Car
rtAg" works for permission to erect a
corrugated iron addition to their ware.
house was refused, the council having
passed II resolution to permit no more
structures of this kind in the fire limits,
Pres. Mitchell called the attention of
the council to the fact that under the
new codes Great Falls would be ranked
lis city Of The second class unless
census Was taken to demonstrate the
lact that the c!ty possesses & population
OF over 10000. Ono of the depl0rable |
results that would follow from being
classod as a city Of the second
lass would be that the newely
elected aldermen would only re-
ceive a salary not TO exceed SC a month |
instead of $50 month as at present. He
thought the matter ought to be looked |
into and the advi8t,billty Of taking city |
census discussed at some future meeting. |
Aid. Fletcher SAID he wished to have the
garbage matter looked into, as be had |
heard q good many complaints to the
effect that the garbage contractor was
not attending to bis duty The garbage
inspector stated that ho had called the
attention Of the contractor to garbage in
the alleys, exposed by the recent Chi
nook, but found it difficult TO get him to
haul it away, as lie had more profitable
employment for bis team and WAS in
clined to let the city work wait till he had
nothing else TO do.
Aid. Williams said that the complaint
should come in writing and IN regular
form, so that the garbage contractor
would be properly notified and have a
chance to appear before the council and
defend himself, and then if it appeared
he was not doing his duty, recourse
could be had against his bondsmen, or
the contract given to some one else. The
inspector was requested to make his
charges formally in writing
The council then adjourned until next
Monday evening.