The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-23
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Renshaw Alley in the Possession
of the People.
SETTLEMENT is REACHED
The Total Cost to the City Is S15. 533.67
and Is a Good Bargain at That.
It Is Considered Almost
Indispensable.

Butte will have as Christmas pres
ent the reopening of Renshaw alley. The
long and unpleasant controversy was
closed yesterday. the heirs of the Wade
estate receiving their money and the
city receiving deed and release of all
claims.
The amount paid the heirs of the
Wade estate yesterday was $10,505.40.
This is not all of the cost of the alley
however. The city acquired the alley
on April IL. 1893, giving three warrants,
two of which were for sS,s125o each and
the third for $3.50. The city opened up
the alley and used it. but the warrants
were not paid. They were drawn on
the special alley fund and there never
seemed to be any money in that par
tfcular fund, SO that as a consequence
the heirs had to sit and wait patiently.
The warrants were issued during the
Mantle administration and they ran
through the Dugan and Thompson adj
ministrations without payment.
When the Harrington regime came in
the heirs made a determined effort to
get their warrants cashed. The present
administration admitted and recognized
the claim and was disposed to settle up
the warrants, but the heirs claimed
| that the warrants should draw 10 per
cent interest instead of the per cent.
| which the city pays on it's warrants.
The city transferred money enough to
| pay the warrants at per cent. interest
| but the heirs wouldn't accept it. So the
| deadlock continued.
| Then the Wade heirs fenced up Rem
shaw allev and announced their inten-
| ton of building on the land The next
/ day the city hauled the fences down
and the administration was hauled up
| before Judge Clancy and cautioned not
/ to do so any more.
Meanwhile one of the three warrants
1 lxr tx,fr Sc TIL L
Curtis. and he sold it to the city at in
terest at per cent, concluding not to
walt on the chance of getting 10 per
cent. The alley was fenced up by the
| Wade estate once more and was closed
| to traffic until yesterday when the city
! once more opened it up, having ac-
| CURED its deed to the property.
The Wade estate in the settlement
get the 10 per cent. interest they We're
| after and also about $53 court costs. The
total cost of the alley has been:
| Note held by Curtis. ...........S 3.S12.5 so
| Interest at per cent. .......... 1,215.77
| Two notes held by Wade estate 7,062.50
| Interest at per cent. on above 2,31669
| Additional interest of per cent
| on above. Observation-Disclosures. I,0to.2I
| Court costs. ............ $500
/ 1Dldl COSt 9lo,ooo
Even at that price the alley is a good
|
TO the city. The alley was reopened for
traffic yesterday afternoon. The Wade
estate gave the city deed for the prop
| erty and also the subjoined stipulation:
1T is hereby stipulated and agreed
that the order heretofore entered in
! this action on the petition of Robert w
| King, John w. King. William l.. King
James M. King, Amanda e. Hardester
Miranda f. Ferguson. Mary H. HALEY
and Georgia K. Ferguson against the
city of Butte setting aside the order OF
possession heretofore granted to said
city and enjoining said city from pos
session and occupation of the premises
therein described as an alley way, shall
be set aside and annulled and the said
petition of the above named parties dis
missed; and that the said city may
have a decree of condemnation as
against the interests of said parties in
and to those portions of lots Nos Is, l!
and Sc, in block No. 81, described
in plaintiffs complaint in said actor
and sought TO be condemned for al
alleyway by said city of Butte, ant
that said city may Immediately entel
upon and use and enjoy the interests
of said parties in said portions of sale
| lots above described for an alley or al
alley way. JOHN j. IMITATION,
Attorney for Robert w. King ct al.
The city now proposes to run an allie.
lengthWise from Renshaw hall east
ward between Park and Galena streets
to the rear of the Main street blocks
and then turn south to get an outlet OF
Galena street. Business men of Parl
and Main and that section are Yer,
anxious for a rear entrance to thei
places of business.
The city yesterday also settled TIL
claim of Mrs. Margaret Joyce agains
the city, paying her $4,000 as compro
mise of her damage suit for injuries re