The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-22
IT INCEMSfD THE MAYOR
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YER for rebate OF special taxes. furtner
time was asked"
Page moved TO amend the report 10y
allowing Mrs. Harris the rebate OF
taxes asked by her. stating he had in
vestigated the claim and found the pc
tltioner a deserving widow woman.
Melcher thought no discrimination
should be made because the claimant
was a widow. A roll call was necessary
to decide the question. Which resulted
in the defeat Of the amendment and the
report was adopted and the warrants
ordered drawn IN accordance with the
recommendations.
The finance committed reported hcv-
ing udited the usual bills and recon-
mended payment thereof. Adopted.
Mclcher called up the petition laid
over from the last meeting relative to
the extension Of water mains on North
Washington street from Copper street
north 300 feet and moved the petition
be granted on condition that the Color
q Smelling and Mining company, the
chief petitioner. agree to pay for the
water plugs until such time as the
deeds to streets and alleys are made
to the city. The motion was carried.
The special committed appointed to
inquire into the advisa bility OF the city
joining the League of American NUM-
cipalities. reported to the effect that II
was The opinion of the members that
the Information pertaining to all the de-
partments of municipal government
furnished through the leagues bureau
Of Information, would more than COM
pensate for the amount Of membership
fees paid each year and accordingly
recommended that the council authorize
the mayor to procure information rel
alive to the steps necessary to be taken
to acquire membership and that the
city attorney be instructed to repair
a resolution for the purpo by the next
regular meeting. The report was adopt
ed.
Council bill No. rs. by Knowlton. cx-
tending Aluminium street inc condemn
ing property therefor was read the
third time. placed upon Its final passage
and passed.
Council bill No. % was introduced by
Pascoe. The bill provided for condemn
ing property for the opening Of Galena
alley from Renshaw alley east To lot ~,
block 81. and Is designed to give the
merchants on the south side Of West
Park street from Is known as the
Clark lot. to Renshaw alley. n means OF
reaching the rear Of their stores for the
purpose OF unloading goods instead OF
being compelled 10 block the Park street
sidewalk. as has been necessary In the
past. on motion the rules were sus-
pended. the bill put through its various
readings and passed.
Resolutions providing for levying spe-
cial improvements were submitted by
City Engineer B~lckenbach as follows:
For sewers on Caledonia street from
n point $50 feet wesd Of Emmet avenue
to Excelsior avenue and on Excelsior
avenue from Caledonia street to Quartz.
For street grading on Platinum from
Arizona 10 ohio. Caledonia street from
a point $50 feet west Of Emmett avenue
10 Henry avenue. For paving Park.
Broadway. Hamilton, Granite. Wyom-
ing alley. Main alley and Broadway al
lev from Main alley to Hamilton street.
The total amount of taxes involved Is
S77. 500. o."
The resolutions were taken up and
n date set for hearing objections, but on
the city attorney calling attention 10
the fact that the interest, necessarily a
part Of the cost. had not been computed
and included I'm the estimated cost. the
resolutions were laid over TO be rene
died In This respect.
Resolutions of n simila- character. the
time for hearing objections to which
having expired. were called M, hut for
the same reason were laid over also.
The bids for the purchase Of the old
city hall property were called up for
consideration and on motion Of Bow
nan all were rejected.
Bids for putting in a new ncor In the
central fire station were opened as fol
lows: W. ". Campbell $4lS: John Nc
Coy. sas3.5O; George ArmstronC. S3os.a5;
a. s. Whiteway & Co, si44; George W.
Smith. $685.. The contract was awarded
to Armstrong.
Rids for doing the city printing for
1899 were opened. There were hut two
bidders, the Inter Mountain Publ shlne
and the Miner Plblishing
company. The bid Of the Inter Noun
tain was considerably lower than the
Miner and Alderman Pascoe moved that
the contract he awarded To the Inter
Mountain. The mayor stated that the
lowest bid was 200 or 800 per cent. high
err than the present contract and IL APP
peared TO him that a combination had
been entered into between the two COM
panies. He wanted u see the bids laid
over, as he considered an attempt was
being made to impose upon the city.
Manager Berger ~ the Inter Noun
tain was given the floor and stated that
the Inter Mountain bid was lower than
the one submitted by him last year and
that the present bid was based upon
having all the work done i'm Butte. in