The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-07
WANTS A NEW FRANCHISE
About Time the Street Railway
Company Asked for Something.
THE MATTER OF PAVING
The Ordinances Were Finally Passed.
Petitions for Sewers Received and
Referred - Reduction OF
the Poll Tax.

When the members of the city coun-
Gil took their seats at the meeting last
evening each found on his new desk the
for by the street railway company. 1t
certainly seemed about tim that the
street railway company was asking for
a new franchise. for 1t has been W or
three weeks since ii asked for anything
and there vas a agu apprehension
that the company might be overlooking
a bet or two. But, of course. the pro-
posed franchise given the aldermen last
night shows that the company still has
the asking fever. There is not any ad-
vantage in presenting the matter at
this time, for IL what is asked is not
granted at this time 1t can be presented
a few weeks later, when the new coun-
Gil comes in.
The new franchise wanted is for a
street car line from Park street south
on Main to Iron or Aluminium streets
west to Colorado, south to a street not
yet decided on, east on that street to
Main, south on Main, Missouri I'VE
nue. or Iron street to Front. and east on
Second street n the county road to the
Western Iron Works. The company
did not ask for the franchise at last
evenings meeting. 1t simply presented
the copies to the aldermen for them to
ponder over
There were, however. read at the u
Gil two petitions. Both were addressed
to the Butte Consolidated Street Rail-
way company. and how on earth they
got to the council instead does not ap-
pear. One petition is from the Cobban
Realty company and others for a street
railway line down Main street to Front
street. The other is from s. F. Fitchett
and others and asks for a street rail-
way down Main street to Second
street. The petitions. instead OF being
turned over to the street railway COM
pany, to which they are addressed.
were placed OF file.
There seems to be a desire for i'm
provement in the air n the council
had enough Of proposed improvements
to consider. The matter of paving took
a step forward. The ordinances for
paving ark street from Main to Ari-
IONA. Wyoming alley from Park to
Broadway, and Main street alley from
Park to Granite were finally passed.
The resolution declaring the intention
of the council to pave Park street from
Main to Academy was referred back to
the city attorney on account Of a blum
der in the drawing of the resolution.
The resolution for paving Granite street
from Hamilton street to Wyoming al
ley was passed, and April IL set as the
udlG lol CdIlD OpJNttioiiss
The following petition for sewers was
received and referred to the wv CON-
mittee: I'VE. the undersigned prop
erty owners and taxpayers residing and
owning property on Porphyry. Silver
Mercury and Galena streets, west OF
Jackson street. would respectfully rep
resent that our district is now without
sewerage, and that by reason of the
large number of residences now in said
district and about to be constructed. II
is absolutely necessary that we be pro-
vided with a sewer system. We would
therefore pray that a main sewer be
constructed on Silver street from a
point As feet west of the west side line
of jackson street and running thence
westerly to an intersection with the
Missoula gulch sewer with the follow
ing laterals:
"First-Beginning at a point on Por'
phyry street 80 feet west of the west
side line of Jackson street and running
thence westerly on Porphyry street to
the intersection of Crystal street
thence north IN Crystal street to al
intersection with the proposed Silver
street sewer.
"Second-On Galena street from a
point near the west side line of Jack
son street n running thence westerly
to the intersection of Galena and Crys'
tai streets; thence westerly to the in
I vi ~ aiit ~
streets; thence south on Crystal stree
to an intersection with the said Silver
street main.
''Third-On Mercury street. running
thence westerly to an intersection will
the Crystal street sewer
The petition was signed by S. M
Ford and 80 others.
A petition for a sewer from the cor
ner of Main n Aluminium streets L
Fremont street was referred to tn
sewer committee.
An ordinance was introduced grant
ing to Miles Finlan permission to la!
water pipes from the Butte brewery a
Quartz and Wyoming streets to tn
McDermott hotel. 1t was referred L
the fire and water committee.
A communication from Mayor Har
rington recommended that the city poi
tax be reduced from 50 to 81. and tina
provision be made for collecting the ia,
from all. The city attorney was in
structed to draw up an ordinance L
this effect.
The health board presented this re
port: That in the case of NJ. G. Kin
derman, j. A. Bisker and DR.. c. v
Norcross, we recommend that as the,
are simply private enterprises they b
not considered. We recommend that tn
bills of the Butte City Water company
for November and December. 1897. IN
IOT january anu rtbTudTy. 1890, Dt al
lowed n warrants drawn for tn
amounts. We recommend that tn
sanitary policeman re allowed 50 pc
month for horse feed for six month
the past year. We recommend that tn
sanitary inspector be anuwec $4 10
horse hire inc horse feed to date"
The council consumed about an hou
in discussing the matter of allowing
the bills for horse hire. which Is nor
than they ever spent in considering
$50. 900 franchise. After an exhaustiv
discussion the bill of the sanitary pc
liceman was allowed and the bill o
the sanitary inspector was not allowed
The following report of the judiciar
committee was adopted: We recon
mend that council bill No. 81 be passed
and that bids for doing the work b
received up to April 20 at ] p. m. w
also recommend that council bill Nc
63 be passed. and that bids for doin