The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-22

WERE ALL TOO HIGH
Five thousand Dollars Above the Ar
chitect's Estimats-Protest Against
Mining Back OF b Braund
House-Other business.

was held last night to consider the
question and IL was decided to reject all
bids. because the lowest of them was
nearly 5000 above the architects esti-
mate. This action was taken after the
the action taken some time ago making
various appropriations for the ley
building and other improvements In the
fire department. The question came up
on q motion to accept. the Sander bid
of S1l,s75, which was defeated by a vote
of z to 6. When that motion was de-
feated another was carried to postpone
building the new station until XXI
summer. II them" as Alderman Bow
man put II.
Many other matters came before the
meeting. F. F. Kelley. through his at
torney. NJ. d. Leehey. addressed a COM
m~unication to the council protesting
against some mining being carried on
neal the Braund house by N. A. Nc
Donald and others. Kelley il h owner
Uf lots 3 and 10 in block 2 of the Rice
addition, and complains that Mcdonald
and his partners are filling the alley
abutting on the lots with mining waste
and debris. extending east from Watson
avenue. He protested against the fur
tutI lnuuiktnCt W III city dutnOIltitS
of such trespass. Mcdonald Is mining
in the rear of the Braund house and the
alley has been made unfit for use and
a damaged h abutting property.
Kelley asked hat the miners be COM
PEELED to clear the alley or that IL be
done by the city and the cost taxed up
to the miners. Kelley said he would
hold the city liable II further damage
was done. Alderman Kelly argued hat
tho nrafnaf "a AR KAlnD u-a Vsf
work because Mcdonald and his part
ners were on his lot with some of their
chutes. The communication was re-
ferred to the street and alley committee.
A communication was received from
ii. w. Turner, general manager. of the
Butte General Electric company. in
forming the council that he had notified
the county commissioners regarding the
light on Grant, street. opposite Covert
street. which the council had ordered
taken off the city list. n that he had
received a letter from the commission
ers stating the county does not need the
light and will therefore not pay for IL.
The communication was received and
placed on file. ~
A communication was received from
]. r. Wharton, general manager of the
Butte Street Railway company. regard
ing the eight-fnch sewer pipe ordered
laid in the alley west of Montana street
tive Quartz n Copper. Mr..
Wharton said that about six years ago
he was ordered to connect his residence
with the sewer on Montana street and
he laid a six-inch sewer up the alley.
The city engineer informed him that
that sewer woul be large enough for
the city's use. and Mr.. Wharton sug-
gested that the city use his sewer and
allow him whatever. I'm the estimation
of the council. 1t would cost to lay a
new n and to include his residence in
the district sewer assessment. IF you
do not see fit to grant this request"
said Mr.. Wharton. II shall protest
against paying any part of the sewer
assessment in that district, as my sewer
was laid under orders from the city
council"
Mr.. Pascoe thought Mr.. wharton's Of
fer was a good n and made a motion
that the private sewer be accepted and
added to the general system. The mo-
ton was adopted and the clerk was in
structed to advertise for bids to con-
struct the sewer previously ordered ex-
cept that portion In the alley covered
by Mr.. wharton's sewer.
The city engineer called the attention
OF the council to the fact that many
of the areaways in the alley back Of
Clark's bank extended out into the alley
five feet and more. whereas the law
only permitted areaways OF two feet,
but the property owners claimed tina
they had special permits to maintain
such large areaways. The engineer
therefore suggested that the property
wner be compelled to cut their area
WAYS down to the level of the paving
and that they be covered with heavy
iron grating. The recommendations
were adopted.
The judiciary committee recommend
ed that the claim OF John Trembly and
T. J. Murray for s545 be d~isallowed, and
also that the claim of NJ. CANTON be
disallowed; that the bid of Lawlor and
Slemmons for the old city hall be not
accepted; that the petition Of ]. A. Tai
bolt and cthers for opening South Jack
son street be granted. and hat the
city attorney be instructed to draw an
ordinance for condemning privare
property for opening the street: tina
council bill No. "a. for changing the
grade of Galena street and GAYLORD
street, be passed. The committee asked
for further time to consider the claim
Of Thomas Riley. The report was
adopted.
A resolution was introduced provid-
ing for the grading of Gaylord street
from the south Of Park street 20 the
north side of Madison street. The time
for making objections to the PROPOSED
-. " eAa1
the resolution was adopted.
The ordinance providing for a change
In the sidewalk grade at Galena and
Gaylord streets was passed.
The new fire station matter then
came up, and Alderman Bowman made
a motion to rescind the action pre-
viously taken in adopting the report
of the ways n means committee re-
garding the estimates made for the new
building. by which $40. 900 was set aside
for the building itself. So. 900 for the site.
5000 for the Quartz street station and
$1,000 for remodeling the city hall. Al
derman Pascoe thought the time had
gone by for resembling the action of
the council. but the motion vas
adopted.
Alderman Bowman then made a mo-
ton that the bid of Sander to on
struc the building for S14.s75 be ac-
cepted n that the contract be award
ed to him. Mayor Harrington called
Alderman Knowlton to the chair. and
for the first time since he has been
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