The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-15
DEVOTED TO SEWER TALK
Nothing of Importance Trans
acted at the Council Meeting.
Mr.. PIKE IS CONFIRMED
The Fireman Is Unanimously Appointed
to Become Permanent Member of
the Departmental Bills Allowed
and Ordered Paid.

i. The city council met last evening in
adjourned session. Mayor Lesser pre-
sided. The aldermen present were Col
Inns, Petritz, Fitzpatrick, Davidson,
Gangner, O'Brien and Johnson. The
reading of the minutes of the previous
meeting was dispensed with.
A protest was received from residents
in improvement district No. g. who
stated that they We're willing to bear
the expense of constructing the sewer
through the alley, but were opposed to
bearing any expense arising from the
constructing of the sewer across the
streets.
The sense of the council was that SO
long as the residents of Improvement
district No. 2 had paid the assessment
in that district for the street crossings,
the residents of other improvement dis
tricts should also be made to pay the
same. A motion that the protest be
disallowed was unanimously carried.
The notice of publication of the inten-
ton to create improvement district No.
was read. There being no protests
against the creation of the district the
matter was passed.
A petition from M. J. Fitzpatrick ask
ing for permission to remove building
from Chestnut to Sixth streets. was
granted.
The report of the finance committee
recommended the bills referred to it at
the last meeting be granted. The re-
port was adopted. 1t then developed
that among the bills reported was one
from George M. johnson for $3.50 for
filling out an assessment roll for i'm
provement district No. 2. The mayor
called attention to the fact that john
son had not filed an itemized bill as had
been required by the council at it's
former n1patino Alderman Davidson.
from the finance committee, said that
he had inquired into the matter and
found that the cost to the city was only
about IA cents per lot He thought the
bill was a reasonable one. and said that
if the work had been done by someone
unfamiliar with the work, it would
have cost at least so cents per lot. The
mayor said that there should have been
an itemized bill rendered and Alderman
johnson said that he had talked with
Mr.. Johnson, who had told him that he
had done the work during odd times
and the rendering of a bill itemizing
the number of hours put in on it was a
difficult matter. The bill had been run
ming about three months now, and he
thought that Johnson ought to have his
money If he We're to get 1T. The alder
man called upon the city attorney for
an opinion. The city clerk said that
the council had already allowed the bill
together with the others and that there
was no use in talking further about it.
The mayor said that he had not paid
particular attention to the names, and
If he had heard it when it was being
read he would have called attention to
it then. He thought that if the work
was worth the money the bill ought to
be paid by all means, but he liked to
have those matters brought up prop
erly.
Alderman Petritz introduced a reso-
luton to establish sewer district No. 4,
and moved that the clerk be authorized
to give notice of the proposed creation
of the new district SO that protests, if
there be any. might be heard at the
next council meeting. Fitzpatrick
moved that the resolution be adopted,
and it was carried unanimously. 1t
was moved and carried that the adver-
Using for bids and other matters re-
garding the progress of work in i'm
proyement district No. be deferred
until a similar stage of progress had
been made with district No. 4, and that
the two be combined, so far as bids,
etc, is concerned.
A general talk on sewers was then in
dulged in. The clerk was instructed, in
a general way, to prepare a resolution
for special bonding election for the
construction of a main on Fourth
street. He will have the document
ready for introduction at the next meet
ing. 1t was suggested that the city
might go in with the water company.
which concern is to dig ditch on
Fourth street. and that both might use
the same ditch.
During the talk about sewers and the
establishment of improvement districts
some of the aldermen became rather
confused as to the location and direc-
ton of the alleys and streets through
which the sewers were to run, and
alleys were beginning to be designated
as 1.-The one that runs this way" when
Alderman Collins moved that someone
be instructed to have the cfty's 800
map hung on the wall of the council
chamber SO that these matters might
be more clearly explained. The motion
was carried and the map will make it's
appearance.
Alderman Fitzpatrick gave notice
that he would introduce a resolution
creating improvement district No S,
being proposed sewer from Main
street easterly through the alley run
ming between Commercial and Park
avenues.
Alderman Petritz then called atten-
ton to the water that is coming down
into the city from what he termed
Cemetery gulch'' He said that the
water could easily be diverted into
Sale ditch and this ought to be DONE
No action was taken in the matter.
Alderman O'Brien called attention to
the fact that there was a vacancy in
the fire department which, while il was
temporarily filled, had never had a
that Fireman Pike. who temporarily