The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-06
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The West Galena Street Improve
ment Will Not Be Made.
ARE VERY EVENLY DIVIDED
The Directing Property Owners Control
10 OF the Entire Property-Paving
Bids VIII Not Be Called For
Until the Next Meeting.

The proposed Improvement on West
Galena street Is beaten by s~ix-tenths
of l per cent. The city engineer yes
terday figured the amount of property
ON the street owned by those who
signed the objection to the property
which was submitted TO the council
Wednesday evening and found that the
property objecting. is SOC of the entire
property.
The result shows that the West Ca
LEM street people are pretty well di-
vided as to the Improving of the
street. Much disappointment was ex-
pressed yesterday by those who have
advocated the Improvement and who
have been defeated several times i'm
the endeavor to accomplish their ends.
The improvements included the grad
ing of the entire street from Washing
ton street to Excelsior avenue and the
construction of a stone culvert at Mis-
soula gulch, thus connecting the or
ton of the street west of the gdlch
with the portion east of the gulch. The
grading was estimated by the cngi-
neer's Office to cost 80. 200, and he cul-
vert was estimated to cost about 81. 500.
The city in general would pay for tho
cuiNeft ara the CIT. NDult also pay
~one-fourth of the cost of the grading,
the property along the street Oclng re-
quired to pay the other thrce-fourtlis.
The law on the subject of municipal
improvement passed by thu legisld-
ture a year ago last winter provides
hat If The owners of 80 per cent *
the property interested shall object the
Improvement cannot be made. The
result shows that the Improvement
800. ~As.- -
Ii has been decided not To advertise
for bids for paving until the next
meeting of the council, which will be
held on May IS. The reason for the
delay is that the engineer = office will
require that length of time 10 prepare
the plans of the work decided ON and
the specifications on when bidding is
To De made. Meanwhile the engineers
Office will at once send notices To all
N of property to make their sewer
connections and put in water and gas
pipes at once, so that there will bc no
delay after the paving starts. The
water il is understood. de-
sires to put in new water mains on the
streets which are To be paved, and
this will give them time TO complete
their work. The call for bids will be
made on May IS and the bids will be
required to be I'm probably June l. The
successful q will probably re-
quire 30 days to get their material to-
gether and get everything m readiness
so hat the actual work VIII probably
begin o July l.
The city treasurer yesterday began
paying warrants ON the call made by
the city council Wednesday evening.
There is about 800. 600 i'm the bank to
the city's credit. and all this money
will be used in paying outstanding
warrants. This will reduce the City's
floating Indebtedness that amount and
cut down the interest. As the city re-
ceives no interest from the bank. IL is
business. of course To pay of without
delay the warrants on which interest
is being paid. This call win take up
all the warrants hat havc been issued
against the general. Improvement dis
trict No. I, special alley, sprinkling
and public library funds. The salary
fund will be paid up to June >. 1897
the light fund up to Feb. II. 1897: the
street and alley up To june 4. 1897: the
police ind up to April ;. 1897; the fire
and water up To June 3. 1897: the engi-
neering up To Feb. 3. 1897: the sewer
up to June 8. 1897; the health up to
June 4. 1897: the paving up To Nov. 80,
1897. and the street grade vi to Dec.
8. 1872.