The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-28

ment must be materially Increased with
men and apparatus. And we. your
| committee respectfully recommend that
early action be taken by the council to
increase the. force and efficiency of the
fire department"
The new franchise for the street rail-
way company's South Main street line
was pasesd by n vote Of IA to 0. IL was
passed on the understanding that the
mayor should not sign 1t until such
time as the county files a bono OF
$40. 900 tina IL will begin work on the
construction of the line by May Is. and
complete the line by July Il. The fol-
lowing report Of the fire and water
committee was adopted:
I'VE recommend that the claim OF G.
Evans be allowed for Sc for the time
asked. but we recommend that the
claim for damaged clothing be disal-
lowed. We recommend that the CEN
trail fire station BE- removed to the
Quartz street station. which hereafter
/ shall be known as the Central station.
We recommend that the property
known as the old City Hall be sold
and that two new fire stations be built,
one on the east side and one on the
west side. not to be below Park street.
and hat the mayor appoint "A special
committee tn select the sites"
The mayor appointed Aldermen Row
an. Pascoe and Macarthur as such com
mittee. On the report Of the ight
committee. an arc light was ordered
placed at Maryland avenue and First
street.
The following report Of the street and
alley committee was adopted:
We recommend that the city clerk
advertise for bids for the construction
of wooden and permanent
according tn specifications to be pre-
pared by the city engineer. all bid to
be i'm. by May rs. We that
the petition OF the Chapman Mattress
company be granted and that wooden
sidewalks be built on Platinum street
from Main To Wyoming street, where
not already laid. and on the north side
from Arizona street to Ohio avenue.
We recommend that the petition of r.
@. Bailey ct al. be granted and that
wooden sidewalks he built on South
Main street between Aluminium and
Iron streets. We recommend that the
Butte Consolidated Railway company
lay it's track from avenue
west to Andrews street. or In line with
the track east from Oklahoma avenue,
to B~roughton's store
The following report of the judiciary
committee was adopted;
I'VE recommend that council bill No.
50 be considered I'm committee OF the
whole. We recommend that council bill
No. II be passed. We ask for further
time relative to council bill 90. We
recommend that the claim OF Micnael,
John and william ,ODonnell for $1,000
be disallowed. We recommend that
council resolutions for construction OF
sewers upon certain streets De passea
as substituted. We recommend that
counci bill c.. as substituted, be
PASSED
ORDINANCE No. Ga. changing the fire
limits of the city of Butte, failed to
pass
Council bill n, establishing the Once
of CITY poundmaster, was passed.
Council bill az, granting a right OF
way To Miles Finlen, being the same
bill. with BOND added, was referred 10
the judiciary committee, ..
The MAYOR vetoed council bill No. To,
granting to Miles Finlen the right 10
lay "a pipe line from the Butte brewery
To the McDermott hotel on the ground
that the grantee is not required 10
mt nm N bond. The veto was ap-
nroyed Chief Flannery asked To nave
a new flag pole placed on the Guy man
tower. the old one not having peen
strong enough since war was ueclarSu'
The building committee was >" III
structed.
These bids Were received for remoN-
a inc houses on Iron street. the property
of the oity. Charles L. Guyman OF,
fered sl67 for the Guyman house anu
s232 for the Whitmore house, agreeing
to remove them in 10 days. j. h: Ma
Honey offered $l25 for the Guyman house
and sl5I for the whitmore house. f.
A Goble offered $20S for the Whitmore
house. but the accompanying check was
not certified to. Mrs. Catharine Kin
ney offered 500 for the Whitmore
house. The council referred The bids
To the building committee. "A petltlon
from residents Of East Quartz street
asking that action on the opening OF
naa,fv straaf from Arizona street III
Ohio avenue be deferred for one week
was granted. A petition for an electric
light at the corner of Jackson and Sil-
yer streets was referred to the hght
committee.
A petition for a sidewalk on the north
side of Porphyry street from Jackson
to Crystal streets was referred To the
streets and alley committee. A petit
tion to extend water mains on Mercury
street to Excelsior avenue was passed
An offer of $3.50 for "A lot owned by
the city on West Iron street in thu
Ophir addition was referred to the ju-
dietary committee
Mrs. Dora O'Donnel presented a
claim To the city for her snare of the
use of the lot on which the Quartz
street fire station stands. claiming that
she has a 81 400 interest I'm the lot and
threatening To sue II the claim was not
allowed. II was referred tn the judici-
AIRY COMMITTEES.
A petition for a sewer ON Porphyry
street from Colorado to Dakota streets
was referred to the sewer committee,
Property owners on Broadway, Gran
lite. Park and Quartz streets In the vi
entity of Missoula gulch asked that ths
, culvert at these streets be Joined. as al
present the gulch is in a very unsani-
tary condition. This was referred Il
the sewer committee.
A petition from residents Of Porrhyry
street west of Jackson skiing that the
name of the street be changed to Che
auamegon venue was referred to th'
streets and alley committee. The rea
son given for the change IL that Their,
is much confusion on account Of tn,
fact that Porphyry street west of Jack
son and Porphyry east of Jackson arr
not connected, there being a jog of Isl