The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-13
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
e. o. Dugsn and Company Had .
Lead Pipe Cinch.
1T WORKED LIKE A CHARM
Only One Bid Received for Paving Broad
way Alley-The Price was lacked
Up. but the Aldermen Voted
to Stand the Graft.

The firm OF Z. o. Dugan & Co. sue
cessors to Kinds q Co.. ven up to the
council last night with a lead pipe
cinch and IL worked. 1t seems the
council had advertised for bids for
paving Broadway alley. which runs
from Main street alley through to Ham,
ilton street. The bids were to be re-
ceived last night. Only one was re-
ceived. That was from Dugan & Co.
and 1t was for H.25 a yard. whereas all
the other paving this season has been
done for 1896 a yard. The aldermen
looked at each other and smiled. and
finally. without discussion. concluded
they were in for 1t. and voted to stand
the graft. They accepted the bid.
The following bids were received for
the sewer OF Park alley from Oklahoma
avenue to Gaylord street and on Gay
lord street from Park alley to Park
street:
orrin & Bardson. $500; II. NJ. Sand
field & CO., 5000.
The bid was awarded to Sandfeld
& Co.
No bids were received for the erec-
ton of the fire station and the time for
luS " iii Was tAItIutu T. %
Oct. 10.
The contract and bond Of William
Harkins for the erection Of a new fire
station was accepted. The sureties are
Il. o. Dugan and John Driscoll..
The matter of grading East Galena
street, work on which was proposed to
be stopped by the city engineer at the
last meeting and the proposition defeat
ed. was again brought up by a petition
from N a. pnSS and athar anar
owners asking that the grade be made
to conform to the grade of the street
car tracks at the corner of Galena and
Gaylord streets. Last week the resi-
dent of the section petitioned to have
the grading go on as per the contract
already let. and Alderman Kelly sue
ceeeded in defeating the city engineers
proposal to stop grading for the winter,
and the grading has In the meantime
been finished. Now. it appears. there ia
danger of losing the street car service.
hence this petition, which asks that the
grade be raised again about three feet.
The petition was granted.
BY petition the Davidson Grocery
company asked for the construction of a
storm culvert from the intersection of
the east side of Ohio with the north
side of Platinum. TO carry the water
from Ohio to the storm sewer in that
locality. The petition was referred to
the sewer committee.
Chairman Macarthur of the democrat
ic county central committee petitioned
for permission to stretch a banner
across Main street. Granted. The re-
publican club. by its chairman. James
Dingeven. asked permission by petition
to stretch a banner across Broadway.
Granted. Chairman Gillis of the nonde-
script county central committee asked
permission by petition to string a BAN
ner across Main street. Granted.
Mrs. Eliza A. Williams. in a
ication, called attention to the fact her
house at the corner of Nevada avenue
and Second street was so situated, ow-
ing to the raising of the grade, that
her lot receives all the drainage of the
neighborhood, and asked what to do
about IL. The matter was referred 10
the street and alley committee.
The following communication was re-
ceived from City Attorney DeWolfe:
in the matter of Philip H.. Leonard
VS.. the city OF Butte. in which Judgment
in favor of the plaintiff was rendered
for the sum of 81, 500 and costs. a motion
for a rev trial was made in the dis
trict court and the motion has been
overruled. The city must now appeal
or otherwise the judgment will stand.
There is a principle of law involved of
much nicely. about which I am I'm
doubt. l therefore recommend that
the case be appealed to the supreme
court.
I'm the condemnation proceedings
against Thomas Cody for a lot for a
fire station. the court has signed a de-
cree ordering the condemnation of the
property, and a warrant for the sum Of
$4,000 has been paid over to Mr.. Cody"
The council decided to appeal the
case referred to by Judge Dewolfe.
The Phoenix Electric company, by
communication. called the attention of
the council to the fact that their con-
tract for heating the city hall has ex-
pired and offered to make a contract
for another year on the same terms, ex-
cept that they should not be required
to furnish heat when the temperature
Is above 65 degrees Fahrenheit. The
matter was referred to the building
committee.
The designations were accepted of
George Mcdonald and Charles Cleve-
land. firemen. The report of the finance
committee was adopted. The report
of the street and alley committee was
adopted as published in yesterdays
Standard.
The following report of the light and
building committee was adopted:
w recommend that the plans and
specifications of william White be ac-
cepted for the construction Of a fire
station on the southeast corner OF Mer-
curry and Arizona streets. and we rec
ommen that Mr.. White be engaged to
superintend the construction of the
same at a commission Of 5 per cent. of
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