The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-07-14
ANACONDA news.
HAD A LIVELY TIME
The City Fathers Meet in Regular
Adjourned Session.
DIFFERENCES OF OPINION
Sewers Ordered in -Four New Improve
ment Districts, and Two Districts,
Nos. 8 and IL, Are Laid Over
Until the Next Meeting.

The city council met in regular ses-
sion last night with just a quorum pres
ent. Although the meeting was lacking
in number of members. it was not lack
ing in interest. There was an exceed
ingly lively time over the question of
creating some of the new sewer districts.
1t was the night set for hearing pro-
tests against the creation of six new dis
tricts. There were contests over only
two of the districts, Nos. 9 and II, and
final action regarding these was post-
poned until the next regular meeting.
The property owners in districts Nos. y
and IL appear TO be considerably divid-
led upon the question of whether they
want sewers or not. 1t seemed to be
the sense of the council that it would
like to find out upon which side a ma
1ority of the property owners in the dis
tricts stood. In the four districts in
which there was no controversy the
city engineer was instructed to get UP
plans and specifications and have them
ready for the next meeting, Aug. i. The
other important business of the session
was the unanimous election of John
Pozega as alderman of the Fifth ward
to succeed John Shutty, resigned.
When the roll was called the follow
ing members answered to their names:
Mayor Lesser and Aldermen Dalton, De-
vine, Hamill, johnson, FITZPATRICK. Ma
guire and Stephens. The minutes of the
meetings held in June were read and
approved.
A petition was read from d. Shovlin
skiing permission to move an iron
building from the rear of the Hibernian
building to the rear of MIR. Shovlin's
building on Commercial avenue. The
petition was granted.
A petition or Endorsement of the pro-
posed action of the council in creating
Improvement districts Nos. Z to 3 was
read.
The petition was signed by Is of the
property owners in said districts. Mr..
Boarman also addressed the council IN
support of his petition. At this point
Alderman Davidson entered the council
chamber.
The mayor said that although these
Improvement district matters had come
up put of the regular order of business,
he thought IL would be well to proceed
in the matter and hear such protests as
there might be in relation to their es-
Establishment. Protests were then called
for against the establishment of i'm
provement districts Nos. Z to II.
A protest was presented against the
establishment of said district No. IL,
which was signed by % property hold
ers in the proposed district. A protest
was also read against the establishment
of improvement district No. 3. which
was signed by IA property holders in
said district.
c. J.. Walsh in behalf of the protest
ants in both districts addressed the
council. He said his clients were not
opposed to improvements as improve
ments, but many of them had only re-
Gently purchased homes in the districts
and were not financially able to pay any
additional tax. Many of them had not
their homes paid for and others had
My recently had cesspools dug and did
not require sewers at the present time.
The creation of the district would place
an additional tax Of $3.50 a lot upon
every lot within the districts.
Alderman Davidson, seconded by Aid
erman Stephens, moved that the pro-
posed sewer in district No. Q be not
created.
Alderman Fitzpatrick said that the
statement made to the council that the
sewer would cost s27 per lot was a mis-
take; it would not cost over s24. The
gentleman got a little mixed in his
figures, but Strengthened himself out
and declared not to exceed $24 would
be the assessment per lot.
Alderman Devine said the city ap-
peared to have the sewer fever. 1t
seemed to him that the majority of the
property owners in the proposed dis
tricts Nos. 9 and IL did not want the
sewer and ii should not be forced upon
them.
Aldermen Stephens and Dalton spoke
in the same strain. Alderman Hamill
said that many of those who had their
names signed to the protest against dis
trict No. 9 he knew had been in favor of
the creation of the district and he
thought there had been some forgery.
Alderman Fitzpatrick moved 10
amend the motion of Alderman David
son to lay over the matter of creation
of improvement district No. 9 until the
next regular meeting. The amendment
carried and the matter was ordered laid
over. The question of creating improve
ment district No. IL was also laid over
till the next meeting.
There were nc protests in against the
creation of sewer improvement districts
Nos. Z, s, 10 and IL, and the city engi-
neer was instructed to prepare plans
for the construction of the seyers in
said districts and nave the same ready
by the next regular meeting.
A number of bills i'm relation to the
reception rendered Mrs. Hearst were
read and referred to the finance com
mittee. The report of the city engineer
in relation to sewers was read and som
minor recommendations made were
adopted.
Sanitary Inspector Mayhem addressed