The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-02
ANACONDA news.
DID A LOT OF BUSINESS
Council Puts in a Night of Hard
Work.
CITY LIGHTS AND WATER
Clerk Authorized to Advertise for BIOS
for Furnishing the Same-Two New
sewer Districts reate Re-
ports of City orhciais.

The city council mt III e
monthly session last evening and trans
acted a lot of business. The most I'M
portant matter to come up was mat oil
entering into a contract with the Elec-
trio Light company and the water
to furnish the city with hsht
and water for a term of years. Inc
clerk was instructed to advertise Tor
bids. as required by law.
TIL reports of the city officers were
received. read and placed on ME, ana
the regular grist of monthly bills was
gone through. Two new sewer u,s-
tricts were ordered established and the
rest of the business was conhned 10
routine matters.
Those present at last nights meeting
wore MAYOR Lesser, Aldermen Dalton,
Mcclure, johnson. Hamill, Devine'
Fitzpatrick. stephens, Mckenzie, 70
zega and Collins.
Alderman Devine moved that the
reading of the minutes of the previous
meeting be dispensed with. car
A petition from John Connolly and
John Rowe to remove a restaurant sign
from Main TO Commercial avenue was
granted.
"A numerously signed petition from
business men on Main street and Com
mercial avenue was received asking TOT
the appointment of f.. +. Garrison as
special officer to act as a Merchants
patrol. Mayor Lesser said that ne hau
learned something derogatory To the
character of Garrison and did not ike
10 appoint him. but in view OF the
strong petition presented, he asked the
opinion of the council in regard 10 the
matter. Further discussion was cut
short by the motion of Alderman FttZ-
Patrick that the prayer of the petition
ers be granted The motion was car
ried. The mayor gave notice that,
should h, find to be true the reports ne
had heard, he would evoke the ap-
pointment.
The regular monthly bills were then
read. The accounts for labor were
upon motion, allowed. n warrants
were ordered drawn upon the treasury
therefor. and those for material, etc.
were referred to the finance commit
tee.
A number Of aldermen had signed a
p~etition 70 allow u. q. Brownell to re-
pair a frame building at No. POS East
Commercial avenue, which had been
burned. Brownell had started in to re-
pair the building. but had been stopped
by the chief of police. w~hereupon h'
had secured the signatures of a ma
iority of the aldermen to allow hin
10 proceed with the repairs. The petl'
tion was granted.
The street commissioner submitted
his report for the month or july Whlci
showed that the total number of day
of labor performed upon the streets
was 259ik. and showing I'm detail upoi
which streets the work had been done
The report also showed that S29s.16 IA
been expended for materials.
he report Of the chief or police
showed the following arrests ant
causes:
Assault and battery .....".........
Disturbing the peace .................I
NaErancN ...'.....s.. .'''''''''''''''
Drunk .......... ...........s.....
Petty larceny
Carrying concealed weapons ..........
Running ~pawnshop without license.
1nta .s..s..' "'H.H'''''"
Impounded horses. SIS.
Tho report of the city engineer show
ed the rogress of the work now benz
lone upon the various streets and mad
numerous suggestions with referenc
to the carrying on of the work in IN