The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-26
SEWERS GIVEN 4 START
SALARIES ARE RAISED
FlTemen WIN Now Get 600 Per Month.
The Appropriations for the M
suing Ysar-A New Flag
for the City Hall.

The city council met last night In ad'
Journed session. The sewer proposition
wal put on it's start toward compile.
ton, and the salary of the iremen wal
Increased SO per month. Outside OF thi.
little Of general interest was accom-.
plished.
q Those present at last nights meeting
were Mayor Lesser. Aldermen Dalton,
iiammil Collins. Petritz. Fitzpatrick
DAVIDSON, Gangner, O'Brien and John.
son. A petition was received from the
expressmen and Job wagoners that they
De no required to move their stands
S1rom where they now are. The petition
= was granted and the expressmen will
fore.
HI. w. Drew petitioned the council for
a three-cornered sign on Commercial
avenue. The sign Is to be IS inches wide
ana six feet high. Petrftx thought the
sign was too wide and no sign on the
should be more than eight
inches wide. FitzPatrick said that 50
long as n had been granted permis-
sion to erect signs all should be granted,
a ne moved to grant the petition. On
a division the motion was lost, the vote
being six to three.
The report OF the ways and means
m making the appropriations
OF the ensuing year wal then presented,
The report makes the following appro-
priations: Light. 10000; water, 5000:
streets and alleys. $500; fire, s., 500; Do
lice, ~ 1000; miscellaneous. 5000; city
hall. $1,000; treasurer, s 1000; police
magistrate. $1,000; health officer, $500;
aldermen. $50; mayor, $500: city attor-
ney n clerk, 81, 500; bond interest fund
$500. Total, $50, $50.
The report was accepted.
The bill OF Contractor Kelly, a balance
Tor constructing a sewer in district No.
z, for 1929. was presented. There was
a pretty lively lot OF talk about the work
done on this sewer. Collins moved that
the bill be paid. Mr.. Kelly got up and
explained that certain manholes had
Deen QUILT in q manner that would suit
Just as well as IL there a beer more
concrete under them. The mayor said
That he would not put the motion until
the city engineer finally reported on the
sewer. City Engineer Macdonald
stated that he was not ready to report
at this time, as he had not examined
the work. In answer to a question. ne
SAID that 1t would cost about $40 to put
the nhol in good condition. Fitz-
Patrick said II would cost about IS to
clean up the ALLEY, and Hammill moved
that the bill. less SIS, be ordered paid.
The motion was carried.
Alderman Johnson moved that the
clerk p an ordinance raising the
salary Of Frank Fitzgerald. electrician
or the fire department, $40 per month.
Alderman O'Brien moved to amend the
motion by increasing the salaries of all
or the fremen $40 per month, and the
clerk was instructed to draw I'D an
ordinance to that effect.
Alderman Petritz of the city hall fur
nishing committee reported that the
contract for making 10 frames to be used
In the city's Photographic exhibit at
Omaha had been let to Mahan Bros. for
$50. The pictures themselves will cost
about $50.
Alderman Davidson said that several
people residing in improvement district
No. 2 had been unable to pay the spe-
cial assessment within the time specified
and he moved that the time be extend
to May Is.
the fact that the system of licensing
Job n express wagons was very un-
inasmuch as those who
charge Of h collection of the Ii
censes are unable to determine who have
and who have not paid licenses. He
moved that hereafter the expressmep
be required to have numbers painted
their wagons. h motion was car
ried.
Mr.. Davidson moved that the city hall
committee be instructed to
purchase a suitable flag to be flung
from the Flagstaff of the city hall. The |
carried.
Mr.. Davidson called attention TO the
.dfsgraceful condition of the city DUMP.
where, he said. dead horses. cows, dogs
and other animals were thrown in ut
ter disregard for the sanity of the place. |
thought that something ought to be
lone about II. Mayor Lesser said that |
Hoagland. in consideration Of the |
Of his license, had agreed to
care for the dump. Mr.. Hoaeland's at
will therefore De called to the
Alderman Dalton moved that the B..
A.. & p. railway. be required to build
,ulvrrts at the eastern end of Park
Third and Fourth streets. to let
he water through. The motion was
carried.
Alderman Fitzpatrick said that ev-
was in readiness for the con-
Of the sewers in districts Nos
and s and the Fourth street main.
h council o a 10-minute recess to
the specifications. Upon re-
Alderman Fitzpatrick moved
hat III specifications be adopted, which
was carried. Alderman Fitx-
Patrick then moved that the clerk be
to give notice by publica-
ion that bid for the construction OF
he sewers will be received up to 10
o'clock a. m. on the first Monday in
DAY. which is next Monday, and that
certified check for 10 DER cent. Of the