The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-06

aihohs m for work under con
tract was one of the paving contractor
ror sio.sSz-Ss. All the estimates wer
approved and warrants ordered drawn
Inc monthly reports Of the heads o
the various departments OF he cit,
were read and filed.
The report OF n. j. Walker. inspecto
OF weights and measures. for tn
month or september. was read an
nled. The report shows licenses to tn
amount OF ss2s. rs were collected.
a request for a leave of absence 10
30 DAYS for Frank T.. Jones OF the fir
department. was read and granted.
The hnance committee reported tina
the usual work Of auditing and approx
ing bills and accounts had been don,
ana recommended that the salary oi
the extra assistant in the t~reasurer'i
ONCE. temporarily employed. be ike
at Slzo a month. Mayor Harrington
opposed the Increasing of the expens,
when receipts were decreasing and
thought that as the regular assistant
only received 800 a month. the assist
ant should not receive more. Mr.. Nc.
Arthur said the reason for recommend
ing Sl25 was that the position was only
temporary. Alderman Knowlton moved
10 reject the recommendation n fS
the salary at 500 a month. Bowman
injected the remark hat IL he were
elected to the Office of treasurer as q
democrat. he would employ democrats.
In lieu OF the pending motion. the re-
port was taken up in sections and
adopted except that section relating "a
the assistants salary. which was re-
jected.
The judiciary committee reported as
follows:
THAT as the claim of Thomas Riley
for s9s damages was not itemixed. II
be referred back to the claimant. With
reference TO council bill No. %. further
time was asked; that the judgment of
Della Hanrahan against the city be
paid; that the claim of James Flood
Tor $126 be not allowed: hat a special
committee be appointed to investigate
the claim of Mr.. Canton: that council
bill No. is be passed"
The report was adopted and a war
rant in payment of the Hanrahan judg-
ment ordered drawn.
Council bill No. Is. by Britt, provid-
Ing for. the opening of Gagnon street
from Pennsylvania avenue to Main
street was read the third time and
passed.
Council resolution No. 1879 was intro
duced by Alderman Medin. appropriate
ing $25.0 900 from the general fund TO the
public Improvement fund for the pur-
pose OF purchasing sites for the new
fire houses. erecting a new fire house
and making improvements to the city
hall. m rules were suspended, the
resolution put through its three read
ings and passed.
Council resolution Nc. 200. by Nc
Arthur. transferring $4,000 from the
general to the emergency fund, was
read the first and second times. and
under suspension of the rules, read the
third time and passed.
Alderman Kelly introduced a resolu-
tion providing. for the grading of Gay
lord street. Read first and second times
and referred.
Knowlton's motion directing the street
commissioner to order the removal of
buildings standing in Placer street and
Britts. having The same object with
reference To Broadway alley from Co.
vert to Ohio, carried.
Pascoe moved that the building in
spector be directed to enforce the ordi-
nance requiring people erecting build
ings to place a temporary sidewalk
around their property in order that
pedestrians may not be compelled to
walk through the mud to get around.
The motion carried.
The contract of the Phoenix Electric
company for heating the city hall was
renewed for two years.
Noyes injected a little fun into the
proceedings by moving that the janitor
call the attention of J. II. Leyson TO
the council chamber clock and that the
mayors chair, which had a painful
squeak. be creased. AS the janitor was
asleep i'm the rear Of the hall and IL
would be a shame to awaken him, the
motion was lost.
This being the date set for hearing
objections to council resolutions 1876 and
19S, providing for a sewer on Park al
ley from Oklahoma avenue to Gaylord
street. and on Gaylord from Park street
to Park alley. and for the
paving Of Broadway alley from
Main to Hamilton street and
no objections being filed. the mayor an
nounced IL was in order to proceed with
the improvements. Britts' motion TO
advertise for bid for the work carried.
Bids for furnishing the city with lum-
Der for one year were read as follows:
J.. F. Carroll & company. pine sl4.O0.
fir sl5.15: Anaconda Copper Mining
company, pine s14. fir SIS: Big Blackfoot
Lumbe company. pine s13. IS. fir SIS,
first finished s32. second finished s3l;
Lumber a Manufacturing
pine s14.25. fir s15.75. The con-
tract was awarded the Big Blackfoot
company.
Bids for furnishing coal were opened
and the contract awarded to the Butte
Coal company as the lowest bidder at
the following terms: Rock Springs
lump. $500 per ton: Rock Springs egg.
s5.65; Rock Springs slack. $500. The
option of ~Diamondville, Kimmerer, Cas-
tie Gate or Pleasant Valley Goals IL
preferred to Rock Springs. is given.
for excavating of the new fire
at Mercury and Arizona streets,
were submitted by William Harkins at
20 cents a yard and by Hartman q Jen-
nings at 20 cents. The contract was
to Harkins.
The contract to feed city prisoners
was awarded to Pat Mullins. the only
bidder, at Il cents per meal.
Alderman Knowlton's motion direct
ing the clerk TO advertise for bids for
the proposed new fire station,
carried n the council adjourned to
next Wednesday evening at 1880 O'Clock.