The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-12-22
CITY COUNCIL MnETlNa.
A Pest House Ordered nWiit and Routine
bMs,Nesa Transacted.

Tine feRulW MoetiAR OF III CITY
fathers was called to order at S;lb
o'clock Tuesday evening, the members
OF thu council all responding to the roll
call by City IOlolk Herford except Al.
derMan Connolly, who Ia out Of town.
City Physician Townsend, City EnRin.
cor Morris and Chief Of Police Bond
were IN attendance, After the usual
reading Of the minutes by the clerk,
thu following business was transacted !
Tho sewer committee reported Jun
favoNhly on tho petition Of Hathh0rn
and others for an extension OF the sewer
system one block west, giving IA ita
reason that the property along the
proposed extension was not assessed
high enough TO warrant tho proper
Tomato payment OF tho expense required
by property owners, The report was
unanimously adopted,
The sidewalk committee, reporting
on tho petition Of Jas. II. Goas for a
sidewalk on tho south sida OF block a..
botwoen Iwenty.njnh and Thirtieth
streets, rod0mmvx1od that the present
foul.foot sidewalk, covering part Of the
distance, boly6pairod and u new six.foot
walk ho laid tho balance Of the way,
The report was unanimously adopted.
On the favorable report OF tho finance
committee tho following bills were al.
lowed:
Billings Republican, publishing
hoalth notice ,,,,,,,,,,..,,,x j 90
Hugh Brady, special police tor
QuNrantin0d district, assigned
to u. X. N. Radomakor $3.50, @ 80
Clayton Grew, special police for
quMuntinod district, assigned
20 Vale u Potter ,,,,,,,,,,, 10 90
Yepen Bros, sundrieS, account
small p0X GaS0,,,,, r,,,,, % rs
Fred Mashaw, three assigned
bills, atloOt work, :, ,,,,,, ~ 90
John Spark, special police, quar-
Nntin0d diatriGt ,,,,,,,,,,,, \ 10
W. j, YoumAns, lumber. .,,.,,'64 ~
u. W. sxitniek, assisting city
engineer, Observation-Disclosures, 88 ab
Joe PNgque, meals Tor prisoners. 4 9h
Her bert VRnHosne, %typewritiAg. 80
New York restaurant, boarding
%quarantiAed people during
smallpox scare ,,,,,,,,,,,,. ~ 90
j. W. Hall, street wolk,,,,,,,, 20 90
The special committee appointed to
take charge Of the pest house PROPOSE.
tion reported that tho county commits.
sionels had agreed to ply thrae.fouIths
OF tho expense Of erecting and main
tanning Il pest house II tho city would
pay one.foWth and furnish the ground
for same, tho city 10 superintend its
erection ind maintenance and submit a
bill to the county at tho end Of each
month; that II vas ready TO 40 ahead
az soon a. a site was chosen. Tho re-
port was unanimously adopted.
While there was no opposition offer
cd, there was some little discussion az
to tho ndvisability Of building u pest
house before IL was actually needed,
MIR. Witham saying that II could be
built, Eo was informed, In f0rty.eight
hours, aud Mr.. Spear being Of tho opin.
Ion that probably such a building.
away from town, would be tho Ieoipi.
emit u more rocks from small hoys'
sling shots than smallpox patients, Mr..
Nizell0 and Mr.. Clement said they
thought II could DO easily 40 built az
TO protect u from any damage from the
small boy and others, and MI. Bennig.
hoif thought that Billings, being 40
centrally l0eNted with four railroads
and one o. two stage lines bringing
people into tho city from all directions,
aud smallpox Oh several sides Of ~,
even though the city never had any use
for n pest house, II should not hesitate
d moment, at the small expense neees.
sary for erecting sueh a building a.
was needed, and DO prepared for any
emergency that might arise AZ a mo-
ment's notice; that the expense was a
mere drop In tho bucket compared with
tho benefit II might prove, and the one
case w0 have had cost enough 20 build
tho pest house.
The mayor, after the adoption Of the
e0mmittoe's report, instructed Engineer
Morris and Chief Of Police Bond to 10.
cate suitable grounds for q pest house,
which will probably be west Of the
penitentiary building.
A communication was then read by
the clerk, signed Maggie Howard, W.
Clancy, j, Il. Lanahan and ID, II.
Jones, %petitioning tho council to reim-
buYse them for tho time they were
q@uarantined AT Benefits, The com.
munioation wAa tabled.
The light and fro committee, IN ref
erenee TO tho change OF u water main
ordered 10 be laid on Fifth Avenue,
south. reported that thoyvhad conferred
with the SuAelinte9deht OF tho power
company and bad arrived at no eonalu.
sion, They rafyfed tho matter back TO
tho council, Md the former action Of
that body stands. A sidewalk 0rdi,
nance introduced by Mr., Herky was re.
ferred to tho sidewalk committee with,
out being read At this time.