Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-02-02

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Street grade ........ ..........' go, o. o.
Sprlnkllng ........ ..........'' $50 o.
PaVlnS ............ ........'' o'0
ro+o1 800, O76 50
The special assessments to defray the
cost of wooden sidewalks and the assess
ments to redeem the special alley war
rants have not yet been levied. = r.
Warrants outstanding January !, 1879,
are as follows:
Total outstanding on
department funds. $242,6S1 81
Total outstanding on
special funds ...... 137,lSl DO
Total outstanding on all n .~$379,St5 "A
Add bonds outstanding January
l, 1879 Afo'0oo Y
Total Indebtedness January
I, 1899 ........ IT
Deduct cash in city treasury
January /, 1899 ........ ...... $500 81
Net Indebtedness January l.,
1899 .......... ........ ........@4oo,o' 10
A communication from the city treas
| urer to the effect that there was due the
city treasury from the city for publlc I'M
provements $S,244.99 was received.
The report of the finance committee,
carrying with it the monthly pay ron,
was read. The committee also recon-
mended that the claim of the Anaconda
ompany, amounting to 81, 443.2 5, balance
| due N. S. Ledford for building wooden
sidewalks, be paid, the company having
filed an indemnifying bond. The report
was on motion approved, and warrants
ordered drawn for the various
TIL paving committee report recon-
mended that the city attorney De m
structed to draw resolutions to pave the
following DISTRICTS:
Granite street on the east to Wyoming
street.; Granite street on the west TO Mon
tana street; Broadway on the west to
Montana street; Academy street from
Broadway to Park street; Quartz street
from Wyoming street to Alaska street;
Wyoming street from Park street to
Quartz street.
A letter from the mayor to Chairman
Rowan of the paving committee was
read as follows:
Dear Sir: In looking over the report
outlined by your committee to be sub
mitted to the city council this evening, in
regard to the streets which may be paved
next season, I desire to suggest to you
for the consideration of the
the following plan, some features of
which l believe we have already dis
cussed in an informal way, viz: That
the city attorney draw two resolutions
providing for two special Improvement
districts, to be composed as follows:
Improvement District No. Ito pave
Arizona street from the north side of
Park street to the north side of Broad
way; Broadway from the west side OF
Arizona street to the west side of WyO-
ming street; Wyoming street from the
north side of Park street to the south
side Of Broadway, and Granite street
from the east side of Main street alley
to the west side of Wyoming street, with
granite blocks, laid on a concrete fOunda-
ton, the same as the streets already
paved.
Improvement District No. 2-TO pave
Park street from the west side of Acad-
emv street to the east side of Montana
street: Academy street from the north
side of Park street to the south side OF
Broadway; Broadway from the west
side of Academy street to the east side
of Montana street, and Granite streeet
from the west side of Hamilton street
to the east side of Montana street, with
granite blocks, on a concrete ounda
ton, payments for the construction of the
work to be made in accordance with tbs
law providing for special Improvement
districts, which would give property own
ers three years time to pay the amount
of their assessments at simple interest OF
6 per cent per annum.
am of the opinion that the districts
herein outlired would not be objected tc
by the owners of real property on thu
proposed terms, and would be as mucf
paving as can be SATISFACTORY. laid dur
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rely on in this city.
regret my inability to be present a
the committee meeting, and as / canno
attend the meeting of the city counci
this evening | take his means Of defin
ing my views to you on this matter.
Alderman Rowan moved the adoption
of the report, and that the suggestion o
the mayor be added thereto. The motion
prevailed.
The street and alley committee askeC
for further time in which to report on tn
, petition Of Edgar Dayton ct al. for fiXins
, sidewalks on Nevada avenue, as tn
street commissioner is to fill in the street
, Relative to the communication of +
Kinds & Co. for a settlement Of the con
, tract for permanent sidewalks, the com
! mittee recommended that the city er
, gineer furnish the necessary estimate OF
sidewalks. The report was adopted.
1 The fire and water and police commit
: tees reported recommending the purchas
: of thirty large-sized Eve Ready cleo
f trio fash lights for the use of the polio
and fire departments. h report wa
/ on motion adopted. Alderman Noye
was Of the opinion hat the lights cOul
not be purchased without advertising 70
bids.
n The judiciary committee reported a
= follows:
\ That the estimate of N. S. Ledford 70
the construction of wooden sidewalk
during the months of October and No
vember, 1898, be allowed in the sum @
SO. 59O.51; that the claim Of James j. Muir
ply for services as. policeman be disal
lowed; relative to the matter of Thoma
Riley for damages, it was recommends
that'the mayor appoint a committee &
three to compute the damages and settl
the claim.
The report was adopted and the com
mittee, consisting of Aldermen Pascoa
. Cannon and Medin, appointed to. CON
pute and settle.
There being no objections to Coune
/ Resolution No. 22S, authorizing the cor
struction of a sanitary sewer on Par
street, from Oklahoma avenue to Cay