The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-02
TO PAVE THE STREETS
Council Declares It's Intention to
Proceed With the Work.
REGISTRY AGENTS NAMED
Those Who Will Enroll the Voters.
Propositions of Heath and the
Thompson Investment Co.
Rejected.


Just four members and the mayor
were present when the roll was called
at last evenings council meeting Dur
/ ing the reading Of the minutes, how
| ever, sufficient number to constitute
quorum strolled in and the council
| got down to business and disposed of
lot of routine matters and a few i'm
portant ones. The proposition of H. r.
Heath to lease the Auditorium and an
other which came from the Thompson
| Investment company, were given their
| quietus by the council refusing to en-
terrain them for moment, even to the
| extent of referring them. Resolutions
| declaring the city's intention to pave
| and making provision therefor in ac-
| cordance with the plan heretofore out
lined. were introduced and passed, as
were also ordinances reducing the
! amount of cost to be assessed to prop
erty owners benefited for the opening
of Covert and Iron streets and Thorn
| ton avenue from rs per cent of the
| whole cost to so per cent Another
matter OF moment was the appointment
| of registration agents to take the regis
tration for the spring election.
| In the regular order of business Mrs
| Christiana Smith notified the council
| she was not aware. she had to pay city
| taxes and asked that her home be
| taken from the delinquent list and she
| not be required to pay the tax. On
| motion of Alderman Knowlton the mat
| ter was referred and the city treasurer
instructed not to sell the property till
| the matter was investigated.
| Mrs. Eliza Williams of 947 Nevada
avenue made inquiries relative to the
| grade of the streets at Nevada avenue
and Second street.
| Pat Mullins asked permission to build
| a nd-ball court in the rear of Court
ney's store. Referred to the light and
| building committee.
The Thompson Investment company
submitted a proposition to lease the
| Auditorium. Knowlton said he thought
| the Auditorium was built for the pen-
| pie and he was opposed to its being
| leased to any one. His motion to re-
| fuse the proposition carried unanimous
| ly without further comment The
| Heath proposition published some days
| ago was as quickly refused on motion
| of Noyes.
William Winters offered to sell to the
| city ground for a corral. 100 by 152 feet,
| for which he asked $4,000. Another
such proposal from Silas King was
read. Both were referred to the street
| and alley committee.
| The kick of l.. Mursell against pay
! ing quarterly license for selling maps
in the city was read, in which Mursell
| asked for a rebate of all but $3.50 of
his license. The communication was
| laid on the table.
! Bills for repairs and improvements to
I l l., I.,sl IA !
| by III. J. Blume and John Mccoy. Pas
| coe said he had never heard of any re-
| pairs or improvements being obtained
| and he thought the matter ought to be
| looked into bv the light and building
| committee The bills were so re-
| ferred.
The claim of the Anaconda company,
| lumber department, for $96664 for con-
i structing a culvert was read and re-
| ferred to the street and alley commit
| tee.
Ellen Byrne asked that her taxes on
| property at Woolman and Wyoming
streets be stricken from the roll on the
grounds of inability to pay them. Re
| ferred to the judiciary committee and
| city treasurer instructed not to sell till
| investigated.
A communication from Mrs. Lorn-
| stein relative to special sidewalk tax
was laid over pending action of the
| judiciary committee on a similar mat
| ter
| j. w. Mclean registered protest
| against being assessed for sewer taxes
for sewer in the alley between Quartz
and Copper streets on the ground that
| he had paid sewer tax. Referred to
| the sewer committee.
City Attorney DeWolfe submitted a
communication informing the council
| a judgment had been given against the
| nj Nr fn?, in, fot- Of 7 Mat,y
He was instructed to file motion for a
| new trial
The building inspectors report for
February was read and filed. 1t shows
% permits We're issued during February
| for buildings to cost $3.50.
| The reports of the poundmaster, Ii
cense collector. chief of the fire depart
| ment and chief of police were read and
filed Chief Flannery's report of the
work of the fire department showed
there were 16 fires, entailine a loss Of
1886 on property valued at $132,500, on
Which there was insurance to the
amount of $94,5O0.
Mayor Harrington submitted the ap-
pointment of registration agents for the
spring election as follows: Democrats,
A. J. Tarhet and R. D. Babcock; repub-
lcans, #. S. Grandy and c. A. Lyford.
The appointments were ratified.
The license committee reported. rec
ommending that the petitions and bonds
of l. Adler and S. w. jackson be
granted and the bonds approved; that
Charles e. Stevens communication, rel
alive to plumbing license, be filed; that
Walter Wochinsky's petition for a IL
cense to carry on a secondhand bust
ness be granted. The report was adopt
ed.
The judiciary committee reported as
follows:
Relative to the communications con-
corning special sidewalk tax in the cases
of Henry Jonas and Dan Gamer, we
recommend that the city accept one-half
the amount of taz from the petitioners,
the remainder to be paid by the city