The Anaconda standard., 1899-06-08
THE CITY FATHERS NET
A Great Mass of Business Has
Accumulated.
THEY WILL MEET TONIGHT
Unable to Reach Some OF the Inn
portant Matters The Observance
ofthe Fourth-Protest Against
Moving the Fire Station.

to transact it all, and accordingly ad-
| to finish up business. During the
deadlock of several weeks a great deal
| of public work was delayed and now
| the council finds it's hands to be full
All the matter of paving work and 9TH
er important matters were postponed
| until tonight.
The bids for construction of sanitary
streets and Iowa avenue were: James
WEIGH, $500; E. o. Dugan, $5,575;
Henry Sanfeld, s5,725: G. Karleman
& Co., $5,245; Oren & Bardsen, $4,000.
| The contract was awarded to Oren &
Bardsen, the lowest bidders.
The following communication was re-
ceived from the mayor in regard to the
observance of the Fourth of July:
1T will soon be 1913 years since the
| independence of the United States was
declared The Fourth of July, which is
set apart by law as holiday, is prob
| ably better understood and more APP
preciated by the American people than
| any other save and excepting the Sab
| bath day itself.
| las time goes on, with our increas-
| ing population and advancing civiliza-
| ton, to my mind the good arising from
| the proper observance of this national
holiday is likewise increased. Liberty
| and independence are hard to gain, but
oftimes easily lost. So it is with the
observance of this day. The Fourth of
! July as a holiday serves a double pur-
pose-that of the fitting recognition of
| what we owe our forefathers for win
ming and maintaining this republic for
| us, and instilling in those amongst us
| that patriotic devotion to the principles
| which n
| the retention of that liberty and indie
| pendence won for us and providing to
| all classes that freedom which we do
| now enjoy.
1T seems fitting that this body rep
| resenting as it does the people of this
| city, should take some steps in bring
| ing about an observance of this COM
| ing holiday. I desire to inform you
| that 1t would be my pleasure to act
with you in such a way as your best
| judgment may suggest to attain this
end
On motion of Alderman Bryant the
| mayor appointed a committee of eight
| to join with the citizens in getting up
| a celebration. The committee includes
| Aldermen Ferns, Smith, Archambault,
| Elderkin, Kroger, Medin Page and Vir-
| tue.
The following protest was received
| against the removal of the central fire
station and was placed on file:
We the undersigned citizens of the
| city of Butte, hereby desire to enter
our most emphatic protest and disap-
| proval of the removal of the central fire
station from the city:Ahall, for. the rea-.
| sons that we deem it absolutely essen
tial that it remain where it is for the
| protection of our property. 1t it a we'll
| known fact that within a radius of four
| blocks of the central station the most
valuable business property is situated,
! and the removal of any apparatus from
| this station would certainly be a det-
| riment to our property, inasmuch as it
would remove the necessary fire pro-
| tection.'
The protest is signed by the Butte
Hotel company, Dan Tewey, James w.
Forbis, Miles Finlen, T. r. Kinds, John
Noyes, H. L. Frank, William McDer-
mott, j: L: Hamilton, P. ]. Brophy,
Davis & Weimscary company, Owsley
Realty company, Phoenix Electric com
pany, Case, Gravelle & Erwin company,
| d. j. Hennessy, E. D. Leavitt Cans &
Klein, Siegel Clothing company, Bah
| cock & Co., Fred Gamer Shoe company,
Newbro Drug company, Gordon-Lewis
| company, E. L. Whitmore H. C. Car
ney, Hight & Fairfield, Schilling Bros,
Butte General Electric company, Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company, c.
| L. Miller Bartlett Bros
A petition for a franchise comforting
| to the Butte Hotel company the right
| to cross Arizona and Broadway streets
with an electric wire was referred to
| the judiciary committee The fran
| chise is for the purpose of furnishing
| electric light to the Butte and McDer-
| mott hotels.
A communication from John Rrana-
gan, claiming salary as street COM
| missioner up to May 90 On motion of
Alderman Bryant the captain was Or
10
| nous vote.
A resolution creating sprinkling dis
tricts and dividing the city into such
| districts was passed it was voted to ad-
vertise for bids for the sprinkling, the
/ bios to be in al the next meeting.
The contract of the Austin & West
| ern company, limited, for supplying
| the city with one street sweeper, two
| dump wagons and three street sprink-
| lers was approved.
A petition of w. e. Burgess ct al. in
| regard to storm sewer along Mis-
| soula gulch from Park to Mercury
streets was referred to the sewer COM
| mittee.
petition of the Rocky Mountain
Bell Telephone company in regard to
| the removal of poles on the south side
of Broadway was granted
| A petition of James Shackleton in re-
! gard to a tent to be erected tempo
| IdTly III lHe IRE lot the aD-
preaching Heinze-Noyes nuptials was
| granted.
An indemnifying bond was filed by
| w. H. Winters for the protection of the
| city from damage in regard to the cor
| raj on lower Arizona street was laid
on the table, it being the opinion of
| the city attorney that it is value
| less.
The petition and bond of Edgar Day
| ton for license for house moving was
| referred back for the submission of a
| proper bond
The claim of John c. Jones for dam
| ages of $3.50 to his hack by reason of
| defective streets was referred to the
| judiciary committee.
| A communication of Mary Ann Sloan
| IN regard to bail bond furnished for
prisoner and which had not been re-
turned to her, was referred to the
| judiciary committee.
A communication from J. H. Nc
| Queeney in regard to special sidewalk
tax on lots II and u, block IA, of Noyes
linton addition r6f TO tha