The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1899-09-08

ordinance relNtiNg to tho numbering al
streets, avenues aud houses WAS iAtl0s
dNeed, There was some diseNesi0N IN
/ TO tho Ndvisubillty ot Numbering the
houses. II was finally decided TO refer
tho matter to tho committee on erdin.
aNe0s with tho request to draw uE IN
ordinance for the putting up Of signs on
tho streets and alleys,
Benniphotf oallad up the matter Of
thu clerk having been instructed 10 W.
quest eeNnty commissioners not 10
grant my further liquor license 10 tho
pfopfiat0rs of tho hoNses of ill.fAma,
aud asked what hAA been doMe In tho
pfen,iscs, The clerk reported that he
had done as requested, but received no
satisfaction from tho commissioners,
BeNniRh0if then moved thnt tho police
magistrate b0 requested 20 raise the
fines for proppietOrs Of tho houses Of Ill,
fAm0 from &at 10 Sfb u month,
He said thei0 VIVA Aa SENSE IN allowing
those honAea 10 carry on liquor hnsinoss
unless they paid their share Ut taxes
Just like any other, Tho statue states
thnt the tln0 for keepers Of such houses
shall not he loss than aa5 nor more
than 800, and the keepers ean l,o ap,
rested every day aNd made 10 pay u
tiDt, Th0te has been u mutual under,
standing hetwrcN the council and no.
lice magistrate thRt tho fno shall ho
tab aud this N what they have been
payiuR, Dennighof made n motion
that tho city treasurer ba instructed 10
collect city license foo 0f 100 Il quaI.
tor from all housos selling liquar, II
was carried, his former motion having
no seGoNd
An ordinance fixing tho lieense for
peddlers with wagon ~ 800 IL year for
Y one horse sshay, md *s0 Il year for
tWa.hafso WnYan, shao.ing gallery and
bowling alley, &40 u year, street exhi.
billions by qUauk doetois, ato,, where IL
is doNo 10 raise money other than
church or benevolent purposes, 10 u
hAy, WIS referred to tho ordinance com.
Mitto0 tor revision. The incentive for
this ordinance was 40 doubt The Quaker
doctors, who spent three weeks lii our
city recently and fairly gathered Ia tho
shekels Tor their qaaek medicine,
BeNNiRhot, stated that ono ef tho doc.
tors had told him TINT they never saw
such suckers az there we're Ia Montana
they tool over $1,000 cut OF Bill.
ines.
The following bills were thoh sand.
Wiehed mud passud by u full votes
Fred j, MashaW, nssipnod hilla,slT 40
patquo u Co., meals for prison.
eFs,,.,t,,7 .',,,,,t=6,rt,r,n 10
W. A. Peery, cutting weeds, ,., 90
A. 8. Glass;, street spfinkling ~, 70 on
III, M. Allen d Co., lumber IL. AZ al
H. =. Evans, city treasurer, three
months office reAt,. 10 90
A. A. MorFis, aHryeying. ,,. % 30
Billings Water Power Co., alec.
trio lights for August ,,.,,,.aa0 90
Nina j. Brown. typewsiting. !. . 10
John Powers, repairing side.
WH!ks' '''''',!,,,tr,t,., w
John Powers, repairing crossings "a 90
u. p. Townsend, city physician. 10 90
YeRen Bros, bill Of merchandise ~ 7b
Alderman BeNnighofl has made II a
point 10 Interest himself In tho duties
pertaining 10 his Office ~ woll AZ to tho
interests Of the city. He believes In 4
progressive city and has expressed him.
self 10 this effect M several meet.
ings. Ae wants 10 extend water mains
and sidewalks and Nlso aet 0iiieas and
vaults for the safe keeping Of all city
records IN we'll M q decent city hall
and fro building, md Ia not backward
about letting tho other members know
Just where no stands In this particular,
Ha said that the city needs new city
hall aud he mentioned tha matter to
prepare the members for something
that no will introduce ~ tho next meat-
Ing,
This hp0aght forward Alderman FIixr
ellie, who, In introducing his speech,
snid that the mayer In hiR inaugural
speech some few months since, had ad-
yooated tho municipal ownership Of the
public utilities, and that was n matter
upon which he wished 10 speak He
suid thar he th0nght the time was ripe
tor tle o0unoil 70 10 something locking
10 the city ownership 0f the water
works, Mp, priselle has no doubt been
talking with eitizpns pegarding tho
matter for he stated that ha haliaved q |
majority Of tho people af Billings wepe
In favor 0f tho city QwAipe tho water
works and believed that II tho aaHHail
shonld start on n pp0jaet tor its pnrr
chase, that " wauld he backed by tho
people, The present. contract with tho
billings Wafer Power company daas
not expire fop six years yat, but nv, |
PFiaelle thinks, Al da many others, that
something should ba dQHa at once,
According 10 the contract II, NJ the ax-
plratieA 0f the term af twenty years the
city does not baF the system, " must
grant u new aaatpaat fap another taFM
0f twenty years
v, H. III, aaha rendered his resigHa-
tieA AZ alderman from tho FaHrth ward,
BY seAs0a af his having EamaVad tQ tha
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