The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-02
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amount $16,990.20 was assessed against
the property served by the sewers and
$3,99S was paid by the city, including
$450, the excess in cost of Improvement
district No. i, due to using larger pipe
that it might form part of the
Fourth street main.
Ninety per cent. of the original city
is severed, and on the west side there
lacks only sewers in the alleys between
Main and Hickory and Commercial
and Front streets to complete it. In
this connection l wish to suggest that
the hospital sewer be extended to the
new county building, as it will be nee
essary before the summer is over.
The outlet to the main sewer is not
in good condition, and may need re-
pairs before long.
storm Water-The city has no
storm water sewers and has to rely
on open bitches and street cutters.
There has been less annoyance from
this source this year than in any pre-
vious year I know of; this is due to
the fact that more labor has been eX
pended in keeping the bitches open
and the drains unlocked, and to the
fact that now the storm water has out
let's on several streets instead of being
concentrated in one.
The Sheep gulch ditch has been
changed some at the west end and at
Tic luWeI Of eastern emu Tue wafer -
now taken under the tracks and out
of the city on Sixth street, instead
of being allowed to cross the Fifth
and flood that part of the town near
the foundry. To accomplish this the
city graded and ditched about $500
feet of Sixth street and built two cul-
verts under the railroad tracks. The
city also built a long culvert across
Oak and Eighth streets. Large guam
titles of sand and gravel have been
washing down the Sheep gulch ditch,
due to a part of it being newly bui,+.
The B., A. & P. railroad has placed
culvert across the railway on the north
side of Park avenue. The stone paw
ing or rip-rap ordered by the council
in the Sixth street ditch has worked
so successfully to prevent washing
down of the banks that I suggest the
ACCESSIBILITY of it's being continued from
time, as bad places are developed. 1t
is very necessary that a culvert be
built across Third street near the rail
road right of way.
street grading-Many of the streets
have been simply opened without any
attempt at grading. The past year
Fifth street, part of Sixth street and
some of the streets running north and
south in the eastern part of the city
We're graded and ditched. This work
is more needed than any other work
l know of. both in relation to the ap-
pearance, safety and usefulness of the
streets as a means of travel and traffic
and to the protection of adjacent prop
erty from flood. The following princi-
pal streets are in need of most atten-
ton: Fourth street from Main east;
Third street from Oak west; Hickory
street from Fourth street to CONNER
c,aI avenue; Washington greet from
Park avenue to Sixth street.
wOnl1 recommend that the w0rl,
on Fourth street be done. as it will
reduce by one-third the amount of
drainage into Park avenue and Third
street. In the work done last year
high crown was given as far as pos
sible to the streets under repair, and
the good results are apparent in their
drying so quickly this spring.
'Sidewalks-About three miles of
sidewalk have been built on 90 streets.
1t is becoming common in the city for
some of the citizens to be injured by
falling on or from the sidewalks. AS a
means of guarding against this 1 take
the opportunity of recommending, as
l have in my last report suggested, that
hereafter no new sidewalks be order
ed laid until the street on which they
are ordered is accurately finished and
graded.
Water supply-The water is furnish
ed by the Anaconda company and is
drawn from the new Lake Hearst res
ervoir at an altitude of more than
5000 feet; thence from two distribut-
ing reservoirs at an elevation of about
800 feet above the city. There are
about Is miles of service mains from
two to 10 inches in diameter. There
are for fire purposes A double fire hy-
drants, an increase of four over last
year. There are also two private hy-
drants. The water pressure in the sys-
tenn is from 80 to $50 pounds per square
inch.
Street sprinkling-All sprinklng Is
done by private parties under permit
from the city and is paid for by pri-
vate subscription. The benefits of
street sprinkling could. I believe, he
extended at a very small cost were the
city to adopt a regular system.
''Lights-The city now burns g. arc
lamps. an increase of II over last year,
and II over the year before. 1t has
been suggested that some of the lights
are suspended too low to make them
as efficient as they could be.
City dump-The city dump is prac-
tically full and is a menace to the
health of the citizens The health Off
GER has time and again called atten-
ton to the maintenance of this nui-
sance without apparent results. There
should, it seems, be more effective
way of disposing of the garbage of a
| Guy I'll 1o,Ooo people tHdi SloliIS, IL III
heaps. l believe it is quite possible
for the city to build for few thou
sand dollars a suitable crematory to
destroy this garbage. In fact, Mr..
Hickey, superintendent of the foundry,
estimates the cost of such crematory
at about $4,000.
Cemeteries-There has not yet been
filed with the clerk and recorder a plat
of the city cemetery east of the city.
A cemetery has been plated and open
ed by the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows about two miles west of the
city in the southeast quarter of sec
ton T. in township north. range II
west, plat of which is on file in the
office of the clerk and recorder.
Il wish to take this opportunity of
thanking the city officers. especially
the street commissioner, chief of po-