The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-03
COUNCIL WAS SWAMPED
Aldermen Dsluged With Reports
and Communications.
A VETO BY THE MAYOR
Buffalo Gulch Sewer Is Not an Urgent
Necsssity-The City's Construction
Expenses Heavy-The Mayor
Was Sustained

the only thing to do was to adjourn till
next Wednesday night.
The judiciary committee reported as
follows, but action was deferred until
next week:
That they have had under consid-
Grafton a communication of George
Beck in reference to rebate on sewer
! assessment and ask for further time in
which to make their report.
THAT they have had under consid-
sideration the claim of G. A. Small for
additional compensation for the months
of May and June of this year and rec
ommend that the same be disal-
lowed.
THAT they have had under consd-
Grafton the bond of James Brown and
| recommend that the city clerk notify
the principal in said bond to cause the
sureties thereto to submit statements
showing their assets in accordance with
the resolution heretofore passed by this
council.
"That they have had under consid-
Grafton council bill No. 10, bill for an
ordinance granting a right of way
along, through and under all the
streets, etc, of the city of Butte, to the
Montana Heating & Ventilating COM
| pany, and recommend that the same
the amount of the bond provided by
said ordinance from the sum of $4,000
| to the sum of $4,000.
THAT they have had under consid-
| Grafton council bill No. 81 relating to
| licenses, and ask for further time in
which to report.
THAT they have had under consid-
GRAFTON communication in the nature
of an ordinance in reference to hos
pital, medical and surgical care and
| treatment in emergency cases and rec
ommend that the same be referred to
| the board of health with the request
| that the board of health report regard
| ing the advisablity of the passage of
such ordinance and the means and ex-
pense etc, of taking this step.
THAT they have had under consider
alton council resolution 255, resolution
creating sprinkling district No. g. and
recommend that the same do pass"
At the request of the judiciary COM
mittee some time ago, City Attorney
Lamb addressed a communication to
Mr.. Halves, who exported the late ex-
Treasurer Jacobs books. Mr.. Halves
replied that he would come to the city
and testify at the trial to come up next
fall, providing the city pay him $40
day and all expenses. The trial is
against the bondsmen of the defaulting
eX-treasurer. IT was apparent that the
! council favored employing another eX-
| pert, rather than incur the expense of
sending for Mr.. Halves. The communi-
| cation of Attorney Lamb was referred
| to the judiciary committee.
The mayor vetoed the action Of the
council of July 49, whereby the contract
for the construction of what was to 6e
known as the Buffalo gulch sewer was
awarded. The mayor gave as reasons
for his action his opinion that the work
contemplated is not such as could be
n he lny,n
ground of urgent necessity; further,
| that the work contemplates a large ex-
pendlture of money and that the con-
struction expenses of the city so far
TINS year have come close to the ap-
proximates allowed under the constitu-
ton of the state with reference to linn
itation.
Mr.. Bryant asked for an opinion by
the city attorney in regard to the prob
able action against the city, as the con-
tract had already been let. Mr.. Lamb,
city attorney, gave it as his opinion
that the city would not be liable. Mr.
Bryant moved that the action of the
mayor be concurred in. This motion
was seconded. Before the motion was
put to vote, Mr. Knowlton arose to
remark that he did not agree with the
mayor, who stated, among other rea-
sons, that the contemplated sewer was
not a necessary sanitary measure. He
also urged that the sewer be built The
vote resulted 8 to 6 and the chair an
nounced that the veto was sustained
Those voting mo- were Bausman,
Britt, Knowlton, Kroger, Moves and
Virtue; Siebenaler absent.
The petition from Samuel Ayotte and
others praying for relief from the city,
which uses certain streets over certain
mining claims in the suburbs, was laid
on the table.
w. f. Rowan petitioned the council
for rebate of taxes. Referred.
The health officer reported and rec
commended that action be taken to rid
the city of the nuisance complained of
with reference to the Syrian settlement
on the Hesperus lode.
On motion of Mr.. Macarthur, the street
commissioner was instructed to put
teams and men at work to clean up the
place and charge it up to the health de-
partment. Carried.
S. f. and Cora Page petitioned to
have the street graded in front of their
property at the corner of Platinum and
Nevada streets In this connection,
the petitioners made a statement of
their losses by the recent floods and
asked that steps be taken at once They
would rather settle the matter out of
court, but If the council does not at
tend to the matter they propose to take
the case into the courts. They place
their loss OcCasioned by the flood at
$500 and attribute the damages to the
fact of the city having previously ignor-
ed their request to have the street
graded so that water would not flow
from it into their houses. w. a. Clark
owner of many lots in the TraVonia ad-
dition, petitioned to have a street grade
established at the lower end of jack
son. Referred.
The petition of John ORourke to
strike from the tax roll certain assess
ments was referred, as was the COM
municatiOn of ]. w. Newton regarding
condemnation of certain property.
The League of American Municipali-
ties of New York extended the council
an invitation to attend the meeting of
the league in Syracuse, on Sept. 1922
invitation acknowledged
Police Officer M. R. Torpey petitioned
the council with reference to his sus-
pension by Chief Lavell on July 10 He
said that no cause was assigned for
his removal Referred to the police
committee
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