The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-16
DAMAGE BY THE STORM
Valuable Suggestions for the City
of Butte to Heed.
Mr.. HECKLER'S ADVICE
Precautions That Should Be Taken to
Prevent Recurrence Of the Dis
astrous Effects OF Cloudbursts.
Bills the City Is Asked to Pay.

The most sensible proposition in re-
gard to damage by storm has been re-
ceived by the city clerk from Charles
Heckler. Mr.. Heckler has bean dam
aged with the rest. but ;nstea of
throwing the blame on the city and
trying to get it to make his losses goo,
he suggests that the city devise ways
and means to try to prevent such
losses in the future. Twice within the
past month great damage has been
done in all parts of the city by cloud
bursts, and evidently the main thing
is to look out for the future and Try
to reduce damage hereafter to a mini
mum. Mr.. Heckler's letter is as fol-
lows:
Il hereby petition your honorable
body to devise ways and means 50
that damage to property such as hap
pened during the last heavy IAN storm
may be averted. My property situa ted
at the corner of Gold and Dakota
streets was completely Quilted, doing
immense damage and causing tenants
to move. The water broke through the
sidewalk above my premises and found
its way to the Easements, running ev-
erything in it's path. The sidewalks
need filling and certainly should be
stone-curbed."
Dan f. Fultz of 1873 South Main
street has sent in the following claim
for damages caused by the storm:
Overcoat, So; trunk, $3.50; eight dozen
photo samples, s.; three dozen dry
plates, $3.50; photo chemicals, $1.5O;
copyrighted negatives, SIS; printing
frames, IS: miscellaneous negatives, 50;
scrap book of illustrations, 81; Morocco
writing book, 81; engraving 81; colored
print, $l.50; engraving, Amusement of
Borgia," 81; photogravure, 81; two oil
paintings. s.; oil portrait, IS; crayon
portrait, SO: four dozen photos, SIS:
dress cutting model $40; lace curtains,
So; wearing apparel, books, etc, $40;
total, 1914.
The following claim has been re-
ceiVed from j. d. Dyer of 1856 South
Main street:
Time for cleaning out water and
mud from small house .........$ l 40
Time for cleaning out water and
mud from basement of large
house .............. .............. 3 90
Time for laying floor in large
house .......... ............... 90
Flooring material DECENTRALIZATION. ! so
Time for repairing floor in small
house ............ ................ so
Damage to storm box. 10 30
NoSt VI lliiiliS III lpl dllSl SUI III :. 10 w
Total ......... .............$3 S 80
The city council will meet this even
ing, when action will be taken on. the
claims for damages as we'll as on vari-
Gus other matters of Importance.
f. w. Blackford has sent to the city
council a communication making OBJ
lection to the opening of Aluminium
street from Montana street to wash
ington street in the manner shown by
the plat now in the hands of the city
attorney. The plat shows a jog at the
corner of Washington and Aluminium
streets, with Aluminium street some 10
feet further north at the east side of
Washington than at the west side
thereof; thus obstructing the view east
ward from Mr.. Backfords property
and materially damaging the same. Mr.
BlackfOrd says he sees no reason why
these lines cannot run straight from
the corner of Montana and Aluminium
streets in the Welcome Stranger addi-
ton to the corner of Washington street
in the Travonia addition, and thereby
avoid all joys and breaks in the street
line The deviation from a straight
line would be so slight as to be I'M
noticed Mr.. Blackford is the owner
of tract of land 66x16S feet at the
southwest corner of Washington and
Aluminium streets.