The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-20
SEVERAL CONTRACTS LET
Mr.. Riddell Will Build the New
Fire Station for $o,713.
AFFAIRS IN THE COUNCIL
The Old City Corral Fence and Covert
Street Sidewalk Provoke Consider
able Debate-A Quantity of Rou-
tine Business Transacted.

The city council expended much time
last night in debating the bids to pur-
| chase the old city corral fence and on
the question of remedying a defect in
| Covert street sidewalk. The contract
for the construction of the new fire
station was awarded to j. A. Riddell
for s9,713; the plumbing contract in
said building was awarded to the Sill
! Yer Bow Plumbing company for s54S.
| Thomas Rowan captured both contracts
to build storm culverts in Missoula
| gulch and in Buffalo gulch for $685. per
perch and IS cents for excavating.
communication was received from
J. r. Wharton, J. l.. Albritton and other
west side residents, requesting that the
west side of Montana street, between
Quartz and Copper, be sprinkled. The
committee was instructed to prepare a
resolution to create a new sprinkling
district to embrace the district re-
ferred to.
A resolution directing the board of
health to make a contract with some
hospital for the care of emergency cases
was referred to the judiciary committee.
The city attorney submitted a state
ment of cases in which the city Is in
terested now pending in the courts.
George Beck requested that sewer
| taxes be refunded to him. Referred to
the judiciary committee.
William Hallett's horses ran away
the other day and later he found them
in the city corral. He was required to
pay 50 to release them from the Gus
m aGfP ~ q n Ck cd OR
refund of the SO. Referred to the
street and alley committee.
A communication from Chef Small,
deputy city treasurer, relative to sal
airy, was referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
A bill of s2,n5 for the new street
sweeper, sprinklers and dump carts
was ordered paid. provided the company
furnish a good bond to secure the rem
edy of a defect which exists in the
sweeper.
Albert Rutten's bond as city scaven-
ger was approved, and that of James
Brown was referred to the judiciary
committee.
The following report was adopted and
warrant ordered drawn for the
amount of Mary Sloan's claim: Your
committee on judiciary beg leave to
submit the following as their report:
They have had under consideration
COuHCll Dill mo. ~, d Dlll lOT an blul-
nance granting a right-of-way along,
through and under all the streets, al
leys, avenues, public grounds and other
public ways of the city of Butte to
the Montana Heating and Ventilating
company, for THE purpose of laying
pipes and mains in the city of Butte
for heating and power purposes, and
ask for further time in which to make
their report.
"They have had under consideration
the petition of Mary Ann Sloan, ask
ing for a refund of a forfeited bail
bond, and we are of the opinion that
the conditions recommend that war
rant be drawn upon the emergency
fund in the sum Of s25 payable to Mary
Ann Sloan"
The license committee reported rec
ommending disapproval of the bond of
Max Schott, who petitioned for a
license to do a secondhand business,
for the reason that the sureties were
not on the tax roll for any property
not exempt from execution. The COM
mittee further recommended that in
future all parties going on bonds to
the city be required to file with the city
clerk a statement of property to cover
the amount of the bond, before such
bond shall be accepted, The report
was adopted.
The building and light committee re-
ported in favor of the request of the
Butte, Anaconda & Pacific relative to
a light at the corner of Caledonia and
Excelsior streets be granted. Adopted.
The fire and water committee report
recommended the extension of a water
main from Front street to the Valley
addition and the placing of a fire plug
at Iowa avenue and Clark street.
Adopted.
The finance committee recommended
that the city treasurer be directed to
call in outstanding warrants to the
amount of $4,000. divided in the differ
ent funds, according to their date of
registration. Adopted.
The street and alley committee, in it's
report, asked for further time to con-
slider communications from Octave
Demarais and f. o. Dugan and made
these recommendations: The granting
of a petition to Charles T. Tomas; that
the mayor appoint a special COMMITTEES
to inquire into the benefits or damages
TO property owners by the grading of
Silver street from Main to Colorado;
that the request of the Covert street
people relative to handling the water
flowing from the mines, be granted and
the city engineer be instructed to have
the work done at the expense Of the
mine owners.
Ordinance No. 252, providing for the
construction of a sewer on Galena
street from Oklahoma to Gaylord, was
placed upon its final passage. The old
city corral fence was sold to Joe Silver
for $50. The Western Asphalt & Gravel
Roofing company bid S25.
Alderman Knowlton introduced a
resolution requiring the city to place
at the city limits, where railroad cars
enter, a board upon which shall be
printed "City Limits. Slow, Eight
Miles per Hour" The resolution was
adopted.
An ordinance was introduced requir-
ing peddlers, hawkers and travelling
merchants to place duplicate number
ed plates on each side of the box, bask-
ct or wagon in which the merchandise
is carried to be sold or delivered. Tnis
ordinance was drafted at the request
of the city treasurer. The rules We're
suspended and the ordinance PLACED
upon its final passage. This ordinance
is directed particularly toward ICa-
oilers. 1t is sought to tab those who
pay licenses, so that the collector may
designate the delinquent from the
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