The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-22

the claim of John C. Jones. filed June
7, 1892 for damages sustained by rea-
son of a defective sewer in the mid
die of the highway at the corner of
Jackson and Diamond streets in the
city of Butte. and recommend that 'sa id
claim be allowed to the extent of $67,
that being the amount originally ask
ed for by the claimant. We further
recommend that the city attorney be
instructed to institute suit to recover
said amount from the sewer contract
or who constructed this sewer and his
bondsmen.
I'VE have had under consideration
the petition of John H. McQueeney,
asking that the sum of $3.50 be strick
en- from the assessment roll for side
walk tax on lots No. II and IL, in block
No. IA, in the city of Butte, this be-
ing included in the total amount of
$4743; and also asking that the 10 per
cent. penalty on the whole bill be de-
Quoted. We recommend that the
prayer Of the petitioner be granted in
so far as the $3.50 charge for grad
ing is concerned. inasmuch as the
same was paid May l, 1896. and that
the prayer of the petitioner in refer
ence to the 10 per cent. penalty be dis
allowed.
I'VE have had under consideration
council bill No. IS, bill for an ordi-
company the right to cross Wyoming
street and Broadway street with an
electrical wire, and recommend that
the ordinance do pass.
In reference to the communication
of Mary Ann Sloan, concerning bail
bond for Nicholas Morrissey, your
committee request further time in
which to report,
I'VE have had under consideration
council resolution N. 249, a resolution
creating sprinkling districts and divid-
ing the city of Butte into such dis
tricts. and recommend that same be
amended so as to include Covert street
from Broadway street to Park street,
and that said resolution, as so amend
ed, be adopted
Council bill No. IS, granting fran
chise to the Butte Hotel company to
string electric wires between the Butte
and McDermott hotels, was read the
third time and passed.
Council bill No IA, by Kelly, estab-
fishing the grades of certain streets,
was read first and second times and
under suspension of the rules was read
a third time and passed.
Council bill No. Is, by Medin, requir-
ing scavengers doing business in the
city to give bonds for the efficient per-
Torrance of work, was read first and
second times. The rules were again
suspended and the bill read the third
time and passed.
Objections to the city's declaration
of intention to grade Colorado street
south were called for, and there being
none, the resolution was adopted.
A resolution instructng the city engi-
neer to establish the grade of Gaylord
street from Mercury to Madison was
read and adopted
Siebenaler was granted leave of alb
sence during July and August.
Bausman moved that the city clerk
be instructed to advertise for bids for
the construction of the storm sewers
provided for in the sewer committees
report, the bids to be in at the next
regular meeting. Carried.
Bids for doing the proposed paving
were before the council Two bids had
been submitted after o'clock, one
three minutes and one Is minutes after,
and Siebenaler moved that these should
be thrown out. The motion prevailed,
8 to on roll call, Kelly, Knowlton,
Kroger, Macarthur, Medin, Page and
Smith voting in the negative.
The proceedings were interrupted by
Macarthur moving the city attorney be
instructed to prepare a resolution de-
claring the citys intention to construct
a sewer on Galena street from Gaylord
to Oklahoma. Carried.
Pages motion providing for the pur-
chase of supplies for the fire depart
ment carried, and Kelly moved the
purchase of a team of horses. No ac-
ton.
Knowlton was called to the chair and
he granted E. o. Dugan permission to
speak. He said he had sent his bid
for doing the paving in at o'clock. He
could not understand why it had not
reached the city clerks office before
o'clock
Page called up petition for extern
sion of water mains in the Hope addi-
ton, which had been favorably recon-
mended, and moved it be granted. The
motion prevailed.
Kroeger moved the city engineer be
provided with a conveyance for trans
porting his Instruments and appliances.
He was authorized to hire a rig.
On motion of Knowlton, the city en-
gineer was instructed to draw resolu-
tons declaring the city's intention of
building sidewalks on Iowa avenue,
Gaylord, Grant and Atlantic streets
and Oklahoma avenue.
At last the council got back to the
paving bids, and Mr.. Dugan was heard
again. He said he trusted to a friend
to put in his bid while he was on
jury, and he thought his bid should be
considered. A question of veracity here
arose. Bausman said he saw Dugan
hand the clerk his bid after o'clock
said he saw it. The clerk said he was
handed an envelope by Dugan which
was marked IBID on catch basins"
The bids We're at last opened, as fol-
lows: James Welch, $685. per square
yard; ]. J. Haggerty, $4.12h; T. R.
Kinds, 1919; Thomas Rowan, $685.
Mr.. Dugan served notice that he