The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-25
HE is MUCH GRAT|F|ED
Good Work Is Being Done on
the Streets.
MAYOR MADE INSPECTION
The Alleys We're Never So Clean as at
the Present Time-McCarthy Is Full
filing His Promises. Has
Another Plan.

One of the promises made by Mayor
Mccarthy in his message to the council
was that he should take personal super
vision of the work done on the streets
and alleys, to the end that the highways
and byways should be kept in better con-
dition than they have been in the past.
Yesterday Mayor Mccarthy took the first
step toward carrying this promise to full
fillment. He called up on the street com
missioner, J. J. Cotter, and was driven
through every street and every alley in
the city that is of any Importance and
made personal inspection of them all.
What he saw was very pleasing he after
wards stated.
Il was much gratified," said Mayor Nc
Carthy in speaking of his trip of inspec-
ton, Ito find such good work being done
on the streets. The streets were in very
fair condition generally, and l certainly
never saw the alleys as clean as theysare
at the present time. ] intend to make a
periodical inspection in order that l may
have personal information regarding the
character of the work done by the street
and alley department. About the only
thing l saw during my ride over the
streets and alleys to-day to complain of,
or, at any rate, the thing most to be com
planned of, was the manner in which bus
mess houses throw papers out into the al
leys. l suppose they are generally put
into box or some other receptacle, but If
1t is not covered the first wind gust scat
tiers them broadcast. The practice of
throwing out loose papers is the cause of
| more runaways than any other one thing,
and besides they look bad blowing about
4l,n ~trN
business men that they provide covered
receptacle of some kind into which to
put their loose paper and other refuse
1t will help greatly to keep the streets and
alleys clean"
Mayor Mccarthy is maturing another
plan in the line of progression which the
council will probably be asked to take
up in the near future. 1t is sanitary
measure and is intended to keep the city
| clear of all garbage and unsanitary refuse
| at the ctys expense. Mayor Mccarthy
| plan is to inaugurate the system in vogue
| in all large cities. The city is divided into
| what are known as garbage districts
| Citizens are required to deposit all refuse
matter they wish to dispose of in some
| kind of a receptacle convenient for empty
| ing into wagon aand man with team
and wagon is assigned to each district
under the direction of the street depart
| u
garbage in his district and haul it away.
| The plan most generally followed is to
| have a daily collection in the business CEN
| ter and semi-weekly in the residence see
| tons The system is invaluable as a sani-
| tary measure. Mayor Mccarthy figures
that two or three teams at the outside
could do the work for the whole city, and
| therefore the expense would not be very
heavy Mayor Mccarthy expects to take
the matter up with the council very short
ly and hopes to be able to put the system
| into effect.
Thomas r. Kinds, the successful bidder
| 70. the paving contract, filed his bond
with the city clerk yesterday. The bond
is in the sum of $50, 900, with John Mac
| Ginniss and Hugh l. Wilson as sureties
| By the terms of the contract the work
must be begun by July Is and the paving
must be finished by Nov. l. 1t is not
known as yet just when the work will
start.
There is a possibility that the season
| may not see much of the contemplated
paving done, as it is the intention of prop
erty owners in all the improvement dis
tricts, with one exception, to ask the
courts to enjoin the city from going
ahead with the paving. Notice of thi:
intention was served on the mayor yes
terday by Attorney Robert Mcbride, who
in a communication informed the mayo
that on behalf of the property owners II
districts l, @ 3, 4, 5, g. Z, s, and 10 HI
would begin injunction proceedings a:
soon as ground is broken in any of thes'
districts. In the vent the motion for an in
junction is sustained there can be littl
paving done, and in any event so mucl
time is liable to be consumed in hearing
the matter in the courts that all the paw
ing cannot be completed this season.