Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-12
COUNCIL At WORK
BREAKS RECORD FOR AMOUNT
OF BUSINESS DONE.
BRAVE SERGT. DUFFY WEEDS.
Death of a Member Of Odd Fellows
Lodge-Dr. Leahy Honored By
Croatians.

Mayor Madden and Aldermen Collins.
Cariher, Kelly, McHugh, Twohy. O'Leary,
Stephens, Morley and McDermott. were
present at a meeting Of the city council
last night.
Residents of East Park avenue pre-
sented a petition through Alderman
O'Leary asking for an arc light at the
corner of Park and Ash streets.
d. Kaufman presented a petition ask
ing for permission to cree. & glass front
in his store in the PARROT block. the
front to extend Is inches. Aldermen
Twohy and Collins argued against the
petition. Alderman OLeary favored the
petition. Alderman McDopnell's motion
to table carried.
Bills for street work amounting to
$942 We're read and ordered paid.
An additional bill vas presented in ia
vor of Mrs. N. l. Emerson for $25 for
doing certain work compiling the city
ordinances for publication. The alder
men jumped all over the bill for the
reason thai City Attorney ]. R. Boarman
had guaranteed that the work would not
cost ITO exceed $500. and so15 had already
been paid for the work. The bill was
laid on the table by a motion made by
Alderman Stephens.
John White was allowed $12 for kill
ing and disposing of - dogs. The cur
rent bills We're read and referred. The
bill for water was $491 .65. light 1890, lum-
her, July and August. 1892. 60. City En-
gineer MacDonaldis report recommend
ed cutters being constructed on East
Fourth street to lessen t.:e surface drain
age on Third and Park streets. Alder
nan Morley moved that the recommend
~tion be carried out. Alderman Twohy
spoke against the improvements at this
time of the year. He was opposed by
/ nro. - at ID. a,,
stood with Twohy and threw a lew bou-
quets at the good work of Street Com
missioner Shovlin. Alderman Kelly was
in favor Of good street grades. and also
good cutters, but did not favor the eX-
pe~nditure. Alderman Mcdonnell spoke
IN favor of the measure. Alderman Two
by Said he stood ready to fire the first
shot in favor of a retrenchment in the
matter OF street expense. He appealed to
the aldermen to defeat the measure. The
street commissions also undertook to
speak on the measure. Alderman Ste
phens rose to a point of order as to
whether the commissions was in order
or not. Mr.. Shovlin was granted permis-
sion to talk and started out With many
details which We're objected to by AL
dermen Kelly and Stephens, and was
compelled TO take his seat. The motion
was lost.
Chief of Police Whites report showed
the following arrests:
Assault and battery 3, drunk 9. dis
tunbance 10, prostitution 2, petit larceny
Z. vaarancy 3, malicious mischief 8; to-
tai Al. Receipts-Pound SO, row fines
500, police fines s110.
A resolution fixing a levy of S IL mills
for administration and municipal pur-
poses and l 1-2 mills for interest on mu-
ffcipal bonds was carried.
George O11eary was confirmed as a
regular member of the fire department.
Improvement district No. Is, embrace
ing blocks Il, Sc and los, between Pine
and Walnut streets, was instituted and
the city engineer was instructed to pre-
pare plans and specifications. Bids We're
ordered advertised. The bids will be
opened Sept. "a.
City Attorney Boarman being now
present was called upon to explain Mrs.
Emerson's bill for $25. He said the extra
work was for compiling certain state
laws which were added believing the or
dinance books would be made more vail
liable. Alderman OLeary said it was
not within the province y. the city attor-
ney to contract such bills. Alderman
Mcdonnell moved that the Emerson bill
be taken from the table. The motion
was lost.
The city clerk was instructed to order
four directories of the city of Anaconda
at 81 apiece for use in the various city
offices.
Only one bid was received 4or the
printing or the clly ~OfdlnanceS IN Dook
form. This was from the Anaconda
Standard. The bid specified one grade of
work for S2.25 per page and the other
without marginal notes at $500 per age.
Mayor Madden, for the information OF
the members, said the printed ordin-
ances in book form ait 500 per page
would cost 5000 and at 1925 per page
$675. When the matter was first taken
up it was believed the work could be
compiled and printed for $500. The coun.
Gil has already paid s215 for compiling
and the printing will cost 5000 or more
which the financial condition of the city
will hardly justify, in his estimation
Alderman Stephens moved that the bids
be laid on the table.