The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-09-11
CITY COUNCIL MEET.
Bills Passed, the Yearly Tax Levy Fixed
and Other Matters Considered

The city council met in regular session
last night. Present: Mayor W. H. Griffin;
Councilmen Mulaney, Smithers, McIn-
tire and Gamer; Clerk Frank L. Gray.
Minutes of the previous meeting read
approved.
Ordered that seven new hydrant be
put in on east side.
Reports of officers read and accepted
Police Judge Macarthur reports &c
cases, and the amount of fines turned
over to the city treasurer $4,000. He
also paid county treasurer $500.
POundmaster johnson reported as
having received $23.25 since last report
the disbursement of which he accounted
for and his report was accepted.
Street commissioners report showed a
total expenditure of $346.75. Adopted.
The treasurer's report was also adopted,
as was also the reports of the police.
A petition from Thomas Judge to erect
wooden building on lot 4, block GS, be-
tween Third and Fourth streets, and
Second avenue west, was granted.
A petition was granted to John Myers
to erect building on lot H. block "a.
Josh Ariss was granted Il like priv
lege, and E, E. Kelly was permitted to
erect stone structure on Second street.
Z. V. Yates was granted a permit to
build on lot Is, block 81.
Mrs. Sybel Crisler asked that poll
tax collected from her minor son be re-
funded, and the prayer was granted.
A refund on sewer assessment was re-
fused o. johnson.
A petition for sewer connection by NJ.
Snyder and eleven others, was granted,
and upon vote the same was ordered in.
Similar action was taken regarding a
sewer on First avenue.
Bids calling for construction of sewers
along blocks "a, AZ, 81, 67 and IA, First
avenue west, were ordered advertised.
The ordinance relating to bontires
torchlight parades. ETC., was changed
so that the boundaries are extended tc
the city limits.
Bids for constructing sewer on Fifth
street, between Fifth and Sixth avenue
east, were opened. H. L. Hopkins, 500
B. E. Hopkins, s312.25, Thomas Ode
gard, 1914. The contract was awarded
to H. L. Hopkins for 500.
G. Wilson appeared before the council
asking permission to build water closet
on his leased property. Request was not
granted.
The council then fixed the tax levy fol
the year at II mills, as follows: General
and municipal, mills; road, mills, and
library mill.
The taxable city property this year is
s867,OS5, and increase of s70,16S over that
of last.
Board refused to refund to j. Barrett
money paid out by him in recovering an
animal sold for pound charges.
The seat of Councilman Huebschman
was declared vacant.
On motion it was ordered that side
walks be built along the railroad right of
way.
The following bills were allowed:
L. Myers, street crossings, $29.4O; Dan
Warner, street work, SIS; O'Neil Lumber
company, S1O27; Broderick & Walker,
&c.; j. B. Sinclair, pound expenses, SIT;
j. Rakestraw. sprinkling, $4,000; Charles
Hetzler, street, SAG; Mcintosh Hdw. Co.,
supplies, STOP; Jack Smith, street, SAT;
Dan Warner, street, S23. Bjornby L. We
berg, library supplies, S1.25; Kalispell
Water T. Light company "a; A. Near
thur, police judge, S18: Bronson & Light
hall, supplies. &c.; Walter Aitken, Ii
brary supplies, $3.50; P. r. Sherber, po-
lice, $40; G. w, Avery, sidewalk, S12.1O;
Bradbury 4 Fleury, repairs to sprinkler,
81; j. L. McIntire, hardware, $1.5O: F.
Hess, street, Sc; G. r. Griffith, postage,
$3.50; M. M. Co., supplies, 1896; E.
Rockawitz, street, S.; B. S. Adams,
street, S8.75; A. L. Jacqueth surveys,
etc., $29.5O.
On motion council od;onrnod