The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-01-19
Jos. Parque s. Co., meals for

w. y. Y0uMAns, hny ,.,,,,,, 10 w
II. Brady, city iail work. ,... 0 90
W. Burgess, city jail work ~. II a5
Billings Water Power CO., lights
for December ,..,.,,s..p.,.lTS 10
The following were smallpox bills:
p. II. Smith, cartiaRe hire,.... 80
Harry Gilmore, quarantine off.
Ger ..,,,.,..., ~ 80
Chns. Belax, quarantine officer. D 90
II. ". Turnbull, quarantine ofh.
Ger. ....... .,,,,,, w
Y. Il. St. John, quarantine off.
Ger r...,,.,,s.,t,,, .,,,,,, ~ 0V
I. w. Parker, quarantine officer, 81 2b
IT. M. Allen 81 Co., lumber, 80, 10
John Harper, nurse ut pest house 81 90
Il. p. Townsend, M. D.,..... ,l0l 67
q. u. Potts. quarantine officer, 30 90
I. Silley, quarantine officer, ,,.,, ba 80
simon Foster, wool. .,,,.,,,, . go
Simon Foster, trips 70 pest house 90
New York restaurant, meals for
quarantine pntients al4 so
/ Under the bend OF new business, Fri
zelle brought up the wntetworks mat.
ter again by saying that II had been
over two aud one.half months since tho
water power company bxta been asked
price on itsplant, wa TINT month
aud one-halt Iud v6nspired since Mr..
Rowley hnd lb9M before the council
and promised 70 would write and ascer.
tain the price, II possible, but that
nothing more had been heard, Ben.
nighoff stated that Mr.. Rowley had but
recently told him that he had written,
but hasn't received any answer and
doesn' have any ideu when he will.
After talking on this subject Bennlg.
hoff spoke Of the ideA Of more street
lights for the city, saying that they
were needed and the city should have
them. He spoke Of fifty aro lights,
which would cover the city, and that
a person could then sHe their way home
after the dark shades ot>night had fall.
en-. AT present theIsfty has only nine.
teen street hiphts>"After we get the
numbers ol tberhouses we want lights,
10 we can sae them, said Mr.. Beunig.
hoff. He stated that he had been talk
Ing with Mr.. Rowley about the cost
and that the latter had assured him
that the city would only have to pay
the actual cost for the current. Some.
one asked Beunighoff II Mr., Rowley
had told him that the probable cost Oh
the fifty lights He answered that he
did, but would not Mnk6 ~ known 10
the council, as \hv,~Was not acting 0s
agent for Mr.. Rowley. Az conclusion
Of the matter Bennighoff moved that
the Are aud light committee see how
many lights would be required III the
cooperative limits and Ree how far the
fifty lights would 70. II carried unAn!-
mously.
Clement offered an ordinance relat.
Ing to granting Of request Of Northern
Pacific railway company for the closing
OF streets Thirty and Thirty:one, II be-.
ing the ordinance repX by Attorney
Goddard wheu he ip,foduced the mat.
ter at the orhniyE Of the meeting
Clement also aAxed unanimous consent
that q special meeting be held next Sat.
urday night TO take Immediate action
on same. Il wns seconded by FFizelle
and unanimously carried.
One Of the matters which occupied
some little attention and oaused eonsid-
erable discussion, was, that broaohed by
Clement regarding some street ruMors
pertaining to city affairs. During his
remarks Mr.. Clement stated that the
committee Oh officers and bonds should
be requested to look over tho bonds OF
officers and zoe thnt there was nothing
which might cause the city any trouble,
or that II be loft holding an empty saok,
He snid, supposing committee had IN.
vestigatod and found that deficit had
actually occurred with any or nll city
officers and TINT tho matter had been
concealed, what right had the city TO
act and how could IL recover from the
bondsn,en for such neglect on the part
Of its representatives, Ho further
stated that trust bond companies were
always OIL the lookout for q loopholo OF
escape from making their bonds good.
Concluding. he said that surely the
finance committees work should not
consist alone Of just looking over a res
port and seeing that the addition and
subtraction was correct.
Clement asked for expressions from
the other members, but HennighoH and
Frizelle were the only ones who volun.
teered to talk. The former reviewed
his action Of something over month
ago, when he asked the mayor to In.
struet the finance committee to 10 more
into detail In its work and not stop on
reports alone. Frizelle thought Ole.
inent's point well taken. But here tho
matter rested. The council then ad.
journed.
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