Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21

There were special receipts for special
improvements sidewalks. street grades,
etc. but these matters are SO balanced
that the general result is not affected.
There was an increase in the general
taxes of about $40, 900 for the year and it
is expected that the same ratio of in
crease viii be observed for the year 1901.
Taken as a whole the showing appears
to be a satisfactory one.
Treasurer Ben. +. Calkins has just got
through with his busy days and has the
satisfaction of knowing that out of a
total tax of $22S 900 being II mills on the
assessed valuation that the delinquent
list is only about $1,000. Mr. Calkins has
as deputies Byron H. Cook and c. A.
Small, and with their assistance has all
the books up to date and they are in the
best of shape.
For City Engineer r. c. Bickenbach
and his able assistant, j.. II. Kyd, the
year 1S1o has been the busiest one during
the last three years. This office during
the last three years has done more busi-
ness than was done in the preceding six
years. At the present time one draughts-
man and two rodmen are employed by
the office. but during the summer
months the force was much larger. At
PIP the yearly assessments of all public
improvements for the past year. 1t is
the duty of the city engineer to supervise
the construction of all public improve
ments, to establish grades etc, and to
look after the sewer system, there being
about twenty-five miles of sanitary sew
ers exclusive of the storm sewers.
w. j. Kennedy, the building inspector
has desk in the Office of the engineer
and during the year has written out
many permits for buildings, a report of
which will be found in another column.
j. J. Golfer, the street commissioner has
troubles which are shared by j. II. Paige,
as his assistant. 1t is the duty of the
street commissioner to look after all re-
pairs on the streets and sidewalks. clean
ing and sprnkling. All citizens testify to
his good work for the cleaning of the
streets in Butte is a problem that is
hard to cope With. The average eX-
penses of the work of cleaning and repair
is between $4,000 and $4,000 per month.
The work of the health department has
been carried on with more vigor during
the past year than ever before, and the
outlook is that no resident in the future
will be allowed to violate the ordinance
relating to the health of the city. The
nPatCn OIllceE is LIZ. y. IN fAieAdHutl dllu
ne is ably assisted by the following:
T. NJ. Mckinley as the sanitary police
man: John H. Cronin as the sanitary
inspector and DR.. G. d. Bryant as spe
cial assistant city physician to attend to
the work of vaccination. This depart
ment of the city has been particularly
active since the smallpox epidemic of
last year, and the result is that garba ge
heaps all over the city have been cleaned
up and the practice of draining foul wa
ter along the surface of the streets and
alleys has been abolished. The police
court is supporting the work of the
health Office, and unless the orders Of
the health officers are obeyed the of
fender is promptly fined. officer McGin-
ley states that he will give only single
notice to anyone maintaining a nuisance,
and if the order is not obeyed an arrest
will follow. DR.. Bryant, as the vaccin-
ating physician, has performed that SER
vice for hundreds of people at the eN
pence of the city, and it is believed that