The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-11-08
a K ANOTHER TRADE.
City Swaps Realty to improve Site Of
New Hall.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.

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New Hall.
From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
Alderman Thorsen and Cothron
were absent when the roll was called
at the opening of last nights session
of the city council.
The reports of the various officers
were submitted. That of the treasur-
err was reported as correct and it was
accepted and approved. Those Of the
chief of police and police magistrate
had been turned in too late and the
finance committee was granted until
the next meeting to check and verify
them.
w. W. Smith submitted his bond as
retail liqdor dealer with Jeff Brewer
and l., H. Fenske as sureties. Ac-
copied.
A petition for an electric light at
the corner of North T~wenty-ninth
street and Fifth avenue and M on
North T%hirty-first street and Fifth
avenue was reported f%avorably by
the committee.
The petition was laid over until the
next regular meeting. On motion the
clerk was instructed to correspond
with the clerks Of Butte, Anaconda
and Helena with reference to the plan
pursued in those cities as regards
compelling railroad companies to pay
for the maintenance of lights at cross
ings of their tracks, n of the lights
petitioned for being at a crossing of
the Burlington tracks.
The street committee asked for in
structions concerning the matter of
sprinkling, the contract for doing the
work having expired. It was decided
to allow the committe to use it's dis
cretion in the premises for the bal
ance of the season. The committee
also reported that the telephone COM
pany had represented that it had re-
ceived permission from the county
commissioners to erect guys in front
of the court house and that it would
remove the guys in Twenty-seventh
street, lately complained of, as soon
as possible.
A bill for an ordinance amending
the ordinance in regard to opium
"~joints" was introduced. The rules
were suspended and the ordinance
ry1 ~ 1l@r+<I Az - ~ Cto IN 1c fhn
ordinance is in conformity with the
state law.
The sidewalk on the east side of
lots 13 to 1S, inclusive, block AZ, was
ordered condemned and a new walk
ordered constructed at the expense
of the abutting owners. .
A resolution was introduced for an
exchange of a portion Of lot No. 81,
block 1OS, for a portion of lots Nos.
FL and %, same block, 10 as to Sc
cure a more suitable location for the
new city hall. The fractional portion
of the lot to be exchanged is a rec.
tangular piece of ground 6x70 feet,
The piece to be received in exchange
is described as a rectangular strip
2Cx37 feet, which P. r. Moss agreed
to give in return for the first describ'
ed piece. No consideration is men
toned in the resolution, the trade tc
be even up"
Accompanying the resolution were
the necessary deeds from the city and
Mr.. Moss, with signatures unattached,
the formality Of signing having been
deferred until after ratification of the
swap by the council. e.
Reynolds moved adoption of the
resolution. On roll call it was iDln1
that the motion had carried unani
mously.
BY the trade made the city hall will
stand within six feet of the inside
line of the sidewalk on Twenty-eighth
Street, whereas before it would
have stood back a distance Of about
so feet.
A bill was introduced for ar ordi
uduC0 pIOV1uluS d SIdAu LII u1dyo OA
the south side Of Montana avenue, be
ween Twenty-seventh and Twenty
eighth streets. Under the rules the
measure was permitted to lay over
until the next regular meeting.
Some of the contractors intending
to bid on the construction of the city
hall having asked for a little more
time, Berky moved that the date fol
receiveing proposals be extended one
week from the date first fixed. Car
ried.
Complaint having been made to the
mayor by several persons, tenants o.
the premises occupied by them, thai
the owners of property refused tt
mako saver connections. the sewer