Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-07
A WARM DEBATE FOLLOWED A
MOTION TO PAY DIR. BRY-
ANT FOR SERVICES.
AL TIE PRINTING
BIDS WERE REJECTED.
An Eight Hour Ordinance for City
Employees Will Be Drawn Up
Other Routine Matters.

i ne meeting VI NE CITY CGauCi last
night was full of interest and although
an adjournment WAS taken al 10 O'Clock
much business was transacted.
1t was formally decided to inaugurate
the eight hour system IN the "arious de-
laItile hts of the .itv and the ordinance
will probably be read at the next meet
ing. \ heated debate occurred over the
assistant city physicians bill, but the
ii l " Is dina ~ kn ckei out ana the may
or's course approved. Bids for the city
printing and publishing and for the paw
ing and curling of east Quartz stree,
We're opened.
Out of respect to the memory of the
late Senator Thomas F. Courtney it was
ciaea to close the public library be-
tween the hours of - M, and p. m.
The committee on judiciary asked fur
ther time to report upon the petition of
the Workingmen's union No. and in re-
gard to the petition of James We.ch for
permit to erect a private telephone
line. The committee recommended that
the following claims be disallowed H.
Ro3da for remission Of taxes: Marie Refs
fer a refund Of taxes: Henry Haidemann
for damages for persona. injusi S. 4 .opt-
ed.
Alderman Bryant moved that the first
part of his report be not concurred in.
The petition referred to asks that the city
adopt eight hours as a working day.
Alderman Mayo offered an amendment
that the committee report be adopted.
He said that he did not believe in the
city taking the initiative. He thought
it would be time for the city to inaugur-
ate the eight-hour system when it had
been demonstrated that the system had
become general.
After some further discussion the frs.
section OF the report was amended SO as
20 instruct the city attorney to draw
UP an ordinance providing an eight-hour
day. The report as amended was adopt
ed
The board Of health recommended that
the hi Is Of Silver Bow county for main
tanning the pest house be referred back
and the county authorities asked to item
ize The bill $.
The committee recommended that the
bill of DR.. G. d. Bryant for services as
assistant city physician be allowed only
up TO the time of his release by the may
or.
1t was recommended that the notices
relative to the detention hospital ground
be placed on fe
The committee recommended that the
Gains of Cora B. Lovett for $10SO;
Thomas B. Moore for So and NJ. L..
B'ackb be disallowed
The committee recommended that the
services of c. L. Lindiey as custodian in
charge of he detention hospital be dis
% nsel with
Alderman Bryant moved that the first
section of the report be not concurred in.
He believed that DIR. Bryant was entitled
to pay TO the end of the month as he had
b en- hiled by the city physician under
the direction of the council and had not
been discharged by that official until the
end of January. He held that the may
or's notification was Irregular and as
matter of courtesy, if nothing else the
sclery should be paid to the end of jan
Lary.
Alderman Macarthur spoke strongly in
support of the ma yCrs action and said
that the council had no right to pay a
man for work that he did not do. The
sreaFer knew of two men who had been
employed by the board of health and had
not done any work except draw 800 per
month.
A derman Evans said that he did not
believe in extending any courtesy in a
matter of this kind; that it had been a
matter of insubor lination on the part of
DR.. A1eIsnder in not obeying the orders
of the mayor He asked that the re-
port be adopted as read.
Alderman Flderkin believed that DR..
Bryant could recover in the courts his
pay to the end of January. He seconded
thu motion made by Alderman Bryant.
TIE mayor explained his position in
the matter. Said he:
The city delegated its power by mo-
ton to Dr. Alexander. They had no
right to do it. The council delegated its
pow RS and it delegated my power AT
the time l relieved DR.. Bryant there had
not been case of smallpox in the city
for week. On the same day sent the
letter to DR. Bryant I met DR.. Alexander
on the stairs and informed him what
had done. I also asked him to notify Or
Bryant that his services would be ne