Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-21
ROUTINE
BUSINESS
CITY COUNCIL MAKING PREPAR-
ATOMS FOR THE MUNICIPAL
ELECTIONS.
THE PRINTING BIDS
WERE ALL Rejected.
Legal Complications Connected With
the Opening, Grading and Lay
ing Sidewalks on Idaho.

"A a meeting of the city council last
night nine aldermen were present and
considerable routine business was tran
sacted
Clerk Callan introduced the matter of
the coming city election and presented
the advertisement which must be pub
lished on the first of the month. Charles
Lyford and w. J. Naghten, representing
the west side and Michael Holland and
NJ. j. Medin representing the east side,
were elected as board of registration
for the election. When adjournment
was taken it was decided to meet next
Wednesday night for the purpose of
electing the judges and clerks of election.
The printing committee recommended
that the bid of the Miner Publishing COM
pany for printing and advertising for
thu year be accepted. A minority report
recommended that the bids be rejected
and the matter referred back for new
Heilbronner and the Journal etaonshr
bids. Protests We're received from Chas.
company, both of which claimed to have
submitted the lowest bid. A communica-
ton was received from the Inter Noun
tain Publishing company which included
q revised bid as the first was not Suffi-
ciently explanatory to the committee.
After some discussion. the minority re-
port was adopted by vote of : against
2, and the clerk was instructed to adj
vertise for new bids.
The Northern Pacific railroad protest.
ed against the payment of a bill for the
maintenance of a light at the corner of
Gaylord and Division streets. as it was
more than one block distant from the
| track The bill was voted to be unjust
tn
It.
Mary Refs asked for the refunding OF
$46.9O for taxes. Referred.
H. Rodney asked for the remission of
taxes on account of his crippled condi-
ton. Referred.
A. A. Mcmillan asked for further time
| to remove building on Front and Wyo-
ming streets. Referred
n. p. Newton petitioned for the con-
struction of f1ume in Noyes & Upton's
addition. Referred.
James Walsh petitioned for permission
! to construct private telephone line
| from the boundary of Butte to point
near Homestake for use between his
stone yard and quarry. Referred.
Workingmens' Union No. 5. of the
! Western Labor Union, petitioned for the
| passage of an ordinance declaring eight
/ hours to be a working day, and the scale
| of pay to be So per day. the same to be
effective on and after May |. 1901. Re-
ferred to the judiciary committee.
! A demand by Shackleton & Whteway
for the return of surety bond for the
| performance of certain work was on the
! advice of the city attorney, denied.
The petition of Thomas P. Newton for
the privilege of constructing wooden
stern culvert in the Noyes & Upton ad-
| dition was denied.
The fire chief was instructed to locate
fire box on West Virginia street in con
formity with the petition Of Thomas
Duignan.
The street and alley committee recon-
mended that the petition of w. A. Clark
and others for the opening, grading and
laying of sidewalks on Idaho and Alum
mum streets. be referred to the city at
torney on account of legal complications
in connection Herewith. The committee
! reported favorably on the petition OF
Reynolds & Mcdowell lor the construc-
| ton of a movable tramway over Col
orado alley between Porphyry and Sill.
Yer streets, provided a bond be filed in
! Identifying the city in the sum of $40,
O0o against any loss or damages it NIGH
sustain by reason Of granting said pc
triton, or to remove said tramway when.
ever the city might direct. The repor
was adopted.
Bills to the amount of s6.722o1 were
audited and ordered paid Bills to the
amount Of 1927. 80 were referred back tt
thu health officer for itemization
The recommendation Of the Woman.
club that the mayor be authorized to EN-
ploy a janitor to take care Of the Audi
torium and that the building be general!
/. renovated was not concurred in.
Adjourned until Wednesday,