The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-07-18

inspector had given his permission for
the building to be moved but Superin-
tendent Wharton of the street car COM
rany secured an injunction to prevent
he overhead wires being inerfered with
by the moving building. Since then. the
house has been anchored at the inter-
section of Park and Wyoming streets
and the Interrupted voyage was passed
up to the city council last evening and
sailing orders were asked for by the man
who had the contract for moving the
structure, H. H. Smith.
The aldermen considered the svexing
question for time and then voted Mr..
Smith permission to take down the over
head wires and navigate the stranded
house to its destination. The city coun-
ell is not the district court, however and
the injunction is still in force to COM
pei the house mover to keep his hands
eff the trolly wires.
The committe on fire and water We're
advised to look up the matter or rear
ranging the fire limits and the atten-
ton of the committee was called to the
placed close to the fire limits and their
presence there was a menace to ad-
joining property. -o~..r g,-......,,e
Bids for a sewer on Maryland avenue
from Iron to Main streets We're received.
They We're as follows: H. NJ. Sanfie1d,
$685. c. w. Karleman, $1,000: Peter
Oren, $3.50. All the bids were above
the engineers estimate. The contract
was awarded to Peter Oren.
Chief Of Police Reynolds commufff-
Gated to the, council the fact that a cheek
for $3.50 had been received from H. I:
Wilson, proprietor Of the Butte hotel
for services rendered during the fire at
that place recently. The police Depart
ment is prohibited from accepting such
gifts from anyone without. permission
from the council That body, however,
granted the permission and the money
will be divided among the policemen.
A communication from Fire Chief
Sanger calling attention to the fact that
the telephone, telegraph and other over
head wires are hung too low on the vari-
Gus streets of Butte was referred to the
fire and water committee.
The judiciary committee reported rec
ommending that several bills referred to
it be disalowed and that ordinances re-
ferred to it at the last meeting OF
the council relating to displacement of
sidewalks, creating the Office of assist
ant street commissioner and amend
ments to the plumbing ordinances pass.
The report was adopted,
The report Of the fire and water COM
mittee was of little interest as was that
of the light committee. The latter rec
commended that the petition of John
McKenna and others for the installation
Of an arc light at the intersection OF
| Jackson and Wollman streets be granted.
Both reports were adopted. The police
| committee as reported in yesterday
| Inter Mountain recommended the ex-
oneration of policeman number IL and
the petition of the police force for 8
| reduction Of working hours from II to-
be denied. This report was also adopted
The report Of the building committee
was also adopted by the council. Tht
committee recommended that negotia'
tons be entered into with Mr.. Gold
berg with view Of having the library
building heated from the boiler to be In
stalled in his building now under way %
construction Immediately across the q
ley from the library building. T.
The petition of the Trades Union ask
ing that the south wall of the new oper'
house be torn down and rebuilt becaus
of the alleged unsafe condition was de
| nied.