Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1901-11-15
REMAINS FIRM.
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Company
Can Run Lines Through City If They
Are Run Underground.
ONE ALDERMAN OBJECTS

Monthly Meeting Of City Council Held
Tuesday Evening in the
Fire Hall.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company can run it's wires through the
city of Red Lodge, providing they com
ply with the provisions Of ordinance 40.
81. which stipulates that the wires be
laid at least four feet underground. \
resolution to this effect was passed at
the regular meeting OF the city council
held last Tuesday evening. This rcsolu-
tion was the councils answer to the au-
thoritative demand of the corporation
that the city fathers designatethe places
for the erection Of poles and necessary
fixtures for the proper construction "
the lines Of the company along the
streets and alleys Of the city, a single
.oute for the passage Of the lines through
the city was designated and if the com
pany 40 not like thc route named it's up
to them to say so.
Four aldermen were present at VIC
meeting Tuesday night Lucas, Romer
sa, Dunn and Flager and Mayor Larkin
occupied his usual position ID the chair.
The report Of Police Magistrate Gran
strom showed that during the month
fines to the total amount Of 81 G26.25 had
been collected. The larger part Of this
S2,6O3.75- had been collected from the
employees of the Bell Telephone com
pany, and notice Of appeal Of the cases
has been filed, leaving balance of $3.50
which had been turned in to the city
treasury. Money collected from other
sources by the magistrate amounted to
Sl17.5O.
The report of City Marshal Fleming
! showed that the marshal had authorized
the expenditure Of 5000 on the street.
and alleys during the month. The re
port also stated chat one arc light hat
r been out twelve nights during tho
month The report was accepted and
placed on file. The city treasurer's re
port was referred to the auditing com
mittee.
The committee on streets and alley
reported that it had, ia accordance witt
: the previous instructions of the council
purchased the brewery road and tha
Z the same had been correctly surveyed
: and graded.
Q Under the head Of petitions and com
! munications Attorney r. st. J. Fo
$ asked leave to present a petition. Nh
: permission was granted and Mr.. Fo.
!, presented the demand Of the Rock
It Mountain Bell Telephone compan
e which had previously been served O
the mayor and president Of the council
G and which was published in last week
IT issue Of The Picket. The demand 3
II the company was read and Mayor Lal
{ kin asked the pleasure Of the council.
&c .knowing that the matter was com
Il ing up at this time. said City Cler
Y: Bailey, II have. at the suggestion (
D. some Of the aldermen, prepared resolu
- tion which, if the council desires, wi
read"
y, Alderman Lucas stated that he woul
y like to hear the proposed resolution
n. which was then read by the clerk.
O. The resolution quoted the demand {
"a the telephone company and after sta
2. ing that it did not appear from the DC
mand what lines the company desire
to build or what poles it desired
Il. erect, the resolution presumed that tt
company wished to be permitted to pa:
,h through the corporate limits Of the cit
- but that to erect any poles or string ar
as wires above the streets and alleys of tt
!. city would be in violation of ordinant
:. No. 81. The resolution then designate
!. a route along the streets and ale.
4. wherein the company could make a
~ necessary excavations to lay their wir'
in compliance with the provisions
ordinance No. 81. The route was to b
gin at east line of city limits where Bel
creek road enters the city; to follow sal
y road to DAILY avenue, thence north Q
. DAILY avenue to Sixteenth street. then,
north on the alley between Platt al
9 Haggin avenues to the north boundal
0 of the corporate limits.