The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-05-10
BONDS ARE ALL APPROVED
Seven Stone Crossings Ordered
City After Poll Tax-New
Telephone Exchange.

Gil converting promptly at 8 o'clock
last night and it only lacked two min
utes of $3.50 before Mayor George
called the meeting to order. Every
member of the council was present
and the way they went after business
was a caution.
The bonds of w. M. Johnston, city
attorney; ]. D. Matheson, city clerk;
C. e. Warner, chief of police; f. l..
Mann, police magistrate; 3. w. neene,
street and sewer commissioner, and
o.. C. Burgner, driver of street sprink-
ling wagon, after being approved by
the committee on officers n bonds,
were accepted by the council.
At the request Of the A. L.. Bah
cock Hardware company, the mayor
appointed A. L. Corey, the company's
Waterman, special policeman, to act
without pay. The appointment was
made so as to give the Waterman
authority to make arrests. if neces-
sary.
On motion it was decided to pur-
chase six new police badges.
Under the head of committee re-
ports, Alderman Berky reported that
the city fire property amounted to
$5,O15. Reports were received, through
the finance committee, from the chief
of police on appointments and the
street and W committee on side
walks built and repaired.
A new sidewalk vas ordered built
along the south side of First ave-
nue. south, from the intersection OF
Thirty-frst street and First avenue
south, westerly to the intersection Of
Thirty-third street south and First
avenue south, thence in a sOutherly d.
rection along the west side Of Thirty
third street, south on the west side
thereof to it's intersection of Second
avenue south.
Mrs. Sarah Roth received permits
sion from the council to bul.A a two
story brick lodging house with asphalt
tarred roof on lot 5, block Ill.
A petition from a number of prop
erty owners asking that the water
main at the intersection of Thirty
fourth street and Fourth avenue south
~sbe extended north to First avenue
south, and that the water main at the
intersection of Thirty-third street and
Second avenue south be extended
north to First n south, was re-
ferred to water committee.
The street and sidewalk committee
reported that they had found seven
places which should be supplied at
once with stone crossings, as follows,
and the same were ordered construct
ed at once: One on Twenty-seventh
street between the court house and
Smith building; one on T~wenty-sev-
enth street between the fire hall and
the old Hannihan saloon building; one
on Twenty-eighth street, between Ye-
gen Bros. store and warehouse; one
on T~wenty-ninth street, between vii.
liams & Bakers store and the old
Toole & Vaughan warehouse; two on
Twenty-ninth street north between
the Gruwell building and the library
corner and from GruWell building
west; n on Twenty-eighth street
north between Chapple Drug compa'
ny's store and Northern Pacific pas
senger depot.
A batch Of bills, figuring up a total
OF S2,178.56 was allowed after passing
through the hands of the finance com
mittee.
Berky introduced an ordinance
which has for it's purpose the granting
of a franchise to E. M. Hungerford fol
the establishment of a local telephone
exchange. The ordinance was re
ferred to the proper committee.
The a was instructed to confer
with the county commissioners regard
ing the collection of poll taxes. Mayor
* George called the councils attention
: to the fact tnat the city needed this
money badly for use in improving tn
streets. Fol some time it has beer
collected by the county and the cit.
therefore received no benefit from it
City Attorney Johnston stated tina
he believed under the present Law
both the city and county could collec
this tax. The city clerk was INSTRUCT
ed to D a list of persons VIII
are eligible to pay this tax and repor
the same at an adjourned meeting t
be held Saturday night, May H..
Connolly addressed the council re
garding city board of health matters
and said the city and county shout
take the matter in hand respecting tn
erection of a new pest mouse and az
tention hospital. The present pes
house has been very inadequate tn
past winter.
The bonds of the policemen wer
fixed at $500 each.
Mayor George called the attentio
of the council to the matter OF 1ncrea'
in the police force by one membe
and the protection of lawns n prol
erty from the town herds. As a r.
suit of the discussion the mayor wa
granted authority to appoint anothe
policeman to look after the enforc'
ment of the ordinance relating !
town herds; to serve until such TIM
as the mayor decided that he Is .
longer needed. L. M. Hayden We
then appointed and confirmed. :,
The fire committee, together VII
the chief Of the department, were !
structed to look into the matter
securing either a new horse or ne
team for the department, one OF Il
present horses being in bad conditit
and likely to go to pieces at 81
moment. A report will be mace
the next meeting.
rhe council then adjourned uni
Saturday night.