The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-03-05

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the city council was held in the city
clerks Office Monday night, and was
an extremely busy session of the city
dads. Many applications were re-
ceived and acted upon and numerous
bills were allowed.
The meeting was called to order
about eight o'clock, with Mayor Grit
fin in the chair, and the following
councilmen present. Mulany, Gamer,
Listle and McIntire.
The monthly reports of ]. w. John
son, chief of police; A. Macarthur, pc
lice magistrate, and c. R. Griffith,
treasurer, were read and approved
by the council, after which the side
walk petitions of ]. A. White and A.
black were received and favorable
action was taken upon them.
The petition of w. Calbrick for the
extension of the water mains ON Fifth
avenue east, across the Great North
ern railroad track to Washington
street was discussed and allowed.
A numerously signed petition was
pISSCuJSu NY JdluSS I1cbI DClL anu OIh-
ers, asking that the council authorize
the clerk to draw up an ordinance
making it an offense, punishable by
a fine, for any owner Of fowls to al
low them to run at large within the
corporate limits of the city. The pc
tition was also favorably acted upon.
A petition from the Western Labor
Union was presented by a delegation
from that organization, asking that
the council fix scale of wages for
all men employed upon city work,
and that the minimum price paid be
$3.50 per day for nine hour day.
The petition aroused some discussion
and on motion of Alderman Mulany
and seconded by Alderman Webster,
the petition was referred back to the
union, for them to specify the differ
ent kinds OF labor and the scale of
wages for the same.
Mayor Griffin then stated that he
had conferred with President Coram
of the Kalispell Water and Light
company, and that the latter would
send a man in company with the
chief of the fire department to ex-
anime the fire plugs and dead ends at
any time the latter wished.
Alderman Webster, after some dis
cussion, moved that the chief of the
fire department be instructed by the
council to examine the hydrants
twice every month during the sum
mer, and that he be paid at the rate
of SO per day for SO doing. The mo-
ton was carried unanimously
The city engineer was instructed
to make blue prints of the location of
the hydrants, sewers and water
mains for the use and benefit of the
city officials.
The delay of the water company in
placing the street lamps also re
ceived the attention of the council
and the clerk was instructed to com
municate with John F. Moffett, 1,02t
Fremont building, Boston, in regard
to the matter, and see what can be
done.
The committee on site for the
proposed Carnegie library had not
yet arrived at decision and on mo
ton they were given further time tt
report.
In view of the city election to be
held on Monday, April 7, the council
took up the matter of selecting the
registry agent as well as the judges
at the polling places in the differen
wards, and the following names were
confirmed:
Registry agent, L. H. Stanley.
First ward, polling place 115 FRS
street east-Judges, J. A. Robinson
J. D. Eaton and G. w. Avery
Second ward, polling place, %;
Main street-Judges, D. Breedlove, D
Mccarthy and M. Therriault.
Third ward, polling place 344 Mali
street-Judges, George Westover
George Mcmahon and Oloff Peterson
The following bills against the cit.
were audited and allowed:
S. A. Clark, library expense, SO.
John Doe, sewer work, 1925.
George Grimes, sewer work, 4
cents
Frank Schonborn, street and sewer
work, $500.
M. Russell, street work, $1.0O.
pense, street, $64O.
John Black, treasurer's expense, s.
F. L. Gray, postage, IS.
A. Macarthur, police expense, $25.
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