The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-09-19
CITY LAeoRERs ARE GIVEN
SHORTER SHIFT.
MORE GRACE FOR DRAYMEN
Ordinance Fixing Stand Lies Over
Twenty-sixth street May
Be Reopened.

From Wednesdays Daily Gazette.
The city council met last evening
in regular semi-monthly session. May
or George was in the chair and all
members were present except Berky
and Cothron. Z
On recommendation Of the finance
committee the reports of the street
commissioner and city treasurer
were approved.
The street committee recommend
ed that the sidewalk on Twenty
seventh street and at the corner Of
Montana avenue and Thirty-third
street, north, be condemned. On no.
ton it was so ordered.
On petition Of John D. Losekamp
and others a crossing was ordered
built across Second avenue. north.
on the east side Of Thirty-second
street.
City Attorney Johnston presented
an ordinance specifying that all
drays, hacks and transfer wagons
shall hereafter stand. when not in
use, on the east side Of the walk on
Twenty-eighth street, between Mon
tana avenue and the tracks OF the
Northern Pacific railway, and fixing
the maximum penalty for a violation
thereof at $25. The ordinance spe-
ciAcally provides that any man own
ing a dray or other vehicle mention
ed is not prohibited thereby from
allowing it to stand in front of any
building owned by himself. The or
.dinance went to first reading and un-
der the rule was laid over 30 days.
Sundry bills and accounts amount
ing to $545.42 we're read and on mo-
ton allowed and warrants ordered
drawn.
The estimate of the architests in
favor of the Billings Lumber COM
pany for work completed on the city
hall building, amounting to $1,000 was
read.
Alderman Bennighoff objected to
it's allowance for the reason that the
building committee had not endorsed
the. architest's certificate. 1t had
been endorsed, however, by the
finance committee. On motion the es-
innate was allowed in full, Bennighoff
voting no.
On recommendation of Alderman
Stoddard, custodian of public builds
ings, the bill of the Archambeau Heat
ing company, on account for the heat
ing plant now being installed in the
new city hall was laid over.
Alderman White introduced the fol-
lowing resolution:
Resolved that hereafter in the en-
ployment of labor for the city nine
hours shall constitute a days work"
Ten hours is the schedule at pres
ent.
The resolution was objected to by
Bennighoff on the grounds that it was
not specific enough, and an amend
ment was offered by him fixings the
price of labor per hour at 25 cents.
The amendment was declared out Of
order and on motion the resolution
was adopted, all voting aye, except
Bennighoff.
A communication was read from
Superintendent Horn of the North
ern Pacific stating that he would en-
deavor to be present at the meeting
then in session for the purpose of on
ferring with the council in regard to
opening Twenty-fifth street across the
tracks of the company.
Mr.. Pritchard, representing the
property owners on east Montana
avenue, addressed the council and
urged that either Twenty-fifth street
be opened or that Twenty-sixth street,
which was recently closed for the ac-
commodation Of the railroad com.
pany, be re-opened.
On motion the city attorney was
requested to look up the matter OF
the legality OF closing Twenty-sixth
street. Several aldermen spoke in
favor of re-opening T~wenty-sixth
street, provided the railroad company
continued to pay no heed to the re-
quest for opening Twenty-fifth street.
Bids for supplying the new city
hall with furniture were read. Only
two bids had been received by the
clerk, viz, Yegen Bros, Incorporated,
and the Billings Furniture company.
They we're quite MITIGATE and on :aa-
ton were referred to the special
furniture committee with power to
act with the instruction to let the
contract to the lowest bidder.
Bids for the construction of a sewer
IN district No. 6 were read as follows:
Will J. Pulte, $2,863.14; Wesch e..
Cedarholm. $2,313.4s; Ben Hager, 81