The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-08-26

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north side of Second avenue, north,
between T%wenty-fifth and Twenty;
sixth streets.
T. H. Deckert appeared again to
renew his protest against the build.
ing Of a sidewalk on the east side
of South Twenty-seventh street. He
said there was only one house be.
tween his own and the terminus Of
the proposed walk and thought it
would be a hardship to compel him to
build several hundred feet Of walk
where it was not really needed.
Edward Corle. who, with others,
are petitioning for the walk, was on
hand and spoke for the petition. He
said the prayer for the walk contain
ed a majority representation of the
property in that locality, and that,
furthermore, the walk had been rec
commended by the proper committee.
Alderman Berky opposed the prayer
of the petitioners. He said that much
| of the property for which the walk
was prayed for would not sell for
enough to defray the cost of the walk,
and then moved that the report of the
committee be not adopted.
Alderman Thorson was opposed to
Mr.. Berky's position and declared the
walk was needed; that one of those
who had signed the petition owned
four houses in that end OF the street
which he was renting and because Of
the absence of a sidewalk their value
was greatly lessened.
Considerable more talk followed and
was finally ended by Alderman Stod-
dard moving to lay the matter on the
table until the next regular meeting
Of the council. The motion prevailed
and other business was taken up.
A petition for a crossing at the east
side of the intersection of Second ave-
nue., north, and Thirty-second street
was referred.
To enable the children and others
to better reach the new school house,
the street and sidewalk committee re-
ported in favor of the construction of
sidewalks on both sides of Second
avenue, south, between Twenty-sev-
enth and Thirty-second streets. The
report was adopted and the walks or
dered built at the expense of the abut-
ting property wners.
Tho ~o1;oo oo~o ooor&ol
having made an investigation of the
discrepancy of S. which was found
in the reports of the police magis-
trate and the chief of police for the
month of July. The committee did
not seem to be able to find where
the trouble lay; the magistrate de-
clared he had never received the mon
ey, the amount of a fine, while the
chief was equally positive that he had
turned it owe to him.
To prevent future occurrences of
the kind the commission recommend
ed the adoption of a set of blanks for
the use of the two officers and changes
in the methods Of keeping their rec
ords. Adopted.
A communication was received from
the Maverick Hose company inviting
the mayor and aldermen to partici-
pate in the company's annual me-
mortal day exercises, which will be
held Sunday, August 81. The invita-
ton was ~
w. H. Horn, superintendent of the
Northern Pacific, addressed the coun-
Gil in a lengthy communication in
protest against the councils recent
order opening Twenty-ifth street.
The matter was disposed of for the
time by being laid over until the next
regular meeting.
The matter of the removal of the
drays from Montana venue came, up.
The council went into a committee of
the whole and the thing was talked
over once more. No action was TAX
en- further than to refer it to a spec
ial committee of Messrs. Berky, White
and Hogue, with orders to report at
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the next meeting.
Permission was granted the Moffett
Telephone company to erect it's poles
in certain alleys alternately between
and on the opposite side of those of
the Bell company, and also to paint
the bases blue so as to enable the
linemen to distinguish them.
The specifications prepared by the
city engineer in regard to the cement
walks to be quilt in front of the new
city hall were adopted. He was also
instructed to prepare plans and spec
ifications for cement entrances to the
new fire stations and alley crossings
at the new city hall and for cement
OF native stone crossings throughout
the city.