Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-09-09
ELLISON GETS
THE CONTRACT
His Bid Of T~wenty-Eisht Cents a Foo,
for Putting in Water Works Ex.
tension Pipe Accepted.
TWO NEW PLATs ARE FILED
Riverdale and Fairview Additions De.
sire to Get Into the city-A
Great Many Bills Allowed.

Sreat MANY bHlS allowed
At the city council meeting. which
was held last night, having been cost
rYned from Monday night on account
" that being a public holiday. mu"h
business of Importance was accom-.
plished. The sewerage uhd water
works extension question g., furnish
ing considerable work fOf d, council
and as it is determined to have the
work done this fall no time is being
lost by a failure to push the matter
so that the actual work can be start.
ed.
The reports Of the city officers be.
ing taken up first. Police AIasislrate
F. F. MacGowan reported fines collect.
cd to the amount of s7i,75, City Mar
shall Bebb reported fines assessed in
the AMOUNT of SITS and collected i'm
the amount Of Sl39.75. Street COM
missioner Bebb's report showed that
he has expended Sl59.27 on the
streets of the city during The past
month. Following was tho report of
City Treasurer Gordon O. Sharer:
General, fund. $233.94; fire fund. s7G..
50; library fund. s5S6i2; water and
sewerage bond fund. IS. lOS,5 u; water
works fund. S26l.93: sinking fund,
81 ,O2l.67: road fund, Sljl.SS. Upon
motion made, seconded and carried,
all reports were approved as read.
The following bills. having been ap-
proved by the auditing committee.
were allowed by the council and wal.
rants ordered drawn to pay The same:
Citizens Electric Co.. lights, $40.
Charles Mears. labor. 3 DAYS, 81.
c. Jones. labor. n day with team.
s..
II. b. Gibson. typewriting. $3.50.
G.. X. Creel. rent of building for
election purposes. S..
Byron layer. labor, SO.
G. o. Shafer. salary. s25.
Lewistown Telephone Co., mes
sages, S2.95.
Henry Pratt. labor, 81.
Commercial and Financial Chron.
icle, advertising. s36.
Pete Tus, labor. $50.
Frank Harmon, labor, ST..
A. T. Goodspeed. surveying. $4S.
Byron layer. labor. s7l.50.
Henry Pratt, labor, Sc.
Breck Ornbaun, furnishing assess
ment list OF city property, Sl4.
j. c. Bebb. salary, $50.
Montana Lumber company. lumber.
s117.S2.
Albert Pfaus. salary. sl6.66.
Seth Allen, labor, 3 days. 81.
j. Strong. labor. s21.6j.
Z. w. Norton, labor, 81.
Citizens Electric Light Co. pump
ing and betting. s104.
Frank Strong labor. sl2.
Citizens Electric Light Co. So.
John Raw. salry, SOS. I
+. +. MACEDONIAN. salary. s25.
l.. p. Slater. board of prisoners !
Judith Hardware Co. s21.65.
Mrs. Mary A. Sloane, librarian, si5.
Clyde Osgood, labor, So.
+. w. Norton, labor. $2l.
c. Jones. labor s25. {
+. j. HaZen. gravel. $3.50. I
Jesse Loney. II yards gravel. $l4.. J
81.
Judith Hardware Co.. $1l3.12. |
w. Z. Cort. salary. SIS. :
Nodson & Decker. repairing sprink.
Ter. Stops. e.
w. r. Woods, use of saddle horse. :
81. F.,
G. NJ. Stafford. salary and supplies. {
st07.S6 Z
John Ellison. labor, 1925. :
Ed. Stacey. salary. 800.
The sealed bids for the ditching and
pipe laying of the city water works
extension were not opened. There I
were but two bids sent in. one by Pat e
rick Walsh. who offered to do the ,
of digging. reflling and laying |
Of pipe for 81 cents per linear foot
and to put in hydrants for s. each:
and the other by John Ellison, whose !
bid was 2S cents per linear foot. Az
ter some discussion il was decided
to accept the Ellison bid after he has :
with the city clerk a bond for
81 900.
Some discussion was aroused when
the matter of the appointment by the Z
Of Phillip l.auX as special Off
FER during the first few days OF the
when there were all sorts of
ak Of threats in the air. Mayor Ed.
ridge explained that he did il at the f,
Urgent request of several citizens. His
action In so doing was unanimously 4,
ratified.
City Attorney W. +. Cort presented {
to the council a deed given TO the
'ity By John Crowley and wife to a
light OF way through the Crowley field
n the lower parr OF town. The decd
was given with the UNDERSTANDING
when the sewer has been laid
he council will appoint a cOmmittC,
Ir go in a body to inspect the route
through the field and fix the damag,:
lone.
The sum OF 1893 was transferred
rom the general fund TO the sinking F.
fund.
Plats OF the Riyerdale and Fairyiow
additions were laid before the cuuH-
and the question of extending the
city limits so as TO include them WAS
discussed. Both additions lie in the
northern part Of town and contain
six entire blocks and ten fractional
The plats we're referred 10