The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-04-22
RESULT OF NEW LETTER CAR.
RIER's APPOINTMENT.
CITY ASKED TO ADVERTISE
Council NPetitioned for Appropriation
for Space in Exposition .Pamph.
Iet-Fire Chiefs Report.

AS was supposed would be the case
when the additional letter carrier was
added to the force, the city council
is finding itself in receipt OF an in.
creased number of petitions for the
construction of sidewalks. AS lone
as they were obliged to go to the
%postofice for their mail the people OF
many parts of the city were content
to get along without walks, but nov
that they may have mail delivered
at their doors, with proper sidewalks
as the only sine qua non, they are ir-
revocably committed to the policy OF
improvement and want it carried out
to its fullest extent.
A number of prayers for walks were
submitted at Tuesday nights meeting
Of the sanhedrim. All were referred
to the proper committee except that
of John Henderson, and others, which
had received the endorsement of the
committee. The petitioners asked for
a sidewalk from the south line of
lot 10, block POP, north to the south
west corne of block 1874. There was
no objection when the motion was
made to grant the petition.
Asked to Contribute.
Paul Mccormick and a number OF
others asked the council for an appro-
priation of $3.50 to assist in defraying
the cost of the "write-up" it is de-
sired the city and county shall have
in the descriptive pamphlet the Mon
tana Worlds Fair commission pro-
poses to issue for distribution at the
Lewis and Clarke exposition. News.
paper clippings were attached to the
petition showing that other cities Of
the state have appropriated money
for the same purpose.
The matter was referred to the pro.
per committee to be reported at the
next meeting of the council. |
Baths for Prisoners.
A motion prevailed instructing the
on public property and i'm
provements to prepare specifications
sor a bath tub in the city Jail. Such
In addition has been considered neces.
sary a long time. Many prisoners are
sentenced for considerable periods to
work on the streets and for their
comfort and health it is regarded as
only humane and reasonable that they
be afforded facilities for keep
ng themselves approximately clean.
The comfort and welfare of the occu.
'ants of the offices above also de-
nand that the inmates of the Jail be I
equired to keep themselves in a INV.
ical condition where they are not
ffensive. /
Fire Chiefs Report.
Chief Bond of the fire department t
ubmitted his annual report for the {
ear ending April 80, which was re- q
erred.
According to Captain Bonds sub. r
lission the department is composed /
I "a active and 60 exempt members, c
hose exemption is due to five years
I continuous service. The officers are +
chief, an assistant chief and a secre- .
Try and treasurer. Two drivers are q
mployed. The average attendance
fires has been % active and 25 ex- 9
npt members. :
Forty fires occurred during the h
EAR entailing a total loss of S2,255.11. a.
ne amount of insurance paid was ST. +,
1853. The causes of fires are given y
follows: Defective chimneys, S; "
Elective stove pipes, 3; sparks from
comotives, ID; burning chimneys, 1: n
IT ashes, 2; cooking ranges, p; un. r.
Town, IA. Five false alarms were f.
unded. -
To extinguish the different fires -
100 feet of hose was laid. In 20
es it was necessary to use the chem Or
engine only, requiring the ex. in
nd1ture of 451 gallons of fluid.
the preceding year 1850 =
1t OF hose was laid, a fact to which ?
chief calls particular attention as
iicating a corresponding decrease
the amount of damage caused by
ter cinno tho s.4.ol..l..-