Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-05-18
REFUSES TO
SIGN DEEDS
City Council Unable to Get Title to
Reservoir Site and Right Of Way
From r. G. jackson.
ADOPT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
District No. 3 Held Up Temporarily
by Remonstranee of Property Own.
ers-Busy Session.

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was held in the city hall Monday
night and two hours We're occupied
in trying to come to an agreement
with Il. G.. Jackson. who still holds
title to the ground upon which the
city's reservoir is situated and to the
ground over which a right Of way
must be secured by the city If il is
desired TO go up 10 the reservoir TO
make improvements. City Attorney
II. l.. De Kalb had prepared two
deeds, one for the reservoir site and
another for a right of way. but Mr..
Jackson refused to sign either Of
them. In a somewhat heated speech
he gave his reasons for refusing to
afix his signature to the documents.
The deed for the reservoir site con.
veyed entirely too much ground and
the right of way deed was objection.
able in every particular.
The mayor and all of the council
men tried to induce Mr.. Jackson to
change his mind but he fatty refused
to listen TO any of them. He com.
planned that the city had not lived
up to its contract with him in the
laying of the pipe line from the res
ervoir TO the city limits and is now
trying to rub it in" by attempting
to get his signature to two convey
ances which. if he signed them.
would work great injury to his prop.
erty interests. He added that he was
willing TO give the city a perfect
right TO go up to the reservoir. but
when requested to define in a more
definite what he ear by a
perfect right" he could not do SO.
He insisted that his only desire was
to do the square thing by the city
and wanted the city TO terat him in a
similar manner.
Alderman Littlejohn stated that,
in his opinion, the matter should be
settled up in some manner, as ii had
been dragging for over two years,
and has been a source of constant
pickering between Mr.. Jackson and
the council. If Mr.. Jackson persisted
In his refusal TO sign the deeds. Mr..
littlejohn thought that the necessary
legal steps to secure title to the res
ervoir site and a right of way to the
site should be instituted by the city
attorney. 1t was finally agreed that
a committee from the council should
go with Jackson to the ground and
make an effort to agree upon route
TO the reservoir which would nOt be
Objectionable to the present owner.
Littlcjohn, Laux and Smith were APP.
pointed as members or the commit
tee.
f. b. Scovel. to whom the contract
for sprinkling was awarded. failed to
file a bond with the city council and
on motion of Littlejohn the contract
with Scovel was declared void and
a contract was entered into with +,
F. Comstock to do the springling.
The clerk was then instructed to
read the descriptions of the three
proposed improvement districts
There we're no objections or remon'
strances to districts Nos. | and 2, but
when district No. 3 was brought up,
Judge Mcfarland presented a remon'
STRANGE, signed by owners of 26 OF
the 80 lots In the proposed district
Districts Nos. | and . were adopted
by the council but action was deierr'
ed on district No. 3 and the matter
was referred to the water and sewer
committee.
A request to be permitted TO have
certain repairs made to the Bennett
building on Fourth avenue and ia
neaux street was favorably reported
by the building committee and the
request was granted. The clerk read
an application from Anna l.. McRob'
erts. of Bozeman. for the position OF
librarian of the city public library.
on motion made and carried the clerk
was instructed TO inform Miss Nc
Roberts that the city has a regularly
employed librarian and that there arc
no vacancies at the present time.
The board of trustees OF the Fer,
gus county high school presented a
written request To be permitted To
pillow and scrape off the surface earth
from certain streets hear the build
ing in order to get dirt 10 fill in the
high school grounds. Request grant
cd.
Then came the seance with Mr..
Jackson. after which the council was
glad 10 adjourn. There Will be an
other meeting soon.