The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-02-11
COUNCIL REFUSES BIDS ON Paw
ING AND MATCHMAKING.
DISCUSS FINANCES
City Fathers Hold speeds. Meeting.
District Bonds Are Voted for Build.
ING sewer-AIderman Spear Talks
on indebtedness.

and matchmaking movement was
started last July, the city council re-
tected all bids for this work, at a
special meeting OF that body held last
night, to hear the report Of the spe-
cial committee to which the bids
were referred.
Four bids for the macadamizing,
which was to be done in special inn
provement district No. 20, were re-
ceived. North Twenty-seventh, TWEEN
ty-eighth and Twenty-ninth streets
were the streets which are included
In the district. The bids were for ma
cadamizing these streets from Mon
tana avenue to Fifth avenue. It is
said that owing to a difference in col
ditions now and last October, when
bids were rejected before, the lowest
bid for matchmaking OF those reject
ed last night was about $25, 900 less
than the lowest bid rejected before.
Bids for the Work.
The bids for macadamizing, which
were rejected last night, were: M.
Ford, $~144,428.20; Piper Construction
company, $127,s31.60; Ira Grifath,
$129,007.7 40; R. NJ. Bardsen & Co,
$144, 1897 estimated cost of the
work, $114,836.
The bids for paving on North TWEEN
ty-seventh street we're: M. Ford, $21,-
550.62; Piper Construction company,
81, 292.10; R. F. Mcdonald, 320.783.6 go;
R. NJ. Bardsen & Co, $19,810.50.
All Of the bids swere referred to the
street, sidewalk and finance commit
tees for consideration at the last reg
ular meeting OF the council.
After their report rejecting the bids
was made last night, the indebted
ness of the city was discussed at
length by the members OF the council.
Alderman Spear, chairman of the
finance committee, made a short talk
on the subject, during which he gave
figures regarding the Indebtedness.
Alderman Spear stated that the city's
indebtedness, including the indebted.
ness in the various special improve.
ment districts. exceeded 100000, on
much OF which the city was paying in
%terest. In e~numerating the various
funds and sources Of this indebted.
ness, he said that the funds men.
toned showed deficiencies as follows:
City hall bonds, $4,000; bonded in.
debtedness, / 5000; outstanding war.
rants on the street fund. / 1906; gen.
eral sewer fund, $1O,832; street and
sidewalk fund, $4,000; sprinkline
fund, 5000; improvement district No
8, $500 and more than $4,000 in in.
~terest; improvement district No. 8
1892; Improvement district No. Is
$27,70O; improvement district No. 16
$500; Improvement district No. IS
$4,000; improvement district No. IL
$4,000; Improvement district No. TN
$1,100; Improvement district No. 22
$4,527; Improvement district No. %
$15, 235; Improvement district No. "a
$11.524; improvement district No. 10
sss. 1877; paving, Yellowstone avenue
$21l,8
There are still assessments to be
collected in many Of the improvement
districts and in the last eight work
which is being done on contract is moi
completed.
Will Issue Bonds.
An ordinance, providing for the is
%suance Of $4,000 worth of distric,
bonds bearing interest at 6 per cent
was passed. The bonds are to pay
for the sewer in district No. 70, known
as the Fifth avenue trunk sewer. and
are to be dated January !, 1908. The
estimated. cost of the sewer is S87,
900. Nick Hughes, a contractor Of
Butte, has the contract. According to
the terms OF the contract Mr.. Hughes
must complete the sewer before De
cember 81 and the city may pay for
the work with bonds n may sell the
bonds and pay for the work with the
cash realized from the bonds.
Before adjournment was taken, AL.
derman Soule suggested that the may.
or appoint a committee Of from 10 to
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