The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-01-10
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GRANTED GRAFT
70 OPEN SALOON On NORTH
TwENTY.sEvEHTrH STREET
CITY COUNCIL MEETS MEETS
Fire Station TOR South Side u Discus.
sed-elo Deficit In Improvement
District Funds-vots 81 Special
Election canvassed.

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District Funds-vote Of Special
Election c~anvassed.
From Wednesdays Daily.
d. Gratz was granted q license to
conduct q saloon in the Owens block
on North Twenty-seventh street, ~
tine unanimous consent Of the city
council last night. There were no
property owners present to protest
against such action being taken and
the protest signed BY a majority 81 the
property owners on the street was not
acted upon.
"A communication from the ofnciala
Of the Burlington railroad relative to
building culverts under the company's
tracks on Second and Fourth avenues
north, to drain portions Of that dis
trict, was read to the council. The
communication stated that there was
no objection to the culverts being
built providing cast iron pipe was used
In their construction.
Bill For Reward Held up. "a
There was much discussion over q
bill presented by Simon Forster for
$75 which he claims as reward for fur
nishing evidence which lead to the
conviction Of = person hauling a dead
animal to the city dump. The bill was
laid over until the next meeting for
consideration.
The final estimates Of the cost Ut
sewer work In a number OF Improve
ment districts were approved and war
rants ordered drawn il favor Of the
contractors on the various funds.
Petitions for water mains on Grand
avenue, Second avenue north and an
iextention to the main On South Thir-
tyssixth street were favorably reported
by the committee and their report
adopted.
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Al fire station for the south side Of
the city was discussed, and a@proposi-
ton to submit the issuing Of bonds to
build the building to the voters at the
spring election was abandoned. and
the aldermen from the third ward
were asked to see what could be done
toward renting a building for q sta
hon.
The finance committee reported that
there was $3,872.21 in outstanding war.
rants against special improvement dis
trict No. 3, and that there was but
$1,000 In the fund and no assessment
against the property in the district to
make up the deficit. The committee
also reported that a like condition ey-
listed In district No. Is. Action on the
report on these two districts was de-
ferred.
The balances in the funds Of special
improvement districts, Nos. L. 4 and
s. amounting to $141.56 was transfer
red to the general fund of the city and
the outstanding warrant o. $83 and
interest against special Improvement
district No. / was ordered paid out Of
the general fund.
Discuss ~crematory.
"A proposition to build : city crema-
tory was lost after much dis ruasion Il
which most Of the aldermen took part.
"A canvass OF the vote at the special
election held December - vel made
and, after It was found that both ques-
lions submitted at that time were car
ried, ordinances. providing for the
granting Of q gas franchise to Jthn
Losekamp and letting the contract,
for lighting the city. to Yegen Bros,
were passed.
An ordinance providing for the Is
suance Of 10 year bonds fer 49, 1000 to
construct the Fifth avenue sewer was
passed and several special Improve
mont districts providing for the ex
tension and construction Of sewers
were created.