The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-03-06
DISCUSSION
OF ORDINANCES
LENGTHY MEETING OF THE CITY
COUNCIL is HELD.
LISTEN TO PLUMBERS
City Fathers Reconsider Action In
Awarding Contract FOR Installing
Heating system BY Paying Williams
to Withdraw.
Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Discussion Of ordinances for licens-
Ing automobile drivers, automobiles
used for livery hacks. express wagons
and draymen and Of reconsldering
the awarding OF the contract for I'm
stalling a hot water heating system In
the city hall and connecting the sys-
tenn with the Mutual Heating com
Eany's Twenty-ninth street main. took
M the greater part Of q lengthy vel
sion Of the city council he'll last night.
The discussion Of licensing automo-
biles. hacks and other conveyances
for passengers, freight and trunks,
was brought up by the int, cduction Of
IN ordinance with this in view. The
ordinance was finally referred to the
ordinance committee for revision In
order to meet with the views Of the
members Of the council on various
subjects.
All Of the aldermen seemed to be IN
favor Of an ordinance licensing all
passenger conveyances used for hire
and baggage and express wagons.
Numbers for these, as well as auto
mobiles used either for hire or owned
by private individuals. were also fa-
vored.
To License Drivers.
All Of these clauses, together with
the provision that all vehicles used
for hire or livery and automobiles as
well should carry lamps at night were
contained in the ordinance, but the
members Of the council agreed that
automobile drivers should be forced
to pass an examination not too din
cult but Of SUFFICIENT severity to In
sure the public that they we're COM
petent to drive the car without dan
ger to the general public.
The clause referring to the number
ing and the forcing Of the owners to
carry lamps on their vehicles and ma
chimes was deemed insufficient. and
will be revised before reported again.
Alderman Soule vas appointed q com
mittee Of one to look into the matter,
secure similar ordinances from other
cities and report on the result Of his
lAbors.
About Killing Dogs.
whether the city officers could
shoot dogs whose owners had not
paid q dog license without fear Of an
action for damages" was also dis
cussed. and amendments to the ,ordi.
nances In force so as to cover this
point were recommended.
The reports Of the various city OIL
GERS were referred to the finance com
mittee and the report OF this commit
tee recommending that q number Of
claims against the city be paid was
adopted.
The bond committee reported favor.
ably on the bonds Of the Beeman.
Stocking company, and e. Lindstrom
for the faithful performance Of work
In Improvement districts Nos. % and
81 and their report was adopted.
An ordinance condemning q cess
pool on South Twenty-eighth street
was passed and petition for a street
light on the corner Of North Nine.
teenth street and Third avenue wa
referred to the proper committee.
Reconsider Their Action.
In order to give plumbing and
steam1tting contractors another
chance to bid on the work Of INSTALL
ing a hot water heating system in the
city hall and connecting with the
heating company's mains, the coun-
Gil agreed to pay P. "A. Williams, to
whom the contract was awarded, the
sum of 500 for the work he has al
ready done II he would release the
city from the contract in order to give
the other contractors another chance
to bid on the work. The council also
agreed to pay Mr.. Williams $50 to
draw another set Of plans and speci-
fications for the work, to be consid-
cred by the contractors In making
their bids.
These agreements were made by
the council after a committee Of the
journeymen and contracting plumbers
had made representations to the coun-
Gil that they were not furnished sui.
f1cient plans and specifications to bid
ON the work before the contract was
let to MI. Williams.
Bone OF Contention.
During the discussion on the mat
ter, which lasted fully two hours.
every point was thoroughly gone over
In the controversy both by members
Of the council, Mr. Williams and the
members OF the committee.
The changing Of the present system
Of radiation, which is steam. to hot
water radiation seemed to be the main
bone Of contention, but it raj finally
decided that they could, without fear