Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1911-05-23
City Council Encountering Some Diff
fculties in Settling Perplexing
Question.
MEET WEDNESDAY night
Sewer Meeting" to Be Held and Pub
lie Invited to Attend-Long
Session Last Evening.

In session which lasted until mid
night, the city council last evening
cndeavored to arrive at satisfactory
solution OF the problem involving the
extension Of sewers through streets
and alleys which have not been dedi-
Gated to the municipality. The sub
ject involves some legal questions
which are decidedly perplcxng and
the members OF tile council have been
attempting to hit upon a course of
procedure which shall protect the in
terests Of the city as well as do JUS
ticc 10 all Of its residents
Streets Not Dedicated.
There are a number OF streets and
alleys within the city limits which
have never been dedicated to the city
and which have neither been closed in
the regular manner Property own
crs i'll several Of these undedicated
districts have applied for sewer con-
nectlons and the matter has been
hanging fire" for months. There are
now some twelve eases before the city
council and action of some nature Is
almost imperative.
Report a Resolution.
The matter has been under consid-
Grafton by the committee on streets
and alleys for several days and they,
last night, presented the following
resolutions:
Resolved, that it is declared to
be the policy Of the city Of LewistoWn
that all streets and alleys be opened,
wherever action can be legally taken,
land that in case OF failure Of the prop
erty owners or any of them to make
the proper dedication, proceedings be
instituted to have them opened forth
with
"In order, however, that the exten-
sion Of the sewers and the sanitation
of the city may not be retarded, we
recommend that property owners be
allowed to connect with the sewers,
making their own arrangements and
bearing all Of the expense, such work
to be done under the direction of the
city engineer and to conform to his
specifications
After some discussion, it was de-
cided to postpone final action on this
resolution until Wednesday evening,
when the meeting will be devoted al
most solely to discussion Of the sewer
question in all Of its ramiilcations, and
the public is invited to attend.
resolution creating the Cunning
ham sewer was passed and the clerk
was instructed to advertise for bids
for the construction OF the sewer,
; these bids to be opened next Tues
! day evening
Resolution No. lis, pertaining to
the granting Of the petition Of II. l..
Dekalb for sewer, was passed over
until Wednesday evening.
Let Sprinkling Contract.
!, Three bids for the city sprinkling
were opened. Peter Shields offered
to do the work for $l2O per month,
r J. r. Woods for $l23 and l.. ?. Slater
!, for $40 Shields bid being the
r lowest, was accepted
Another payroll on three OF the
G boulevard Improvement districts was
+ allowed and the clerk instructed to
draw warrants for the money out
standing The petition OF A. w.
, Stoddard and others that the city
4 grade down certain streets at the
r upper end of Fifth and Sixth avenues
= and use the surplus dirt in filling the
] abandoned bed of Spring creek, was
i passed over until Monday night.
y The petition OF White and others
s for the creation OF boulevarding dis
trict on Seventh avenue from Main
y street eastward past the two school
I building, was adopted, and the city
| attorney was ordered to draw the
!. proper resolution Protests will be
heard in the early part OF June.
The petition Of H. J. Kelly and 9th
ers for street light was referred to
the street and alley committee, to re-
! port at next meeting
A resolution was adopted declaring
it to be the sense of the city council
that only LeWistoWn labor be used on