Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1913-06-03
PAVING TAKEN
UP BY COUNCIL
SEEMS LIKELY THAT WORK WILL
BE UNDERTAKEN YET
THIS YEAR.
T0CELEBRATET ETHEF0URTH
Chamber of Commerce Will Receive
Request to Act-Street Sprinkling
and Boulevard Maintenance-Auto
Truck for Fire Department-The
Schools Want Free Water.

Schools Want Free Water.
1t was we'll after midnight when
the city council concluded it's session
last evening, SO many routine matters
coming up for consideration that it
was impossible to get through earlier
Mayor W. d. Symmes presided and
Aldermen Edouard Sutter, T. A. Ber
kin, Bert d'Autremont, G. J. Wiede.
man and H. J. Kelly were in attend.
ance, together with City Attorney l.
B. Kirkland, City Engineer A. c. Birk-
land and City Clerk Harry L. FIFTEEN
Paving Brought Up.
1t was far along in the session when
the petition sent in by the Chamber
of Commerce, asking for the paving
of Main street from Miller to Sixth
avenue and the avenues for block
on each side, was once more called
up. Mayor Symmes thought that the
matter should be considered. He
said he would like to see some paving
done this year and asked the city at.
torney for his view as to whether this
could be done under the new law, fol.
council of extending the payments
over a period of eight years.
Mr.. Kirkland said that while the
legislature, in passing the measure,
had omitted the provision expressly
extending the payments for street
paving, there was such provision for
sidewalk paving and he believed it
could be made to apply all right. He
was informed by Mr.. Woody, of Mis-
soula, that they were proceeding un-
der that theory there and Great Falls
is doing the same thing.
1t was finally decided to get busy
in the paving matter and the city at
torney was instructed to prepare the
resolution to be submitted at the next
meeting.
Fourth of July.
Mayor Symmes said that when the
Lewistown delegation visited Billings
last week an invitation was extend
ed to the Billings people to come over
here on the Fourth of July and many
would doubtless come. He hoped
there would be a rousing celebration
and suggested that the matter ought
to be taken up by the Chamber of
Commerce. That organization will re.
ceive request today to get the thing
started.
Want Free Water.
All the members of the city school
board appeared and submitted a peti
tion that water be supplied the city
schools free of charge. T. T. Taylor
the chairman, followed this with a
statement in which he said that last
year the water was supplied free, but
this rule had been changed. The wa.
ter cost the schools from $50 to SAC
a month and as the expenses were in.
creasing with the growth of the city
the board had to manage it's finances
most carefully to come out even. The
water charge against the schools was
merely taking money out of one
pocket and putting it into another
anyway. Recently the council had
seen fit to let the hospital have the
water free and, while the board had
no criticism to make regarding that
yet the hospital was a private insti
tuition, whereas the schools were a
public institution, owned and paid for
by the public. The matter was re.
ferred to the water committee and
city engineer.
Chris Weideman and H. C. Ohland
complained in regard to the manner
in which the maintenance of the boule
ward districts was being neglected and
other kicks" were reported. The
city engineer was instructed to an
point sufficient men to properly dc
this work and to begin today.
Street SprinkIing.
Mark Teeters stated that he had
been engaged to put on a man and
team to sprinkle the streets, but
could not cash the warrants given him
in payment for this service. He was
paid Sc day for man and team and
if he could not get the money for the
service he would be compelled to drop
it.
Clerk Fitten was instructed to pro-
ceed at once and prepare the sprinkl
ing assessment.
City Engineer Birkland made a re-
port summarizing the progress in
sewer construction, the water pipes
laid in May, and stated that the storm
sewer system would probably be com
pleted this week.
On motion of Alderman Wiedeman
1t was decided that hereafter when
property owners who have not paid
their share of the assessment for the
Myersick sewer desire to connect with
1t, they be required to pay the assess.
ment.
Alderman Wiedeman reported that
the water committee had gone over
the gravity system from end to end
Last year some 5000 feet Of wood
pipe through the Phillips field had
been replaced with iron, and next year