The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1920-12-23
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL

OF the Guy cieTh, JHe eSuldT meet
ing place of said council in said city
at the hour of 8 o'clock P. NJ. OF
said day.
The following members were founc
to be present: Mayor Smith, presid.
ing. Aldermen Lynn, GIFTS, Coffey
Everett. City Clerk R. R. Knowlton
City Attorney Hugh Marion. Absent
Aldermen Kragrud and Ferguson.
The minutes of the called meeting
Of November 10th and the regular
meeting of November 22nd were
read and on motion duly seconded
and unanimously carried were APP
proved as read.
Communications
Mr.. H. G. Walking, representing
w. L. Slayton & Co., advised that
they were proceeding with the mat
ter of refunding bonds and desired
a list Of the outstanding warrants.
The Public Service Commission
wrote than an engineer or auditor
would be sent soon to investigate the
advisability of a reduction in rates
charged for power and light.
Contract for Light
The Listerud Power Co. having
been notified of the termination of
their present contract on December
%, 1920, Mr.. Maurice Listerud APP
peared before the council to ascer-
tain their wishes in regard to a new
contract. In view of the pending
visit of the representative of the
Public Service Commission, no ac-
ton was taken. Motion by Alderman
Everett, duly seconded, that when
the council adjourn, they adjourn to
meet on Monday, the goth day of
December, at 8 o'clock P. M.
Unanimously carried.
Mr.. Arne Solberg asked for in
in regard to streets vacat-
ed by ordinance No. 80 and the
ownership of property affected there
by and was referred to the city engi-
neer and the city attorney.
5th Avenue Embarrassing
Petition was presented asking the
council to enter into negotiations
With the Great Northern Railway for !
Embarrassing to be located on
oth avenue and pass under the tracks
IS there was some question as to the
.greements entered into with the
company in the past, and the
proposition involved was so expen- r
i've that it would most certainly be i
'efused, the petition was laid on the i
able. f
Mr.. Morrissey, j~anitor at the North
tide school requested permission to h
Sc water to food a small hollow for [
rink for the school, which was c
ranted. G.
Community Hydrant North Side n
Mr.. LEM, the water superinten- c,
ent, was asked to explain the diff
Guilty of maintaining the communi- Il
! hydrant installed in the so-called Il
ater house at Fallon st. and 18th ~
N. 1t appearing that there 70
an inclination on the part OF f,
users to abuse the privilege, =;
9TH by loaning keys to parties not .,
aging for water, by leaving the
DOR unlocked or open, by allowing ~
alter to run or not shutting it off Il
and also by some parties
eglecting to pay their water bills !
lder the supposition that it was !
,mpulsory in the city to maintain -
is water station, and it also APP
caring that it was necessary to give :
daily attention to the main
iAence during inclement weather f'
prevent freezing and as this house
established to give service to a
strict NOT WITHIN REACH OF
HE MANS, a condition which was
by the extension of the
alter mains and which no longer ex-
- anu IC1CiCliCS Wdo maui W sup
ement No. l to Tariff No. l of the
lblic Service Commission:
Rule 81. Water rents are pay
lie at the office of the city clerk
fore the tenth of each month. If
t paid before the fifteenth day of 10
e month, the right is reserved to
;continue the service when thirty IF
hours have elapsed after serving mel
final notice. thi
Rule So. (Refers to the establish mo
mt of a Community Hydrant) The ter
is reserved to discontinue this AM
ISIS of service as under rule /, for sid
lure to pay rentals. fec
The right is also reserved to dis eve
ntinue this class of service on the inc
st day of any month providing that str
notice has been published in one fec
of a newspaper o less than Der
days before the date of discon- not