Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-10
AWARDS
PAVING WORK
NEAR BRIDGE
Will Improve Strip Without
Asking Extension of Car
Service.

DECISION TO proceed WITH the payihS
of First avenue north between the west
end of the present paving and the east
end of the Missouri river bridge with
out recurring the Montana Power COM
pany to extend street car service to the
west side was reached by the city coun-
Gil Monday night. The public improve
ment committee submitted a recon-
mendation that the Power company be
not required to extend its tracks
through the proposed new paving and
the Recommendation was carried, Alder
man George Sleeyy alone voting In the
negative.
The bid of S. Birch & Sons was ac-
cepted for the paving of the strip. The
bid was $4.2J6. for laying a Warrenite
bitulithic surface on a broken stone
base. The contracting firm of Nilsson
& Smith also submitted a bid for the
work, their proposal being S4,675.75.
Sewer Bid Awarded
Steve Yelock. contractor. was award
ed the contract for the installation of
a sanitary sewer in Third alley north.
between Thirtieth and Thirty second
streets, by the city council Monday
night. His bid was $2,043. Others
who bid for the work were the Two
Miracle Concrete company, r. F. Dug
gan. Nilsson & Smith. f. r. Evans Con-
tracing company. G. G. Nordauist and
Chris Ommhalt and Carl Anderson.
Yelock's was the low bid.
Three bids for installing the water
service in special improvement district
N. 415. on Sixth avenue north. from
Park drive to Twelfth street. were
opened by City Clerk w. H. Harrison
and read before the council. Bids
were submitted byh. A. Pinski. X. +:
Duggan and the Collins Plumbing and
Heating company. The bids were re-
ferred to the public improvement com
mittee and the city engineer for tabu-
lation.
A committee representing residents
of the district addressed the council
in protest of the proposed improve
ment district. saying that the prop
erty owners were unable to bear the
expense involved.
A protest of owners of $50 of the
10 lots in the same street was filed
with the council against the installa-
ton of a lighting system. The resolu-
ton Of intention to create a. special im-
provement district for the installation
of a lighting systm on Sixth avenue
north was voted down by the council
on its second reading.
Resolutions fixing the form of bonds
to be issued covering the work IN spe-
cial Improvement districts 3T5, 3S3
drainage. 3S5. 391. 392. 1874, 394 drain
age. 395. 397. 399. 400 and 402 were
passed on their first reading.
The judiciary committee issued a rec
o~mmendation that the petition of bust
ness houses on Fourth street between
Central avenue and First avenue south
that the parking ordinance be changed,
be denied. The anne committee rec
commended that the petition of busl-
ness houses in the Steele block to
amend the parking ordinance restricting
the parking in that block also be de-
MED. Both recommendations were &C
| cepted by the council.
Monthly Reports Filled
| Petitions of the Star Clothing com
pany. 21S First avenue south, and
| Bloom Sales Service company, 20e
First avenue south. to hang cloth signs
| in front of their establishments were
referred to the aldermen of the Second
ward.
l.. f. Dykman's petition to install
a gasoline tank at @ Fifth avenue
! southwest was granted
The report of Police Magistrate III
A. Sheppard for September showed re
| ceipts amounting to S154.
]. P. Nelson. street foreman. report.
ed an expense amounting to S1,5Oi.V
for September. -.
The receipts for September in the of
flee of City Engineer NJ. i. Morris
were reported to be $3.50. AS building
INSPECTOR. his receipts were reported
to be S163.S5.
The report of W. T. Wren. city
treasurer. for September showed a casf
balance on hand at the end of the
month of S153.66T.
The report of the city-county health
department was submitted to the cou
ell. All of the reports were accepted
and placed on file.