Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-19
CITY Will PAY
$3.4O TO $5.75
FORCOALSTOCK
Pearce Low Bidder for Con.
tract; Ask Change in
Parking Rule.

The bid of the Pearce Coal company
to supply the city of Great Falls with
coal for the ensuing year was accepted
by the council Monday night and the
contract awarded to that firm. Fig
ures of the company's bid were: Lump
coal, S5.75 per ton; mine run coal,
$3.50 per ton; nut and slack coal, $40
per ton.
The Byrne & O'Neil Lumber COM
pany was awarded the contract for
supplying the city with a carload of
lumber for street work. The com
pany's bid was $651. Other lumber
concerns that bid for the car of lumber
were the Boorman Lumber company,
1915; Monarch Lumber company, S671;
! st. Anthony e. Dakota Lumber COM
pany, 1856.
Eighteen merchants and business
men with locations on Fourth street
between Central avenue and First ave-
nue. south submitted a petition to the
city council asking for a reconsidera-
| ton of the city ordinance providing for
parallel parking of automobiles IN that
district and requesting that the ordl-
nance be revised providing for dag
onal parking.
Want Traffic Rules Changed
The business houses aver that be-
| cause of the greater space taken up by
parallel parking, their business is often
impaired because of the inability of
prospective customers to park In tnat
block. Many cars are parked there all
day long, adding to congestion OF trafflc
that frequently occurs, the petition SAID.
| The matter was referred to the judicl-
airy committee for investigation.
A recommendation was made by the
public Improvement committee that the
owners of all lots in special improve
ment district 415 be notified to install
water service pipes or to repair pipes
| already in place, the work to be started
or contracted for within 10 days fol-
lowing the notice, the work to be done
by the city and assessed to the prop
erty owners in event of their failure to
do the work. The recommendation
was adopted by the council.
The same committee submitted a
recommendation for the installation of
concrete curling on both sides of Sew
enth street from Sixth alley north to
Seventh alley north and on Twelfth
street between Sixth alley north and
Seventh alley north. The committee
recomm endation, with a resolution Gre
ating a special improvement district to
defray the cost of construction, was
| adopted by the council on first reading.
Company Gives Park Seats
A petition, submitted by the Boor-
man Lumber company, asking for the
privilege of placing % wooden s~ettees
in the parks and on the boulevards for
the convenience of persons waiting for
street cars, at no expense to the city,
was granted.
A recommendation submitted by
Alderman Bernard Joyce that the Sugar
| Clothing company be permitted to hang
a cloth sign at its place Of business on
First avenue south, was accepted by
the council.
A petition was submitted by the Cas-
cade Steam laundry asking permission
to move the wall of its garage, located
at the rear of 1T First avenue north,
back two feet. The matter was re-
ferred to the public improvement com
mittee.
Specifications for the construction of
a storm drainage system on Sixth ave
nue. north between Park drive and
Twelfth street and all cross streets,
between Sixth alley north and Seventh
! alley north, were submitted by City
Engineer NJ. l.. Morris and accepted by
the council. Bids for the work will be
called October 2 and the work is to be
completed January L.
Ask for Sewer Bids
Specifications were also submitted
by Morris for the construction of an
eight-inch vitrified pipe sanitary sewer
in Third alley north between Thirtieth
| and Thirty-second streets. Bids will
be called for this work October 2, the
work to be completed December 81,
requiring a bond of $4,000. The speci-
| fications were adopted.
Eight resolutions apportioning by a
tax levy to property owners the ex-
| pense involved in construction work in
| special improvement districts during the
last year were adopted on their first
reading. A group of similar resolu-
tons previously passed by the council
were adopted on their final reading.