Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-18
TO SEEK
PLAN TO MEET
$l4l,000 BONDS
Must Find Means of Refunding
Within Year; Reject
Railway Proposal.

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in July, 1923, as well as for some
$35O,O0O in outstanding warrants, were
given to the ways and means commit
tee of the city council Monday night
at the council session. The instruc-
lions to take action for the meeting on
these bonds, issued 20 years ago, fol-
lowed a report of the state auditing de-
partment, calling attention to this need.
Speaking of the need for action on
the maturing bonds, Mayor X. M. Ar
mour said that nothing had been done
during the last 20 years to meet them;
with the exception OF a small sum palo
out of the tax levy last year.
There has never been a sinking
fund of as much as five cents against
these bonds" he said. at was just a
ease of bonds piling up without anyone
making an effort to see how they were
to be met. They left it to posterity,
and it looks as if we were due to be
posterity.
I'VE should call upon the ways and
means committee for some recommen-
dation in this regard. and, while we are
about it, they might as well take &C
ton on the $35O,OOO Of outstanding
warrants"
The council voted to refer the two
questions to the ways and means COM
mittee, assisted by the county attor-
ney.
large place in the business of the coun-
Gil meeting, four improvement districts
being finally adopted and the proposal
Of the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul
railway in connection with the paving
at the viaduct on First avenue north
was rejected.
In rejecting the proposal of the rail
way company. Mayor Armour pointed
out a clause that provided that, if at
any time the railway found it needed
for a right of way the land decided to
the city, it should be returned to the
company on the payment of 81. Mayor
Armour held that such a clause made
the city too insecure in it's holding to
warrant the expenditure of money.
"Of course we will continue our
work. he said. But it must be re-
membered that this is unplatted ground
and that under our present laws, we
can't compel the property owners of
unplatted ground to bear the expense
Of paving. Under these conditions, the
Milwaukee can block us just as long as
it pleases or until the legislature makes
some remedy in the laws"
Alderman 6. A. Bosley here inter
posed that 'if the Milwaukee is going
to be so straight-laced about it, why
not look into the question of running
these steam locomotives on the south
side without bridges and other neces-
sary conditions
The Improvement districts finally
passed included two providing for the
resurfacing of the wood block paving of
the city with bitumen and sand: one
for the grading and paving of Third
avenue north between Twentieth and
Twenty-first streets and on Twentieth
between Third and Fourth avenues;
and the last for the graveling of Sec
ond avenue north between Twenty-sixth
and Thirty-eighth streets or the city
limits, this being the extension as pro-
vided in the improvement plans for the
Belt road into the city.
The public improvement committee
was instructed to arrange the construc-
ton of cement sidewalks IN the south
side of Third avenue north between
Thirtieth and Thirty-fifth streets.
Tit on Paving Delay
A sharp tilt developed on the ques-
ton of permitting the public improve
ments committee another week in
which to consider the question brought
up concerning the kind of paving to
bc uBCA III tb' 4 N'iiu hOi IA
improvement district, a petition having
been presented asking that reinforced
concrete be used. 1t was explained
that the chairman of the committee was
absent and had not taken the matter
up.
Some aldermen and some persons
from among the spectators, including
b. j. Boorman, had spoken against the
decay.
II think we should give the COM
mittee time said Mayor Armour
sharply. II can see no harm in it.
Here we have the contractors trying
to force this through this session. /
understand that some organizations.
tax associations, for instance have been
urging us to go slowly in the expendi-
ture of public funds. Let's do that"
A petition of residents was received
and filed protesting against the paving
of Fifth avenue north from Ninth to
Twentyfifth streets.
Request of the postoffice depart
ment, through Postmaster William
Cluston, for the installation Of IA ad-
ditional mail boxes was approved. The
new locations will be: On Central
avenue at Third, Fifth, Sixth. Twenty
first, TweMy-sixth streets; First ave
nue. north at Twelfth, Sixteenth and
Twenty-fourth streets; Second ave
nue. north at Sixth and Fifteenth
streets; First avenue north at Ninth
street; Eighth venue north at Ninth
street; First avenue south at Fourth
and Twentieth streets.
Accept Street Specifications
Specifications for the improvement
of the Helena road from the Great
Northern subway at Sixth street south
west to the city limits, and the graveT-
ing of Second avenue north were ac-
cepted.
The June report Of the health de
partment was received and filed.
Fire Chief A. J. Trodick recommend
ed Charles Hedge as ready for confir-
nation in his position and Ed Peterson.
Russell Smith and Charles r. Lane for
probation. The council concurred in
the report