Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-22

me case OF Mr.. Davis whose stable -
burned out at the corner Of Galens an
MAIN and said he was under a rantaI :
SoV Q month Tor the ground on which +
nau lease, upon which at present i
eouo 4 erect a brick fre-proo
ssrucuure. His lease was only for a fe,
years, q 1T was impossible for him t
TTlIiliu as required by the present ordinances
tn 1 iower part OF the city did not nee,
impossible to build it up il IL vera ar
forced. Under the amendment he nronosa,
mr.. Davis could erect q corrugated iro,
covered building that would enable to hin
TO continue in business.
alderman Levy thought the sympath,
racket had been worked too much in IN
Council. Here we had q City Attorne,
writing up ordinances and NO sooner ha.
they passed than some one came asking re
liei from their provisions.
Alderman Lynch moved to place Alder
man Evans amendment ON it's passage.
Inc hai decided that a new ordinanc,
would have t) be drawn on the subject Q
nre limits repeating the old one and exciud
ing rom the fire limits all the city south O
Galena street.
Afterwards q new ordinance to this effec
was drawn and rushed through the Council
and Mayor Hamilton signed it, SO tina
hereafter Galena street is the southern
boundary OF the fire limits OF the city.
THE NUISANCE ORDINANCE.
Alderman Lynch brought up the matte,
OF the hardships inflicted on many ousi
ness men by the provisions of the ordi
nance against throwing water on the
sidewalk. He instanced stores on Mair
street that had no back entrance where il
was impossible to do otherwise when clean.
ing them than by sweeping the Stops into
the street across the sidewalk. 1t had been
suggested as q way out Of the difficulty that
those so situated be allowed to lay O. gutter
across their sidewalk to the street by which
to get rid of their slops.
Alderman Pinkham commended that it
was not the Intention to work any hard.
ship, but that the necessity for the provis.
ion had been enforced by the action OF
some business men in making a nuisance
for their neighbours. He thought no one
had a right to wash the filth out of
their stores on to their ~neighbors' side
walk.
A iruitless discussion ensued, some mem.
bers contending the provision ought to be
repealed. while others maintained that If
it was properly enforced every one in time
would have to concede it's benefit.
City Marshal Coulter, by permission said
there was no trouble to get rid of the water
il parties want to without violating the or
finance. Ii the water was conducted across
the sidewalk on tarpaulins if necessary
there could be no objection raised.
Alderman Lynch novel that those who
scrub out their stores be allowed to sweep
the water directly across the sidewalk into
the street, but the chair thought it would
be a bad precedent to give any one author
ity to break al ordinance.
Further discussion showed that the sense
oil the Council was opposed to any tamper-
ing with the ordinance and the matter
dropped.
GOING FOR THE LOAFERs.
Alderman Pettes brought up a matter
he thought called for the attention Of the
Council. He asserted it to be a well known
fact that the city is at present infested
generally. He referred to numerous in
where ladies had been insulted af-
ter nightfall and followed to the doors Of
their houses by rufians. He thought it
time the Council took the matter in hand,
enacted IL stringent vagrant law and in.
structed the police to enforce it rigidly.
The matter was dropped to admit OF
other business aud when taken up again
Mr.. Pettes asked the City Attorney what
provision existed to cover the case.
Mr.. Speer said the city had the same pro-
against vagrancy as existed under
the Territorial law. The trouble with
these cases was to get testimony to convict
them. They always managed to get rep
utable witnesses to come before the court
aud prove they were paying regularly for
their board and DON rent.
Alderman Lynch wanted to know If it
was not the fact that the gentlemen who
tried these cases nee Ted a little back bone
whether there was not too much sticking
Tor testimony and too little regard for the
word of the officers. He referred to the
instances of ladies being insulted in the
residence district, and asked if the Council
proposed to sit calmly by and let this
thing go on. It was the duty OF the Coun-
Gil to INSTRUCT the City Marshal to rid the
town OF these ~scoundrels.
Mr.. Speer said three of that gentry q
been convicted in the Police Court that
OF vagrancy and given the limit.
Marshal Coulter said he had men specially
employed to attend to those cases OF in
ladies referred to and expected to
catch the guilty parties soon.
Alderman Pettes said loafers should be
given to understand that this Council In.
tended to drive them out OF the city, n
with this the discussion ended.
The chair appointed William Burton as
poundmaster and the Council confirmed
the appointment.
Health Officer Leavitt made q lengthy
on the new water supply, eulogizlng
It highlg and making certain recommended
for keeping it pure which were re-
ferred TO q committee composed OF Messrs.
C,.r.o-f Wunno I.unoh and Lewis.
MINORS ABOUT SALOONS.
Alderman Pinkham brought up the sub
iect of boys playing truant from school TO
hang around saloons and bad resorts and
thought the ordinance forbidding minors
in, round or about saloons should be rig
idly enforced by the police.
Alderman Monteath referred to q corpo-
that employs boys whose main occu-
leads them into saloons and houses
ill fame. The matter had grown TO be
an evil that in the interest OF the future
welfare OF the city should be inquired into
and stopped.
City Attorney Speer said there is a Terri
torial provision forbidding boys frequent
saloons, but did not think 1T applied to
the case referred to by Alderman Monteath.
The chair suggested he look up the pres
emit legal status of the matter and ii there
ia no ordinance on the subject prepare one.
Alderman Pinkkam introduced a resolu-
tion, which passed unanimously, express
ing it as the sense OF the Council that the
notice force rigidly enforce the law now
existing against boys lettering in or about
saloons, gambling houses or other I'M
proper places for minors
Adam Faraday appeared and asked per-
mission to continue sinking on his shalt IN
Mercury street, but the Council decided IL
had no right to grant any such permis'
sion. A.,
On motion of Alderman Monteafh the
City Attorney was instructed to defeld
Officers Layton and Carroll in the case
against them in the Probate Court, charg.
ing them with assault on q priso ner theJ
were taking to jail.
The Council then adjourned