Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-10
The Gentlemen Appointed BY Two
Representative Bodies Take
Action.
After a Personal Inspection And a
Long Talk, a Conclusion
is Reached.
The Whole of Section Thirteen to Be
Submitted to the Voters as the
Limits of the New City
of Butte.

Yesterday afternoon pursuant to ad
iournment the joint committee of the
Board Of Trade and the City Council met
for the purpose OF deciding upon the bound.
aries, for the enlargement of the city, to be
submitted to the voters OF Butte and the
incorporation OF the same. There were
present Mayor Kenyon and Messrs. Ben
nett, Maptle, Trask, Lloyd, Bateman and
LavelIe, Carriages had been provided, and
the party, accompanied by Surveyor Har-
per, made a trip which encircled the city
and took in all the probabilities of enlarge
ment. The ground was carefully scanned,
the needs of the several sections discussed,
all possible explanations made, after which
cold and hungry the committee returned to
the CITY and sought tor creature comforts
in the shape OF food and fire-agreeing when
they separated to meet at 8 O'Clock in the
evening. With the exception of Mr.. Trask
the committee met at the appointed hour,
and his vacant seat was supplied by Mr..
Forbis, who put in an appearance. The
meeting was held at the Board OF Trade
rooms and Mayor Kenyon elected chair
man. After a short talk it was decided to
adjourn to the Office of Baker & Harper, 10
order that advantage might be taken of the
maps in the office.
When the gentlemen reached the point
they, so to speak, resolved themselves into
committee OF the whole upon the propo.
sition. An informal discussion resulted in
which it was clearly shown that there was
vida 1iforopoa ~ opin;oo n, - A..
proposed limits. There was one thing
however upon which all agreed, and that
was, that even if it had to be confined to
the present boundaries the CITY should be
reincnrpOrated i'll order that it might nave |
the benefits OF the enlarged authority |
granted under the new aw. The bone OF
contention was as to the scope OF the en-.
largement, Centerville, South Butte, Dub
lin Gulch and Scheurers being the bones OF
contention. The debate was an animated
and interesting one, all the members OF the
committee taking part. After each had ex-
pressed his opinion in different language
half a dozen times, in order to get the
MATES in shape, Mr.. Lavelle moved that
Centerville and South Butte be included in
the proposed limits. To this Judge Barrett
made an amendment, that the limits be |
bounded by the lines OF section 13. This
was adopted, the vote being at first a tie |
and the Mayor rendering a decisive vote in |
the affirmative. The proposition was then
on motion of Mr.. Mantle made unanimous.
It was further agreed by the committee
that each member would give the PROPOSE
ton his earnest support and would do all
in his power to secure it's approval at the
polls. While several of the members OF the
com nittee were not entirely satisfied
with the conclusion reached, it was decided
that it vas the best that could be done
under the circumstances that it would in
crease the area of the city and be the open
ing wedge to future additions, wherever op-
pOrtunity offered further, that it offered
a more reasOnab BILE prospect OF carrying than
il the towns of Centerville and South Butte
in their entirety had been included. Mesers.
Baker e. Harper will at once prepare a map
to accompany the petition, which will be
circulated at once. 1t requires the sigma
lures Of two hundred freeholders in the pro-
posed limits to secure the call for an cleo
of it's Objectionable features, there is no
doubt but that they can be obtained in a
day. To sive an idea of the proposed
country to be taken in, it may b said that
section 10, of which Butte is the center, is
bounded on the southwest corner by the
Anselmo mine, ON the northwest by Mis-
soulu Gulch, one-fourth mile north OF the
Dexter mill, on the southeast at a point
near the depot addition, and on the north
east at a point neal the Anaconda switch.
This includes a portion of Dublin Gulch,
and extends east so as to include the prop
erty about fifty yards beyond Fred
Scheurer's store.