Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-19
THOSE MACHINE SHOPS
ifHE FEE5IsG sEsERA1 Tzzr rHE1
GsazE % BE Built H@E

Petitions % that Eject Readily signed bs
thesLsssept shippers I'm Butte Iester'
dsy-h strong Letter 70 Be Sent b thu
Board .ef Trade to Omaha Accompany.
rs Thsa.
HE board Of trade met in adjourned
eessipn at its rooms over Clark 4 Larabie'i
Rank Monday eve, to receive the reports o
the committees appointed at the meetiDi
kH61Hrlay evening to procure signatures e
<ueffstn addressed to General ManageI
%kimbalf of the Union Pacific in iurtherancs
ls5ff6e effort to secure the location oil thu
re- Montana Union machine shops al
s51bath Butte. The meeting was very vel
HfEfs1hed by prominent members OF the
FePrsadsnt Manasssc5fied the chair and
rfnss II. ForbE. sechftsry. sas at hin
d&N. Copies Of the fsttion with sigma
lures appended were laid before the board
A6r the inspection of those present, and il
Esas found that the petition had been
ksiOer by most OF the merchants. business
. and professional men of the city Ii was
gratifying evidence OF the general accord ol
the con1unity upon the action petitioned
Tor, and showed that, although the time
during which theQuestion had been agitated
was very short and the topic neither widely
nor loudly advertised, the feeling in the
community was very decided n unmis-
takabiy Endorsed the action of the board.
The petition 10 as follows:
ITO Thomas l.. Kimbail, Esq., General
MANAGER Union Pacific Z. z. Co., Omaha,
N~ebraska.-The undersigned business men
and shippers Of Butte and vicinity respect
fully yet earnestly desire to enter their pro-
test against the contemplated action oil
your in removing the machine
and workshops OF the Montana Union rail-
road from this city and establishing the
same at Anaeonda.sWe feel that by reason
of the immense patronage which your road
receives from this point, taken in connec
ton with the fact that Butte il the most
popuIous city in the territory, We should
receive the most favorable consideration
at your hands in this matter which SO
closely affects our material welfare.
The establishment of these shops else.
where would work a great injury to Butte;
therefore We most respectfully ask that
before taking final action you will instruct
your representatives to consult with our
citizens with a view to arrangements look.
ing to the retention and maintenance oil
these shops here"
About two hundred signatures followed
including some OF the heaviest shippers oil
this city.
President Mantle submitted the following
telegram received from Mr.. Kimball in re
ply to that sent by him Saturday evening
which was published in Sundays edition Of
this paper.
OMAHA. June 17.-Lee Mantle: Your
message received yesterday. 1t 10 o in.
tended to remove any OF the shops now at
Butte away from there butts some additional
shop facilities may possibly be provided at
once. THOMAS l.. KIMBALL."
While this was regarded as satisfactory
SO far a. concerns the shops here, al pres
ent, the tone OF comment that followed
among the gentlemen indicated that il con.
tanned no definite assurance a to the Ioca-
ton OF the new machine shops, which IL
what the board OF trade is now endeavor.
ing to secure the location OF at South
Butte. In the remarks that ensued it was
plain that the board regarded the proposed
location of these new shops anywhere else
than at Butte az an injustice to this city,
which has in the past been 30 prolific g
source of revenue to the Union Pacific,
and wanted a definite assurance that these
new shops would be located here at the
headquarters of tire road. 4
w. A.. Clark as one of the committee ap-
pointed Saturday evening to interview
Superintendent Law in reference TO the re-
q~uirements of the Montana Union in the
way Of ground and other privileges stated
that Mr.. Law would not return to Butte
until to-day, and it then arranged that
the committee should make it a point to
see that gentleman as early to-day rs
possible and obtain the fullest informa-
ton upon the subject delegated to them.
On motion OF Judge Knowles it was de-
cided that the petitions be forwarded to
Mr.. klmbail to-day accompanied by a let
ter rom the board Of trade, signed by the
president and secretary and bearing the
official seal OF the board, putting the wishes
OF the community in the strongest light
and containing such guarantees for the re-
quirements OF the company as the commit
tee to interview Superintendent Law would
report necessary after their visit to him.
The letter will explicitly ask that Butte be
given an opportunity to negotiate for the
location OF the new machine shops at South
Butte.
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