The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-02
FACTS and FIGURES
WHAT THE TOWN CLAIMS
Reasons Why That City HAS n
Right to Expect a Post
Office and Public
Building.
by the standards Special Wire.

BY the Standards SPECIAL wire.
Butte, March was N largely
attended meeting of representative Butte
citizens to-night held under the auspices
of the board of trade at the Office OF Nam
tie & Warren. Lee Mantle called the
meeting tn order and stated its object to
I've tn prepare "a statement of Buttc's re-
sources and prospects i'm order To aid and
strengthen the bill pending before on
grs.ss for "a public building i'm the city.
n. e.. Ray was appointed secretary. A
shaw, +. T.. Sergeant and r.. A. Largely,
presented the following, which was ma
nimously adopted:
At a meeting of the citizens of Butte
City held under the auspices of the Butte
City board of trade ON March 1, 1SU; To
take action relative tn n proposed con.
States public building in Butte City, Lee
Mantle, president of the board of trade,
presiding. and NJ. &. Ray acting secretary,
sisting of &. q. Bradshaw, II: f.. Sergeant
and II: A: Largely, was appointed and re-
ported ahG respi nG H.. w, rar
dent instructed to secure their pubiica-
ton in the local press and to have copies
Ii. Garter, Representative i'm congress, AMI
tn Hon. w. a. Clark, Hon. Martin Magin-
mis-, Hon. Wilbur F. Sanders and Hon. L.
WHEREAS: There is now pending be-
fore the congress- of the United States IL
bill known as H.. T.. $685.; to provide for
Wv sbhtSet VI " lhSth' "N
Butte City, Montana. the same having
been introduced by Hon. 4. IL. Carter, our
rcE Wssnsa sn N fS SiiI nr@yides for an an
preparation by congress of the sum of
S1OO,UoO for the purchase of N site and tho
erection of said building, including fire.
proof vaults, heating and v~entilatino APP
elevators and approaches COM
plcte, the same to be used when COM
and other government offices i'm the city
WHEREAS. Said bill provides that said
building shall bc u~uexpOscd to danger
from fire by an open space of at least 40
feet ON each side including streets and
alleys, and
WHEREAS, The citizens of Butte City
in mass meeting assembled ~recognizing
the urgent need for n public building to
accommodate the already large and rap
idly increasing business of the govern
ment and particularly the postofficc de-
rlrtrncnt, do most respectively present
following statement of facts relating Ia
the resources the present condition and
the future prospects of this community:
Butte City is located i'm the very heart of
the greatest silver and copper producing
district yet discovered in the United
States and il the head and center of the
great mining industry i'm the state.
The city il Incorporated with am area of
just one mile square, although much of
the territory adjacent To the city limits is
as thickly populated as any portion of tho
city proper. The city il divided into
seven wards, each ward being represented
ft ths' ~ III ~ " wi
Assessed valuation The asscssablc
wealth of the city for the year 1880 will bc
her of valuable mines situated within the
city limits, these latter being taxed sim
ply upon their net product, although their
Pons,lation"Thc pop,,iation of Butte
and Immediate vicinity is 1900.
Fire department city has "A paid
equipped. IL also has an extensive sewer
system of tho most improved method,
S,iis az a cost o.; so far; Of Si4o.9oo, and
work can be performed.
Bonds.-,The c~ityslast year sold $4,000 of
.sn nG"s. 8 bearing ssnrs, az : per pe s" snni ,"t srsmi ann
money being applied in public inn
provcments.
electricity. The gas, company's plan, is
valued nj S1OO.OOO. There are two electric |
light companies furnishing the most inn
proved systems To every section of he
city, their joint Investments representing
SlJO,OOO.
Public lmprovemcnts-Therc has been
expended i'm grading and improving tho
streets and alleys of the city S:oO,ONO. The
city owns its own city hall, offices and
yer Bow county. the most %populous county
in the state. and here is located the county |
court house. built nj n cost OF S15O.ooo.
Schools -Ther are two large anu hand
some brick buildings used for the higher |
grades of the public, schools. while nunier- |
Gus other small buildings are used i'm diff
W "a ttttt~ w ~ ivy att HS I
I'm addition To these there is a Catholic
seminary erected ut a cost of $4,000. The
average daily enrolment of the schools *
about 1900.
Water supply-Thc city is furu-
ished with water ~ an Incorporated
company who have expended S25O.OOO
on their works, and who are still cnlarg-
ing and improving them. In addition. !
another has been formed with n
large capital and are now asking the city
for a franchise. which has been rcportctl
upon favorably and will he granted u,
the next meeting of the city council
Railroads- Butte city is the terminus of
four lines of railroads-yiz.. the Great
Northern. which starts from ST. Paul; the
Utah * Northern, which leaves the Union
Pacific at oglcn; the Montana Union.
which Butte city with the
Northern Pacific at Garrison. CD miles
distance from Butte city and the Northern
Pacific short line which leaves the North
crn Pacific railroad ut Gallatin City. Mon
taua. and runs directly to Butte. These
roads combined make this city the chief
railroad center of the state.
TaNcs.-Thc combined tax levy for the
city of Butte and the county of Silver
Bow il 49,. mills divided a. follows: Gity
~ mills. hoo four mills. state two
mills. county four mills. road ono mill.
poor one mill. This is the lightcst tax os
any city and county in the state. boil, city
and county script sell at par.
Street car lines-The city has y cable
car line running i'm one direction "a dis
lance of one mile beyond the city limits,
doing a profitable business and built at a