The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-12
DOODLE WAS IN THE AIR.
Aldermen Admit Having Been Approached
During the Gaynor- Gamevsll Flight.
The Oaynor People Accused OF Not
wins Up to Thor Contract
Bitter Sarcasm hurled
Back and Forth

BUTTE, March 1.-Wlliam Carter, cleo
trician for the Gaynor Electric company,
arrived I'm town to-day, and mt his request
"a special meeting Of the city council was
held tonight. The result WAS n lively
aldermanic spat over he Gamewcl1 and
Gaynor systems, during which intimations
of bribery and wrong motives were made.
Mr.. Carter stated that he had brought
along both u central Office and an auto
matte system and desired the council to
choose which IL would have. he rec1ni-
that the mountaineering automatic system
il y repeater which il very complicated,
ceivcd. With the central office system il
n box works correctly an alarm is sure to
be given. A portion of the contract was
read, which stated that "Ihe boxes shall
'Therc were never two boxes made by
any company that will not interfere when
sWhy was il them" asked Alderman
wynne, "that Mr.. whitacre, your COM
pany's agent, agreed to put in a nonrin-
contract hns been signed and il calls for
a ~non-rntcrierinR automatic system"
Dermott. .'that there is no system i'm cx-
istcncc where two alarms r,InR at the
same time will interfere. | refer to
the GsmewciI system in Helena, Denver
Alderman wynne said: 'Mr. whitacre
was asked whether the system would be
notwithstanding or not, ana positively
stated that IL would bc notwithstanding and
This Is n very late day to come
n Th se aSS Sn aa try u to back nn out ,hs Of t x.rS S'n nro%a.
sition and Mr.. whitacrc made the agree
ment before the council. There must bc
come i'm when the contract is nearly conn
pleted and back out of the vital part of
1.-THE central Office is the hest SYSTEM"
mcndcd by the agent. and il is wha we
want"
s.Tt IL nr,csfv far frtrl,.sl I'm kick AGAINST
the Gaynor system now said Alderman
Pinkham. ''No one voted II on condition
none of tho Gamewcll me would have
voted for il il it was 10 be made of gold. l
vc.sa 70" r; The h central rns office Se, sysse% n; either
system. and would have voted for the
Gaynor il i had been only a string, of
shown that by his actions right along"
ssI'll say To the pentlcmcu one thing
said Mr.. Pinkharn. III could have had
wanted it," w." "'
1.-The Gaynor man certainly told u.s.
said Alderman Montcath, THAT he would
give us an automatic MISUNDERSTANDING sys-
tenn. I think we made "a mistake in or
derins this system at all. and / am salts
the C:aynor system understandinr that
they should have an automatic non-inter-
fering system. ] for one shall see to the
agree TO the payment of one cent unless
this contract is fulfilled. 1 think il bad
taste to palm off on us something we
didn't want at the time and didn't vote
for. am sorry to see personal auimosi-
tics and fricndsliips enter into something
tina only the city's welfare should COLI
Germ"
.As to friends I will never meet better
gentlemen than the Gamcweli people,"
said Alderman Olsen, ..rhey paid my
pem i'm Helena and offered me money
besides, and I have letters from Chicago
to show it,"
~ am proud to say hat ! have never
tcath, "and 1 hin il to- a
mans character to acknowledge that nc
has been offered a bribe."
s.I have never been offered ANYTHING
and think il not a thing to i've cxactIy
proud OF for one 10 confess that he has
been sized mn" said Alderman Wynnc.
Ni consider II NOR. likely that
those Who have bcen Offered
and have rcfuscd should nowled IL.
than one Who has ucccpted "A briLe. - said
| Droacl ed by an outsider and told 1 could
get money for voting for the Gamewcll
system. 1 said I was ns ant TO vote for one
ns for the other. and waited the action
OF the committee,"
Alderman Wynnc inquired whether Mr..
had not been tho leader of the
Caynor FIGHT from the beUinninu. and
Mr.. denied IL,
Alderman McDcrmott said: 1.-THE con-
| tract is signed and il is necessary for us
| to have an automatic system for the BEN
eft of the indepcndent fire service. If