The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-18
THEY ALL Want IT
Reasons Why HilksfVills People Want
4 City Of Their Own.
Their Streets Need Taking Care OF
and They Doubt Very Much
Whether Butte Would Give
Them Any Attention.
BY the Standards special Wire.

BY the Standards special Wire.
Butte, April lit was stated to-day
that there may be some opposition 10 the
proposed incorporation Of Walkerville
into a city md that several property
owners in Walkerville have been to
Commissioner Palmer and expressed
themselves as opposed to the cheme. But
ms far as could be learned by a STANDARD
reporter to-day the opposition is mostly
fines of Butte. In a tripto Walkerville
tonight, a reporter found a practically
unanimous sentiment i'm favor Of making
the place n city.
"The chief reason why w want to he o
city," said Judge Herbert, "is for sanitary
dirtiest place on the face of the earth. No
work Is ever done on our roads or streets.
IL they can be dignified by the name OF
streets. only wish you had come up
here last week. ! would have shown YOU
IL In n hollow down here.
The carcasses included horses.
s Chickens = d0E we pa1T nslly cats so, n sSe
commissioners to remove them. But
there is plenty of filth yet, and we want
an authority that can compel the cleaning
of the streets. Now II We join Butte, they
won't rare anything for our needs up here.
We are Of no use to the county either ex-
CCDt VI Dry tAACbsh ohthi - SNSt otAt ~
us. / don't know of any opponent to our
scheme unless 1t is NJ. j. Scott"
Joseph Amear, h is proprietor of the
Walker house and who is now
pIi,ssinR we will s''s ave n smonaS
new city. Suppose il does cost us more
than to join Butte; what OF that? What
ever we do expend will be laid out on our
selves n not In paying for Butte's sew
ers. Our drainage is all right and we
couldn't get sewers IL W. joined Bntte.
That city would undoubtedly, like us to
help pay taxes. Why, the idea of such
properties as the Alice, Moulton and Lex
ington paying heavy taxes to the county
while nothing Is done for the place where
live the men interested in the proper
ties"
"Our scheme'' said j. G. Johnston, ais
TO divide the mile square into three wards.
One ward will be west of the cable track,
the second east of il, and the third the
territory north of the Alice. That will di-
vide the population equally, there being
about 1900 people altogether. Leading
men have agreed that no COM
psnsa.iG and s alSarms be f FhISss hall iS 'S be
two aldermen from each ward. IL will
not be necessary to require the entire time
of the city clerk and treasurer, but they
can be paid for actual service. What
we shall want most OF all is q city marshal
who shall compel the cleaning Of the
streets. We shall also want a policeman
for night duty. Those will be the only
men who will work on full time"
w have no use for Butte's debt and
sewer tax" said E. II. Campbell. ave
estimate that we can carry on our city
with a tax of ~ mills which IL
a great deal less than the taxes of Butte.
There is no opposition to speak of here"
William Adamson, Superintendent
Cummings of the waterworks, George
Campbell, A. Monroe and others ex.
pressed themselves strongly i'm favor OF
the sceeme. Dennis Driscoll, one Of the
leaders in the movement, left to-day with
his family for New Jersey, but the matter
will be presented TO the commissioners to
morrow by w. c. Hall, j. c. Johnson and
Joseph Amear.
One of the commissioners said to-day
~ think the people of walkerville will
find it more expensive thar they think to
start and run a city and they might better
join Butte. We thought We were going to
have an inexpensive city government
But IL did not I'M out SO. We started
with n population of 10000. The trouble
is that most of the electors are
not property owners n the party tina
will do the most for the people will bt
sure to be The popular party. Conse
quently parties will find themselves com
PEELED TO do more I'M more for the people
salaries Of officers will have to be i'm
creased in order to gain patronage, ant
i'm a very few years property owners viii
be kicking on taxes N il will do no goot
to kick then"