The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-16
WILL BE INVESTIGATED
Tho City Council Decides 10 Look Into
the Police Court Affairs.
ConditSon NJ Th1ngs-Other Bus1ness
Transacted Last Night ae
the COuac1l Meeting.

Special to the Standard.
BUTTE, Jan. 15.-while the whole city
has been kicking at the shutting Oft of
the water supply, N new water
has been planning n service for the city,
and tonight opened negotiations at the
meeting of the city council.
A petition was presented from tho Sill
yer Bow Hydraulic & Mining company,
stating that the company IL Incorporated,
that IL owns exclusively a large supply of
water, sufficient for all uses Of
the city and it's inhabitants, that n supply
can he brought to the city. hut at great
expense. To incur thisc expense the COM
pany wished, first: To obtain the right of
way through all streets and avenues. II
asked that a representative of the city
meet q representative of the company and
arrange as to rights and franchises, etc.
j. A. Talbot is president Of the new COM
pany. Mr.. w. Norton. superintendent of
the Silver Bow Water company. said that
the water owes the citizens of
Butte and the city an apology for
leaving the city without water the past
"A hours. 1t was due to a break i'm the
pipes. The company had to-day ordered
a duplicate for every piece Of casting on
the mains. He said they had appropriated
$500 for improvements and part of this
would he used i'm building reservoirs on
the big hill sufficient to last the city a
week.
On the petition of the new water com.
pany the judiciary committee and mayor
were appointed to confer with Mr.. Tai
bolt.
Alderman Cowan called attention to the
police court, saying: "The court is evil
IDENTITY getting badly demoralizod and out
of tune. The old police judge is not here.
and when he is around town he il often i'm
a state of intoxication, SO that court at
fairs are running wild. This entire day
the police Judge has not shown up here at
oil ThtS "a slap..nrn1izinO mt ny1S, An tho
court, but to the entire police force. If il
goes on we must certainly have n new po-
lice Judge. 1 move that a committee be
appointed to investigate the police court
and affairs"
This was unanimously carried and
Aldermen Cowan, Mulvehill, Pickham,
Goodale, and ongers, were appointed to
the committee. The resignation was re-
ceived of Frank Murray as policeman,
and n petition was presented from citizens
for the appointment of Donald Mcintosh.
There were, however, more applicants
and the contest narrowed to Jordan and
Killen. William Jordan who was for
merly a policeman for years was APP
pointed, receiving five votes to four for
Killen.
The fire committee recommended
turning the city hall into a sta
BILE for horses OF the department
altering the hall for that purpose. erect
ing a bell tower and the purchase of n fire
tvell III sooO vrbsAtbstSs SLItl vi Oh
the brigade offered the bell of the brigade
to the city for $3.50. The city had the use
of the bell for years, and should now pur-
chase it. Alderman Pinkham favored
fitting up the stables i'm the city hall and
swinging hunks for Rremen.
The following locations for fire alarm
boxes were finally agreed on: Main and
Quartz, Main and Park, Main and Por-
phyery, Broadway and Idaho. Broad.
way and Utah. Park and Wash
sA I-- 49,.
and Young. Washington and Silver,
Washington an Quartz, Montana and
Mercury, Montana and Gold, Quartz and
Wyoming. Mercury and Colorado. and
the aGnon mine. 1t was recommended
that additional fire hydrants he placed al
the corner of Academy and Park and Utah
and Grand streets. These recommends
tions were placed on file.
Fire Marshal O'Brien reported one fire
in November and four i'm December. A
bill was presented from Curtis & Majors
of $40, for rent OF fire house on East Gran.
lite street. 1t was stated by the finance
committee that this rent had never been
| paid before, and Alderman Pinkham
Thought the city had rented the building
therefore the fire marshal was instructed
to remove the costs from the building al
once.
The finance committee complained oi
| the bills presented for sundry and foI
hose cart team, amounting to $25 a month
Ii was thought enough fancy hoods and
collars had been purchased. The bill
was audited under protest.
Patrick Boland asked that the sewer
tax on Miners hall he reduced or can
| celled. In 1895 the Union constructed q
sewer of it's own and had no use for the
new sewer and objected to paying for it
This was referred to the finance com.
mittcc.
County Treasurer KessIer's bill of $5O(
for tax collection was flowed. A war
rant was ordered drawn in favor of VIII
tiers 4 McShecry for 1859 25 for the culver'
i'm Gold street. The matter of taxinG
houses of prostitution and their inmates
was postponed, the judiciary
reporting that il had not yet met. A pro
posed addition to the city of land i'm Ply
mouth was referred to the committee OH
addition.
leave of absence.
| For sale.