The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-05
ITS OFFICERS
Business at the Annual Meeting Of the
Alert Hose Company.
The Hose Cart at the Lower End of
the Town 10 Transferred to
the Care of the
AIerte.

Pursuant 10 n call made by Captain
johnson, q meeting Of the Alert Hose
company was held at the company's hall
i'm the lose house on Oak street last
night. The attendance was the largest
for some time. The meeting was called
To order by Captain johnson, and after
the roll call and reading of the minutes
of the last regular meeting, n reference
To the books disclosed the fact that sew
eral members were dclinquents in the
matter of dues. The secretary was in
structed To inform the delinquents that
unless their Indebtedness 10 the company
is Immediately discharged their names
will be dropped from the roll. An invita-
ton 10 attend in uniform the parade and
ball of the Anaconda Hook and Ladder
company No. 1, To be held on Friday even
ing, April IL, was read by the secretary,
and unanimously accepted. Compli-
mentary tickets were presented to the
members Of the company. A bill from
ID, j., Henncssey Mercantile rom
pany for $751; for rubber coats
and hats was presented and ordered paid.
Ii was reported that several uniforms Of
the company were IN possession OF Tor
mer megn pers, and a committee consist
ing of Nfcssrs. Hale, Maloney and Sulli-
van was appointed to look up the missing
property and report at the next meeting.
Captain Johnson then that
h election of the officers OF the COM
pany for the ensuing year was i'm order.
Mr.. Hughes said that before the election
of officers took place he wished to pre-
sent a suggestion which had been made
To him by Chief Richie. He stated that
the hose cart which was nj the lower end
of the town was practically OF no use
there, as there was no company there to
run il. Moreover the house in which il
.... la.s ..aa - 1l.. mo
was therefore liable To destruction by N
person maliciously inclined. II had been
decided to place il in the house on Oak
street and the chief suggested that the
Alert company, in electing its officers,
should provide for utilizing the additional
cart by elccting a foreman, an assistant
foreman, with two captains, one
for each cart; the members were to
be divided into two sections, known as
No. I and No. =. A motion that the by
laws he amended to provide for the sug-
gestion made by Mr.. Hughes was unani-
mo,lsly adopted.
The election Of officers was then pro-
cceded with. IL resulted as follows:
Foreman, Frank Foskett; assistant fore
man, P.J. Maloney; captain cart No. l, W.
j. johnson, captain No. =, p. j. Sullivan;
for secretary and treasurer the present
incumbcnts, who have so faithfully dis
charged their duties in the past, were
unanimously elected, namely, Secretary
X. A. Kunkle and Treasurer A. L.
Playter.
While the election of officers was in
progress a messenger handed Captain
Johnson a note, which read as follows
captain Johnson: IL you have any
trouble i'm the meeting just ring the fire
hell, and We are waiting and will he wild
you. lSignedj The Gang After the
election the boys adjourned To Foskett's
and partook of the hospitality of that gen
tleman.
The company proposes To increase its
membership SO that il will he ample to
run both carts. The places of those who
have moved away and of those who by
reason of non-payment of dues will be
dropped will be filed, and i'm addition to
supplying these vacancies the company,
as stated before, will be still further en-
largcd. Great credit is due TO Captain
Johnson and the subordinate officers for
their jealous work in making the com
pany a successful fact.