The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-06-05
ITS FIRST MEETING
The New Police COMMITTEES Starts Out
to Work Reforms.
WILL MAKE HOBOES WORK
Suggestions Regarding Street Ma
cadamizing and Patrol Wagon
Meet No Opposition Policemen
Elected Strictly Harmonious.

first meeting this evening and II de- |
veloped into a session of considerable |
Importance. In addition TO the selec- |
ton of seven new policemen, which |
completes the force. II was practically |
decided to put the city prisoners TO |
work at breaking rock, which will be |
used i'm improving the streets. and the
long-talked-of and longidelayed prop
osition of equipping the police depart
ment with a patrol wagon assumed a
definite form which indicates that this
aching void will soon be filled.
The committee is composed OF Mayor
Thompson and Aldermen Harrington.
Pascoe. Carder. Cannon, Gamblers.
Vivion. Rowe and Knowlton. and all
Of the members were present. The
mayor presided and Pascoe was elect
ed secretary. The old rules Of the po-
lice commission were adopted 10 gov
ern the committee. and an amendment,
which was introduced by harrington,
providing that no candidate whose
name was not on last years regtstra-
ton list shall De eligible 10 conirma-
ton as a policeman. The mayor re-
ported that there were seven vacancies
on the force and J. j. Anderson, q. Ii.
Swanson, John Hooper, sam olson,
John Gray. Iver Sivertson and w. T..
Grant q colored man. were selected TO
fiji them After the secretary had
read the full list of applications as Wen
as the nominees Of the police commits
sion which had been rejected and con-
nrmed by the council. IL was decldeu
that each member of the committee
should nominate two men and then
vote for seven.
The following were placed In nomi-
nation: G.. w. Chapman. Frank Brit
| ton. J. j. Anderson. w. Il. Grant. w.
II. Smell. ]. II. Gilbert. Sam Olson.
-. Ixra GfNrpFfEnn .l0nn
Hooper. q. II. Swanson. Antoine Ro-
| chelieau, James Peterson. j. r. VIII
| holt, Sam Tonkin. w. j. Leary, John
| Gray and G.. II. Wheeler. The nrst
! ballot resulted: Grant. 6; Anderson. .;
| Swanson, 8: Hooper. 3; Olson, b; Ro-
| cheIleau. 4: Tonlxin. 4; Gray, 4; Britton.
| a: Gilbert, 4; Hyatt. 3; Wheeler .:
| Smell, 3; Peterson. 2; SiNertson' q
Chapman. .; Leary, l: without l.
| Grant Anderson, Swanson Hooper
and Olson having received majority
| of all the votes, were declared elected
| The second ballot resulted: Gray, B;
| Sivertson. 3: Gilbert. 3; Rochelleau, =
| Tonkin, .: Britton, 2; Hyatt, l. On
| the third ballot Sivertson was elected
| completing the list, he receiving nNe
| votes against two each for Rochelleau
| and Gilbert. In order to lessen tner
| official cares and anxieties the alder
| men then established a rule requiring
! all applicants for positions on the force
to file their applications. which must
be i'm their own handwriting with the
| city clerk. The members OF the com
mittee decided that they would not ac-
cept applications from any person put
mat they must all be filed with the
clerk. who viii turn them over 10 the
mayor before each meeting or the com
mittee
natrol wagon and said that Butte now
covered so much territory that a patrol
| wagon was an absolute necessity. lie
| also Dointed out that II could pc al
| Vantageously used at hres. Rowe a,u
Nivion believed that wagon Woulu
nav for itself i'm n very short time III
| he saving of hack hire which the city
| now. PAYS for conveying helpless urunh
| and tobstreperous prisoners To jan Inc
expenditures for this purpose Is some,
times as high as s. or $40 day and
on account of this expense minor OF
lenses are occasionally overlooked
where arrests would be made If tn,
police were furnished with palro
wagon. Nivion suggested that eact
pcrson brought in the wagon shoult
. have $3.50 added TO his fne IN payheh
for his ride.
several other aldermen spoke In sup
mort of Pascoe's suggestion. ana TN
sentiment of the meeting was unanl
mously in favor Of the purchase OF
wagon. The mayor stated that III
| would look IN the records and ascer
Z tain what IL costs the city every montl
{ 10 haul prisoners TO Jail. and the mat
ter will come up again at the mex
| meeting.
: tention TO the hoboes that infest IN
4 CITY and fiji the city and county tails
: | and said that they must be elthe
I forced TO work or leave the city o
: some means. Pascoe believed the bes
way TO do was TO build stockade an
l., mt the prisoners to work inside OF
y breaking rock. which could be used
: macadmize the streets. He said tina
4 he was emphatically opposed towork
: ing the prisoners on the streets or &c
N ing ANYTHING else that would interior
with honest labor. but he believed tha
This plan would meet with the ideas {
= | organized labor, as IL would give en-
!. | ployment 20 number OF aduitioni
y men on the streets at union wages
" renewing the dirt and putting dow
/ the macadam in its place. by tn
l, means the streets could be improve
- and a number of men would have wof
&c that could not otherwise be give
them. and the prisoners could be worl
ed without coming in conflict wit
20 labor in any way. The other alderms
IT unanimously supported the plan. Ca
&c non suggested that each prison
should be given a reasonable quanti
| Of rock TO break every day. and II
III | did not break " he SHOULD be put
" | solitary confinement on a bread al
water diet. Rowe and several othe
| believed that the best way to perm
III nentlv improve the streets would be
" nut down a bed about Il inches Thu
" 81 coarse broken waste and then GOV
o. IN with a fine broken granite. with
IN sufficient sprnkling OF dirt to level
oh nm. II was decided to commence {
OF Improvement on Park street. and Z
- mayor was authorized To select befo
u the next meeting a suitable place I
\, the erection Of the stockade. whe
~ there is plenty Of granite available.