The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-23
THE CITY COUNCIL
Police Commission Knocked Clean Out
Of Existence.
NO CHIEF OF POLICE YET
A Short But Busy Session During
Which Some Surprises We're
Given and Standing Com
mIttees Named.
. CHIEF OF POLICE YET

created a good deal Of surprise at to-
nights meeting of the council by fall
ing to act in accordance with the de-
cislon that was reached at last nights
secret caucus i'm regard TO the selection
of a chief Of police. and that appoint
ment was laid over for another week.
To-nights meeting was a brief and
busy one and a good deal of business
was disposed of, the most important
being the abolishing Of the police com
mission and the substitution of a po-
lice committee of the council in its
place.
After the reading of the minutes the
clerk read the following list of stand
ing committees:
Finance-Cook. Cannon, Heilig.
Ways and Means-Pascoe, Schatzlein.
Gamblers.
Streets and Alleys-vivion, Cam
bers. Cannon, Harrington, Heilig, Car
der. Knowlton. briggs.
Light-Cambers, Walsh. Rodda.
Fire-Schatzlein. Cannon, Montgom-
cry, Pascoe, Byrne.
Judiciary-City attorney, Harrington,
Pascoe, Gamblers. Schatzlein, Byrne,
Vivion. Heilig, Knowlton, Carder.
Health-Health officer, briggs, Car
der.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Heilig. Rowe.
Building-Rodda. Walsh, Carder
Sewers-Heilig, Cook, Carder, Schatz-
lem, Rowe.
Plats and Additions-Walsh, Byrne,
Gamblers.
Library-Byrne, Knowlton, Cook.
Licenses-Knowlton. Vivion, Rodda.
Public Buildings-Cannon. Harring-
ton. Schatzlein, briggs, Rowe
Rules and order of Business-Har-
rington, Pascoe, Byrne, Vivicn, Can
non.
Paving-Driggs. Knowlton. Walsh.
Sprinkling = Carder. Montgomery,
Rowe. Vivion. Rodda.
water-Rowe. Cook, Harrington,
Montgomery, briggs.
The report of the police commission
recommending six men for conf1rma-
| ton as patrolmen was unceremoniously
| laid on the table.
An invitation from Superintendent
Carroll of the water company, asking
the mayor, aldermen, city officials and
members of the press to visit the res
ervoir on Monday next in a body. was
unanimously accepted. Carriages will
| be provided by the water company
| and will leave the city hall at 10 o'clock
| a. m. on Monday.
An invitation from Lincoln post, c..
| A. r.. to the council to participate in
the celebration of Decoration day was
| accepted.
A communication from ]. c. Baker.
| asking that duplicates be issued of a
number of city warrants that were
| recently stolen from him, was refer
| red to the judiciary committee. Mr..
| Baker offered to furnish a bond to pro-
| tect the city from loss.
A petition asking that Nevada ave-
nue. be graded and that sidewalks be
| laid on both sides of IL and a water
main laid along it. was referred to
the street and alley and water COM
| mittees.
A petition asking that a portion of
Maiden Lane in Noyes & Uptons addi-
| ton be declared vacant in order to ia
| cilitate the erection of a public works
was sent to the street and alley COM
| mittee.
j. d. Shropshire and about 20 others
submitted a petition asking that
| sprinkling be discontinued on Quartz
street from Columbia to Jackson, Crys-
| tai from Quartz to Granite. and Gran
lite from Columbia to Crystal i'm sprink-
| ling district No. ., and ]. b. Kenyon
| discontinued east of Oklahoma avenue.
| Both petitions went to the springling
| committee.
Rowe's ordinance abolishing the po-
| lice commission came up for its second
/ reading, and Pascoe moved that IL be
| passed under a suspension of the rules.
| The suspension of the rules was car
| ried by a vote of IL to 2, Cannon and
Schatzlein voting in the negative. The
ordinance was then passed by unan-
| imous vote, and the police commission
| went glimmering.
on motion of Pascoe the mayor was
instructed to appoint a police COM
| mittee consisting of one alderman from
| each ward, with himself as chairman,
and to announce IL at the next meet
ing.
An ordinance abolishing the office of
assistant city engineer or building in
| spector, and providing that the duties
of that Office be discharged by the san
itary policeman. who is TO be allowed
in addition a compensation of 5000 a
year for his work. was read and re-
ferred to the judiciay committee.
Pascoe asked the mayor IL he was
not going to appoint a chief of police
| tonight. and his. honor replied with
some embarrassment that some of the
aldermen desired a short meeting In
order that they might attend the sill
Yer speeches, and TO accommodate them
he had agreed not to make any APP
pointments tonight. The council then
adjourned for week.
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