The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-07
KEEP UP THE FIRES
Fuel Must Be Had and the City Will
Have It.
POWDER AND ITS LOCATION
The City Treasurer Makes a Re-
port. Also the Health Officer
About Placing Lights
Council Business.
POWDER AND ITS LOCATION

who attended last nights council meet
| ing that If they were not careful they
| might be frozen out before the winter
| is over. The city has been buying its
| fuel from several different coal COM
panies. dividing up its patronage, and
| getting reduced rates. Last evening
| communications were received from
| two coal companies declining to fur
| nish coal after Nov. 80 at the present
| rate and stating that. while they had
been willing to make reduced rates
on furnishing the entire city's supply.
| they could not afford to do so when
| they only got part of the contract.
| The city fathers talked over ways and
| means of getting coal without paying
| too much for 1t. and finally concluded
| to advertise for bids for furnishing
the city with fuel. the bids to be in in
| two weeks.
Two gambling licenses were asked
for. One was for up stairs and the
| other was for the ground floor on the
/ corner of Main and Galena streets.
| The latter petition for a license was
| from William Hogan. Both were re-
ferred to the license committee.
The ordinance prohibiting powder
magazines from being within three
miles from the city limits was intro
duced. read first time and referred to
| the judiciary committee. The ordi-
nance is as follows:
Council bill No. -. A bill for an
ordinance providing for the regulation
Of the storage and handling of gun
powder, giant powder, nitro-glycerine.
and other infiammaIble explosives and
materials including tar, pitch, kero-
sene, oil and turpentine and to prohibit
the storage of the same within three
miles of the city limits.
Ordinance No. -. An ordinance reg
ulating the storage and handling of
gunpowder, giant powder nitro-glyce-
rine and other infiammable explosives
and materials including tar, pitch.
kerosene, oil and turpentine, and to
prohibit the storage of the same within
three miles of the city limits of the city
of Butte.
Be it ordained by the city council of
the city of Butte:
Section /. That hereafter 1t shall be
unlawful for any person or persons,
company or corporation to store, de-
post or keep within three miles of the
city limits of the city of Butte, Mon
tana, any powder, gunpowder, giant or
Hercules powder, or other highly ex-
plosive subst ances in greater quanti-
ties than 100 pounds. or more than 1000
giant caps, at any time, nor shall such
explosives be stored, deposited or kept
in a magazine constructed as hereinaf-
ter described. Provided that this sec
ton shall not be construed to prevent
any person or persons, company or cor
poration operating a mine within three
miles of the limits of said city of Butte
from storing for use in such mine, a
quantity of blasting powder. giant or
Hercules powder or other highly explo-
sive substance, not exceeding 1900
pounds, said storage in such NINE
however, to be subject to and in COM
pliance with the conditions required
and specified in section of this ordin-
ance, and provided further, that this
section shall not prevent the keeping
of a reasonable amount of gunpowder
not exceeding so pounds. in safe place
for sale.
Section 2. That hereafter 1t shall be
unlawful for any person or persons,
company or corporation to store, de-
post or keep within three miles of the
city limits of said city of Butte, any of
the explosives named or referred to in
section l of this ordinance in greater
quantities than 100 pounds, or more
than 1000 giant caps at any time, in
any mine within the said three-mile
limit of said city, elsewhere than in
storehouses or magazines constructed
as follows: The walls of said store
houses and magazines shall be con-
structed entirely of stone or brick.
magazine except for necessary ventila-
ton and one entrance, not exceeding
80 inches in width. There shall be two
doors to such entrance. An outer door
shall be of plank not less than two
inches in thickness and both doors
shall be entirely covered with one
eighth inch iron and shall be hinged
upon two or more iron hooks securely
anchored in the walls of such maya
zine. Both said doors shall be kept Sc
curely locked at all times when powder
is stored in such magazine, except
when II Is necessary to store therein
or remove therefrom such powder or
other explosives. Such storage room or
magazine shall be well and securely
rooted with fire-proof and bullet-proof
material and shall not be constructed
within less than one-fourth of a mile
of any human habita ton except by the
permission OF the city council of said
city. No explosives named or referred
to in section / of this ordinance, shall
be stored, deposited or kept in any
place where an accidental explosion
thereof would cut of the escape of
miners working in such mines
Section 3. That hereafter II shall be
unlawful for any person or persons,
company or corporation. TO store, de-
posit or keep within three miles of said
city of Butte, any of the explosives
named or referred to in Section OF this
ordinance, in any quantity whatever
except in a storehouse or magazine,
as provided in Section and construct
ed as therein and thereby required;
provided. however. that said explosives
may be stored. deposited and kept in a
mine operated within said city limits,
in the manner and amount allowed by
Section 2 of this ordinance, and that
the keeping of a reasonable amount Of
gunpowder. not exceeding so pounds. in
a safe place for sale. is not prohibited
hereby.
Section 4. That every storehouse or
magazine constructed as provided in
Section Of this ordinance in which
shall be stored. deposited or kept any
powder, gunpowder. giant or hercules
powder, giant caps or other highly tx
ploslve substance. shall at an times
have posted above the entrance thereof
a signboard on which shah be painted
in conspicuous letters not less than
Fo..r fpcbaz m length The words. ssEx-