The Anaconda standard., 1896-04-30
MATTERS In COUNCIL
The Old Board Meets in Regular Ses-
sion for the Last Time
A POWDER COMMUNICATION
In Regard to Removing the Maga-
zines-The Sprinkiing Commit
tees Sidewalk Missing
To Meet Monday. ~,
A POWDER COMMUNICATION

pare quorum present The following
communication from NJ. C. Harris. n
regard to the removal of the powder
magazines to some safe distance. was
received and filed:
The honorable mayor and the cit,
council or the city of Butte:
| . Ientiemen-I am in receipt of a no
| uce from the chief of police notifyins
me that at meeting of the city coun
Gil April Is, 1896, il was ordered tha,
all powder companies be instructed Il
remove their storehouses before Jun,
1, 1895 under penalty of the law.
would respectfully represent TO Won,
| honorable body that since the time Won,
special committee and the representa-.
uVes OF the various powder companies
looked over the supposed available
sites, we have continued our re-
searches In the endeavor to find even q
better location than the one presented
to your committee and the honorable
board OF county commissioners of Sill
yer Bow county. We are as desirous
of complying with the wishes of Inis
community for the handling of our
commodity as can be any individual OF
your body, but we feel that we are en-
TITLED to some consideration besides a
mercenary one. AS you are aware the
present location of our storehouses was
made in full compliance with the laws
then existing. and at no mconsiderable
expense to the companies represented
The present location of these store
houses was made by the request of the
authorities and removed from the old
site near the Blue Bird mill, where the
various companies selling the commo-
oity still own ground and buildings
which are to-day a total loss. For my
companies / can also say and feel
confident that all the other compa mics
are placed in the same position. that
the land and storehouses Of the pres
ent ground we occupy called for ar
expenditure of from one to three thou
sand dollars. fact that should receive
some consideration from you at this
time"
We think further that IL your hon.
orable body will stop to consider that
the article we are selling is as neces-
sary to the welfare and prosperity of
the city of Butte. as is the sale of
sugar, bacon or coffee. In view of this
fact, we trust that you will not be un-
reasonable in forcing us into a location
that our judgment, acquired from years
or experience, does not commend an6
that does not fully comply with the
state laws and city ordinance We will
be pleased to comply with your wishes
when your ordinances have been so
modified that we may build our store
houses at such suitable point as will
be within the limits as now prescribed
by ordinance and as soon as ii will be
possible for us to have a railroad spur
constructed to the site selected. AS
yet we have no advices as to when
any of the railroad companies on whose
lines 1t will be possible for us to locate.
Will build a spur and. owing to the
distance, 1t will be impossible for us to
handle the business without railroad
facilities AS soon as your ordinances
are so modified as to permit us to build
within your so-called three-mile limit
and we can have assurance from the
railroad companies as to the construc-
tlnon OF spur, we assure you that our
companies will willingly remove their
within 60 days of your |
and the construction of the |
spur.
I'm conclusion I beg to assure you,
Tor myself and the companies 1 repre- |
sent, that i have made efforts to Sc
cure permission from your body for the |
of our magazines over two |
years ago, which Is of record before |
your body. My request was declined.
wing TO a conflict between your sup
posed ordinance, which did not exist,
IND the location I then selected, and /
would say that the same conditions ex-
st to-day. Trusting that this explana-
ION Will meet the approval of your
body and that you win bear
n mind our former request for a
'hange of location, / believe that you
viii concede that we are entitled to
ufficient time when we have shown
'ou that we have made diligent efforts
o secure even a better location than
he one selected by your special COM
nittee. 1 have submitted to the COM
'anies i represent maps and photo
-raphs of different locations for their
pproval. and while awaiting their re-
'ly ask your further indulgence.
'ours very respectfully,
M. c. Harris, Resident Agent"
The following COMMUNICATION was re-
eived and referred to the health com
nittee: we, the undersigned. resi-
ents Of Butte. in the vicinity of the
orner of Park and Jackson streets.
eg to call your attention to the erec-
ion OF tent on the corner of the
bove named streets and which we un-
erstand Is now occupied by the for
Ter matron of the women's & Chill
ren's home, along with the children
rom said home. We are of the opin-
IN that such a place of living should
OF be allowed. both from a sanitary :
nd insurance point of view. There
re neither closets, water nor any 9TH
wners of property in the immediate
icinfty nave been advised that their
is liable to be Cancelled ow-
lg TO the increased exposure through
he erection of the tent. We therefore
etition your body that you will order
he immediate removal OF said tent 10
location where IL will not interfere
ith the rights of property owners
nj where the sanitary conditions ara
ore favorable for sllch a large ut,Yn
er of children in ore habitation A.
Darch, j. H. Vivian. ]. E Open
elmer, DR.. t. q. Heine. Fayette Har-
ngton. s. n. Mullin. j. L. Holmes"
Sanitary Policeman jerks was call
on for statement in regard to the
sttuon, and he stated that he had
sited the tent last evening. He
und rhat II was 14x16 feet and was
ght feet from the nearest fence. 1t
ntained a bed and cook stove.
hich was protected by tin. He found
ght children in the house, four OF