The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1896-04-30
THE SHELTER QUESTION
A Public Meeting Held at the Cour,
House Saturday Night.
FACTS REGARDING THE MATTER
A Committee Appointed to Take
Charge Of the Affair ana to Ascer-
tain What Could BE Done to
Encourage the Enterprise.

\ meeting of the citizens of Philips
burg was held at the court house last
Saturday night to consider the matter
of encouraging the erection of Il smell
ter in the city.
c. II. Eshbaugh was elected perman
ent chairman and NJ II. Brayn secre
tary.
Upon assuming the duties of chair
man Mr. Eshbaugh made an extended
and why it was called. He stated that
some time ago he had the good fortune
to meet John 7. Maggie, of Butte, who
is thorough smeltcr man, and in the
course of conversation mentioned the
fact that Philipsburg needed smelter,
and asked Mr.. Nagle's opinion regard
ing it. That gentleman said that he
would investigate the feasibility Of the
proposition and would write over and
let Mr.. Eshbaugh know, Mr. Maggie
made a tonr of the mines in this vicin
ity IN order to satisfy himself as to the
quantity of lead ore in the district and
returned to Butte.
shortly after a letter was rcccievd by
Mr. Eshbaugh, dated April y, Of
which the following is a copy, and
which was read before the meeting:
Butte City. April y. 1896.
Mr.. Eshbaugh, cashier Merchants and
Miners bank, Philipsbu1g, Mont.
Sir: am happy to convey to you
the good tidings that | am now III cor
respondence with Il nlan who will, or
| finding ont the amount Of bonus you
can raise in your town, including water
and land title, put up in ninety days
from the signing of agreement, forty
ton capacity smelling plant to treat
your lead ores.
Hoping to hear from you soon with
the desired information, am, sir,
yours respectfully, John T. Nag!e,
| 515 Dakota street. Butte City.
Mr.. Eshbaugh notified the Butte gem
tleman of the action of our people in
calling a public meeting and received
the following letter III reply, which he
read:
Butte, Mont, April "a, 1896
c. H. Eshbaugh, ESD, cashier Mer-
chants and Miners National bank,
Philipsburg Montana.
Sir: My company is enthused at the
| immediate action you have taken III
calling your people together, by Il mass
meeting to be held Saturday night,
which must say denotes earnestness
and push in the right direction. You
will, no doubt, when seriously looking
into the proposition, realize the fact
that it will be help to the miner, the
merchant, and the mechanic, and a
promoter Of welfare in general, our in
tention being to work custom ores con
tanning a certain per cent. of lead at
the low figure Of 81 per ton.
In selecting your furnace site, you
will remember that you have to take
into consideration the lead fumes
which, if too close to your town. would
become a source of unhealthfulness, anC
consequently nuisance.
Hoping that you will make the
amount of your bonus an inducement
to my company, [ remain, yours
respectfully, John r. Nagle.
J. K. Pardee made few remarks re
garding the matter, and said that there
was sufficient lead ore i'll the vicinity
to guarantee the operation OF forty
ton plant, and thought our citizen:
should do everything in their power t'
encourage the erection of the plant.
P. B. Egbert spoke at considerable
length on the proposition, and recitet
the benefits derived by other towns il
which he had lived, where they haC
made subscriptions to encourage the
establishment of similar industries
) and he said that he hoped the people
here would advance their own interests
bv taking hold of the matter will
vigor and push it to final outcome.
Mr. Egbert said that he would guar
antee 81, 600 in labor on the part o
workingmen in the city as their shar
in the encouragement of the enterprise
This statement was received Will
applause.
it was moved by M. H. Bryan. sec
onded by Mr.. Egbert, that the chai
appoint committee of seven to taxi
the matter in hand and to ascertain
what could be done in the matter. Th
, motion was carried, and the chair ap
pointed the following committee
: James K. Pardee, Frank Grimes, M
, H. Bryan, James H. King, M. E. H
Cannon, l.. w. Shodair and A. S
Huffman.
A motion was then made and carrie'
that the meeting adjourn until Mon
day evening, May 4th.
During the past few days the com
mittee has been making inquiries int
the matter and decided to await tn
{ arrival of Mr.. Nagle, who was ex
l pected over from Butte, before doing
l anything regarding it.
Mr.. Nagle arrived in the city Tues
r day night, and yesterday afternoon
, meeting was held in The Mail office O
. as many of the committee as could b.
gotten together, in order to hear wha
Mr.. Nagle had to say about it.
That gentleman stated that he repre-
! sented company Of gentlemen VIII
5 meant business and desired to build
smelter if suitable inducements wer
offered. He said, when importune'
! by the committee to make som
statement regarding what his compan.
would consider fair proposition, tina