The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-23
OFF COME THE DOORS
The Council Doesn't Consume ANY
Time Debating the Matter.
jerks ACTION ENDORSED
Mayor Thompson Suggests That
Committee Investigate These
Water Reports = The Judi
ciary Committee Reports.
jerks ACTION ENDORSED

The city council did not seem inclined
last night to spend any time consider
ing the revolving doors that have been
placed in some of the school buildings,
but ordered them all removed at once.
The matter was brought to the coun-
ellis attention by this petition:
I'VE, the undersigned residents and
taxpayers of the city and school dis
trict, desire to call your attention to
the fact that the school trustees of this
district have placed in several of the
school buildings of the city what is
known as the revolving door Said door
is of such construction that in case Of
fire or panic in any of the buildings it
would prove a veritable fire and death
trap to the children in the buildings
We do not consider II safe to allow our
children to attend school while the
said door is allowed to remain, and
therefore earnestly and respectfully
petition your honorable body to instruct
the building inspector to notify the
school trustees Immediately to remove
the said revolving doors and by so do
ing remove a death trap in said build
ings."
The petition is signed by c. @. John
son, w. w. Dunks, F. E. Young, r. c.
Robinson, John w. Masterson, Joseph
-.
William Dargitz, w. E. Tracey, d. F.
Joyner, George Young, Nelson Moore,
A. McFluent, Frank Morford, John
Hamlyn, f. T. Bretherton, George
Gemmell, James b. Glover, A. E.
Whipple, Ben Samson, Fred Noble,
Thomas Richards, George f. Marsh, ].
H. Mahn. w. r. Young. Frank Geary,
George Amos, w. w. Williams, II. NJ.
Patterson, c. V. Norcross, w. d. Fem
ner, Frank Boucher, Herman Carlson,
N. b. Davidson, d. Dorais, /. F. Kir-
by, j. r. Creighton. ]. F. Saville, ]. r.
Reed, William Thompson, William
Royce. E. p. Thomas, ]. H. Rooney, A.
H. Jones. George Bretherton. ]. A. Fra
see, j. j. Randall, L. G. Vaughn, A. H.
Barrett, G. w. Griffith, Whiting &
Alexander, ]. c. Reznor, c. w. Filing
wood, NJ. Maliea, Goodrich Davy,
James d. Legs, z. e. Gallogly, Louis
S. Cohn, c. G. Ferrett, ]. p. Hendricks,
w. f. Cobban, r. NJ. Cobban, T. ].
Moffet, H. F. Munroe. p. ]. Roberts, o.
X. Lewis. Joseph Richards, ]. E. John
son, w. w. Palmer, w. II. Hendrix,
James H. Conn, L. A. Moore G. Girran,
NJ. e. Mayer, A. Sultan, S. r. Graves,
Louis t. Ruhle, ]. r. Chambers, Sol
Levy, w. d. Home, w. Z. Carpenter
Miss NJ. j. Gilbert. w. Meyer, Kate
Kipp, Della Peltrovitch, Mrs. c. H.
smith, III. j. Blume.
Colonel jerks stated that he had in
spected the doors at the request of a
number of citizens and told what he
thought of the doors after investiga-
ton. He had telegraphed for informa-
ton as to whether the doors are being
used In schools in other cities He had
already received answers from the
mayor of Minneapolis that the doors
are not used in the schools of that city.
a nal sol he
morning to have the doors removed
from the schools. Alderman Hefiig
moved that the action of the building
inspector be endorsed. This was passed.
communication was receivedd from
e. Il. Paxson, clerk of the board. ask
ing postponement of action in this mat
ter until the return to the city of S. b.
Calderhead, chairman of the board AL
derman Pascoe said that this is a mat
ter Of life and death. and there can be
no delay. Every person with children
attending school is interested For
his part he would not allow his child
rem to attend school until the doors
were removed. On his motion IL was
decided not to grant the delay, but to
insist on the doors being removed at
once.
The mayor stated that he wished 10
make few remarks on the water aues-
ton. The superintendent of the water
desired an inspection, and he
also wished an inspection. ''It was re
ported to me-" said the mayor, 'tthat
the supply Is failing fast, and sent
the city detective out to see II this is
true. He reported to me that no water
is entering the reservoir from the Fish
creek fiume and that the water has re-
ceded nine feet In the fiume since the
ice formed. l saw the superintendent
and he insisted that this was not true.
ia a
ing in constantly from the f1ume. He
claims that the detective did not get to
the Fish creek fiume at all. l think a
committee should be appointed to go
out to the reservoir
The water committee was instructed
to investigate the water supply at
once.
The gamblers made another effort to
get footing on the ground floor, but
1t was unsuccessful. The council voted
not to interfere with the gambling
house at the corner of Main and Galena
street, which has faro tables suspended
In the air, half way between the first
and second floors. just as soon as the |
decision was arrived at a petition was
received from Joseph Vogler asking
for permission to run a gambling house
on the ground floor at No. q North |
Main street, the petitioner agreeing TO
have the gambling room at the rear OF
the building, at least IS feet from the |
street and oTbscured from view from
Main street. The council did not, how |
ever. catch at this bait, and tabled the |
petition by this vote:
Ayes-Canno. Carder, Cook, briggs, |
Knowlton, Pascoe, Rowe, Scha tzlein-s |
Noes-Cambers. Heilig. Harrington, |
Vivion-.
The judiciary report, which was |
adopted. was as follows |
council resolution No. so, |
evying a tax and special assessment 10 |
1efray costs of sidewalks, and council |
resolution No. 81, levying a tax 10 de- |
fray expense of opening and extending |
Copper street, and c. b. No. 173, levy
ing special assessments to defray cost |
Of grading Nevada avenue. be passed /
md lawfully published.
''Second-We recommend that c. B. |
No. 172. providing for regulation OF |
soliciting at railroad depots for /
patronage do not pass.
'sThird-We commend that G n