The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-02-12
NEW FIRE FIGHTERS
The Council Committees Effort to
Strengthen the Department
WILL BE PAID BY THE HOUR
New Hose and Other Necessary
Apparatus May Re Purchased
Tim Finnegan's Little Pig Is
His Only Comfort Now.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Livingston, Feb. I0.-The special fire
meeting Of the city council developed
a good deal of discussion as to the need
of the city taking steps to secure bet
ter protection against fire, but the re-
trenChment idea in regard to eXpendi-
lures was the dominant factor in every
step taken by the council in the mat
ter. The most liberal and wisest ac-
tion of the council at this season was
that authorizing the marshal, with the
cooperation of the mayor to obtain
the services of eight capable men, who
should constitute a fire department,
their salaries to depend upon the serV-
ices they should render at times of fire.
The compensation was fixed at the rate
of $3.50 for the first hours work at a
fire and 81 for each subsequent hour.
Rooms over the city hall will be fitted
up as sleeping apartments for as many
of the department as wish to occupy
them. The matter of purchasing rub
Der suits and boots and additional fire
apparatus was left to the fire commit
tee, who were to obtain prices Of the
regulation article and then see il they
could not find a cheaper substitute at
some of the furnishing stores in Liv-
ingston.
The matter of purchasing an addi-
tional horse and harness for use upon
the hose cart was also left to this COM
mittee, to report at the next meeting.
The question of erecting a city hall
and fire house drew out two classes of
views from the aldermen. Aldermen
Krieger and Mayne favored the prOpo-
sition of submitting to the voters the
question Of bonding the city in the sum
of s., ZOO or more If necessary, to erect
a CT
don led the fight for those who desired
that the city secure a lease of a plot of
ground on the railroad right of way,
east of the city park, and erect there
on a frame structure costing in the
neighborhood Of $1.jO0. This question
was also finally disposed of by instruct
ing the fire committee to look up the
two propositions and report at the next
meeting. The question of paying the
men who assisted in fighting the opera
house fire was disposed of by request
ing those who have any such claim
against the city to present them in
regular form and then the council will
take such action as it may see fit.
A log shack belonging 10 Tim Finne-
gan, down on the river bank, took fire
at O'Clock this morning, and was so
damaged as to make ii unfit for further
occupancy. Finnegan lost his bedding
and what few personal effects he pos
d
"a hours, and cannot account for the
origin of the fire, except it be incendi-
airy. Once before his shack upon the
same spot was burned to the ground.
and in as mysterious a way as the fire
OF to-day Tim is left without home
or family, save one wee little pig, which
he claims to be the best educated ami
NAL of its kind in the world. Finnc-
gan claims that the pig, discovering
the shack on fire, trotted off to a neigh
boris and INDUCED in such an amount
Of high pitched grunts that the in
mates came running to the door, and
thus the first alarm was given.
j. u. Coleman of Portland and ]. L.
Hudson of Minneapolis. are in town
trying to secure an adjustment of the
recent fire losses.
George Kinkie. jr.. of Manhattan. is
attending the Masonic convocation. lie
has taken all the degrees through the
New York rite, but proposes to become
Scottish Rite Mason as we'll At the
sessions of this week h. will take all
the degrees up to the thirty-secoDd
Matt w. Anderson was i'm town to-
day from his saw mill on Sixteen Mile.
His mill is not running now. but he
has force Of lOgEcrs at work I'm the
mountains. When spring opens up he
intends to turn out enough lumber to
supply all the mining camps Of the up-
per Yellowstone.
Isaac Orschel returned from Helena
this morning, where he had been for
the last week negotiating a settlement
Of the claims against the firm Of Schott
x Co. which made an assignment 10
orSchel Bros. a short time ago. Sat
isfactory arrangements were made
with the creditors and to-day the store
was reopened with Max Schott in con |
troll.
j. H. Conrad came in from the west f.
to-day and proceeded up the Park /
branch to HorF He was accompanied .
by his sister. Mrs T. J. Todd Of Ben
ton, and his sister-in-law. Mrs J. w
Conrad of Great Falls.
EN-Mayor Eeley has been laid IN for
several days with a sprained ankle but
with the aid Of a cane is now able TO /.
navigate again.
Rev. w. G. Fowler. formerly pastor .
Of the Congregational church here. but
now stationed ~ Genrsrp. Idaho is fu
the city IN attendance upon the SCOT
fish Rite coronation ON Sunaa. even
ing he occupied his Old pulpit and drew .
a crowded house.
County Attorney sydney Fox and .
Sheriff De Hart of Big Timber. are i'm &
the city this week. The latter gentle .
man is attending the Masonic convara-
ton.
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