The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-12-18

smoke OF the smelters as long Al the
smoke is endurable. II is Easy. however,
to conceive that the day may be near
when the smoke may become unendur-
able and IL will then he n question Of
whether the smelters shall move or the
city. and the smelters could certainly
be easier moved. 1t was only a few
years ago that the smelters OF the Bos-
ton a. Montana company were removed
TO Great Falls. Many people regretted
greatly the removal OF these smelters
from Butte. Yet who can believe that
Butte would be inhabitable to-day II
those smelters were still in Butte under
the same conditions? The Boston &
Montana company burns more ere h
all the five smelters now doing bust
ness in Butte. Suppose that its volume
Of smoke were added 10 what Butte
now endures. suppose the present
smoke were doubled. would not every
resident OF Butte be compelled 10 move
OUT? At the time of the removal of he
Boston & Montana company there vas
less smoke than there is at present with
the Boston & Montana shelters 90
moved. The reason for this is that al
most every one Of the remaining smell
tiers has doubled it's work since that
time n the Heinze smelter has been
added TO the number. So that about:
as much ore is being burned here now
as there was at the time OF the re-
moval of the Boston & Montana smell
,a.- NJ ~ -.
has doubled since the removal.
Many years ago the Anaconda COM
pany decided To build it's smelters in a
new place. which became the city OF
Anaconda, instead of erecting them IN
Butte. Many people in Butte have
never forgiven the Anaconda company
for not erecting it's smelters here where
its mines are. But suppose for n mo-
ment that IL had. The Anaconda corn
pany smelts more ore than all the smell
ters Of Butte and the Boston * Mon
tana smelters combined. Under :he
same conditions, with the same alb
sence of restrictions as the smelte-s IN
<Butte have always enjoyed. add the
smoke of the Anaconda smelters and
The Boston & Montana smelters to the
smoke furnished by the smelters now
here. and not a soul could live in this
town, not a being that breathes could
survive II, Butte would be forced to
become a deserted city.
So the removal of the Anaconda and
the Boston & Montana smelters was
after all the salvation of the city of
Butte. The time may come when for
the preservation and welfare of the city
II may be necessary that other shelters
shall seek quarters elsewhere. 1t has
in fact been stated by smeltermen that
the smoke next season will probably be
much Greater than Il has been this
year. for the output of the mines con-
stantly increases and more ore will con-
stantlv be smelted. The time may come
tween it's own life and the removal Of
one or two Of the present smelters. The
city survived the removal of the N
conda smelters. the greatest i'm the
world. and still grew; IL survived the
loss Of the great Boston & Montana
survive the loss of ny other smelters.
should the smoke nuisance become in
tolerable and the companies now here
refuse to help the people to conquer the
smoke. The life of the city, the health
OF it's inhabitants. is first of all. and
even IL the smelters have to leave,
Butte viii still grow.