The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-12
BUTTE News
WILL CHANGE QUARTERS
The Engineers Will Probably
Move to Butte.
AN ADDRESS ON PAVING
An Interesting Historical Review of
Road Building by F. w. Black
ford-Granite Block Con-
demned.
AN ADDRESS ON PAVING

Inc Montana Society of Engineers
held a meeting last night in the art
room of the Library building. 1t was
the Hrst meeting of the society in
Butte. There were about 20 members
present, all from Butte with the excen-
ton of City Engineer Mcdonald of
Anaconda There is probability that
the headquarters of the society will be
removed from Helena to this city.
President Carroll presided and Mr.. Hol-
hnshead acted as secretary. At the last
meeting In Helena. Feb. II, the PROPOSE
t1on to remove to Butte was favorabIy
considered and a committee was ap-
pointed to report on the proposition at
last nights meeting, and its report
would indicate that removal is quite
probable. The report is as follows:
To the President and Members of the
Montana Society of Engineers, Greet
ing:
Your committee appointed at the
last annual meeting to report upon the
desirability and feasibility under the
constitution of changing the headeuar-
ters OF the society, beg leave to submit
the following report:
'First-That under the constitution.
the regular meetings can be held in
Helena only.
"Second-That article 8, section of
the bylaws provides the only means of
calling and holding meetings elsewhere
than in Helena, designated as special
meetings.
"Thrd-That it is desirable under the
present conditions of membership that
the place of regular meetings should be
changed to Butte.
Recommendations we
recommend that special meetings of the
society be called for Butte On the sec
ond Saturday of March, 1899, and every
two months thereafter occurring in the
year 1899.
'Second--That we recommend that
the president appoint committee to
report at the regular meeting to be held
IN Helena in the month of April 1899
such changes in the constitution and
bylaws as will enable the society to
legally accomplish desires in this re-
gard and In any other respects consd-
cred desirable, and that the conclusion
of the society at such meeting be sub
mitted as soon thereafter as practi-
cable to the members of the society for
decision by letter ballot. Very respect
fully, Ell. WILSON.
"A. S. HOVEY.'' ~
The president. however, did not ap-
point committee at last nights meet
ing.
The applications for membership of
Lewis Cass Parker of Garnet and c. V
Page of Butte We're referred to the
proper committee. Winifred ]. Flood
and William Zaschke of Butte, both
employed by the Anaconda company,
were unanimously elected members of
the society.
Secretary A. S. Hovey CT Helena sent
communication to the society advo-
eating revision of the constitution in
so. far as it provides for dues and the
collection of Them stating in connection
that there were several delinquentS
He also asked the society to direct him
to have printed a list of all the MEM
bers. giving their addresses and occu-
pationS.'
Votes of thanks We're rendered to the
library committee of the council for the
Use of the room and Representative
Wilson for his energetic endeavors to
pass the bill providing for the measure
ment of water.
The secretary has great amount of
work to do and he has never been re-
munerated, and it was the sense of the
meeting that he should be- On motion
his salary was fixed at s1O0 per annunl,
beginning with January of this year
The society is in a healthy financial
condition. It owes nothing and has
$40 in the treasury.
F. W. Blackford, ex-city engineer of
Butte, read a very interesting paper on
road and street paving He began with
the Appian way, the queen of roads
built in the year 312 B. c., and con-
cluded with the streets of Butte, going
over the streets of London, Paris and