Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-02

for minor offenses Of the law, unneces-
sary cruelty and brutality must be
avoided. officers who use brute force
are not good servants of the law. AS I
stated before, SO men constitute the
police force. This. divided into two
shifts, is not a sufficient force for this
city. I certainly will approve OF In
creasing the force through the adoption
of the patrol system; this system will
prove a wonderful aid to the force. and
in case Of accidents it's services are in
valuable.
II sincerely hope each and every man
upon the force will be especially vigilant
at this time, as thieves and hold-ups
always ply their avocations in cities dur
ing changes of administration. We want
no repetition of such a dastardly murder
as occurred two years ago, and I ASK the
citizens especially at this time to be on
their guard and aid the force in this re-
spect as much as is in their power.
And now let us see how strong our
fire department Is. 1t consists OF Is
men. one hose wagon, one chemical. and
one hook and ladder now in use. You
certainly agree with me that this city,
with 60 1000 inhabitants and millions of
property. is certainly not amply and
sufficiently protected. n I now sound
a note Of w~arning-we have had no large
fires of late years, but cities heretofore
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fire station. BY all means protect 1T by
establishing a fire station at once on the
west side. Should a fire occur on the east
side the business center and the west
side are absolutely without protection.
Gentlemen, this is almost bordering
on crime, or rather criminal negligence.
1t is better to have a larger force than
large fires attended with loss OF life.
Just think of it, millions of prOperty
ami q ha ndfN1 of mon IN nrOtoct IT. L
say positively this will not do. Insur-
ance companies regulate their rates &C
cording to the efficiency of the depart
ment. Let us compel them to lower them.
for I assure you our citizen-taxpayers
are already taxed too high.
IT deem it proper that the men In the
department be given due consideration.
They are on duty eight days and nights
continuously in the fire station, and
! therefore we should not stint them. I
enter their sleeping room and find ten
beds in a row., in not a very large, but
certainly a very dark room. We should
by all means try and provide them bet
ter accommodations.
THE street and alley department will
be instructed to keep the alleys ana
streets clean, and in this l will personally
aid them.
''The main streets having been paved
and ordinances adopted providing for
additional paving, l deem 1t imprudent
at this time to burden our citizens with
more taxation, at least not at the pres
ent time. unless they demand 1t by petit
tioning the council, in which event l will
favor it.
sour city now has a good street car
system, and l believe a scent fare in
side the city limits should be instituted,
especially to South Butte citizens.
The duties Of the health department
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forced. The Rocky mountains have been
endowed by our Maker with pure and
wholesome air and water. The air can
not be manipulated by corporations,
consequently we get it pure, except when
it is contaminated by smelter smoke. I
trust this will be satisfactorily abated
in. the near future. But it is different
with out Water-that is corraled, and I
must say delivered to our citizens out
r%ageously bad and impure. The water
company in the past has shamefully vio-
lated it's obligations. I say emphatically
our good citizens, who have so patiently
submitted, will be protected in this re-
srect il l can do it for them legally. These
are not idle words. l don't want to be
compelled to do this, but / repeat the
city must have good water, cost what it
will.
"The storm sewer in Missoula g,slch
should be completed. The stencil arising
during the summer months is abomina-
BILE, and / hope this, too, will receive
your attention at once.
1.-THE reports Of the various depart
ments will be submitted to your consid-
Grafton as speedily as possible.
'In conclusion, l wish to say that at
tending to the duties Of city treasurer l
have been unable to go into matters per-
tanning to the city's needs more fully.
From now on / shall investigate them
more closely and endeavor to administer
it's affairs to the best of my ability. !
kindly thank you for your attention., be-
lieving that at the end of our term of
office the citizens will say, well DONE "
The address was frequently interrupt
ed by applause.
Woolman avenue, requesting the name
of the street be changed to Virginia
street was received. The request was
granted
Alderman Macarthur moved that Rob
erts' rules of order be adopted for the
guidance of the council Bryant moved
to amend that the present rules be adopt
ed Until the matter could be referred to
the committee on rules. The amend
ment was accepted and the motion pre-
vailed.
The council then proceeded to effect or
ganization. For president J. ]. Knowl-
ton and P. j. Macarthur were placed in
nomination, and was elected,
the vote resulting 6 to 3.
For vice president Aldermen Noyes
and Paige were named, and the result
was the same numerically in Noyes'
favor, Paige voting for himself.
TIL petition Of John Hawke, praying
for a lease on the Quartz street property
recently acquired by the city for a fire
station, was granted on condition that
the lease expire on June l next.
Street Commissioner John Bnanegan