The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-12
BUILDING TRADES UNION
An Effort to Discourage Un-
skilled Labor.
AN ELECTRIC CAR LINE
An Application Has Been Made to the
Counctl-The Old One Was Run
in Connection With
Brewery.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Billings, June 9.--The men employed in
the building trades in Billings are taking
steps to organize trades union or coun-
Gil. The professed object of the union is
not the advancement of wages, as the
workingmen appear to be well satisfied
with the prices at present paid, but a
strong effort will be made to shut out and
discourage unskilled labor in the building
trades. representative of the Butte
union will be engaged to come to Billings
to assist in the organization of the union.
At a general meeting of those interested
in the matter the following representa-
tives of the different trades were appoint
ed committee to perfect a permanent
organization: G. DesOrmeux, plumber;
Frank Rose, painter; Charles B. Munson,
stonemason; John P. Maher, carpenter;
Patrick Lotus. bricklayer; D. r. Stewart,
plasterer; Z. j. Lane, brickmaker; August
Eastman timer
1t is a great many years since Billings
had a street railway. In the first year of
the town a real estate firm. which had
an addition" to sell projected a horse
car line, and after the two little "bobtail''
cars, which formed the rolling stock, had
been run over the car lines of Minneapolis
and St. Paul for several weeks as an ad-
vertisement of the growth of 1.-THE Magic
City they were shipped out to Billings
and set on the rails. But the company
had no motive power, and no conceivable
motive could be discovered for the exist
ence of the line until a genius struck it.
There was brewery at Coulson, the
eastern terminus of the track, so horse
was attached to the car and a round
trip ticket was sold for a quarter, to
which was attached coupon emitting the
holder to two glasses of beer at the brew
cry. The line did a rafting business for
short time, but as the driver felt 1t in
cumbent on the company to expend all
his fares at the brewery, no dividend was
every paid to the stockholders, and the
quality of the beer degenerating, 1t was
deemed advisable to suspend the driver
and retire the horse And now, after
lapse of 16 years, an application is before
the city council for an electric car line,
and has been referred to the appropriate
committee The promoter is the hustling
real estate dealer, w. B. George, who has
charge of the West Side addition, which
Is intended to be the swell residence por-
ton of the city.
The school electors of Yellowstone
county will have an opportunity of regis
d
county free High school, as the county
commissioners have called an election to
be held on July to decide the matter.
This is in compliance with the petition
signed by the requisite number of tax
payers and presented to the board. The
election will be held at the regular voting
places of the county and will be conducted
in the same manner as school elections.
Billings is designated as the site of the
proposition being carried.
The promoters of the Billings & Mussel-
shell Telephone company are sanguine of
being able to accommodate the patrons
of the line by the first of next month.
The annual meeting of the company was
held this week, and all the old directors
and officers were reelected with the ex-
ception of ]. l.. Miner, who voluntarily
retires from the office of treasurer and
Ii succeeded by Joseph Zimmerman. l.. l..
Moffet was made general manager, with
the general supervision of the line.
Billings is going to have creditable
baseball club this season and the mem
bers have shown such proficiency that the
business men are lending them every en-
enlargement. R. l.. Nix. who has been
persuaded to take the management of the
club. succeeded in inducing the following
business men to each donate a neat uni
form suit to the club: A. l.. Babcock, r.
l. Nix, w. B. George, Joseph A. Parque,
Vale & Potter Linton Clothing company,
L. H. Fenske, Billings Gazette Yegen
Bros. and the Grand hotel. The first
game will be played at Red Lodge next
Tuesday against the strong team which
that mining camp possesses. The ball
ground is being scraped and put in first
class condition, and it Is confidently eX-
pected that our boys will in a short time
be able to go against some of the strong
est teams in the state. The lineup of the
club is as follows: Ed Taylor, captain
and pitcher; Harry Hines, catcher; w. B.
Calhoun, first base; Frank Kimmel, Sec
ond base; Roy Scott. third base; Bat
Sheehan, shortstop; w. A. Wells. left
field; Roy Evans, center field; G. w.
Clark right field; F. G. Tyrrell, substi-
tute.
A rescue mission was organized Friday
in connection with the Florence Critten-
den mission and the following officers
were elected: Mrs. Frank Judkins presi-
dent; Mrs. Henry w. Rowley, vice presi-'
dent; Mrs. Charles II. Barstow, secretary,
and Mrs. John Rixon, treasurer. The mis-
sion was organized by Mrs. Moffatt, who
accompanies Evangelist Crittenden, and
about 25 ladies joined.
The county commissioners adjourned on
Friday after busy session, during which
the considered the building of a new
court house. a county free High school
and passed large number of claims
against the county. Before adjourning
they awarded the contract for building a
stone jail at Columbus to Tubhs & Ward
of this city at a price of $615; the Pauly
Building and Manufacturing company to
furnish the one-cell cage at their bid OF
s45l They also let the contract for the
construction of the piers Of the Billings
wagon bridge, which were badly dam
aged about two months ago by ice, to f.
w. Vreeland of Bozeman, whose bid was
b $50 For this work there were only two
other bids. R. r. Grove bidding 81, ass and
Tubbs & Ward s., 400