The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-16


visions for a separate college of mining
engineering, but any student, can, by
taking a combination of the mechanical
engineering and chemical courses, get
a mining engineering course that is
nearly equal to the straigI. mining en-
ginearng courses offered by Eastern
universities. Graduates from such a
combination course, for instance, are
admitted to the senior class of the Col
umbia university school of mines.
The engineering work is in charge OF
Professor w. H. Williams, graduate
of the University of Wisconsin, and
Mr.. Z. b. Mccormick. a graduate of
the Massachusetts Institute Of TechnoI-
ogy. Both are men of large practical
experience, aside from their technical
training.
Visitors to Bozeman should not fail
to visit the college buildings, as per-
Of the institutions equipment than
pages of description. There is no ques-
ton that if the people of Montana knew
what opportunities there are for liberal
education at their doors, our yearly
contributions to Eastern universirlet:
would be materially diminished.
The snowstorm of last week filled in
the street car tracks SO completely that
the car could not run for a day or two
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street car company to grade the snow
from the drifts and it took the united
efforts of four horses and three men to
do the work in good shape. That was
Saturday On Sunday Larry O'Brien,
the street car conductor and motorman
of the street car company, who is well
known to all the inhabitants of Boze-
man, and in fact from st. Paul to
Portland, on account of his pleasant
u, y
the task of clearing the track of snow.
The grader had only taken off the top,
leaving the rails covered up several
inches Larry backed his car several
feet only at the start and then went
full speed ahead and cleared the rails
for Is or 20 feet, and so on until he got
from the hotel to the depot. Then he
came back to his starting point, the
hotel, and proceeded on the same tactics
up Main street, and has at this time
cleared the whole line. 1t was quite an
interesting sight, and it was witnessed
by great number of people. to see the
lighted car, after it got a little dark,
come rushing up the street scattering
snow as high as itself, and then strike
the snow drift with a grinding noise,
stop, the wheels revolving; then the
lever would be reversed, sand put on
the rails, and presently the car would
start back until Larry reached suiii-
cient distance to get up speed, and 50 on.
Big chunks Of electric fluid would dart
out from beneath the car or fall off the
trolley wires during the process which,
of course, was very pretty after dark
and interesting to the small boy.
The city of Bohemian is now the proud
possessor, with good title, of it's own
water works system After two years
or more of hard work on the part of the
mayer and aldermen and other officials
of the city it has come into possession
of the plant the middle of this month.
There have been three elections, two
of which We're no good. One was held in
a legal manner. but the city was en-
Joined from issuing bonds before the
deal with the water works company
was contaminated. Then came another
election, which was an illegal one on ac-
count of mistake Of city official in
regard to an ordinance, and the city
footed the bill of expenses and tried
again successfully the latter part of last
year There were many ominous ru-
mors Of injunctions, etc, in the air, and
the mayor trembled nightly for fear
they would materla.ze. City Attorney
Pease is now East attending to the
bonds, which We're sold a few weeks
ago, and the next payment of water
dues will be direct to the city authori-
ties, and Mayor Bogert sleeps soundly
once more.
Bozeman people are enjoying a little
warmer weather the last day or two,
which meets with the commentator of
all. The sidewalks are beginning to
get sloppy and if the warm weather
continues the snow will not last very
long.