The Anaconda standard., 1899-05-25
BUTTE News.
HARMONY WAS PERFECT
City Council Has Put Aside It's
Chickering's.
GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS
A Few Earnest Licks for the General
Welfare of the City-Not Dis
cordant Note at Last
Nights Meeting.
GOT DOWN TO BUSINESS

If the perfect harmony that prevailed
at last nights council meeting S a
criterion by which to judge the alder
men are as heartily glad that the blck-
ering over appointive offices is over ard
the way clear to getting in eew g1cd
earnest licks for the welfare Of the city
as the citizens can possibly be. Britt
was the only absentee All the other
members answered to their names
when the roll was called except Bryant
and Siebenaler and these came in very
shortly
The council soon got down to business
and sat for two hours paying strict at
tention and disposing of the matters in
hand in a most business like manner.
Not a dissension arose, a. fact possibly
due to the absence of Britt, but how
ever that may be, not discordant note
was sounded during the entire meeting,
and if any soreness remained over past
disagreements arising out of the may
or's appointments there was nothing
allowed to appear on the surface to in
dicate it, but instead all the aldermen
seemed to vie with one another in a de-
sire to get down to business and act
upon the many matters of Importance
that are pending in a manner the most
advantageous possible for all concern
ed. So general and sincere did the sent
iment in favor of getting at the public
interests appear that toward the close
of the meeting it was decided to meet
again next Wednesday in order that
pressing business might be no longer
delayed than is necessary. The gener-
ality of this feeling was manifested by
the remarks of republican member
who suggested a meeting every week
till all the matters that have been Ge-
layed are caught up with. 1t was noted
with pleasure by their fellow aldermen
that Bryant and Siebenaler, who fought
hardest against the mayors appoint
ments, were among the readiest to ac-
quiesce in the general desire to serve
the public interest.
Being the first meeting since the mat
ter of appointments was disposed of, it
proved quite an attraction and the
spectators benches We're filled with a
crowd of men who listened attentively
to all the proceedings. If they expected
to see anything but a business session
they went away disappointed.
Mayor Mccarthy presided and the
new city clerk, Joseph P. Callan, got
his initial experience at the clerk S
desk. Among the matters that came
before the meeting was the naming of
the committees, the approval of the
bonds of the new city officers, the adop-
s
ton of the council to take up the ques-
ton of paving where the old council
: left off and go through with il, the
granting to the Butte, Anaconda & Pa
cif1c Railway company franchise to
build its Moonlight spur and the read
ing of letter from Senator Carter sug-
costing that the city extend an invita-
ton to President Mckinley to visit
Butte during his western trip, provision
being made to adopt the suggestion.
Mayor Mccarthy did not name his ap-
pointees for the still existing vacancies
in the city's official list.
At the opening of the meeting Mayor
Mccarthy appointed his committees, the
list of which was read by the clerk as
follows:
Finance-McArthur Smith, Kelly.
Judiciary-City attorney, Macarthur,
Bryant, Page, Bausman, Archambault,
Siebenaler, Virtue, Knowlton
Fire and water-Ferns, Page, Smith,
Macarthur, Kelly.
Health-Health officer, Medin, Bryant
Britt.
License-Kroger, Macarthur, Kelly.
Light and building-Elderkin, Medin,
Kelly. Smith, Siebenaler.
Police-Mayor. Ferns Smith, Page,
Medin, Kelly, Kroger, Elderkin, Moves.
Printing-Medin, Ferns, Virtue.
Library-kelly, Medin, Ferns.
Sewer-McArthur, Kelly, Elderkin,
Page. Smith.
Page, Ferns, Smith, Noyes, Elderkin,
Kroger.
Paving and sprinkling-McArthur,
Ferns, Elderkin, Medin Smith.
Ways and means, plats and additions
Ferns, Kroger Medin.
Petitions requesting rebates on taxes,