Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-21
the work has in great part prevented

the work has in great part prevented
the spread of smallpox.
The police court, which is presided
over by James c. Sullivan as judge, and
w. F. Sneffell. as clerk, is Il prolific
source of revenue to the city for, in Il
high altitude like Butte. people will do
things that assist the city in liquidating
it's claims. Judge Sullivan disposes of
business quickly. and while he is not
hard on the offenders, he gives them all
to understand that the ordinances of
the city We're enacted for the purpose of
being observed He has two trial days
each week. and on them City Attorney
Edwin M. Lamb appears as prosecutor,
and through his services the revenues
do not suffer-
The police department is under the
control of Chief J. J. Lavell, and his
organization is as perfect as can we'll be.
He takes a personal pride in the conduct
of his officers. and while he is lenient
and kind to them, he never condones any
neglect of duty. Through the able as
sistance of Detective Jerry Murphy, all
the hard cases are spotted almost as
soon as they put foot in town, and
there are, comparatively speaking, few
offenses committed that the offender
does not answer for. During the past
year the addition to the patrol system
has greatly simplified the work, the gen.
eral plan of which is being improved
all the time. There is no friction in the
department between the patrolmen and
the heads. and owing to this fact the
results accomplished have been good.
The personnel of the police force at the
| present time is as follows:
| Chief-John J. Lavell. Captain-James
| Leyden. Detective-J. ]. Murphy. Ser
! geant-W. f. McGrath. Jailers-Thomas
Boyle and NJ. McGlynn. Patrolmen-
Frank Byrne, John Radmilovich, W..
Schmidt, William Yutz, Pat Hughes, T..
j. Gilmore. J. c. Byrne, p. Bowling. Ed
ward Foley, John Conlon, d. Loughrin,
J. ]. l1cQueeney, J. c. Matthews. F. G..
Mcdonald, b. III. Peters, Barney Ferns,
A butcher. George Wilson, Robert Renng-
ger. d. II. Hastings, f. B. Evarts, b.
MeGillic, Nj. Mccormick, John Gray,
Frank Coll. John Sullivan, B. ]. Curley,
Thomas Walsh, p. d. Fogarty, James j.
Murphy, NJ. 0. Elderkin, o. Chonere, M.
Roach, Dan Mcconnell, r. S. Huston,
Joe Shane, Thomas Hynes, J. S. Miles,
Dan McMasters.
The fire department of the city of
Butte is proved by figures to be one of
the most efficient in the United States.
The total loss by fire during the year
was between $40, 900 and $4,000, the num-
Der of fires being III. The personnel of
the department is as follows:
Peter Sanger-Chief engineer.
Jerry Shinnick-Assstant engineer.
Members in Arizona street station
Morgan Griffiths, driver of hose and
| chemical No. 2; John Conners, assistant
| driver and pipemsl1; p. F.. Cleary, pipe
| man: w. w. Robb, pipeman.
| Hook and ladder No. 2. Arizona street
| staton-Tom Shinnick, driver: Charles
| Holden captain; Tim Thornton, assist
ant driver: Dan Harrington, ladderman.
| City hall chemical station-J. H. Goff,
| driver: Frank Murphy, assistant driver
| and pipeman; Dan Harley, pipeman.
Quartz street station. Hose company
| No. Fired Martin, captain Joseph
| Boos, driver; George Herd, assistant
! driver and pipeman: Fred Noble, pipe
man; Martin Sheridan, plugman.
Hook and ladder No. Henry Behr-