Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-09
eAMb[lNG TO
Be SUPPRESSED
AT LEAST THE COUNCIL PASSES
A MOTION CALLING FOR
SUPPRESSION.
SUPERVISING ARCHITECTS
OF FIRE STATION RESIGN.
Cooperation Promised to Humane So
c~iety-Bond Of Contractor Price
, Accepted-Other Matters.

W. NV
ciety-Bond Of Contractor Price
, Accepted-Other Matters.
A special meeting OF the city council
was held last night with twelve of the
sixteen aldermen present land during h
session a real, live sensation was sprung
by Alderman Evans of the Seventh ward,
who informed the mayor and council
that gambling was in progress in the
city. In presenting the matter MI.
Evans said:
Your honor. I believe that gambling
Is going on In Butte, not behind closed
doors, but with open doors. l venture
the assertion that 1t Is now in progress
within a stones throw of this hall. AS
a representative of my constituents and
acting in their behalf I move to instruct
the chief of police to suppress gambling
II second the notion" said another
alderman.
The motion was put and carried, and
the mayor remarked: 1.-THE motion pre-
walls. The chief of police is instructed
to uppress gambling"
Not all of the aldermen voted on the
motion, there being about three in favor
of it's adoption and not one against 1T.
None of the aldermen or other officers
of the council asked Mr.. Evans or any
one else for proof that gambling was
being conducted with wide open doors
in the city, there being an evident desire
to drop the matter as soon and as easy
as possible.
While Alderman Evans was talking
and the vote was being taken there was.
outside of the voices of the few, a deep
silence in the room and through it's
depths one could imagine he heard COM
ing over the housetops and in the open
windows of the chamber the echo of the
little ball spinning around the rim of
the roulette wheel basin in search of a
stall into which 1t could temporarily re-
pose; hear he voice of the dealer cry
ing, IS for / in the red and around she
goes again." hear the swish of the paste
boards dropping from the faro box, and
the clanking Of the hush coin sliding
into the Golfers of others han the city
and county.
The resignation Of Link & Carter as
supervising architects of the new Quartz
street fire station was rendered in writ
ing. Alderman Macarthur moved that it
be accepted, but Aldermen Mayo, Nc
Council and Elderkin opposed it. Mr..
Carter explained the reason why his
firm desired to withdraw. A vote was
taken and it resulted in a tie. The mayor
cast the deciding ballot, voting in favor
of accepting the resignation.
J. Rohr petitioned the council for the
job of constructing the Quartz street
fire station and the matter was referred
to the building committee, the mayor,
- Du1lulllA I'LL III 61llCcI.
The report of the sidewalk committee
Of the Eighth ward recommending that
broken plank in the walks in that section
of the city be replaced with new ma
terial; was adopted.
The Woodmen of America were granted
+, permission to swing a banner across one
of the city's th~oroughfares advertising
their approaching picnic.
The communication from the humane
society asking for the cooperation OF
the police department in the prosecution
of persons guilty of cruelty to animals
was granted without a dissenting vote.
The petition was published In yesterdays
issue.
The bill of the Wayne s%ulkeyette COM
pany for $4,000 for the %burry-up wagon
was allowed.
The S. s9 bond of A. W. Price for the
: building of the new fire station was &C.
; cepted.
The report OF the police committee rec
commended that the petition of citizens
asking for the appointment OF a matTon
: for the city Jail be denied for the reason
: thai the class of women with whom a
matron would ave to deal are tough and
no respectable woman would care to as
sociate with them. The COMMITTEES re-
ported favorably on the project of erect
ing a. house back of the postoffice for the
accommodation of the patrol wagon
The council adopted the report.
), Council bill Nc. 5 creating the offices oil
. first and second assistant chiefs of the
: fire department with a salary of S1,32t
per annum for each was passed under q
suspension of the rules.
The defective condition of sidewalks II
Maryland avenue. Iron, Crescent, Gay.
lord, Grant n Atlantic streets, was dis.
, cussed in a general way and was referred
|, to the street and alley committee will
. instructions to report at the next regu'
|, lar meeting.
: The city clerk was instructed to adver.
tise for bid for grading Alabama stree
, between Copper and Caledonia streets.
! The city engineer was notified to In
: sstruct the water company to remove 6
: pile of iron, pipes in Jackson street which
the alderman that brought h matter
I up said was a menace to the safety OF
persons and especially children Wh<
might possibly be playing about it.
The street commissioner was notified
to look after dangerous billboards Within
the fire limits which do not meet the re.
quirements of the ordinance governing
their construction and maintenance.
The sewer committee reported in favor
of having the city engineer repair tht
sewer box of Dublin gulch. This COM
mtttee also reported adversely on the pc
tition of C. s. Warren and others for 6
storm sewer in Kings addition, the late
ness OF the season n a lack OF funds
The repom was adopted.
The report OF the special committee ap'
pointed to confer with Engineer Jones
OF the B., A.. & p company relative to thu
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