Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-01-18
ASKS FOR TEN
MORE F|REMEN
Chief Sanger Says Department
Must be Augmented.
PAVING KNOCKED OUT
Protests From Four Districts Carry
Location of Police Alarm
Boxes.

CHleI Engineer sanger OF the IRE ue-
partment says the city force of fire
fighters must be augmented by at least
ten men and more apparatus. He sub
mitted his report of the condition of
the department at last nights meeting
Of the city council. The report was as
follows:
"The new fire station being almost
completed, I am obliged to inform you
Of the appurtenances needed at once,
in order to place the department in bet
ter shape to combat fires. The fire OF
the 7th instant, Hennessy's warehouse,
proves conclusively the inability of our
department to cope with large fires, be-
cause of the insufficient number Of men.
The department had five streams pour
ing on the fire n all the men were
there. We were compelled to call upon
five volunteers from the crowd, at an
expense of SIS. to go to the central sta
ton and bring up additional hose.
II must also urge the necessity Of pur-
chasing 1000 feet additional hose, two
nozzles, two horses and harness, para
phernalia for the men, helmets and coats,
furniture for the new house, beds, ETC.,
and the necessity of 10 additional men
Is certainly apparent to everyone, con-
sidering the growth Of GU city. The
city can then be divided into districts,
and proper protection ran then be given
our citizens. The department has been
down to bedrock and these improvements
are very much needed"
The report went to the committee on
fire n water.
There will be no paving on East and
West Park streets, Quartz street and
Park alley his yea Last night was
the time set for hearing objections Of
property owners of the new improve
ment districts. The property owners of
Districts No. II, IA, II and IS were rep
resented in the council by petitions and
by agent, and the owners Of more than
90 per cent Of the property Of the dis
tricts entering protests, there will be no
paving in this particular section. The
successful protestants were represented
by j. G. Evans, John N. Kirk, J. w.
Stanton and B. S. Thresher. The dis
tricts that will be paved comprise por-
lions Of North and South Main, East
Copper and Wyoming streets.
Chief of Police Lavell reported as fol-
lows:
Il hereby submit locations of police
patrol boxes, selected by me as per re-
quest OF the police committee. I exer-
cised as much care as I could. and any
changes desired will be readily made.
Il would also call YOU attention to the
necessity or the immediate purchase of
horses for the patrol wagon.
THE location of the boxes are as fol-
lows: No. l. Broadway and Wyoming;
NO. 2, Broadway and Covert; No. 3, Park
and Main; No. 4. Park and Arizona: No.
5. Park and Ohio: No. 6. Park and Ore
gon; No. Z, Ken1per and jefferson; No. 8.
Galena and California; No. 9, Main and
Mercury; NO. IL. Butte. Anaconda & Pa
c!f1c depot, Utah avenue; No. II, Front
and Utah; No. II. Main and Maryland;
No.. 10, Main and Granite; No. IL, head of
Main street; No. Is. Dublin gulch: No.
IL, Quartz and Excelsior; No. II, Broad
way and Academy; No. IS, Park and
Washington: No. 10, Montana and
Aluminium; No. 20, Wyoming and Ga
Lena
The counc decided to meet tonight in
special session to consider the report.
The council decided to employ a speciaI
collector to collect s%prinkling taxes on
the Anaconda road. The residents Of
that district petitioned for street sprink-
ling last spring and now decline to nav
the tax for the survice. AS many of the
residents are squatters. collection is
made difficult. The matter was called
to the councils attention by CITY Treas
urer Ben E. Calkins.
The following claims were reported
upon adversely by the finance commit
tee: Alfred Cote, $50: Frank Delatour.
S43.s4: F. J. Bergold, SIS; DR.. G. w. Mon
roe, $31; S. e. Johnson, $25, all for SER
vices in connection with the smallnox
epidemic: and DR.. G. w. Schwartz. s25.
for surgical attendance to George w.
Ryan.
The street and alley committee report-
ed adversely on the proposition of Mary
sooner to withdraw a lawsuit against
the city for a consideration. The report
recommended that the city pay half the
expense of grading Gaylord street; that
a portion of First street be decided to
the street railway company; that the
TINA OF Oren & Bardsley for
building sidewalks, 1855. SO, be allowed.
II that the petition of w. j. Gilligan
for sidewalk tax rebate be denied.