The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-10
A BOSTON LIBEL
HOW THE M. o. p. SMELTER FIRE
WAS EXTINGUIsHED.
AID BY B. & B. FIRE BRIGADE
Refutation of the Charge That Any
Indifference Was Shown-The III.
o. P.'s Acknowledgment of
Good w ork.

The Boston News Bureau OF the 4th
instant contains the following
Heinze of Butte has been little lame
on the Bank issue, but is beginning to
get into line. He has begun by buying
control of a bank there for about $10,Oo9,
not 100000, as the wires said.
Mr.. Heinze is probably little tired
Of doing his banking business through
Senator Clarks bank, since Senator Clark
will one day play with Henze and the
next day with the Amalgamated.
But it may De that Mr.. HeinZe does
not trust anybody for his supplies any
longer since When his smelter was
burned last spring he found the public
water main for his supply interfered
with at the Butte & Boston sme!ter. Or
course the Butte & Boston people were
shouting and passing buckets to save the
Heinze smelter, and the superintendent
of the water company in the town, VINO
works in the Butte & Boston smelter,
was lamenting the feeble flow from the
water works. But about an hour or two
after the fire had been going it was dis
covered that the interference with the
supply was at the Butte & Boston
smelter, controlled by the Amalgamated
people, who also controlled the water
works. OF course nobody alleges any
thing. 1t was just a coincidence. But
Heinze prefers now his own water sup
ply, his own bank, and, to tell the truth.
his own postoffice. for scandal Of scam
dals, Mr.. HeinZe has now no confidence
in the United States mail.
Superintendent Gillie being in Anacon-
da today. the above extract was sub
mitted to Eugene Carroll, superintendent
of the water company who made the fol-
lowing statement:
The Montana Ore Purchasing company
put in it's own water pipe system, using
four-inch mains. We advised larger
mains and repeatedly warned the Nom
tana Ore Purchasing company that in the
event of fire they would have trouble
from insufficient pressure. The tlre oc-
Cured on April 10. The Montana Ore
Purchasing company turned on eight
streams, having a pressure of from 65 to
IS pounds, as the records of it's own
meter will prove. The entire Boston G.
Montana fire brigade rushed to the assist
ance of the Montana Ore Purchasing
company and turned on two more
streams. Every man who witnessed
the fire and saw the splendid work of
both the Montana Ore Purchasing and
Boston & Montana brigades will testify
that through the assistance rendered the
fire was confined to the place where 1t
originated, and the smelter saved from
total destruction. Had the Montana Ore
Purchasing company put in mains of the
size advised by the water company there
would have been no need of outside aid
but the facts are too plain as a matter
of record to be disputed. and the people
of Butte were unanimous in praising the
splendid and effective work Of the fire.
| men of both companies. That is all
| care to say on the subject. The people Of
Butte and the firemen and miners of boil
| companies know the facts.
| A member of the Butte & Boston frt
| brigade was asked this afternoon If thu
| members of his company did all they
| could.
| OF course we did. We worked LIKE
| beavers. Ask the Montana Ore Purchas.
| ing boys themselves. In recognition o.
what we did towards saving the smelter
the Montana Ore Purchasing cOmpany
sent us a very handsome present. ISM
that proof enough2