Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-03
WILL BURN
THE HOSPITAL
CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO BURN
DETENTION BUILDING AND
SELECT NEW SITE.
JOE REHIM WANTS DAM
AGES FOR BEING SHOT.
Mass Of Routine Business Transacted
By City Council Last Evening
Officers Reports.

The city council held a meeting last
night ana among other things decided To
burn the detention hospital and 10 select
another site for a new hospital.
The matter came UP on the report or
the Health o0mm.,tee in wnlcn II was
stated that the CNner OF the ground had
sold the property and wanted the CITY
to remove the hospital AS the property
was only rented from nontA to Gnonth
the owner has raised the rent from $2O
to 500 per month in order to get the
city to move. After considerable dis
cusson it was decided to burn the hospi-
tai and to have the health officer and
the mayor secure a new Site.
The following communication from
Joseph Reihm who was shot by Officer
McGilfc while attempting to escape ar
rest was referred to the judiciary conf
mi:tee:
ITO the Mayor and City Council
Gentlemen: On or about Sept. Is. 1900,
while in pursuit of the lawful rights of
a citizen. I was shot twice and disabled
by one McGillic. a police officer of the
city OF Butte. while at his regular duty
as a policeman, and in consequence OF
which l have been forced to incur the
expense of a hospital treatment and doc
tors fees. besides being disabled from
following my usual occupation, and be-
sides being more or less permanently
marked and disabled. And for this I
make claim for hospital and doctors
fees and wages from Sept. Is to Dec. 81.
1900. If this is settled l agree to forfeit
any claim for permanent disability; OF
otherwise I will claim damages for PERI
manent injuries
Reihm asked the council to pay him
these sums: Doctors bill, $3.50; hospital
,oill, $l4O; 1o7 days loss Of wages at So
per day. $374.50; total $664.50.
A communication was received from
H w. Turner. manager OF the Butte
Light and Power company in which the
writer enclosed a check for $5,O3231 be-
in.s payment to the city of one per cent.
of the company's gross receipts for the
year 1900. The cheek was received and
a vote of thanks rendered for the prompt
payment. i'll
Upon the petition of Judge sullivan 1T
was decided to return to j. B. Price $50
which had been disposed of as a bond
for the appearance of r. G. Brown who
was charged with disturbing the peace.
Brown failed to appear but came into
The Following petitions for licenses
We're granted; F. j. Dorhofer, plumb
ing; A. c. Garrison. employment agency.
Isidor Kruger, plumbing.
Miss II. N. Rodgers presented a claim
for $1s.e5 claimed to be due her for bed
ding taken from her lodgings to the pest
house. The petition was filed.
Petitions for arc lights on East Wool
man and North Nv aShi streets
We're referred.
The health committee recommended
that the claim of Mrs. Il. J. cunningham
for $33 and the claim of Thomas Drew for
$24 be not allowed. The report was
adopted.
The finance committee recommends
the payment of Dece&lber bills as fol-
lows: Salary, $3,066.6 So; police, $i,o24.75;
health, 81, 4i2 .S91; fire and water, $2,641.SS;
street and alley, 81, 1871 90; public library,
$19096; public improvements, $1415O; en-
gineerng, $29S.00; sprinkling, $500; total,
$14,699.67
Adopted.
The report of Fire Chief was as fol-
lows:
Fire alarms 9; loss on buildings and
conttents, $3.50; property involved was
valued at 500, 400; expenses of the depart
ment 81 GAL IS for salaries and $273.40 for
incidentals.
The report Of the building Inspector
was submitted as follows:
Permits granted during December: Ed
gar Dayton, $75; H. l.. Vadnis, $1,000
Shackleton & Whiteway, $3.50; J. b.
Spencer, $1,000: Anton Peterson, $780,
Charles r. Lyon, $3.50: II. s. Mills, 50, 400;
Shackleton & Whiteway, $4,000; d. w.
Horzeg, $75.
The report of street commissioner
Cotter showed that $1,7S7 has been ex-
pended on the city streets for repairs
during the month.
All of the reports We're approved. The
statement was l. ade that the report of
the treasurer would not be ready until
the next meeting.
Adjourned.