The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-25
nYPRBsS WAGONS.
Are They to be Fired From the
City or Given q Stand by the
Council.
An Expression " Paper Otrou.
lated With Suggestions
on the Subject.

Some time ago an ordinance was
passed by the city council of Butte
prohibiting express wagOns from
standing on Main street.
A test case was made by the ex-
dress men and they got away with
the racket the court holding that the
ordinance was unconstitutional.
Another ordinance mo. sly was
subsequently introduced compelling
all express wagons to stand not near
or than dfty felt from Main street
and to stand not closer together than
As feet. -
The express men took counsel on
the matter and again placed
their wagons on Broadway and Main
streets generally, around the corner
Of Sands Il Boyce. Had the Council
suggested OF appointed a stand for
these teams and wagons the ground
would have been covered The
Council failed SO to do, although the
school house square was suggested.
There lie not a family IN Butte, send
ing children to the Central School.
tut would have offered objections.
This property belongs properly to
the city and Is devoted to school
purposes and the grounds are for the
cole and exclusive use of the children.
Ten or fifteen express wagons backed
UP against the fence of the school
yard would prove as great a nuisance
there as they are at present on Broad
way.
The MINER reporter has conversed
with the eXpressmen and with the
citizens and they all acknowledge
the wagons are q nuisance to a
certain extent when on Broadway
and Main. They, with one voice
ask, "whe!e are we to 20 ?" " what
are we to dO?"
The problem is easily solved.
For the benefit OF the merchants
who are continually demanding the
services of tlese expressmen they
should be given q stand. The MINER
representative has consulted with
some members of the Council and
they are willing to grant any reason
able request.
It is now suggested that if the
property owners of Quarts street east
and west of Main do not object, that
location would be the best for the
expressmen. The street is wide and
never travelled on the west except by
buggies or lightly loaded teams and
very seldom by them. The teams
could back their wagons against the
sidewalk and stand thus, side by side
without Inconvenience to either
pedestrians or to street traffic. We
have made this suggestion to the
Council. knowing the locality to be
endorsed by nearly every gentleman
who has signed the expression of
opinion which we print below
and which reacs "a follows:
We, the undersigned, do not con.
slider the job and express wagons
on Main street, a "nui-
sance," but = convenience and ne
cessity when standing a reasonable
apart, and are In favor of
them having this privilege.
John Caplice, believing these peo-
pie have a right to some place desig-
mated by the City Council.
A D BARTLETT, D Morris,
Jno Z Morris, Casey & Brophy,
L w Foster & Co, d G Fisher,
Jacobs, H Shaw,
w NJ Fritz, D Goldberg,
81 q Hoerchner, Murphy.
Henry Renfrew, GBogk,
Louis wise, s Louis,
VIM Moore, E l. Bonner l. Co,
Robt Grix, Jas Fl Lynch,
w r Kenyon. r A Conlon,
Jacob Kahnweiler,
L. R. Maillet & 90. believe that ex-
pross wagons should b ave different
particularly as the pay H.
49,