The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-05
The Toole Avenue Crossing
Should Be Opened.
NEW RAILROAD STATION
h Final Decision in Regard to 1t Will
Affect the Demand for the Opening
OF the Higgins Avenue Cross
n go Cow Ordinance.

TO let go until they nave succeeded IN
getting the Toole VEN crossing
opened, and there is no doubt of the
justice of their demand. They are
greatly Inconvenience by the present
condition of affairs. and they feel that
the development of their part of the
city is being retarded by the fact that
Toole avenue. their principal thorough
fare. is kept closed. Alderman Herzog.
in speaking of this matter Monday
night. said:
"There have been. TO my personal
knowledge. several men this spring and
summer who have visited the west end
of town with a view of investing. They
have been pleased with the location
and would have purchased property
there, had they not been dissatisfied
with the approach to that district.
Had there been a good crossing at
Toole avenue, they would have located
there" 1t is believed that the rail-
way company is disposed to be rea-
sonable in this matter, and there is
a probability that the crossing will be
opened.
The proposition to open the Higgins
avenu crossing at the new depot site
resurrects the old question 'Is the sta
ton to be built?" and the answer has
not yet been satisfactorily given. The
tIoCCiIlb las ptth Ddl AidiiN lFllbiih''
since the depot fire. so that IL admits
of the passage of vehicles. but II is not
a regulation crossing. The demand
made in the council meeting Monday
night was for the complete opening of
this crossing. After more thoughtful
consideration, the aldermen wisely de-
ided to delay urging the matter until
they had made an attempt to learn the
intentions of the railway company
relative to the new station. There will
be an interview with Superintendent
Russell to ascertain, If possible, the
status of the matter. 1t is said that
there is a possibility that the rebuild
ing Of the station will be ordered be-
fore long. If this is the case, there is
probably no alderman who desires to
urge the opening of the crossing. Sew
eral of the city fathers expressed them
selves Monday night as willing to drop
the question If ii is at all likely that
the station will be completed. The fact
that Contractor Isle is to enlarge the
round house and shops here indicates
that the rumored proposition to aban-
don Missoula as "a division point has
been abandoned. and If the h~eadquar-
tiers are to be continued here, there is
no doubt that the new station will
eventually be completed.
Now that the city attorney has pre-
pared a b%ombproof cow ordinance that
makes it possible for the chief of police
to sell an impounded cayuse for $40.
without causing the city treasurer To
dig up $50, IL is hoped that there will
be no further delay i'm Kidding Knowles
addition of the herd of horses that dis
turb the peace of residents across the
river every night and effect burglarious
and malicious entrance into lawns and
flower gardens. This band Of cayuses
roams nightly all through the streets
and alleys of Knowles addition and |
fpraaS ftc yray y fhrptInh oates n md fopgsg !
whenever possible. Long immunity
from Imprisonment i'm the pound has
made these cayuses bold. and If they
can get into a choice garden by no
other method. they kick down the fence.
They visit the Knowles addition every
night and have a scheduled beat. They
are ripep victims for the pound mas
ter. |
The hobo element is getting to be a
serious one. Despite the fact that
workmen are now i'm emand all over
this section, there are large numbers
of professional moochers who will not
work and who haunt the roosting
places about town. Trainmcn report
this class as being especially trouble-
some this summer and there have been
numerous conflicts between them and
the train crews. Sneak thieVery and
petty depredations have been reported
from time To time during the summer
aIlu lHt filbIlS VI inc plllttlS To IuH
the fellows out of town have not been
successful. The police complain hat il
does no good TO arrest the fellows I'M
less the courts viii come down hard
upon them. A light sentence simply
gives them an opportunity to rest up
and get fat. hat is what they enjoy.
If a few of them were to get 60 or
90 days apiece. there would be a scat
tering among them.
This year will be a record breaker in
sidewalk construction. Ii is a rare
meeting of the city council that does
not develop three or four petitions for
new walks, and ii is seldom that one
OF these petitions is denied. The FIX
pense of the construction of these
walks is borne by the abutting prop
erty owners and the city has only To
build the connecting cross walks The
result Of this boom in sidewalk build
ing Will be beneficial TO the city. as IL
improves the appearance of the streets
and makes property more Access
sible.
The street department has not had a
very large chain gang To fan back upon
this season. but what work has been
done has been performed To excellent
advantage. II has been put i'm where
II would do the most good. and some
very bad places I'm the streets have re-
ceived attention. The broker rock
v iti'H WAS hSti last summer Win Sntn |
good results is again being employed
for surfaCing and is improving the
thoroughfares wherever il is spread.
1t is doubtful II there is another city
In the state where the gambling law is
as strictly enforced as 1t is in M~issoula.
There is not a faro or crap game i'm
town. nor has there been since that
memorable night when Principal Reitz
was squelched with the business end
of a fire hose. There is not a saloon
in town that runs a percentage poker
game, either. Here and there are
quiet little games Of draw and stud.
but they are not house games. Even
the nickel machines have not been run
here since June 30. although they have
been rolling merrily everywhere else in
the state.