The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-17
THEY ARE YET HOPEFUL
Will Take Another Fall Out of
the Destroying Angel.
MUST HAVE THAT ALLEY
Park Street Business Men Will Push the
Matter at To-Night'e Meeting Of
HI Council-Some Opposi-
/ o Expected.

The Park street business men will en-
Destroying Angel and w. A. Clark.
They have not abandoned all hope of
putting the alley east and west through
the block from Renshaw alley to Main
street. and some opposition may still be
expected at to-night's meeting. At the
last council meeting the city attorney
was instructed to draw up a resolution
resembling the resolution for an alley.
The resembling resolution will be pre-
scented at to-night's meeting and some
opposition may be expected.
1t will be remembered that the adj
versaries of the alley scored a great
point against 1t a few weeks ago by
claiming that this alley would inter-
fere with a splendid arcad to be erect
ed by Mr.. Clark and to extend on his
property from Park street clear down
20 Galena. This arcade was to be de-
signed by the same Partisan architect
who drew the plans for Mr.. Clarks
magnificent residence on Fifth avenue
in New York city. and was to be some
thing of very high class. This natur-
ally p~aralyzed the Park street business
men. for while they still believed they
need the alley n that IL would be a
decided benefit to all the business on
the street. yet they did not want to
stand in the way of Mr.. Clark's put
tign up an arcade or anything else.
Since then. however, they have derived
encouragement from the fact that no
building permit has yet been taken out
for Mr.. Clark's arcade. They think
that if the arcade Is on the square
some move should be made toward IT
besides the mere announcement that II
was to be built. They think that in
the weeks that have since passed some
definite move should have been made
toward the construction of the arcade
if it is on the square.
1--WE have certainly a right to OBJ
ject." said one of the business men yes
terday, ito being compelled the rest
of our business lives to take our goods
in by the front doors instead OF by the
back. 1t isn't pleasant and 1t doesn't
look well to have our goods taken in
at the front door inc out at the front
door, There is no reason on earth why
we shouldn't have that alley except
the opposition of Mr.. Clark. The De-
stroying Angel is only a pretext-it is
not a reason. The townsite patent that
has been acquired takes care of that
shaft. and it will never be worked
again. Nobody ever made any money
out of il anyway The only thing nee
essary to be done will be to close ii up,
essarv will not be expensive. AS for
Mr.. Clark's arcade, / don't see why the
alley will interfere much with his ar
cade. The alley can run through the
arcade and will only deprive him of the
renting of two or three of the booths
in the arcade. But even If 1t does in
t~erfere. and If ii is not possible to have
both the arcade and the allev, ii seems
to me hat the alley should have the
preference. 1t will be a benefit to all
the business men in the block-men
who have put up blocks and have been
in business for years"
There was some talk of the Park
street business men trying for a 20-foot
alley instead of the 15-foot alley orig
inally asked for. but it was understood
yesterday that they had concluded to
use all their efforts for the 15-foot
alley.