The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-12
FIXING UP THE OLD TOWN
She'll Be Paved With Something
Better Than Good Intentions.
GET ONTO THEIR STYLE
Mayor Harrington, the City Engineer and
the Paving Committee Carefully In
vestigate Catch Basins. Biz Of
Curb, and Kindred Subjects.

The paving committee Of the city
council. in company with City Engineer
Bickenbaush and Mayor Harrington.
spent yesterday afternoon in inspecting
the streets which the council has or
dered paved. deciding on the location of
catch basins. the size OF the curbs. etc.
The mayor called the committee to-
gether in order to settle all these mat
tiers now when there is plenty Of time
and before the work has started, in
order that the engineers plans may not
have to be changed after the work has
actually begun. There is much prelini-
nary work to be done before the actual
paving can be started.
The committee first Inspected Wyo-
ing alley. or City Hall alley. as 1t is
usually called. There is no muddier
place in the city inc no place where
paving Is more needed. There are sew
eral Instructions which. however, will
have to be removed from the alley. One
of these is the stairway and alley en-
trance into the California Brewery. The
mayor said. however. that he had as
a from the proprietors that this
rear entrance would be abandoned. In
the rear Of Brophy's store the alley is
occupied by q coal bin. covered over by
a wooden bridge. The committee de-
tide thai his also would ave to be
changed. Some gratings were also
marked for removal as likely to interfere
with. the paving.
on Park street the principal matter
to be determined was the draining of
the street. From the north to the south
side of Park street there Is a fall In
grade from four feet at Main street to
two and a half feet at Wyoming. Some
OF the committee favored locating the
catch basins on the south side Of the
street and let the water run from the
north side across the street. This was
opposed by the majority of the commit
tee as likely to leave Park street pretty
wet i'm rainy weathe and pretty icy in
cold weather. and II was decided to
place catch basins on the north side
of the street as well, one at the point
where Wyoming alley enters the street
and others at Wyoming and Arizona
streets.
The members Of the committee ex-
pressed some regret that IL had not also
been decided TO pave Wyoming street
from Granite to Park and Broadway
from Wyoming to Arizona. The Park
street pavement Is to run east as far
as Arizona street. but on Broadway 1t
is to stop at Wyoming street. Ii Is
understood that n. L. Frank M Miles
Finlen. two of the principal property
owners on Broadway between Wyo-
ming and Arizona, favor paving that
block and propose getting up a petition
to that effect.
The committee also located the catch
basins on broadway. Granite. West
Park and Hamilton streets n in the
alley back of Clark's bank.
Some Broadway people yesterday
called at the engineers Office to say
that they favor paving, but want
asphalt instead OF granite blocks. They
were Informed that IL is too late to make
a change now. The matter has been
pending for two months, so that there
has been plenty OF opportunity for
changes in the plans. The ordinances
have now passed and there IL no likcli-
hood of their being again changed.
other property owners who have
been notified to make sewer and gas
connections complained yesterday that
they did not know paving had been de-
cided on. This seems incredible in view
OF the fact that the newspapers have
contained for months past full reports
OF the action OF the paving committee
and the council In regard to the matter
All property owners along the line OF
the proposed paving have been ret i'"d
that they must make heir sewe-, Gas
and water connections within 10 days.