The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-23
BUTTE NEWS.
THE DOMINANT ISSUES
NV
Street Railroad Possibility and
"E New School House.
Observation-Disclosures
. Children Are Compelled to Sit All Day
in Crowded, Poorly Ventilated
: Rooms A Shameful
State of Affairs.
Observation-Disclosures

The dominant issues of the day in
walkerville, and they're not political
Sissues either, are the street railroad
: possibility and new, centrally locat-
/. ed, large and convenient school house.
: These topics, even at the present time,
! overshadow all others, even the ensu-
ing city election.
5 A party of fathers was seated in a
= comfortable office room yesterday talk
, ing about this and that, and more par
: ticularly school houses. One parent
\ suggested that the school trustees Of
this district might well consider Walk
: erville's school population during it's
hours of reflection on the good and
welfare of their constituents ut is a
:. shame" said he, 81 say shame. that
our children are compelled to sit all
day in crowded, poorly ventilated
{ rooms, crowded and dilapidated rooms.
> And this in district which boasts of
I. one-fifth of the school population of
1.-THE entire state of Montana. The
school houses are most unattractive
= looking structures. I don't blame the
!" school board altogether for the state
. of affairs that exists UP here | ad-
init that we have not presented our
views formally to the board, but we
will do so. I for one am willing to lay
: the matter before the board"
ME too" broke in another. I'VE
should first formally present our case
to the board and then wait a reasonable
/ time for it to act 1t is indeed high
.stime that some move be made towards
-tthe improvement of our school houses.
I am in favor of large building on the
site of the Sherman building. This is
a central location. AS it is now many
pupils have to walk from the extreme
west side to the extreme east side on
account of the arrangement of the
grades. Another thing should be con-
sidered and that is the advantage Of
the higher grades. After the pupil
p, leaves the seventh grade in Walkerville
he must, if he wants to continue, go
to Butte. That should not be neces-
sary We should be given the same ia
cilities that Butte enjoys"
1t is probable that at the next meet
ing of the school board committee of
parents will lay before the board some
matters of more than ordinary inter-
est. At any rate, the conference yes
terday resulted in measures being taken
to that end. s-.s-- ..
At the primary in the First ward
Tuesday night a number of the poll
ticians drifted into discussion of the
probable course the Street Railway
company would take in the spring.
There Is general desire for street
car advantages. The men at the pri-
mary all agreed that the cars were
wanted Some insisted that the road
should enter the city on West DAILY
street, while others expressed them
selves as being firmly of the opinion
that the company had no intention of
entering the city by this route, for the
reason that the expense of road con-
struction up Missoula gulch, or west
Of it, around to the extreme west end
of Walkerville, would be too great
Some believed that the company would
insist on entering over the old cable
right of way, and then some one said
that that would not do at all. Chan
cellor O'Donnell thought that the cit
liens would appreciate the service over
any route SO long as they could get
direct transportation to Butte, without
transfer. Mr. Gainor would like to
see the cars come up Daily street, but
thought that the company would not
lsbuild on this proposed route. Judge
/ Lewis favored any plan that would in
! sure traffic regularly and uninterrupt-
ed by transfers. George Brown and
others hoped to see cars running into
4 the city early in the summer but pre-
ferred a. through service to a stub or
transfer at Centerville.
= There seems to be a universal objec-
!. ton to stub to Centervlle. 1t was
/ on this account that the franchise was
I defeated last fall.
- Walkerville wants the street cars, a
through service at frequent intervals
cent fares, and all this as soon as pos
sible. ''