The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-05
MISSOULA NEWS.
COUNCIL MEETING.
Street Commissioner Charged With Rank
Fayoritism.

Street Commissioner Charged With Rank
Favoritism.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Missoula, Dec. 4.-The city council
met tonight in regular session. 1t
was a quiet meeting aside from the
furry over the promiscuous work that
has been done on the streets That
stirred up a little breeze, but the coun-
Gil made no change in existing condi-
tions. Salary and expense bills were
read and ordered paid and the re-
ports Of city officers were received.
The street and alley committee report
ed in regard to the condition of Rail-
road avenue between Woody and Ste
phens streets that the avenue is in
| bad condition, but that the season is
now so late that it is not advisable to
| attempt any Improvement this fall.
| The only way that it can be remedied
| is by putting in two catch basins.
Alderman Herzog protested against
| the adoption of this report. He said
| that there is important grading and
guttering going on along Woody
street without the sanction or order of
the council and he could not see why
the work could not be done on Rail-
road avenue. He said that from Rail-
road avenue to the European hotel
Woody street is being improved, and
he thought that the people on Rail
road avenue ought to have some con-
sideration. The members of the street
and alley committee denied any knowl-
| edge of improvements on Woody
street. All admitted that the work
was being done, but nobody knew
who ordered it. The mayor said that
the street and alley committee with
the council back of it, should be at the
head of all street work. Alderman
Coffee. said that he believed the street
commissioner had done good work and
he thought that the commissioner had
probably done the work that he
thought was most necessary.
This brought Alderman Herzog to
his feet once more. He said that he
was willing to give the street commits
sioner all credit for the work that he
had done, but he charged the COM
missioner with rank favoritism in his
street work Railroad avenue, he said.
needed repairs more than any other
street in town. but the people there
had not been recognized He charged
that 5000 worth of work had been done
on Woidy street within the past three
months 1t has been charged up to
the general fund and was not charg-
ed to the abutting property ownelx.
The mayor said that no such amount of
work should be done without the sane
ton of the council.
The street commissioner was called
upon and said that the work had been
| done on Woody street under orders
from the council. He thought that
the work had cost about $3.50; more
work had been done there than was
originally intended, but it had been
made necessary by the fact that there
had been some bad soil hauled upon
the street at first. The work, he said
had been going on for about three
months. Alderman Gibson said the
street commissioner had been ordered
to haul on some soil, but did not know
of any other work that had been Or
dered. Alderman Herzog said further
that he did not object to improving
any street if it was done according to
| law, but he did not think that the
work should be confined to any one sec
| ton.
Alderman May moved that the street
| commissioner be empowered to spend
| 800 on Railroad avenue as soon as
| possible This was seconded by Her.
| zog and was lost by a vote of four to
! two. This settled the street contro-
versy for the time.
A petition was presented asking that
| the Higgins avenue crossing be open
| ed. This was referred to the street
| and alley committee.
| Electric lights We're asked for at the
| corner of Mitchell and Phillips streets
on the north side and on South First
| and Cottonwood streets on the south
| side. These requests were referred TO
| the electric light committee. This
committee was also instructed to meet
at once and decide upon the number
of lights that will be needed under
| the new contract. An ordinance for
| the extension of the fire limits was read
| for the first time and referred to the
ordinance committee. The ordinance
| committee met at once and reported
| favorably upon the ordinance. The
| ordinance was afterward amended and
| was passed so as to make the bound
| aries for the fire limits Is follows:
| West side of Washington street to
| Spruce, south side of Spruce to Pattee,
| west side of Pattee to Railroad, south
! side of Railroad to Woody, east side