The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-04-28
your petitioner, with safety t. YOU,

Wherefore your petitioner prays
that by ordinance duly passed you dc
vacate the said streets-said ordi
nance to be conditioned upon you
petitioner building a new passenger
depot as shown above and opening
said Twenty-eighth street and build.
ing said subway all at its own ex.
pense. (signed)
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
COMPANY.
G. AZ: Goodell, General Superintendent.
April 20. 1908.
Proposed Ordnance.
The following ordinance granting
the petition Of the railway company in
opening UP the streets has been pre-
pared and will be presented to the
city council for its consideration at
the next regular meeting next Tues
day night:
Whereas, The safety and conven-
fence Of the public and the efficient
operation Of the railway alike de-
mand a change of location of the pas
senger depot of the Northern Pacific
Railway company in this city; and 1t
is desired to locate it as near the bust
ness-center for the convenience Of the
citizens, as conditions will admit Of;
and to that end certain streets must
be vacated insofar as they cross said
railroad right of way;
Now, therefore, It is hereby or
dained that all portions OF each of the
following respective streets in the city
of Billings, Montana, that lie upon or
within said right Of way be and the
same are hereby vacated and an
nulled, viz: Twenty-1fth, Twentyk
fourth, Twenty-third, Twenty-second,
Twenty-first and Twentieth streets.
Conditions Of Vacation.
This vacation and annulment is
made upon the express condition that
said railway company shall within
months from the passage and APP
prevail of the ordinance, commence
the construction Of a new passenger
depot, between the present west boun-
dairy of Twenty-fourth street and the
present east boundary Of T%wenty-third
street in said city; and shall at it's
own cost, and forthwith after the
abandonment Of the use for passen-
ger purposes of the present depot, re-
move it and %reopened TWenty-eighth
street crossing over its right Of way;
and construct a subway and crossing
not less than 80 feet wide, at the
former point of crossing of Twenty.
second street. The acceptance Of
these conditions to be evidenced in
writing signed by the genral superin-
tendent and filed with the city clerk
within -. days from the passage and
approval hereof.
What Plans Show.
The plans attached to the petition
show the streets which the company
wants closed as we'll as the ones it
will open in consideration Of the vaca-
ton of these streets. They also show
the location Of the depot which is to
be fronted by a platform 900 feet
long. The proposed changes of the
tracks are outlined and two branch
line tracks at each end of the depot
are shown.
The proposed branch. line tracks in
dictate that 1t IS the intention of the
railway company to operate other
trains directly out of Billings than
the Red Lodge branch as at the pres.
ent time.
When the petition of the company
was filed yesterday, Mayor Foster de-
clared that the proposition to build
the depot as described in the plans
was the greatest thing the Northern
Pacific had done for Billings in 20
years. Other well known citizens ex-
pressed similar opinions.
Ordered TO vacate.
Announcement was made yesterday
by a we'll known business man of Bill
ings, whose building occupies ground
on the right of way in the vicinity of
the new depot; that he had received
notice from the railway company to
vacate at once. Those who are in a
position to know declare that there Is
no doubt but what the company will
start the construction of the new de-
pot Immediately after action on their
petition is taken by the city council
providing such action will permit.
1t has been generally known for
several months and railroad ohicials
have not denied 1t, that the Northern
Pacific has been taking steps looking
to contracting for large quantities Of
material to be delivered at Billings
this summer.
MINlclDAl Votes