The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-15
vEALEY is APPOINTED
CHIEF
COUNCIL ACCEPTS RESIGNATION
OF CHIEF OF POLICE
WILLIAM G. SMITH.

! appointment by the mayor OIL y. a.
Vealey as temporary chief was the
most interesting and important fea-
| ture of the meeting Of the city faith
| ers which was held last evening. That
| Mr. Veaey would be appointed has
| been known for some time and just
as soon as the council adjourned last
night after accepting Mr.. Smiths
resignation Mayor Logan made the
| expected appointment
To Rebuild Bridge.
| The council also made strong
! move last night in the bridge ques-
| ton instructing the clerk to advertise
| for bids for the reconstruction of the
| famous Reitz bridge for wagon traf-
| fie, bids to be opened at the meeting
next Friday night. These bids will be
for the work only since The city is to
| furnish all the material and they will
| call for an immediate completion of
the work so that WAGON traffic over
the bridge may be resumed as
| Az possible. ,.
Final action was taken last night in
the matter of park commission and
the mayors nominations for the
| membership Of this board, which is to
consist Of two aldermen and three
citizens, We're all accepted and the
commission now stands Chairman,
Alderman Crawford, other members,
Alderman Patterson, Dr. G. T. Nc
Cullough, Sam Walters and IT. T..
Shapard. This commission has been
created in direct concordance with
the new state law authorizing such
boards and it viii have absolute con-
troll over the Greenough park.
Routine Work.
This was about all of the special
work which confronted the council
and the remainder Of the evening was
taken up with routine matters. When
the roll was called all but Patterson
and Bayes We're present. A. long col
lection OF ordinances which have been
on hand for the past month and on
which action has been deferred We're
the first things to command the at
tention of the council, Tho ordinance
regarding the licensing Of automobiles
was reported from the ordinance COM
mittee with one amendment which re-
quired a yearly registration and a tax
Of $500 a year and was passed I'M
animously on it's third reading. The
ordinances creating special district
No 2 fund, special district NO | fund,
special district NO. /. maintenance
fund and special district No. 2 main
tenance fund We're all reported from
committee and passed.
Sidewalk Ordinances.
The ordinances providing for the
cement sidewalk special fund was
passed on it's third reading as was the
one providing for the payment of the
bills for cement sidewalks in yearly
installments. A. special ordinance was
also passed which gives the city
treasurer. the same power in the col
lection of bills for cement sidewalks,
pavements, sewers, garbage and sim
| liar Improvements that the county
treasurer has. A resolution asking
! that $500 be transferred from the
general to the fire fund was also
adopted.
The letter which was received from
Postmaster Ross some time ago In
regard to the defective system of
numbering on the south side and
threatening that unless something
was done carrier service would be
dropped, was given final considera-
ton and the city engineer was in
structed TO have the work attended to
at once.
The council recommended that
light be placed at the north end OF
the Van Buren, street bridge and in
structed the clerk to request the Chi
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place one at their crossing at the
south end.
The report Of the streets and alleys
committee recommending that side
walks be placed on Alder street
from Harris street to Higgins ave.
nue. was adopted and the walks or
dered placed. A petition to establish a
grade and build new sidewalk on Vine
street was referred to the streets and
alleys committee.
Half Mile of Walks.
The recommendation of the city en-
gineer that cement sidewalks be
placed at different places over the
city was adopted and the sidewalks
We're ordered placed. This action will
mean the laying of a little more than
half mile of sidewalks in the vari
Gus sections Of the city.
An arc light was ordered placed at
the corner of Pine and Woody streets.
A fire hydrant was ordered placed at
the corner of Orange and Sout9
Sixth streets.
Licenses Transferred.
The liquor license of H. l.. Shapard
was transferred to Kelley & Brunnell
on petition. The retail liquor license
of j. e. Smith was transferred ~
Henry Emmerick.
A number of petitions received,
asking permission to build tempo
rary frame structures and tents on
North Higgins avenue during the reg
istration for the opening of the Flat
head reservation We're referred to the
streets and alleys committee. The
aldermen expressed themselves as be-
ing in favor of the erection of these
structures for eating and sleeping
quarters but intmated that it would
refuse this permission to any other
kind of business.
In the matter of the bids which
We're opened at the last meeting for
the position of city contractor the
committee reported that it was in