The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-30
A. n. WETHEY MAKES FORMAL
ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE
ROUTE OF ROADS.
ORDERED BY Mr.. CLARK
The Bonner Missoula Line VIII BE
Turned over to the Electric Com
pany on Friday and the Work Of
Eleetrifcation VIII Begin Soon, as
Will Work on Other Roads.

After spending the day in consul
tation with local officers of the Clark
companies, A. H. Wethey announced
yesterday afternoon that the route
of a portion of the electric car line
had been decided upon and that con-
struction would be started as soon
as possible-probaby 10 days. Mr.
| Clark has authorized the immediate
construction OF the city lines on the
south side and there will be no de-
lay in getting the work under way.
| Ihe contracts for the ties and poles
have already been placed and as soon
as this part of the material arrives,
the construction will be in full swing.
Bids have been received for the roll
ling stock and the contracts for cars
! and other equipment will be placed at
once. We believe, said Mr.. Weth-
ey to a Missoulian man, "that we
will have the railway ready for opera
1 tion by the time the Higgins avenue
| bridge Is completed"
\ The work on the north side of the
river will not be started at present,
but will be taken up In time to have
the connections ready for the south
| side lines by the time the bridge is
| finished.
Our adviees from the Northern
Pacific" said Mr.. Wethey. "are that
the railway from Bonner to Missoula
| which was purchased by Mr.. Clark,
will be turned over to US July 2. This
will give US complete line Of rail-
| way from Bonner to town and the
electrification OF this part Of our sys-
tenn will be brief matter We have
already in our warehouses and at the
substation here considerable amount.
Of machinery that will be necessary
for the new plant; the orders for ma
terial are in such shape that there
will be no delay whatever
The lines at present projected on
the north side of the river embrace
the line from Bonner TO the bridge
and a spur to the railway station
of the Northern Pacific, The line
will enter town on the north side of
the Northern Pacific double track and
will cross the latter by the Van
Buren, street subway to Cedar street
Down Cedar street the line will run
to Higgins avenue, thence to the
bridge in one direction and to the
Northern Pacific station in another
On the south side of the bridge,
two lines have been authorized to
the state university and the other out
to the boundary of the Fort Mis-
soula reserve. The route of the uni
versity line is south on Higgins ave-
n
mel avenue to Maurice, thence south
to the state university entrance. Con-
nell avenue is at the Missnula coun-
ty high school. so the line will serve
the students of this institution as
well as the university.
The route of the line to the military
reserve is given somewhat Indefinite
ly. 1t will go west from Higgins
avenue either all the way on Fifth
street or a part of the way on Third
and the rest on Fifth; the crossing
of the Bitter Root railway will be at
Fifth street and the line will continue
out Fifth to Garfield avenue, where
it will turn and run south through
the middle of Daly's addition, At the
south boundary of this addition.
probably at Fifteenth street or Sew
street, it will turn and run
west to Cobban's Orchard Homes;
thence south to the boundary of the
reserve.
"Our route to Fort Missoula from
that point said Mr.. Wethey yes
terdaN" Will depend entirely upon
the possibility of obtaining q permit
from the war department. This per-
nit will probably designate the
route which we must follow il we run
out to the fort
AS far as given. however, the route
on the south side has been de-
and the construction of this
portion of the new system has been
authorized, as already stated, by Mr..
Clark.
In connection with the south side
work, there will be the construction
Of the barns and snui. of the line.
which will be located southwest of
Daly's addition, on lots Il to rs of
Sobbans Orchard Homes. There Is
also under consideration the establish
ing of an athletic park with q good
,inder track and other accommoda-
tions. not far from the barns. These
are matters that are. it is under
stood, awaiting formal sanction,
though they have already been practi-
,ally agreed upon.
Another plan which has not been
formulated but which is
considered, IS the construc-
ion of a delightful pleasure park on
The Bitter Root river beyond Fort
Missoula. These are matters to be
decided later. but the construction OF
he lines named above is certain and
immediate