The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-02-02
STREET RAILWAY ORDINANCES
ARE PASSED BY ALDERMEN
OF MIssoULA.
TWO WET SUBJECTS UP
Council Discusses Higgins Avenue sa.
loon Ordinance and Petition and De-
cides to Buy New Outfit for Sprink-
linq-Alderman Wilkinson Presides
over Long Session.


Alderman Shapard last evening, just
after the city council passed the ordi-
| nance granting to the Clark interests
street railway franchise in Missou
la. The council took final action on
the street car proposition few min
utes after 10 o'clock last evening, aft
er two hours of routine work. The
ordinance extending the franchise OF
the Missoula Light & Water company
was also passed. The resolution
granting the street car company the
privilege of crossing the new Higgins
avenue bridge was approved. The ac-
tion of the council last evening was
mere formality, as the vote of the
property owners of Missoula made 1t
compulsory for the council to ratify
their expression of opinion.
Enthusiastic Audience.
a large and enthusiastic audience
sat and stood through long and wear
isome session of the council, attracted
by the proposed ordinance banishing
the demon rum from Higgins avenue,
the plumbing ordinance, proposed Rat
tlesnake improvement district, and the
ment to his position of engineer of
the south side fire department. Aid
erman Wilkinson presided, In the alb
sence Of Mayor Keith The greater
part of the audience stuck it out un-
til 11:15, when the council finally
broke away from itself.
Saloon Ordinances.
The question of saloons or no sa
looms on Higgins avenue came up and,
still, 1t didn't. The committee to
which had been submitted the ordi-
nances, rendered the council by the
representative of the voters who
signed the original petition last fall.
regulating the number of liquor IL
censes to be granted and forever BAN
ishing the business from Missoula's
principal street, reported, recommend
ing that both measures be rejected.
The committee had an ordinance of
it's own, which it offered as a substi-
tute for the other two. The new or
dinance regulated the number OF IL
censes to be issued but said nothing
about Higgins avenue. The public is
familiar with the provisions of the
s, to be exact-and a discussion of the
proposed substitute only is Of interest
now. In epitome, the new ordinance
prohibits the granting of any addition
al licenses until Missoula's popula-
ton shall have reached 10000, with
the exception of men who build ho-
tells. These buildings must be at least
three stories in height and must con-
tain at least 80 rooms. Another pro-
vision Of the new ordinance-Wherein
the old one Is duplicated-prohibits
the liquor business from South Mis-
soula. According to the measure. the
proper number of saloons for the city
Is 80 and the present number shall be
lowered to that figure, as rapidly as
licenses become imperative by being
relinquished or revoked. At the re-
request Of E. E. Hershey, attorney for
the petitioners, who backed the orig
inal ordinances, the entire matter was
laid over until the next session of the
council Mr.. Hershey was out of the
city last evening and was unable to
appear before the council
Another Wet Subject.
buy five sprinkling carts for use on
the city's streets Three Of these are
to be new, while two will be purchased
from D. j. Heyfrons who formerly held
the contract for street sprinkling and
owns the wagons used. The new carts
are to be made by the Studebaker
company and will be of wood. Two
of them will have a capacity of $50
gallons each, while the other will hold
1000 gallons.
Chief May Sustained.
A story Of dissension in the ranks
of the fire department was aired In
the council meeting, when H. B. Getty
presented a petition for reinstatement.
Mr.. Getty asserted that he had been
dismissed for no Zeal cause from his
position as engineer of the south side
department. The council called on
Fire Chief May for his reasons for
discharging Mr.. Getty and the chief
replied that his action had been TAX
en- on account Of INSTRUMENTATION. He
incidentally stated that Mr.. Getty was
awful disagreeable" After several
others had spoken briefly, among them
E. C. Reitz, the council voted to sus-
tain Chief May.
Ask for Street Permit.
A petition for permission to use the
streets Of the city for wires and poles
was presented in behalf of the Mon
tana Independent Telephone company.
Accompanying the petition was an
ordinance granting the privileges
asked. The company promised the
city the use of 10 instruments free of
charge. The whole matter was re-
ferred to the ordinance committee.
Improvement District Ordered.
The council decided not to allow the
protest made against the establish
ment of an improvement district along
the Rattlesnake and voted to begin the
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