The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-03-13
r. /. GREENouGH MAKES PROP
>OSiTlON TO CITY FOR
LARGER GROUNDS.
WOULD ENLARGE RESORT
Letter to Mayor Logan Tells Of Plan
and Explains Details Concerning Pa.
vilion-Oniy Stipulation Is That Mu-
nicipality Build Concrete Bridge at
Vine Street.

Tomorrow evening Mayor Andrew
Logan will present to the city council
a proposition Of unusual interest,
proposition that comes from THOMAS
1, Greanouyh and concerns one of the
most popular institutions Of Missoula,
Greenough park. Yesterday the mayor
received from Mr.. Grecnough o letter
that offered 10 the city deed to eight
and onc-guartcr acres. tract that au-
Joins The present park and rounds II
out. There il only one condition I'm
posed by Mr.. Grccnough; he requests
that the city. build concrete bridge
across the Rattlesnake at Vine street.
an Improvement that has long been
desired BY the residents Of the cast
side. Accompanying the letter to
Mayor Logan IL Mr.. GrecnouSh's pro
position to Msshula:
"If the city Of Missoula viii build
reinforced concrete arch across the
Rattlesnake creek ut Vine street and
Il wall OF boulders laid In cement NOR
tion as far up the creek On the east
side az the Wolcott bridge and fill
Vine street to grade two and one
half feet above the low point between
the east end Of the bridge and the
hll on Vine street. extending one and
one-haif blocks east of the bridge. and
do such work this year, / Will deed to
the city for park purposes eight and
ne-fourth acres Of land adjoining the
upper end OF the park. also all of
the land lying between Monroe street
and the Rattlesnnkc creek from the
park gate at Monroe street. on the
east side of the creek to Vine street.
the deeds 10 be put in escrow to be
turned over to the city on the com
petion of their part Of the agreement.
! will remove all the buildings from
the last-named tract of land except
the Wolcott pavilion. which cannot be
removed until tho present lease ex-
plres. At the end of the lease | will
sell the pavilion to the city II they de-
sire II, or will remove 1t 50 that
there will be no buildings left on this
tract Of land after the expiration Of
the lease. but the other buildings on
such land can he removed at any time,
which shall be glad to do on the con-
summation of my proposition. II your
honorable body and the citizens of
Missoula look favorably upon this pro-
position would like the privilege of
advising with you as TO how high the
bridge should be built and the length
of the arch. which will not be over "a
feet. and also have the supervision of
the building of the wall, or at least to
say how the wall should be built and
on what lines. as | am more familiar
with the creek than anyone else. plans
for the arch should be ready SO that
the work be started Immediately after
high water. Accompanying this Is a
blue print, showing the acreage re-
ferred to and If 1t Is desired, Mr.
Walters will show to you. or a CON-
mittee from your body, the lines eov-
ering the tracts mentioned. | beg to
further state that as | have acquired
title to Is acres In what Is known as
the Gobban park on the Rattlesnake
which lies north of the acreage re-
ferred to In attached plat and Is sep
aratcd from such ground by mar
row strip owned by other persons, and
II this proposition now made is ac'
cepted and you later desire to increase
the size of the park, and through suef
Mcguire title to the strip of land re-
ferred to, | will deed to the city fol
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