The Daily Missoulian., 1910-12-04
EAST Front STREET
BEING IMPROVED
SPECIAL DisTRicT-WiLL BE FINE
THoRoUcHFARE WHEN PLANS
ARE coMPLETEp.

When the improvements now in prog
ress and those contemplated for East
Front street have been completed Mis-
soula will have in that thoroughfare
one of the most beautiful bouevards
to be found in any city of the west.
The new sanitary sewer system forms
the basis of the improvements for this
avenue and when this work is out Of
the way the rest will come in the ma
tural course of events.
Besides the sewer construction on
East Front street the principal i'm
provements feature is found in the
construction Of a one-span bridge
across Rattlesnake creek. affording
an outlet east ON Van Buren, street.
According to the contract this bridge
Is to be completed and ready for traf-
fic an January 1, and, according to
the statement of Construction Fore
man Sinclair, who Is working with
the William Oliver Bridge & Con-
struction company, a concern which
received the contract from the city
for this work, the, bridge will be ready
to turn over to the city at the time
specified in the agreement.
Dismaying Obstacles.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
contractors have encountered some
particularly dismaying obstacles since
they commenced the work prepara-
tory to running the concrete abut-
ments, the labor has gone ahead rap
idly. and when the forces responded
to the quitting bell on Saturday eve
ming one abutment had been entirely
finished and another could have been
closed in an hour longer. The west
wall was completed about week ago
and the forms of the east wall were
raised Immediately. During the mild
weather of the latter part of the week
rapid work has been accomplished on
the east abutment and by Tuesday
morning everything will be ready for
the steel and lumber superstructure
OF the crossing. The difficulties en-
countered were chiefly In the excava-
tion part of the labor, the water, re-
gardless of a heavy cofferdam of sand
bags and clay. seeped through the
ress considerably.
A fair share of the East Front
street grading has already been ac-
complished, and as soon as the Ken
nedy Construction company gets its
sewer work done the remainder of the
street grading will be done to the west
approach of the Rattlesnake bridge.
On the east side of the bridge there
is deep fill to make to bring the
grade with Van Buren street. This
work will be started Immediately and
by late spring should be completed.
Practically all of the buildings. which
stood in the line of the survey made
for the extension of East Front street,
have been moved to give the thorough
fare a regulation width. The prop
erty holders along this avenue, CO.
operating with the city authorities,
have made plans for parking and 9TH
erwise beautifying the street A GER
tain portion of the ground imme-
diately next to the sidewalks has
according to the improvement plans.
been set aside to be raised above the
cutters and will be grass seeded and
planted to shade trees. The drive
way will be covered and crowned with
fine quality of macadum and bind
er material which, when 1t Is thor
oughly rolled and settled, will make
a splendid driving course The resi-
dents along the east portion of the
street are particularly joyful over the
opening of the avenue and are al
ready prepared to enter into their part
of the Improvement contract. \
The sewer builders during the mild
weather of the past week, have forged
ahead at a rapid rate and now stand
fair chance of finishing the greater
part of their labors on East Front
street before the time Is at hand
when they can move their outfits to
Higgins avenue. At 500 o'clock yes
terday evening the pipe-laying forces
had reached a point well advanced in
block two and the big Buckeye digger
was tearing away at the solid drive
way four blocks ahead of the labor
ers. The trenching becomes more
shallow as it retreats from the main
outlet and the work becomes cores
pondingly lighter