The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-03-24

At last nights meeting the city
council gave street paving III Misaoula
its final Impetus. The matter was
brought up by Alderman Mccormick
and called for long discussion. city
Attorney Woody ana Mayor Logan had
difference or opinion as TO how tha
storm shed sewers and the paving dis
tricts were TO be laid out and tho mat
Ter was finally settled by asking tho
city engineer to draw UP plans for a
paving district. to extend from Pattes
street TO Woody street inclusive, and
from the Higgins avenue bridge to
tho Northern Pncific depot Engineer
Swearihgen said that ha could have
the plans and specifications for the
storm sewers ready at any time and IL
appears that some action VIII be taken
In the near future. Ali of the coun-
eilmen were In favor of the paving
proposition and II will not lack sup
porters when the matter comes up for
final action.
All There.
The council was present In d body
The no-quorum meeting had its ef-
feet and all were in their seats and
took no chances on the other fellows
absence. The meeting was started
early and much business was trans
acted.
n. Rourdeau and his poolroom, or
rather tho poolroom owned by u.
Rourdeau, came UP for action before
the council. The special committee
made It's report and 1t was decided
not To take any action at the present.
but TO Keep close watch over the
place. Mayor Logan said that IL tho
complaints continued to come In. he
would suspend Rourdeau's license and
then bring 1t up before the council
for action.
The petitions asking for the commls-
sion form OF government were pre-
sented to the council and were turned
over to the city clerk to check for
the purpose of aseertalning II the re-
quired number OF registered voters had
signed the petition.
The Standard Lime K Brick COM
pany presented petition to the coun-
ell. asking that Otis street be closed.
The petition stated that the company
was now employing Il teams and that
IL was ready to begin constructing
its plant about April /. The petition
was accompanied by statement from
several of the adjacent property own
ers To the effect that they had no
objection TO the closing Of the street.
Alderman Logan stated that he WAS
not in favor of raiiroading through
such measure. After the matter
was discussed he referred the matter
to the streets and alleys committee.
This committee held very Informal
meeting and decided that 1t vas good
business to close the street. Tho COM
mittee reported faeorablg and its re-
port was adopted, The standard Lime
& Brick company expressed itself as
/ willing to pay the expense Of adYertis-
/ Ing the closing. Mayor Logan sad
that while he had not investigated
conditions closely, he was opposed 10
| the closing of the street. az this pro-
cess gives the company title to the
ground now occupied by the street,
April was the date set for hearing
objections.
Bids for Wall.
The bids for the retaining wall
along the Rattesnahe We're opened
last evening" Three bids were re-
eeived but a note left OH Mayor
Logun's desk requested that the Olson
& johnson bid be not opened, as that
company had made a mistake A rep
resentatiye of the company callad np
Mr., Olson aad found the note to bo
correct. The bidding was then limited
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