The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-04-20
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CITY COMMISSIONERS ISSUE OR.
DERS REGARDING SANITARY
CONDITIONS.

quite by accident the city commits
sioners yesterday ran into a glazing
Illustration of the frightful conditions
that an imperfect sewer system has
created in Missoula and as a result
Of the chance revelation, revolutionary
action will be taken. Police Commits
sioner Houston will enforce with iron
HAND the ordinance requiring all resi-
dents within the north side sewer dis
trict to connect their houses with the
sewer n will destroy all outside tot
let's or prosecute their owners.
1t is not at all unlikely that the
council will order sewers built on
the south side before the summer is
over. The law gives the council this
right and the glimpse of the unsani-
tary conditions caused by the lack of
sewers may result in immediate action.
Il am in favor of building a sewer
on the south side at once" said Mayor
Rhoades to his associates yesterday.
Just as soon as you are willing to
vote for the sewer let me know and it
will be ordered in. The whole south
side must be in fearful shape and we
must remedy conditions before an cpl
demic breaks out and makes power
less"
At any rate the present ordinance re-
garding the north side district will be
inforced and all who disobey the law
will be handled roughly. Yesterday
morning the council ordered Anthony
Johnson, whose property on the corner
of Woody and Alder streets is a
menace to the health of the entire
community, to conform to the provi-
sions of the sewer ordinance without
an hours delay. Commissioner Hous-
ton will go over the entire sewer dis
obeyed.
Paving Districts.
AT their adjourned meeting yeSter-
day morning the commissioners passed
resolutions creating two new paving
districts, each two block long. The
first extends along West Main street
from Stevens to Harris and the sec
ond along West Front street between
the same cross streets. This makes a
total of nine new paving districts on
which final action will be taken with
in the next two weeks. At the regu-
lar meeting of the commissioners next
Wednesday morning final p~rotsts on
the Stevens street and Pattee street
districts will be heard. Unless 81 per
cent of the property is voted against
the proposed paving the council will
advertise for bids at once 50 that the
work may be finished early in the sum-
mer.
The sidewalks ordered in by the
council last week came up for con-
sidcration again yesterday. The COM
m]issioners decided that the construc-
ton of a sidewalk on South Fifth
street, west of Garfield street. would
not be advisable at this time and res
cinded the order for a walk there.
Garfield street is six blocks beyond the
Bitter Root tracks. Since there is a
good wooden sidewalk at the corner
Of Fifth and Ash streets the council
| decided to wait until a cement walk is
needed before ordering n built.
A petition for an arc light at the
corner of Rollins and Franklin streets
was referred to the street commits
siOner.
Commissioner Price was empowered
to purchase a new dump wagon for
use on the streets. The city has at
present only one such wagon and an
other is needed.
The commissioners took a recess for
half an hour for the purpose of in
specting the buildings at Alder and
Woody streets owned by Adolph
Johnson and recently condemned by
the fire chief. Johnson claimed that
owing to a misunderstanding of orders
issued by the council he had gone to
the expense Of moving his sheds and
asked a special d~ispensation. He is
! going to build a new brick building on
the corner and wants to use the old
sheds as a barn and carriage house.
The council decided yesterday to
stretch a point and let the buildings
| remain provided Johnson will cover
them with corrugated iron and make
the interior ~fireproof. This is the
last time we will interfere with the
fire chief" said the mayor. After
this everyone must live up to the re-
| ouirements of the law"
The council adjourned until Wednes-
day, when protests against paving
Stevens and Pattee streets will be
heard.