The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-03-13
FIRE HALL 4SWAP"
IS REFERRED
PEOPLE TO VOTE ON PROPOSED
EXCHANGE OF THE PRESENT
BUILDING FOR NEW ONE.

The citizens of Missou!a viii vote
on the proposed exchange of the
present fire station site for a larger
piece of land across the street. Yes
terday the city council ooh up the
ordinance providing for the trade. and
decided to place the matter before the
citizens at the spring election.
1t is the plan of the council to ex-
change N present fire hall and the
little corner of ground IN which it
stands for the Yankee garage building
and ground and the vacant lot ada
cent to it. G. II. Marsh, the owner
of the property, agrees to give the
city $4,000 for the firehall property
and to sell his holdings across the
street for $27, 1900. The committee of
10 recommended the deal, but the
council feels hat the people should
be allowed to decide.
The new site, it is said by those who
favor h exchange, will give the fire
department more room and will pro-
vide better quarters for the firemen.
1t will provide the street commits
sioner with a building in which to
store tools used by his department.
t.AhS kAAS AAiAS NSAS 10
tied upon the commissioners yester-
day when the trouble we the 1orth-
ern end of Stephens avenue was re-
vived by a committee from the
Woman's club. Ever since a long
forgotten city council accepted the
patchwork plat of South Missoula ad-
dition the city has had trouble over
it's junction with adjacent plats. The
addition stands like an eddy in the
current of south-side travel. It's streets
run squarely into property lines and
it's lots blocade the streets of the
other additions. Stephens avenue, 1926
feet wide, runs ~diagonally into Orange
street at it's northern end Orange
runs north and south with Sixth street
a block from it's starting point. Right
at the junction of Stephens and Orange
Is block that vas purchased by the
city for park purposes. A committee
of Stephens avenue property-holders
recently asked the council to open a
roadway through this proposed park
in order to avoid the slight detour
over Orange street. The Woman's
club is protesting against the petition.
The women claim that such a road
would ruin the park, and insist tina
the Orange street route be adopted.
The council did not take any action
on the protest, but the commissioners
seem to appreciate it's justice. The
Stephens avenue people will probably
have to use Orange street; if the road
through the park is built the right-of-
way will have to be purchased from
the city by h interested property
owners
A letter from Superintendent Birds
all of the Northern Pacific was con-
sidered by the commissioners. Mr..
Birdsall asked that a fire-alarm box
be placed near the railroads carshops.
The letter was referred to the chief
of the fire department, who has
charge of the installation of alarm
boxes.
Barber & Marshall were given per-
mission to install a gasoline pump in
front of their store on South Higgins
avenue, provided they would 50 ar
range the pump that the sidewalk
would not be blocked.
John Pope sent in his resignation
from the office Of plumbing inspector.
The council accepted the resignation
and appointed A. Naylor to the office.
The budget ordinance, read at the
last meeting, was read for the second
and third times and was passed. An
ordinance fixing the compensation of
civil service commissioners at IS a
day and limiting their term of service
to six days in the year was read A
resolution providing for the removal
of the overhead crossing at Sevens
street was adopted.
The council adjourned to meet next
Wednesday at 10 O'clock.