The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-07-01
Pity Poor
Mail Man;
He's Lost.
Miss0ula Street Names Con-
fusing Even to Drivers
of Taxicabs.
Taxi, please"
Where do you want to go?,
oh, out to 723 Harrison"


"Oh. out to 723 Harrison"
According to the city directory, Har-
rison runs from Beech street north
east to ELM. four blocks east of the
Rattlesnake creek. Thither goes the
taxi, at SO much an occupant. as Mis-
soula's gas buggies have not as yet
adopted the taxi-meter system OF
charging SO much. or too much. for
every mile.
Its quito distance to Harrison
street. on the east side, but the driver
cant find the number. After cruising
up and down the street for a few min
utes he abandons the attempt.
But" says the unhappy passenger,
the address is plainly given here as
Harrison street,
There Are Others.
Wait" says the driver, "thcre is an
other Harrison street, way over on the
south side. Perhaps that's where you
want to co.
Away goes the taxi, across the river,
straight out west for over a mile, final
~ winding up somewhere near the car
barn. Again there is a fruitless search
for that number. The taxi driver has
oS6uA W SuoPSCL IL lIdI1e-uD Wncn
occurs to him that there may be an
other Harrison street about the city.
Investigation reveals the fact there is
a Harrison street somewhere west of
Higgins avenue. north of the river, and
after the chauffeur has replenished his
stock Of gasoline the trip is continued.
And 10! on the west side the trail
grows hot. and soon the weary trav-
eler is landed at the address for which
he has been hunting throughout the
city. He has wasted time and effort
aus-hseAude Uomehody has given the
same name to three streets without
providing distinguishing feature of
any kind
10 Common Evil.
And the case Of Harrison street is
not the only one. There are other
streets in the Garden City which have
identical names. And to make the
mess more inconvenient it seems that
In nearly every case the streets with
similar names arc located at the oppo-
site ends of the city. Ii one of Awo
streets bearing the same name is To-
Gated in South Missoula. the other is
probably in Park addition. IL seems
that every time n new addition has
been plated into streets, the sponsors
have adopted two or three of the street
names used in the addition farthest
away.
One Arlington street is located about
II blocks west of South Higgins ave-
nue.. while the other Arlington thor
oughfare is located on the north side.
There's an Arthur running from Idaho
to Mount. Is blocks west OF South
Higgins, while the other Arthur is five
blocks east of South Higgins avenue,
81 blocks away.
There's q Bcckwith street running
from south Seventh street west, south
east to Mount avenue. and another.
Beckwith street just across Higgins
avenue, but seven blocks south of Sew
cnth street The two Cleveland streets
are situated In an almost similar man
ncr. though one is over a mile west of
South Higgins avenue.
Four Fifth Streets.
There's an Eighth street on each
side Of the river. while Fifth streets
have them all beateno description of
the Fifth streets would need almost a
page. and it Is sufficient to say that
there arc two widely separated streets
Of that name on each side of the
river.
There's First street, from Pattee
to Washington, on the Island, one in
Greenough addition, and one on the
north side. There. are two Fourth
streets, one on each side. Grand and
Grant are Undoubtedly confusing to the
stranger and there are four OF them
Grand in Stcpt1lIls & Bickford's addi-
ton on the south side. Grand on the
north side, Grant Is blocks west of
South Higgins. avenue, and Grant in
Park addition. Only about three miles
separate the two Grant streets. :
Montana is Trip,et.
The Maple street listed first in the
directory extends from Lincoln west to
North Seventh. while the other Maple
runs from Front north to Toole avenue
nine blocks west OF Higgins. Montana
street is a triplet. One runs from the
river west to Walnut. another from
North First to North Fourth, while
No. is in Park addition, just around
old Jumbo. There are two Ninth
streets, ono divided into sections by
the amin thoroughfare. and two Park
streets one In Homevaie addition. on
the south side, and one In Park addi-
ton. Powell street is in Park addt-
ton, and it's double Is In the West Mis-
soula addition. There are two distinct
Railroad streets, and two River streets
both on the south side, as well as
Riverside avenue. Second. Seventh and
Sixth may each be found several times
in the list. both on the north and south
side.
Stephens avenue is in South Missoula
while Stevens runs parallel with Hig-
gins avenue from the river to ths