Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-28

The good roads committee of the
Commercial club has held several meet
ings wherein there has been discussion
of the proposition of ~endeayoring TO
bring about, with the cooperation OF
the city council, the ~improvemen t OF
a street running north and south when
shall be comparable with Second ave
nue. north running east INT west inns
effort was reported by the committee
to the board of directors Friday after
noon and was given approval.
Two years ago the good roads com
mittee started working for an improv-
cd street east and west. There were
many difficulties but close of the
present season brings about the com
pletion of paving on Second avenue
north from Park drive to Twenty
Sixth street and a fine gravel street on
Second avenue north continuing from
Twenty-Sixth street to the city limits.
Second avenue north connects with a
federal aid improvement extending
from the city limits to the Belt gravei
road. The completion of all OF this
work on Second avenue north and con-
meeting up with the Belt road IS gwen
by the good roads committee as a clear
illustration of what may be accom-
plished by continuous effort rms
satisfactory result has been brought
about by the efforts mentioned Inc by
cooperation on the part of the city
council and the property owners al
fected.
Other Road Also Needed
The completion of the Second ave
nue. north outlet logically leads to the
conclusion that there should be a north
and south improvement of a similar
kind which shall enable traffic to move
quickly both north and south from
Second avenue north. An examination
of the situation leads the committee
to the conclusion that the north and
south improvement should start from
the south end of the Tenth street
bridge and come around to Ninth
street by the thoroughfare that has
been established to this bridge, then
south on Ninth street to Second ave-
nue. north, east on Second yer
north to Thirteenth street and then
south on Thirteenth street to Tenth
avenue south. In this way, connection
would be made with the red road pro-
ceeding beyond the city limits and to
the south.
A further examination shows that
q paved street already exists from the
alley between Third and Fourth ave-
nue. south north to the alley between
First avenue south and Central ave-
nue.. There is also pavement from the
alley between Central avenue and
First avenue north to Second ave-
nue. north. There is pavement then
from Thirteenth street proceeding west
to Ninth street. There is again pave
ment from Second avenue north on
Ninth street going north to the alley
between Fifth and Sixth avenue north.
Proceeding then from the south
again over the same route there would
remain to be improved going north
from Tenth avenue south to the alley
between Fourth avenue south and
Third avenue south; also one-half
block on either side Of Central avenue:
also from the alley between Fifth and
Sixth avenue north to the bridge.
Already Half Paved
The amount of street already paved
in this project is eight blocks. The
distance to be improved is 1914
blocks. OF course, the ideal improve
ment would be paving complete from
one end to the other of the proposed
improvement. Whether this can be
done is a question. At any rate, the
good roads committee would like to
bring about as much paving as posi-
BILE and a gravel street such as is now
being put in from Tw~enty-sixth street
to the city limits on Second avenue