Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1926-07-15
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The ou4on "a to whether Belt should cooperate with thu
state Highway commission building modern road through th
city of Belt being discussed on the street and where
congregate together That there is vide difference o.
opinion is also true
The opponents point to the fact that few coal
are working Belt that business not particularly active
dry weather has ruined the that good road VIII
make speedway of our main and that good road will
divert whatever may this to the county seat
And the pessimist adds could raise the
proponents the plan the other hand point to many
things in favor of the proposed gravel road
The condition of Belt not good and certainly bet
of the county road the Great Falls
grade turned down Cashier street to wash couee IN the CITY
road An improved road needed all will admit
The Arlington grade from the Brod line to Gahams has
always been unsatisfactory with the continual sliding of clay and
rock from the hillside The rappng below the road must be
Strengthened, the road made wider
Someone may that the city has business with that
road its limits but the fact stands that this road is the city
limits and the city under present circumstances must for all
repairs
The mud puddle between the Holt Lumber Co. George
Mace place of business fact and to the
The hill to the city limits of town is always bad
diton due to faulty drainage
We understand that the estimated cost Belts
of building this road would be $1,000 When travels
slowly from city limits city limits around the Arlington grade
past the Brode mine through Box Elder the straight
past the Willard and the Beaudy residence
the stone barn. down Bridge street through the mud hole
bridge round Cashier and its mud hole up Bridge Street
and its bumps and washout past the Neihart Lumber Co
apt to think that $1,000 needs the federal highway donation
would be sufficient v
Belt roads have patched until many places the side
walks below the of the years water
from the viii directly the Pioneer Garage the Odd
Fellows building the Pythian building if the
present amount of wash continues Boboth
cmpeied dams during every storm to keen the mud out
of his place of business.
Belt has city engineer lines make roads conform to
established grades and lay drainage systems the
city competent to do this because he skilled this line of Ike
q will
pended at least $1,000 city roads all the city
will never have main road for which they need not apologize an
Inc Arlington grade requires engineer good The
drainage by the bridge engineer The Cashier street hill
needs an engineer for grade and drainage
FOR $1,000 to be paid in nstalmen period of years the mu
people OF TINS city may have road constructed most APP
proved manner under the supervision of engineers
ey may nave the use OF all those years necessary adj
uns to this road drainage lines be constructed TO pr
ect that road from flood waters guard rails must be built
nanency. ~ 40 Pc one
Best of all the highway department must bear half the
Expense keeping the road repair whereas the city
meet the entire expense the
Belt has been through periods of depression before During
ne period when the calamity howers predicted complete OBJ
won the high school built again the A. c. Co -
oed the Auditorium built paid for itself many s
mes IN the health and happiness not only of children but of
leir parents well then
Inc time to advertise is when business poor and the time
boost pour city is when she needs it, !t
ns road through would at least that we have
ot lost confidence Belt The spread over period of
We to eight would conscae anyone property and
lng those business have roads in
their places OF business Our protected by
anage pipes which would prevent damage from ANYTHING hut
rrenta rains gravel road would keen the bea COO, task
agOns Off the residence building of this road nor
m rev hundred dollars expended yearly upon all o,.
aug ~Ono put an end to the continual patchwork with un
~ material which never gets anywhere Sidewalk improve too
e are being paid off the added taxation An
is road would not be felt ~ "''o" Aor be as
mand