The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-05-04

Browning Chamber Of Com.
meree. held in the Browning
grade school gymnasium.
and attended by . crowd ss.
timated At two hundred. .
resolution was adopted by .
majority vote endorsing the
routing Of the Starr School
road. leaving v. S. Highway
No. 80 At West Boundary
street. Just east Of the Plains
Indian Mvsvem.
The meeting was originally
scheduled to be held in the Bar.
racks hall. but due to the con.
dition of the streets leading to
the barracks building. and the
large crowd anticipated. the
meeting was changed to the
school gym.
/ The public discussion was de-
cided upon last week to give
everyone in the area chance
to express their preference of
route for the proposed new road.
Originally, the program had been
set up to route the road north
out of Browning along the i'm.
proved Cut Bank Oardin e
School road. to a junction with
the present Starr School road,
about a mile north of town. and
then proceed along the general
route of the present road to the
Starr school
At the insistencc of many
property owners and business
| places located along the present
highway in Browning. a move.
ment was started to have the
routing changed TO provide for
leaving the present route of
Highways No. 80 and 2 through
town. as at present. and proceed
north and northwest to the
school. rather than the plan pro.
grammcd under the original
agreement.
& The members of the board of
county commissioners had spent
much time with the representa-.
tivcs of the secondary road dc.
partmcnt of the Montana High.
way Commission and after pub.
licising their proceedings in sew.
cral newspaper articles and at
least one public hearing in this
community. agreed to route
running north along the Cut
Bank School road. and then turn.
ing west to the school. a distance
of some II miles. II was also
! contemplated to eventually con,
tinuc the Starr school extension
to a point to connect with the
present Highway No. 80. several
miles north of Ki0wa. where tho
highway crosses the north fork
OF Cut Bank Creek. This pro,
posed route was approved by
the highway department. and
the general plan was program,
med. with work on the surveys
to start this late summer or fall.
I II was AT this point in the pro,
cccdings that business people
and property owners along the
highway from the Wigwam ives,
came to realize that such q road,
although only a secondary road
at the beginning. could c0ncciv.
ably become the established
route Of both Highway No. 2 and
Highway no. 80. 4 directors
meeting Of the Chamber of Com.
mcrcc was called TO consider the
matter. and resolutions were
passed requesting the board of
county commissioners and the
state highway department Ia
make the slight change In the
routing. bringing the established
road through town along the
two highways rs nj present. and
then turn north and in,crscr, the
Star School route about two
miles north Of the starting poin,
from the intersection Of the
highway and West Boundary
street.
~ n later meeting Of the
Chamber Of Commerce directors,
the plan 10 start the improved
road ut West Boundary stree,
was favored. II was then tina,
the public meeting was called
for Tuesday Of this week. after
II was determined that the
1 secondary road director Of the
state and the members Of tho
board Of county commissioners
would attend and listen To the
statements Of those favOrins tho
change Of route.
| Msssins . lons Session
The meeting Tuesday was
called 10 order NJ about 100
o'clock IN tho morning. and
/ President Robert SERVER stated
the purpose Of tho meeting. and
ably illustrated VIVA, he though,
would m the potential danger
To tho business people and prop
cr'y owners along the prrscn,
highway II tho road was built o.
provided for In the accepted
plan. Mr.. i. Walker Brown
chief engineer for the secondary
road division Of the State High
way Department. was called on