Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-06-04
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LEWISTON, June LIST, 1851


At special called meeting of the
council, present, T. S. Billings, mayor;
G. G. Kress, E. Baird, c. Weisgcrber,
Geo. Glass, council; j. X. Vincent,
clerk; Geo. Young, marshal. Meeting
called on account of q letter published
in the TELLER from "Enterprise." The
letter having been read 10y the clerk,
the following preamble and resolutions
were offered and read and on motion
of Kress seconded ly Baird, they
we're unanimously adopted!
Whereas. In the TELLER Of May cSth,
500 Il letter appears headed "Pcof Lewis
tau, and signed :Enterprisc," which letter
ma. es the following charges against the city
coun III Of Lewiston, to-wi.: That the rail
road c 'nnany offered t, build II large ware
house u. IA dock, costing probably from eight
to ten tn, ,u.and dollars, hut the city fathers,
excenting tn mayor and one councilman,
offered OBJ, c. ons, urged and abetted by
the city me, chants, and went So far as TO
make it ape. T that those owning land
aiop5 the river r, "e prohibited. FROM allow
lag storeho lsas t. constructed
~ hereas The Railroad company never
applied to tnc coun Ii OF Lewiston Tor per-
mission II bult warehouse and dock cost
ing probably from eight . telfthousanl dol-
lars. and clele never Wa II vote taken where
the MI yor AMI one ceunc. Ia all favored such
proposition and The rest I the council OBJ
jc~tsl and flrtherlno,e lie city fathers
were not ursed ana abctte ~ the city
merchants, a. any body else, mr. did they
maze IL appear that those VII ng land
along the rlser were prohibited ON allow
lLg s:olehouses to be constructed, aud
Nharcas' Enterprise" being evidently
IL hrl Mt a lmirer of the TELLER, - most
likely realsr Of the same, and the 'efor
could scarcely have failed to notice the fact
that the proceedings of the council are RET u
.arly pablshed therein, SO that he cannt +
have as an excuse for such Misrepresentation
that lie Lad been mishformed Therefore
be it
n'so'oed. BY the council of the city of
Lew ston, that the said article is scurrilous,
AID false, and calculated to ELECT upon the
business interests of our city in a manner
totally unjust AMI unwarrantel, and we.
the omm IN Council, denounce the pnblica-
ton OF such articles as injurious to the com
mon veal of the people OF this city and of
the country a. large, and brand Enter rise
as an enterprlsns liar.
On motion the preamble and resolu
tions were ordered to be printed in
the Lewiston TELLER.
On motion the council adjourned
until next regular meeting, June 9TH,
1880. Attest. j. X. VINCENT.
Clerk.
Since the receipt of tho above reso-
luton of the council to learn the
truth of "Enterprisc,' we have con-
ferred with both the mayor and the
agent of the company and obtained
their sta tement of the facts, AID after
hearing them we wrotp out thei. state
ment and read it to them, ant they
made some suggestions OF ameudl rent,
which amendments are en.raftcd with
the original in the following rs the
facts in the case.
STATEMENT.
MIR. Nollmer, the agent of the com
pany, showed Mr.. Billings, the mayor
of the city, IA letter that he had re-
ceived from the company in which that
company expressed willingness to
furnish any accommodations to con
struct a substantial wharf and ware
house on the water front at Lewiston.
to be under the control of their agent
AT Lewiston, provided that a iease of