, 1888-01-26
SPOKANE FALLS. w. T. THURSDAY. JANUARY 26. 1885,

engineer and superintendent OF water
works, and then allowed.
Moved by Kaufman tina the bill Of
the American Fire Hose company by
paid by a wnrract drawn In the term
OF the contract.
| Carried.
The bin OF Carl Signor for $75 for
injuries received by his horse through
IL defect in Riverside avenue, was re-
ferred back to tho council by the
finance committee without recommen-
dation.
Moved by Hoover that the bill be
REFER. d to the city attorney.
| Carried.
The report, for December, OF the
chief of police and police justice was
read and accepted.
/ Moved by Hoover that the rules be
suspended and Mr.. L. B. Dean be
sworn in.
; Carried.
The oath was then administered
and Mr.. Dean took his seat among the
fathers.
The uperintendant OF water works
submitted the following report:
SPOKANE FALLS, W.T. Jan. "a, 'SS.
Honorable Mayor and City Councils:
Gentlemen IL would respectfully
report that our iron service boxes
have all been used, and we need more
as soon ~ they can he shipped.
would respectfully ask ,he council
| tn order 400 boxes to replace the old
dec yed wooden boxes, which are now
useless. Il. a. JONES,
Superintendent.
| Moved by Clough that th.ee hundred
boxes be purchased. Seconded.
| Hoover stated that he III ught the
city would have to call 4 halt ON inn
provements.
The superintendent Of water works
reported that the boxes were neces-
sary.
! Clough's motion WAS then carried.
| A communication from the REVIEW
Publishing company to the Health
Officer was read in regard to an Official
notice which he had inserted in the
Chronicle and not in the REVIEW, al.
though the latter hGd the contract for
the city's advertising. This comWun.
ication the Health Officer submitted
to- the council with a foot note stating
that he had the notice referred to pub
lished only III one paper on the ground
Of economy, and chose the Chronicle
because ia his opinion, it would more
sffectually reach the people most in
crested.
Clough and Deubcr stated that they
thought the REVIEW took the right
stand, and that DIR. Campbell had no
right to advertise at the city's expense,
outside OF the official paper.
The mayor suggested that the m
plest way Of settling the matter WAS
for the city to refuse to be responsible
for the payment OF the advertisement.
Hoover agreed with the mayor, and
moved that the correspondence be re-
| ferred to the finance committee.
Moved by Clough that it is the sense
of the council that the city will not be
responsible for advertising unless it be
authorized by lhe council and pass
through the hands Of the clerk.
Carried.
The chief of the fire department Of
fered the following report:
SPOKANE FALLS, Jan. 1S, 1883.
To the Mayor and City Council:
Gentlemen-I would respectfully
recommend the purchase of at least
one thc usand feet more hose SO that
the carts may be supplied while wet or
frozen hose can be dried. AS linen
or cotton covered hose is much lighter
to draw and easier to handle, would
recommend the purchase Of one or
the other. The cotton jacket hose
just purchased I believe gives good
satisfaction, and can be had of the
American Hose Manufacturing Com.
pany of Chelsea, Massachusetts,, or
Chicago. and costs but eighty-one
cents per foot delivered here.
! would further recommend that you
| furnish man, whose duty shall be TO
take care of the hose hOuses and hook
aud ladder house, TO keep the apparatus
in order, thaw out hose when frozen.
tn change wet hose from carts and
reel on dry, and to see that everyt thing
is In readiness for fire at all times.
Of rack or tower at both hose houses
to dry hose in as soon as more arrives
to take the place OF that now on the
carts.
Unless there are horses provided for
hauling the carts, think it would be
Of great service to procure another cart
and equipments. and locate 1t in the
western portion OF the city. And II
possible organize q hose company
there. Should fire occur in that
portion of the city the building would
be destroyed before it could be reached
by the present companies, while local
compn.ny could get IL under control
by thc~lin.e il was reached from here.
Mr.. Witherspoon is corresponding