The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1905-10-07

lFERSOS. NICHOLAS. LAMB
ORDINANCES
LAMB. HANSON. WALKER
CEMETERY
BARBOUR. AIKEN NICHOLAS.
PARKS
NICHOLAS. IvERSoN. TRELEAsE
WATER WORKS
WALKER ANDERSON. BARBOUR
the new members.
Monthly reports Of officers read and
fled.
Ordinance permitting a railroad spur
laid across Fourteenth avenue.
Current bills allowed
Ordinance pertaining to completion OF
the new book of ordinances.
Partial payment made to water work
contractors.
Under ordinary circumstances this
amount Of business would have required
but half su hour but under existing CON
ditions three hours and a half were con
sumed.
Upon roll call Councilmen Hanson and
former reported for business half hour
later. Nasor Riley personally distributed
the new committee cards upon which ap-
pears the names Of all the new me nj bers
Bad ges were also given out - hich desig
nate the titles of the wesrers and empow
er them 20 atall times enforce the city
laws wherever violated. The monthly
report OF the acting police magistrate was
more voluminous Than usual ard showed
considerable activ,ty,in the police depart
ment. The city was enriched by law
breakers to the amount of 1880 in cash,
some pledged jewelr, and ledger account
Attorn sabiu, representing the new
BonietA Mil company, of which he is
vice presld mt. prayed for the Passage OF
an ordinar ce permitting the c. & S rail-
way to build spur track across I4th
avenue IN order to give his mill ,rackage
facilities that i, may successfully compete
with SIMILAR ett.rrrises. This PROPOSE
ton has been stock t,pic of dis
cussion for some time and the ouly new
feature presented was the request for an
ordinance" instead OF permit" 4" the
railway company declining to lay any
more tracks across streets unless fully
protected The ordinance as presented
was subjected 10 many alterations until
1, was finally granted right Of publication,
and up it, fin j passage a 7o-year fran
chise is tr.uted instead of one that is
perpetual. Each member present expres.
sed himself favo able to granting the
Bonieta company the same privileges as
all others.
Under the head Of reports of commit
tees, Chairman Walker, of the water
works. went int de all as to the prog e.s
made up TO the present time, and stated
that so f,r a. the committee was concerned
the work WAS most satisfactory aud tina,
the contraco ors were doing everything
possible to fulfill their part Of the contract.
Up to the present time about $4,oo had
been expended. and he recommended
that eighty.fve per cent. of this anount
be paid the contractors as per the stipula-
tions of the contract. Mr. Walker, in the
course of his remarks, went into detail in
regard to the circumstances surrounding
the purchase Of the pipe in Denver pend.
ing the arrival Of the factory product,
and reiterated the conditions that existed
and which have teeu often stated public
ly. Blu, this subject brought on a lengthy
discussion in winch Councilman Lamb |
stated that as he did not believe due dill |
gence had been exercised in securing
new pipe for the by pass, and had been
assured by prominent Denver firm that
plenty Of new ten-lnch pipe could have
been procured. The firm being named
by the speaker brous ht Superintendent
Brands,etter to his feet and he made the
assertion that this same. firm had told
him that new ten-inch pipe could not be
procured in the state at any price. A
truce vas agreed upon by Councilman
Lamb agreeing to prove his assertions by