Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-08-10
COMMITTEE SHOULD ACT.

would not approve the revenue " {
ainance which was passed by the {
and yet no effort has been
made by the ordinance committee ,
to revise that measure along lines
that would be acceptable to the
mayor and which would result in in
creasing the city's revenue. Be
cause the ordinance, as drafted by
the committee, did not become
operative by reason of the mayors
veto, that is no reason why this i'm
portant matter should be dropped.
Every month that passes by under
the present revenue ordinance, the
city is going behind by reason OF
the extraordinary expenditures Incl
dent to the establishment of our
water system. By the failure to en-
act new revenue measure the city
is each month losing money that
should rightfully be going into the
treasury.
Montpelier is one of the very few
cities in Idaho that is not In debt.
That is due to the fact that in the
years past no efforts have been made
at municipal improvements. While
Montpelier can boast of not being
in debt aside from the recently
created bond issue) it must also be
admitted that in the matter of
municipal improvements, it is, with,
out doubt, away behind any other
incorporated city in the state. How
ever, we have made the start toward
advancement, but while we have
only taken step or two, 1t has been
demonstrated that more revenue
must be obtained if we would keeF
up this march of progress. Other
cities that have taken these steps
have met with this same experience
and their revenue ordinances wer'
accordingly revised to suit the re
quirements.
We believe that it IS possible 70
an ordinance to be drafted that will
bring the additional finds neede'
and yet no no burden will be place.
upon any class of business in tn
city. We would like to see the Oh
dinance committee get busy an
have another revenue ordinanc
ready for the councils considerable
at its next regular meeting.
There is another matter sshangin
fire. with the ordinance committe
that should be put up to the counc
for action, and that Is the questio
relative to cement sidewalks.
was referred to the committee tw
months ago. If that commits
feels as though it isn't best to crea
cement sidewalk district at tn
time, 1t should SO report. Howeye
immediate action of some XII
should be taken in regard to t
walks in the business section of t
city, for they are in most dila
idated condition. Those who a
now erecting. new blocks intend
put in cement walks as soon as sh'
buildings are completed. OIL
property owners are waiting, SO
understand, to know what the COT
Gil intends doing about GENE
walks. They do not care to lay n
board walks now if they are goi
to be required to replace them W
cement ones within year; neltl
do they care to put in in GENE
walks until they know what spe
ficatlons the council is going to P
scribe for those walks. The G
eral IN other towns, where GEM
walks have been put in. has been
the council to designate cert
specifications for the walks and
contract is then let to one mar
construct ali of the walks IN
prescribed district. In this '
uniform walks are secured a
much lower cost than if each pr
erty owner had them put IN
a.n,+ MON At HALEY walks