The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-03-23
AFTER MORE WATER
City Dads and Citizens To Go to
EIbertOn Sunday.
Proposition is Made TO Increase
Water Supply One-third by Rum
ming CrOssCut Tunnels.

| To arrange for greater water supply
/ Tor the city was an important topic ot
4 discussion at the meeting Of the city
council Monday night. The discussion
| resulted in motion that the city cOun-
/ ell leave in a body next Sunday morn
| ing Tor EtbertOn, to make an examina.
| ton Of the springs which supply the
water for the city and try to determine
just what can be done to increase the
supply for the summer months.
The majority Of the cOuncilmen ask
that every citizen interested in the in
crease OF the supply make the trip and a
special invitation is extended to those
who are familiar with water location
The idea ID that the cOuncilmen are not
experts and that some one familiar with
locating water will be able to give valu-
able suggestions or offer contract.
At present the water supply Is sutfi
cient; but in the hot months, when the
irrigation OF lawns and the extra de-
mand for water comes, more is needed
1t is estimated that If the present supply
can be increased by One-third there will
be no necessity for using the river water,
az occurred lost summer.
The plan suggested at this time is that
there are sufficient number of springs
IN the bluff whence the spring water now
used comes, 70 give more than sufti "
cIent quantity ii the water now going to
waste can be utilized. One proposition
is to drive a tunnel into the rocky bluff
for about 100 feet and then crOsscut to
tap the water veins not now Of service
/ o investigate this system the members
Of the council and citizens interested g,
will leave on the 6:15 train for Elberton
next Sunday morning. The cost of run
ming the tunnel and Crosscut is esti
mated at about $4,000, which sum, it is
stated, will be well spent if third more
water can be secured.
Following the reception of the com
mittee Of women to present the requests
Of the clubs, an invitation to the council
to attend the mass meeting on the city
beautiful was received. On d motion of
Councilman Mastin it was voted that
the COuncilmen would be too busy to
adj pura for the mass meeting.
Mayor Davenport announced that be
was TO preside at the mass meeting and
Councilman COdd was chosen as acting
mayor.
\ petition was presented asking that
the old fire bell be put up in the First
The proposition to install a new fire
alarm system caused the petition to be
laid on the table for the present.
Following the contract made for the
new fire alarm system letter was read
from O. M. Miller announcing his COM
uIetion of the new field books and asking
for a fee of 5000. The matter was re-
ferred to the fire and water committee.
Ben Binnard's application for a re-
newal Of his liquor license was presented.
Then came the discussion over the limit
ing of the number of saloons and the
raising of the saloon license.
II WI. ShinkOsky asked for permit to
put up a corrugated iron shed back Of
the barber shop adjoining the City Meat
market. Mr.. Mastin moved that the
council insist upon q driveway being al
lowed next the retaining wall and the
question was referred to the street com
mittee.
Henry Fowler wrote letter to the
council Objecting to the order to connect
four Of his houses with the sewers. La
bis letter Mr.. Fowler referred to the
order as a mandate" and declared that
like most of the bungling city work
done in COfax, the sewer pipes were not
out in low enough to take in all the low
living properties" The street commits
siOner reported that at least two of the
Fowler houses could be connected with
the sewers. The matter was referred.
r. d. Shearer's bid for removing and
burying dead animals was laid over.
City Attorney Hill reported that most
OF the property owners who were ordered
to abolish nuisances had answered that
they would do the best they could and
that prosecution would be delayed in
order to afford a reasonable time for
abatement.
The ordinance granting right Of way
to the Spokane & Inland went over, as
no map Of the proposed route had been
supplied.
Fire Chief Crawford exhibited rocks
taken from the nOzzles at the Colfax
hotel fire. 1t was ordered that new
screens be placed at the head of the pipes
at the reservoir. The chief also asked
what could be done for the extra volun-
teers at the hotel fire and was instructed
to turn in time for them as we'll as the
regular fremen who reported.