Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-04-07

last ENNhlhb was NAE Er@ut1F mSG1-
ing night for the city council and the
time advertised for the opening of
bids Of contractors for the construe-
tion OF the city hall. the installation
OF a heating plant and four steel
cells In the jail A number OF the
bidders on the contract for the city
hath were Occur d'Alene contractors
and a number were from Spokane.
and the council chamber was crowd
ed last evening with interested con-
tractors and citizens OF the town.
w. p Smith OF the city made the
lowest bid for the construction OF
the hall; ii. A. Arnold of Spokane
submitted the lowest for the instalIa-
tlon of a heating plant. and 4. +.
Baram OF Detroit the lowest for the
installation In the city jail OF steel
cells The bids and bidders for the
construction OF the city hall were as
follows: William oliver Bridge COM
pany OF Spokane. a3s.ssO; J. oleson,
Wallace, $500: II. II. James. spo-
kane. s3S,9l7: Charles Jasper, spo-
kane. $4,000: F. strauser q Son.
Spokane. S4O.23S.5O: Thomas A..
Perrott, Occur d'Alene. s37.5l4: T..
cunningham, Spokane. $3.50 Pet
tifer Construction company. Spokane,
S35,642; w. r. Smith. Occur d'Alene,
$3.50 T.. NJ. KreIg. Occur d'Alene.
S37.s5O.
The bids for the installation OF the
heating plant were as follows; II. A..
Arnold, Spokane. a274t; c. L. Miller.
Wallace. R3375.75: Blair. Meagher 4
Co. Spokane, S2994. A bid was also
submitted by the Grinith Heating
company of Spokane. but it was nn-
accompanied with a check and was
not read.
The following are the bids for the
steel cells for the jail: e. T. Bar
nam. Detroit. s45s; Z. Hanika &
Son. Muncie. Ind. two bids. depend
ent upon the cells furnished, one al
t76i and another at 1890. The bids
were f. o. b. Occur d'Alene The
council considered II advisable to
look more fully over the bids. and
a motion was made and carried that
they be laid over for final action this
evening.
The council upon disposlng OF the
bids proceeded to regular business.
The committee on streets and alleys
suggested that the time was ripe for
a general cleaning up OF the city. A
motion was made that the mayor des-
ignate a time for II and It was car
ried. The appointment OF a week
will be made in the near future for
this purpose All citizens will be no
tilted. and In the event that they fail
to comply the matter will be turned
over TO the chief Of police for Gu
forcement.
The finance and judiciary commit
tee. to which the petition OF some
thing like 200 citizens was referred
some time ago asking the council TO
require the Interstate Telephone CON-
pany to live up to the provision OF It's
franchise in It's charges for telephone
rates. and the appointment Of a com
mission for the regulation of the
rates, made a report that the prayer
Of the petition be granted The re-
port was adopted by the council. but
nothing beyond that WAS done with
relation to the matter.
Mr. Sullivan, who at a prior meet
ing was Transferred from the commit
tee on public property. on which be
was appointed. TO the committee on
sewers. was retrznsferred This ae-
ton vas taken because. II Mr. suili-
van we're TO remain on the COMMITTEES
on sewers II would place him In the
embarrassing position Of passing on
his own work and auditing bills con
traeted while a member OF the com
mittee prior to their Encouragement
by the mayor.
Police Judge Main and Chief OF
Police McGoysrn reported 10 cases
for the month OF March aud the col
lection Of fines to the amount Of
si4s.50. The report Of the street
commissioner showed that he had col
lected t4s Of poll tax and $3.50 for
the construction Of sidewalks The
treasurer made his report. showing
there 70 be = balance Of s2727.25 on
hand Al the LIST OF this month.
An ordinance extending the ere
limits Of the city. and governing the