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

again asked for information az IN
suiiiyan's authority. The situation
was finally relieved by Councilman
McEuen making a motion that the
services of the city engineer be dis
pensed with for the present. The
motion found a second and when nut
10 a vote carried unanimously. and
Engineer Haynes was dismissed. and
tne action taken by Councilman Sui
llVan with relation to him ratified.
engineer Weile and Contractor Cos
lello were interested spectators.
The lines of committees were then
run through with. The committee
on fire, light and water had no re-
port to offer, and neither did that on
finance and judiciary. The sewer
committee was called upon. and
Councilman Bedell made the an
nouncement that there was property
within the district that was not as
sessed. This was one of the charges
made by Haynes. BedeI stated that
1t was his understanding that the
sewer had not been accepted, and he
believed that this matter should be
returned to the sewer commission for
completion as it was its work, and It
had been remunerated for it. A mo-
ton was made and seconded that the
matter be referred back to the COM
mission for completion, but before
1t was put to vote, an amendment
was made that the commission make
complete report of all connections
with the sewer, and in this amended
condition the motion carried. Coun-
Gilman Hedal, on behalf of the COM
mittee on cemetery and parks stated
that more hose was needed. The
hose obtained last year was rotten,
he said. The mayor inquired how
much hose had already been purchas-
ed this season, and was informed 100
feet. He followed up with the ques-
ton as to how much more was need
ed and was advised 100 feet. A mo-
ton was then made empowering the
committee to secure this amount of
hose. The committees on public
property, license and printing, docks
and wharves, had nothing to report,
and that on rules and ordinances was
called. The committee reported an
ordinance for the vacation of an alley
in lot 20 in O'Brien's Second addi-
tion. The rules were suspended and
the ordinance read three times and
declared passed. A suspension OF
the rules was also had and an ordi-
nance establishing a grade on Twelfth
street, and on a portion of Sherman
avenue to conform with the railroad
grade, passed.
The reports of officers came next.
The police judge and the chief of po-
lice reported fines to the extent of
STAG, and costs to the extent of $14S.-
76 for the past month. and the report
was accepted. The report of the
treasurer was presented and referred
to the committee on finance. The re-
port filed by Engineer Haynes was
next called. The city clerk, upon pre-
senting it, inquired if the engineer
was in the room. Haynes responded
and the clerk informed him that he
was more familiar with his own hand
writing than the clerk and requested
him to read it. Haynes gathered up
the reports and stated to the council
that one dealt with the establishment
of grades on certain streets. He had
understood, he said, that this would
come up for consideration at the
meeting. but for some reason 1t had
been sidetracked, and he laid it on
the table without reading it. The
other report. he stated, pertained TO
his being relieved OF the response
biIity of engineer, but that, he said,
had already been done and the re-
mort was of no consequence now, and
with that remark he also laid 1t upon
the table without reading or further
making its contents known.
The allowance OF claims was then
taken up. They consisted Of the reg
ular monthly claims usually made
against it. A claim for squirrel pol
SON was read, and the Mayor inquired
n the council had gone into the bus
mess of poisoning the squirrels Of
the country. and asked what it was
for He was advised by Councilman
Hedal that the strychnine had been
secured for the purpose of extermin-
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