Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-03-29
FAILS TO REPEAL
r. R. FRANCHISE
Council Refuses by a Tie Vote to
Reverse its Action

AnO SAty NOunSh met Al Le6uAdE
session last evening in the city hall,
all of the oldermen were present.
City Clerk TIFFANY read the minutes
Of former meetings. which were APP
proved.
After hearing the reports of the
various departments, the first matter
Of unfinished business was the read
Ing of the ordinance repeating the or
dinanee which granted franchise to
the Spokane, Wallace & Interstate
Railway company. City Clerk Tiffany
reported that the above company had
fled an amended acceptance OF the
franchise last Friday. the day before
the thirty day limit for acceptance
would have expired.
Alderman Stonestreet moved that
the ordinance for repeating be read
for the third time for passage, and
upon vote it was carried and City
Clerk Tiffany read the ordinance In
its entirety.
Mr.. Bedell, resident on Fifteenth
street, was present and in a few
words entered strong protest
against the council allowing the road
to enter the city over the proposed
route, saying tht by occupying Fiji
teenth street, it would damage every
piece of property along the entire
street. Mr.. Bedell also said that ev-
cry resident along the street was
against the road passing their prop
erty at the front, and urged the coun-
ell to take steps to prevent 1t. He
said that he was no public speaker
and asked that Attorney r. 4. Nc
Farland be heard in the interest OF
the residents of that district.
Mr.. Mcfarland took the floor and
addressed the council along the same
line as two weeks ago. In part he
said: Il have heard the matter dis
cussed quite extensively and the claim
is made that now that the thirty days
have elapsed before the repeating or
ldinance has had its third reading, the
council would have no power TO re-
peal the ordinance, and II 1t did the
lefty would become liable for damages.
want to say that such is not the
case. l want to be fair to the coun-
Gil and to all. The repeating ordi-
nance as / understand it was intro
duced and passed its first and second
readings before any acceptance what
ever was made by the railroad COM
pany, and in view of that fact there
could absolutely be no chance for
suit or damages against the city. UT
to the present time there has been
no dirt turned, not a cent of money
spent in this city by the company, and
not a single pick has been stuck in
the dirt within the city limits.
"All of the residents in the dis
trict OF Fifteenth street over which
street the road is to pass, are unani'
mously opposed to the taking of the
said street for railroad purposes, and
as there Is plenty of land not fal
from Fifteenth which can be purch-
ased very reasonably for railroad
purposes, let the company buy thai
and not try to get into the city ovel
one OF the principle streets and. By
so doing, damage the property and
lessen the value all along the route
shepherd Calls For knight.
At the conclusion OF Attorney Nc
Farland's remarks. Alderman sheR
) herd called on Attorney II. P. knight
who is the attorney for the proposed
: railroad company. Mr.. knight step
J ped forward end addressed the eoun
! ell, in part saying: 81 thought tina
: when l last addressed the council al
{ further difficulty would be over, ant
I that each member of this body wa
: satisfied. also that the conclusion ha'
! been reached that the coming OF tn
E road In question was the best thin
! for the interests of the city, and tina
: all were in favor OF It. We are Il
: good faith and mean to give the cit
OF Occur d'Alene one OF the bes
: roads that Is possible to build. AS
: have stated before. the council ha
r ample time to Investigate and max
E any changes that was thought Nigh
I be better for the city. before tn
: franchise was granted. and since II
5 granting we deem IL contract bind
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