Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-06-14
CITY COUNCIL HAS EXCEED |
INGLY BUSY session
Hear Searching Protests and Discussions
Of Street Grades. and Bills

( The city council met last evening
and listened to reports of depart
ments and committees and to protests
and petitions in regard to the grades
of curbs and walks and demands for
license money collected by the city
during the past twenty years, APP
pointed new member pr the library
board, heard the protest in regard to
the camp site of the paving COM
pany, passed ordinance, discussed
-ontract Of the band and number
of other things.
The meeting was called to order
by Mayor Hamilton, with ali mem
bers of the council present except
Butcher, who arrived later. After
the reading Of minutes of previous
meetings the reports OF number Of
the departments and committees were
called for by the mayor and Street
Commissioners Downs gave a par
tial report stating that he would
complete his report al the next
meeting. City Engineer Wright re-
ported that the city owed Wetzel &
Foster balance of $8.622.2S for
work in district 8, which would com
plete the payments due them. Coun-
Gilman Shepard inquired about the
top dressing of the streets that they
graded, asking If their contract did
not call for top dressing of loan
which he stated they have failed to
put on and Mr. Wright said he did not
ghink that it did. Mr.. Butcher en-,
| tered at this time and stated that
he knew of two men WHIP had worked
for this company who were unable
10 obtain what was due them and
that the city had better investigate
he voucher receipts of the said COM
pany before the final settlement so
hat the city would not have to pay
any bills contracted ard unpaid by
the said firm. Councilman Daugh-
ters moved that the street committee
look up the contract of this company
In regard to the top dressing of the
streets and also investigate the re-
.eipts and vouchers, but Councilman
Stonestreet amended the motion by
referring the looking up of the con-
.raet to the street committee and the
receipts and vouchers to the finance
committee, and the motion and
amendment were then carried.
Daughters as chairman of the GEM
etery committee brought up the mat
Ter of the burial of baby of poor
family that had been buried at the
cemetery pending report of this
committee. as the parents claimed
they could not pay the burial ex-
| penses and the lot at The cemetery
The motion to refer 1t to the GENE
terry committee with power to act
was carried.
Sanders as chairman bf the finance
committee read number of bills
that were passed.
Near Beer License.
Daughters moved to consider the
licensing of near beer places and
was seconded by Arnold and Shep-
herd amended the motion by having
he licensing of the near beer places
postponed indefinitely and was sec
onded by skogstad and the amend
ment was carried.
MeClear said that a number of
people were objecting TO the retention
OF saloon signs in front of a number
of buildings and City Attorney Black
stated that an ordinance had been
prepared some time ago in regard to
signs and awnings that would cover
this matter. but had not yet been
submitted to the council but would
most likely be at the next meeting
Mayor Hamilton proposed the
name of Mrs. Ida Milluer to i'll the
vacancy on the library board caused
by the resignation of Mrs Mary Nc
Farland and Mrs MiIlher was APP
pointed.
Protest From Seventh Street.
protest signed BY the majority
of the property holders on Seventh
street between Foster and Sherman
was read BY the city clerk and II
opened a long and prottacted discus
sion. The protest was against the
present grade Of the eurbing TO be
put in on the west side of the
street On the grounds titat It was en-