Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-02-15
PASS TWO RAIL-
WAY FRANCHISES
Council Also Considers Bids For
Automobile Fire Apparatus


council was held last evening at the
council chambers in the city hall,
and the reception part was filled
with citizens, eager to see the out
come of the much talked over rail-
way franchises, which were to come
up for consideration at that meet
ing All of the aldermen were pres
emit at roll call except Alderman
Sherherd, who came in later. Mayor
Hamilton was in the chair and pre-
sided. The minutes of the previous
regular and special meetings were
read and approved.
The first business to be transacted
was the opening of the bids for the
chemical fire engine and hose carts,
with the necessary apparatus. There
names of the companies were read,
and the amounts of the bids made
known, they were referred to the fire,
| light and water committee, with in
structions for the committee to meet
the representatives who were in the
city, and to report at the next meet
ing. The bids we're from Knox Auto
Fcompany of Boston, who gave the
price of $4,000 (. o. b. Occur d'Alene;
California Automobile company, $5.-
600 +. o. b. Los Angeles; Web Motor
Fire Apparatus company, $500 I. O.
b. Occur d'Alene, and the last was
by the Seegrave company for $5,575
[. o. b. this city. The bids were
each accompanied by the required
specifications.
After several matters of slight i'm
portance had been dispensed with
the councilmen voted to take up the
railway franchises in their regular
order, the first being the Spokane
Wallace and Interstate Railway com
pany. Before the document received
it's second reading there was con
siderable discussion between th'
aldermen, some of them opposing the
franchise on various grounds.
, Alderman Arnold said that he diC
not favor the giving over of the pub
lie streets to a railroad where thu
} trains were to be run by steam
and If the above company wanted t
| come into the city it should Blu.
! its right of way the same as tn
Milwaukee had done. The ordinance
: was then taken up and passed 1t
: second reading, after which Alder
: man Shepherd moved that the rule
2 be suspended and that the ordinanc
receive its third and Anal reading.
Butcher and StOnestreet Bolt.
q At this point the clash came an
e Aldermen Butcher and Stonestree
Q met the other councilmen on leve
q ground and each stated that the
v were opposed to rushing this ord
: nance through in so hasty manne
f and would not vote for its thir
# reading at that time. The vote wa
n taken for its third reading and wa
e lost.
# Milwaukee Ordinance Presented.
II Alderman Stonestreet who is tt
n chairman on the ordinance commi
e tee. presented the Milwaukee ord
d nance and with it gave the recomme
n dation of the committee for its pas
n age. The new franchise was tbs
read for the first time.
70 At this point Alderman Butch
t reconsidered the matter OF not (
l. voring the reading of the first nam'
10 ordinance for the third and I'm
y. reading and moved that the ord
IS nance of the Spokane, Wallace al
Interstate railway should be re-
he for the third time and passe
r which was seconded by Aldermi
y. SHEPHERD. The vote was unaI
IS, nous.
ce The Milwaukee ordnance was tn
of taken up again and passed in t
OF regular form under suspension OF I
n rules as is required in such matte
Crowd Was Enthusiastic.
d, After the ordinances had be
b. passed the large crowd present !
ng the room satisfied with the result.
&c Regular Routine Work.
ne A petition was presented ask
for a rate to be Fixed for the firem
ny in cases where the alarm was turn
DO in. as follows: False alarm, s1.oO