Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-07-19
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS
ROUTINE SESSION
Petition Against CURLING Discussed and
Improvement Ordinance Passed

The city council met last evening
with all the councilmen in attend
anee and Mayor Hamilton in the
chair.
The light, fire and water commit
tee, chairman Butcher, opened the
routine evening by reporting that his
committee recommended the putting
in of number of electric lights as
per demand on Government Way.
Mayor Hamilton brought up the
fire department question and recon-
mended the appointing of w. L. Per-
ry. the fire auto truck demonstrators,
as chief of the department. Stone
street thought that as this truck was
the first one that the company had
sold west of the Missouri river, it
would no doubt send one of their
very best men to operate it until the
sixty days trial was past and that
if Perry was appointed chief he would
probably stay out the sixty days and
make favorable report to the coun-
ell in regard to the machine and
then resign. Sander. thought that
because of his being an expert and
the machine being the first the com
pany has sold. in the west that the
company would no doubt like to see
him remain here for a year or two
so that the machine would be sure of
always being in excellent order and
other western cities might send rep
resentatives to view 1t. The opinion
seemed to be that Perry was probab-
ly high salaried man and that it
would not look practical for him to
accept a smaller salary with the city
and that if he did he would not stay
long and as Butcher said, after the
sixty days were up and the city had
accepted the machine Perry would
probably receive a telegram from the
east that his wife was seriously i'll
but this was dispelled by some one
stating that he was single man.
1t was finally left for the mayor to
decide. as was also the securing OF
two firemen; the salary for them
was recommended to be set at SIS
month.
H. B. Treff's bid of $4S for the
erecting of the partition in the coun-
ty superintendent office and a rail-
ing in the engineers Office was ac-
cepted.
Reverend J. E. Hanson appeared
and asked that the council reconsider
its rejection of the petition of a
number of the property owners ON
Five and a Half street for the dis.
continuing of putting in any more
curbing there. After a short discus.
sion it was laid over until the next
meeting and 1t was also recommend
ed that the councilmen inspect thai
street before the next meeting.
The ordinance declaring an alley
in Kings addition vacated was passed
and duly declared city ordinance.
The street and alley committee
| recommended the establishing of ar
improvement district to include Har
rison street from Seventh to Elev
enth. Eleventh from Harrison tc
Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania from
Eighth to Eleventh, Ninth from Eos
ter to Pennsylvania and Foster from
Ninth to Tenth streets, the estimated
total cost of improvements will b,
$40. 592.72. of which the city's shar,
would be $3.50. The report Of tn,
committee was accepted An ordi
nance establishing the grades in thii
district was read three times anC
declared a city ordinance. An ordi
nance declaring the eity's intention
to grade, curb. etc, in this distric
was read three times and duly de
clared a city ordinance. Any on.
desiring to protest against the sail
improvements must file a written pro
test with the city clerk before ST,
D. m. Aug 4.
II was moved and the motion wa
carried that the city purchase from
Mr. Meyers for $3.50 Krotzer stree
between Fourth and Fifth streets.
The opening of Second street fron
Summit street to Harrison stree
was discussed and then laid owe
until a written proposal could be re