The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-01-07
MAYOR LIPPITT And new COUNCIL
Inducted Into Office Tuesday Night---New
Broom Will Sweep Clean.
Mayor Outlines Policy for Coming Year
Saloons to Be Regulated.

renewal OF license by such saloon is asked
for, then the council should refuse a re-
newal OF such license.
For your information | also wish to
state here that | have appointed our
chief OF police and the other policemen
with the strict understanding that they
will be looked to to enforce these laws
strictly, and if they fail to do SO that
their places will be declared vacant and
filled by other officers who will enforce
the laws.
Now, gentlemen OF the council, it is up
to you to adopt such ordinances as will
thoroughly cover these points, and when
once adopted by you then it becomes the
duty OF the mayor, with the aid of the
police, to see that these ordinances are
enforced. By these actions we will, with
out doubt, attain the results that our
citizens desire.
Boys and Pool Rooms.
There are also other matters besides
the saloons that need looking after.
Many complaints have come in that
school boys and boys under age frequent
the billiard and pool rooms that is to
say, that even il they do not indulge in
the games yet they make these places
their loafing places, and they spend their
idle time there-the same in the bowling
alleys. These are not, to my mind, the
proper places for boys under age to
spend their spare time. and an ordinance
keeping them out OF these places will be
welcomed by all parents of the city. So
much for the morality Of Colfax.
Improvement of Streets.
Now | wish to call your attention to
the work that awaits you SO far as i'm
proving the streets OF our city is con-
cerned. Colfax being located as 1t is in
reality has only two streets-Main and
Mill streets. The latter street has never
been improved at all. Now | recon-
mend that you take up the matter of
improving Mill street. Many nice build
ings have been put up on Mill street in
High school building, Of which the citi-
zens OF Colfax can justly be proud For
the purpose of improving this street it
will be- necessary to create an improve
ment district, starting at the -four mill
and then south as far as Canyon street,
or rather to the corner of the Methodist
church; also the improvement OF all the
cross streets between Main and Mill
streets, from Island to Canyon streets.
Also very much needed is the improve
ment OF Main street from the court
house bridge north to the o r. & n.
depot. This part OF Main street is in
bad condition, and gives the wrong idea
to any stranger or traveller coming from
the depot as to our city and it's i'm
provements. Here also you can create
an improvement district, and all adioin-
ing property must bear it's share OF the
cost Of the improvement.
Water Works and the Supply.
l also desire to say few words re-
garding our water works and water
supply. Very few OF our citizens know
how difficult and expensive it is to supply
our city with good spring water under
our present system. In order to make
our present supply of water sufficient for
all domestic needs the council adopted
an ordinance short time ago to meter
the entire city. This was done with the
only motive to have the consumers save
the water and not waste it. It was not
done to get more money from the water
users, but only to save the water, and in
that way make the quantity of water we
have suffice for all purposes. But in
order to even keep and have enough
water to supply the city for it's wants we
have to look after our pipe line almost
continually, as our citizens must not
forget that our pipe line from here to the
Elberton springs are wooden pipes, and
the breaks and leaks that we have to
repair all the time are very expensive
and need the most careful attention, so
we hope our citizens will be saving with
the water and assist the council in this
important matter.
The City's Finances.
I am glad to be able to say that we
have made some progress and bettered
the finances of our city to some extent,
and if the reduction is not as large as |
would have liked to see it, yet our citi-
zens can see that we have begun at least
to reduce our Indebtedness instead OF
increasing the same as has been the rule
heretofore. We have reduced the in
debtedness of our water system about
$4,000 according to the treasurer's re-
port during the last year, but we still
have some $4,000 in cash belonging to
the water fund. From this amount it is