The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-10-25
Company Does Not Want TO
Live Up to Their Agree
ment.
City to Purchase New Gasoline Roller
For Street.-The Apparatus Has
Been Shipped-Hose All Herein
teresting Meeting of the City Dads
on Monday Last.

The city council met in regular ses-
business as usual.
The most important business dis
cussed during the evening was the
matter of city lighting. The Idaho
Railway, Light & Power company
does not seem inclined for some rea-
son to carry out the proposition made
to the city when the franchise was
passed. During the summer months
the council was not very anxious to
have the extra lights installed, but
now that the winter months are COM
ing on, additional lighting facilities
for the streets become imperative.
The letter attached to the franchise
dated February Is, from Mr.. Marcus,
quoted the city a price Of $1,000 per
year for arc lights and $500 per year
for incandescent lamps. This was on
the basis of a Swear contract. The
last clause in this letter states that
the prices will be good for IL months,
| even if 4 contract is not entered into
by the city. The city decided to ac-
cept the proposal, with notifications,
and so wrote the company. The COM
pany then answered with two pro-
posals, one of which the city accepted.
Giving first one excuse and then
another, the company has put off the
| installation of the new lights. The
city does not think it advisable to en-
ter into any extended contract at this
time as the Beaver Rivr company
promises to enter Caldwell in the near
future and the council hopes to get a
better rate through competition. The
company has agreed to put in the light
ing system and the council wants
them to carry out their agreement.
! 1t may be remembered that the pre-
sent company, when the matter OF a
franchise first came up, said the max
imum rate for residence lighting would
be 10 cents. This was when the kuhns
were contemplating the ACCESSIBILITY
on entering this territory. When they
decided not do so, the present COM
pany declared that the city dads had
Il misunderstood their representative,
and that the minimum rate would be
l IS cents. The franchise was granted
on this rate, with the understanding
. that the company would install ad-
ditional lights on the Swear basis with
no contract for IL months. After that
time, the city could either enter into
!. Swear contract, or the rate would be
/ increased. :.
5 The city council instructed the clerk
5 to write the Idaho Railway, Light &
II Power company again asking that
they install. the system agreed upon
Il The city badly needs the lights and II
E is hoped that the company will carry
t out their opposition without any fur
. Their delay.
The local manager has declared thai
E he will install three arcs, but this /.
only drop in the bucket-what tn.
council wants is a system that NIL
: give service adequate to the needs.
81 An ordinance repealiing ordinance
Ne. 2l7, passes July 10. granting t.
: the Oregon Short Line the right Z
construct along the alley south OF thu
I. railroad track a line which would pas
the packing house, the new mill erect
ed BY DR.. Isham and on down to 9tl
Ave-, was read, rules suspended, ant
:. passed on its final passage. This is II
). order to put the city in the way o
: granting a similar right to the Inter
urban line. The latter company de
clare their wish to build such tracl
at once and several of the propert
owners would rather see the trac
r built by this company.
e, The FIRE apparatus was shippe
'eI from the factory on the 18th of tn
+ month and should arrive soon afte
'e the first of November. The hose
y now in the city hall-l.OOO feet of tn
= very best rubber hose that none
4 can buy. Citizens should see thu
$, every precaution is taken against fir
n now, for the Fates work in a prevers
ntI manner many times and big gener;
d conAagration might come just befo'
n the big engine arrives.
81 Waterworks Extension.
n The water works committee reporte
Fl favorably upon a plan to extend II
nj water system to the Arlington Heigh
N addition. The council ordered furth'
o inve stigation with authority to col
rel struct such extension If found to |
:. feasible and expedient.
The new line of pipe will proces
from the pump house to Kimball ev
nue.. thence to Orchard street al
u along Logan street to Fairview av
&c nue., to Ninth avenue, to Dearbol
nd street, where it will connect up wi
the regular system. This will 81