The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1912-04-19
CITY COUNCIL HOLDS IN.
TERESTING MEETING.
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secure the block and half needed,
with what has been proffered, to make
this improvement possible. This
would not only make a better ap-
proach to the city for farmers living
out in that direction, but would add
greatly to the sightliness of the hill
and could be maintained at unusually
low cost because of the natural for
nation of the gulch lending itself to
easy irrigation by means of a system
of pipes.
Mr.. Grifiths then spoke strongly
in favor of the councils offer to help
share the cost of street and cement
improvements where the entire length
OF any street were considered. Their
former offer, he said, still stood and
this year should be taken advantage
of by the property owners. The prop
osition. in nutshell is as follows:
Where the property owners will
agree to sign up, the council will i'm
prove any street at less than cost.
They will grade and gravel the street
bed for Csc per running foot to the
property owners on each side of the
street; they will put in cement side
walks at Soc per linear foot and GEM
ent curb at Csc. They are enabled
to do this work at such low cost by
peculiar combination of circum-
stances.
Petitions are to be circulated for
each block and if a majority of prop
erty owners on street signify their
desire for such improvement, the
council will so order.
This is an opportunity which prop
erty owners should at least investi-
instanter, for the city greatly needs
the improvements so to be secured.
Mr.. Griffiths declared we could not
hope to have clean city with filthy
bitches in front of our residences and
forcibly impressed his views upon
the council and auditors.
Mr.. Zeh suggested they consider
the advisability of securing from the
city engineer report on the probable
cost of general system of cement
bitches throughout the city. He said
if the city were to install such sys-
tenn and buy the irrigation water from
the district at the acre rate that the
saving in maintenance and water
would result in securing the improve
ment free of expense to property own
ers in very few years. Once paid
for he thought aside from the fixed
bond tax that water would cost not
more than Csc per lot. Engineer He'd
den considered the plan entirely feas-
IDLE and was inclined to think the mat
ter would so work out.
This would result in. changing the
appearance of our streets for the bet
ter as would no other one improve
ment and also do away with the con-
slant cuts and damage caused by
ditch breaks.
The matter was referred to the
street committee with instructions to
confer with the city engineer, investi-
gate and report.
Upon Engineer Hedden bringing up
the matter of a uniform system oil
curb corners and crossings, Mayor
Grif6ths explained that the council
had looked over the square, short and
the long curve corner curbs in the
city and found that the long curve.
were in the majority, and they hat
decided that this being the case ir
the future corners would side with tn.
majority.
Mr.. Hedden wanted the city to re-
lieve him of the charge for watel
meter because of an agreement en-
tered into with former council. L
seems Mr.. Hedden to secure city wa
ter had laid some 400 feet of pip.
with the understanding that he shoule
enjoy fiat rate. Later Mr.. Andrew.
had connected with Mr.. Hedden's pip,
in order to get water for two of hi!
houses. The city has installed me
tiers at MI. Hedden's residence ans
at the other two houses between
which is also a leak. The result il
a startlingly active meter for MI
Hedden. The water committee will
have to wrestle with the mix up.
A lively little discussion of the tel
ephone situation was entered into
Attorney Wallace was requested t,
diligently dig into the telephone fran
chises and load up on facts prepare
tory to the May meeting. The Mayo
propounded an interesting question
Can a telephone company enter
citizens home and remove the tele
phone under protest, when the citize
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