The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-07-04
FRIDAYS PAVEMENT MEETING
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more or less constant expense and
annoyance with street conditions. Re-
viewing the matter of the protest, he
said there are always protestants in
any town, when expensive improve
ments are proposed, and that If the
council waits until such time as there
is no opposition to such things, they
will wait indefinitely for modern i'm
provements. He spoke of Butte City
having councils that listened to the
protests against a water system,
sewer system and paving until con-
ditions became so bad that the work.
ing men elected council that put in
these things and then returned to
their places in the mines. He spoke
of the country people at Blackfoot
being interested in having convent
ences that enable them to do their
trading in comfort, and those who
are farming here and those who con-
template becoming farmers, consider
all such things to the credit or dis
cerdit of the town. He paid his re-
spects to the leading property hold
ers of the street and said that they
had done we'll in Blackfoot he want
ed the council to s0sarrange their af-
fairs that they could continue to do
we'll and he thought paving in front
of their property was one way of do,
ing it. He said that as the expense
could be paid on the installment plan
! covering a period of ten years from
1915, they could be preparing their
pocket books to begin paying by that
: time and would not feel the burden.
That his would be better than follow
ing the old plan of leaving we'll
enough alone"
Alex. Younie then followed with
some statements that where there is
a comparatively small area under
paving, and the rest earth road, the
mud from the wheels falls off along
the paving and keeps it covered to
such an extent that it becomes an ex-
pense bill to keep it cleaned so the
paving is in evidence and in use.
That a paving coated with mud is
slippery and dangerous, and that
when any paving is laid, they should
| lay enough to be worth while. That
he did not think the time had come
for making this move; that with high
taxes and uncertain business condi-
lions throughout the country and
throughout the world. 1t would meet
with his wishes to leave we'll enough
alone" Here he remarked that he
was Republican. ard that if Mr..
Chapman and his Democratic friends
of the nation had been illing to let
we'll enough alone, tic e untry would
have been in condition , know what
to expect in the bre ness world Ia
1915, and that undo the present po-
litical and business outlook nobody
can tell what 1915 will bring.
Councilman. Nofear Davis said that
his company had looked upon the
paving proposition with some degree
of favor, and now that he had re-
viewed the list of names of those OPP
posed to it, he felt that they we're
men whose judgment was sound
enough to adhere to, and that he did
not care to go against their decision
in the matter.
Councilman Peck said he thought
Mr.. Younie had sounded the keynote
when he said the paving district
ought to take in more territory. He
thought some. of those within the
proposed paving district felt like OPP
posing it because it furnished lux
ury at their expense for others to en-
Joy, and some who were left out, felt
that they would like to be in. Be-
tween these two ideas, there was OPP
position that would fade away If the
paving district took in more streets.
That the experience of other towns
is that there is a continual effort to
add to the amount of paving after it
has been started, and it would be
far cheaper and more satisfactory to
make the district large and lay it all
at one time, with plenty of people
satisfied. That when the written pro
test was presented to people there
should have been also a petition IA
voring paving, so they could take the
two instruments and sign either one
they chose. That it Is easy to get
people to sign anything that is pre-
sented, and presenting only one does
not get quite fair expression.
The vote upon the resolution was
laid over until the regular meeting
of the council Tuesday evening, when
more information could be had, and
more discussion by parties interested