The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-02-07
CITY DADS Hold
THEIR REGULAR
MEETING
Accept Bid for Lighting from
Idaho Railway, Light &
Power Co.
SHORT LINE PEEVED
City Decides that Short Line Should
Add More Lights to Their Equip
MENTALITY Used for Private Bust
ness Must. be Opened-Appoint
Registrars for City Election.

ness Must. be Opened-Appoint
Registrars for City Election.
The city council met Monday even
ing and after accepting the bid Of the
Idaho Railway, Light & Power COM
pany, ordered the city attorney to pre-
pare Swear contract with them
Saturday afternoon the council met
to open bids for lighting and power.
The bid Of the Idaho Railway, Light
& Power company was $500 per
month for arcs-$36 per year-and Is
cents per month for Tungstens-$oOO
per year The Beaver River company
bid $4.75 per month for arcs-$57 per
year-and SIPS per month for Tung-
stens-$15 per year.
The bid for lighting the city build
ings was 2 cents per kilowatt hour
and for pumping, one cent.
The new contract will give the city
a rate just about half that of the old
There will be installed approximately
20 arcs and l20 Tungstens. In the
business district about Is arcs will
light things satisfactorily and the
Tungstens will be installed on each
corner throughout the residence dis
trict. 1t is probable that at some
points on Kimball and Cleveland arcs
will be installed to strengthen the
Tungstens. The street committee will
in the next few days determine just
where the lights will be placed, SO that
the company may at once place the
order for the material necessary 1t
will require from one to two months
for the delivery of the material from
the East.
Warrants Slow in Issuing.
AT the last meeting of the council
the clerk was ordered to issue war
rants to take up the remainder of the
paving bonds this year. Although the
treasurer had requested that the war
rants be issued as directed by the
council the clerk for some reason has
not done so. The council again di-
rected the Clerk to attend to the mat
ter.
One-ffth of the paving bonds COM
ing due each year, the sum with in
terest amounted to about $l7,OOO.OC
due the first of the year. On accoun.
of the fact that in many cases only
one-half of the taxes were collected,
the CITY found itself short of funds to
meet its obligation About 100000
were taken up with funds received from
Assessor Christopher. The council
then decided to transfer $1,000 from
the Waterworks Extension Bond
Sinking Fund and take up the bonds
bearing'7 per cent This will in all
probability be done at orce.
Reports and Bills.
The council transacted the regular
routine business. hearing reports of
oficils and passing bills. Among the
bills presented was one for $500
from the Caxton Printers, for Is
sheets of ledger, ruled and bound.
Clerk Shorb explained that he had
| ordered these sheets from an over-run,
thinking that they were to be bound
and ruled on both sides and delivered
at small cost to the city. When the
sheets came they were ruled only on
one side and were not bound in any
way The sheets going back to the
printers were ruled on the other side
| and bound. As Clerk Shorb claims he
| did not order the extra work done, he
did not feel like placing his sanction
on raise from $3.50 to $500 in the
| bill The matter was referred bach
for adjustment.
Status of the Carnegie Library.
1t appears that the city is informed
through supply house that theil
plans for the new Carnegie library
have been accepted by the Carnegie
commission, though no word has beer
received direct A communication
will at once be sent asking for infor
nation regarding the matter in orde
that work may be resumed at an earl!
date.
Mr.. Markus, of the Idaho Railway
Light & Power company. was presen
and thanked the council for awarding
the contract to his company, assur
ing them of hrst-class service.
/ Short Line Peeved.
| The Short Line appears to be some
what peeved at the clause in the fran
chise granting to them the right t.
lay track along the alley north o
their tracks, which fixed the maximum
switching charge at $l.00, They. sa.
that during the fair sunshiney day:
when they are at peace with the world
no charge at all would be made; al
1.-THE other hand. should they decid
, they were displeased with a competi
tor, they would refuse to daily witt
cars of such competitor at any price
This the farseeing eye of the counc'
I caught and sought to fix so as unde
: any and all circumstances protect IN