Weekly journal-miner., 1913-08-06
GETS LOWER
 PRICE ON JUICE
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than prior systems.

I
 night appears to be a decided inn
 provement upon past contracts. On
 a rough figure, it cost about four
 teen cents to pump a thousand gal Ions from station to the reservoir.
 Under the terms of the new contract it will cost ten cents flat per thou sand gallons for the first 50,OO0,OO0 gallons and eight cents thereafter. This decrease in rate is allowed by the power company providing the
 In delivering his monthly health report, City Sanitary Inspector Dr. H. T. Southworth laid particular stress upon his campaign to insure absolutely pure milk for the con sumer in this city. The inspector told of his having acquired several samples of the milk delivered by the dealers in this city, and of sending them to the State laboratory for examination by the State Bacter- iologist A communication from the latter in reply to a request for in formation from the local physician, stated that it would be illegal for him to forward the information de- sired. The communication stated that the milk sample, after ing examined in the State laboratory, IS reported to the Superintendent of Public Health. That official sum mons the dealer and requires him to prove that the sample examined is not his milk-that is providing the standard of the milk is below the mark required The next step taken is through the County At torney's office.
 In this way, the local inspector is handicapped in his work He is at the present time in the dark relative city permits a decrease in current at the pumping station. That is the same amount of current will be utilized but during a period of twenty or twenty-two hours instead of but sixteen hours. This will not mean any extra expense to the city.
 The Council passed a resolution authorizing Mayor Timerhoff to sign the contract.
 In conjunction with the water power discussion the matter of reno vating the old reservoir came up. Plans, accordingly, are now under way which will ultimately culminate in the construction of a new bottom and the clustering of the sides, giv- ing practically a new reservoir
 E. J. Mitchell, City Attorney.
 E. J. Mitchell, of the law firm of Norris and Mitchell, was nominated. elected and sworn in as City At i torney to succeed F. L. Haworth, re- signed. MT. Mitchell gave advice last night upon several legal matters which came before the Council at | the time
 Milk Question Discussed. to the results Of the initial steps | he has taken in his campaign, and | must rest upon his oars pending a tedious passage through the laws channels.
 Vernon Street Grading.
 Broad smiles adorned the faces of the Councilmen when this matter came up for discussion and disposi- ton. When the report was made that there were no bids for the four block job, the facts practically veri- fled the surmise of the Councilmen when the bids were ordered adver tised for.
 The explanation is this. At the recent Legislature a bill was passed that a contractor who makes the bid for such improvement work must burden himself with the task of col lecting the assessments from the peo- pie against whom they are levied. In the past the city has taken this reSpOnSlDlnty.
 In addition, the law makes the course of the prospective contractor exceptionally replete with thorns. Numerous bonds must be given and a lot of red tape gone through. The result was apparent in the fact that not a single bid was received for the work in question.
 Mayor Timerhoff, in commenting lpon the critical situation, declared hat the proposition was a very serious one. He said that under he past system, considerable hard ship was experienced but that the apparent road to relief, had instead proven a crooked path, with appar- ,ntly no windup. He, as well as he other Councilmen, appeared to avor a return to the old system.