The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-05
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE CITY COUNCIL

The city government force were
not in good trim Tuesday evening;
some were tired, some were sleepy,
Councilman Peck was at nome sick,
and City Engineer Young had bad
cold. They waded through the grist
of business and adjourned at 1O:30.
P. G.. Johnston applied to have
some changes made in the city
boundaries to take some OF his al
falfa field out of the jurisdiction of
the city. He said it had been within
the city limits and subject to city
taxes for twelve years, and it had
been hardship for him to maintain
it. He had been unable to sell it
off, and he could now make sales of
two tracts to persons who would build
good homes, if he could close one
street and stub streets that led now
where, and assure the purchasers of
taxes. The council did not want to
grant that but concluded to permit
the closing of a street and the stubs
if that would help get the additional
homes with the attendant taxes, and
it would release the city from main
tenance of the streets when opened.
They were about to adopt resolu-
tion to this effect in a somewhat
crude form not we'll understood when
Mr.. Johnston suggested taking until
the next meeting to get it into form
so they would be sure they all un-
derstood it and also to give oppor-
tunity for others to object if they
felt concerned about it, and this was
acted upon.
F. G. Parkinson talked TO the coun-
Gil about place between the Park
inson addition and town where some
pavement was needed to conect with
his own, and it was referred to the
street and alley committee.
A bill for $27.15 for lumber used
in making the underground flume to
carry water down the alley to re-
lieve the city from the embarrass-
ment they had gotten into by trying
to relieve White and Batway from
the ditch in the middle of the street,
was referred to the street and alley
committee We explained four weeks
ago how the ditch partly lost it's
birthright by the city starting to do
a little grading, and threw the
neighborhood into a tangle over
water connection. Mr.. Early had
the underground fume iaid, paid the
labor bills and understood the city
was to pay for the materials. Other
neighbors were involved, and the
flume had to be extended, the bills
grew and the council knitted its
brows accordingly.
The new Studebaker sprinkler is
equipped with what is called the
Niagara spray, and they ordered one
with the down spary that shoots the
water down instead or up and out
Mr.. Buchanan had offered to have it
changed and after long discussion
of the merits of the two they decided
to have the change made.
Councilman Davis made his semi
annual talk about the water main on
north Shilling being without a cir
cult and having no pressure. He
said it was to have been supplied
with a larger main last year and
the circuit completed, and it was not
done; that hydrants up rnat way had
no pressure, and the city keeps pay
ing the fixed price per hydrant each
month, and that if fire should start
they could only pour the water on
as it would not mount from the pres
sure. Councilman Stephens said at
his home they have trouble getting
water upstairs when others are draw
ing. 1t was referred to committee.
The trees ordered for the Memoir
ial park in the cemetery have arrived
and the bill Is in the list.
Additional hose has been purchased
for use at the cemetery as requested
some time ago.
A bill for $1.25 for scrubing the
city hall basement brought forth the
comment that with all the hobos the
city had been boarding, it was wrong
to have to hire a man to do the
scrubbing. The chief of police stated
that the club women had asked to
have it done and done right away
because they were expecting to have
some visitors in town.
The bill of e. A. Byers for So for
bucking snow was said to have been
for services rendered last December;
il it had been claimed for work done
in May it is not know what would
have been done with It. Mr.. Byers
took his horse and snow plow and
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