The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-12-18
REDUCING THE TAXES
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to draft ordinances and contracts The city engineer draws no
salary but receives pay by the day when employed Inc ewe
commissioner keeps of his time does the engineer ana
from $40 SIS month The sewer commissioner
also commissioner and charges according to the time ne
works the repairing cuve etc. The perdlem OF the
engineer and the and street commissioner are not SHOWN IN
the column for salaries but the and street expense
What are Street Expenses,
Just about everything that expended for the making ana care
the except spnkng and policing put in as street
expense 1t includes all grading and filing hauling trash moving
weeds cleaning the drains taking mud off the crossings laying
crossings and the to connect eacn
crossing with the pavement laid by the OF the property
There square each of the block that does not belong
the mans frontage his side line of pavement and 1877
known extension and the city pays for ayig it,
The Public Lights
The light bills shown here for the street lamps and the
red signal light the street between the Standrod Bank and
the railroad Anyone wanting police officer notify the opera
tor the telephone exchange and she the red light the
officer seeing rings up where he wanted and then the
light turned off, The red light the city dollar month";
and the operators and the telephone company do their part Free
The Public Watr
The city pays the company monthly of 81
apiece for the hydan and has the of all of them with
and pressure of fire. pays the water company SOS
month for supplying the sprinkler wagon with water from any
standppe pays $35 month for the second sprinkler wagon
Sever Extensions
Most of the made the system
peed have been done by individuals with the understanding Tin
conracts) that the city shall pay them back whenever there is
money available for such purpose All the taxpayers the city
limits pay but all of them where they
meet with the
The Purchase of Dirt
has been the of the pay part of the cost OF
excavatng and hauling the dirt when anybody digging cellars
condition that the dirt shall be dumped the such
places the city shall direct This fills the low places in the
expense than could be done otherwise and done the
assumption that the person making the excavation might
that he might the dirt somewhere if he could
make this arrangement There growing opposition buying
dirt any price, and the price has been reduced by the council
from load few years cents load this year.
The exhibits m for the appropriation made for the fair
So co. some other small Some money expended for
repairs the city hail. few books purchased for keeping
the records The printing bills amounting $9365 divided
among the several printing houses The city park expense
partly paid by the Village Improvement society and partly by the
CITY, bill of nursery goods bought for the cemetery allowed
and we suppose paid for but could find the voucher About
all of the nursery stock died after being The item
for gravel is for the purchase of gravel the pit for making
cement crossings
Il Comparison or TS0o
has generally been said that the greatest expense conduct
ing ec the Streets and certain newspaper
has been accusing wicked competitor of robbg the city print
ing bills 1t appears that all the printing bills of all the
printers the year less than $780, and that the salaries of
the city officials make total greater than the expense and
"a times as great all the expenses for printing and publishing
and buying of books and papers and plats for all city records
the county government the of printing and publishing and
books and records exceeds the paid salaries for the
principals in the Offices The very wicked publisher who said
be obbng the city with his printing bills said by the
people be barred from the county printing for the current year
so that he responsible for the very low O cost of county
printing which exceeds the salaries aforesaid We merely mention
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