The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-05-19
Council Calls
For New Bids
THEY WILL ONLY GRADE And CURB
Adopts Estimate --Biteman Asks Mayor and CeiSt
To Resign.

warm time ensued for few
m nuteS last evening at the council
meeting when, after 0eing warned by
the city attorney that all business
outside of that included In the Usll
for the special meeting of the city
nouncil WAS illegal. Couucilmau
Biteman arose and formally asked
that Mayor Henry L Muloahy aud
second ward teude, their resignh
tlons to tue council, aud that such
resiguations take place before the
next regular meeting of that body.
lie also asked that this motion he
placed upon the minutes OF the
meeting.
The Issue WAS brought before the
members of the council az result
of other oouncilmen disreRarding
the statement of the city attorney
that all business nutside OF aotiun on
the annual appropriation budget and
the consideration Of the street i'm
provement contract WAS illegal and
their asking for action on different
matters of public interest. Among
these was the granting of petition
by the council for having ne city
watering troughs for teams put back
iOto condition and the water turneii
on; the question of taking some
action In regard to remedying oonni
tion al the city dumping grounds:
the confederation OF the old time
question which engaged so much of
the time of the council last year,
that an of Increased water supply for
the city the matter of having GER
tain fence which eneroaohed on the
nity streets at the corner of Main and
Occur d'Alene streets moved tack 10
the prLper line; and lastly the ask
Ing of some action on the part of
the Mayor In regard to the appoint
Ing of a superintendent of the oeme
terry, and als0 a treasurer for the GENE
terry organization who should give a
monthly rep.rL of all moneys col
Iscted by the sale of lots or tneTwiss
received by the city from the Gene
terry. This, Councilman Biteman
stated, had not been done for many
months. The failure Of Mayor Null
cahy to take action on the latter and
his calling the same nut Of order
after action had been taken on the
other matters brought forth tile
wrath OF Councilman Biteman and be
promptly asked the resignation Of
the Mayor rs qdoted above.
After a few heated retorts on the
part OF the different Couuoilmeu and
the asking by Ccuucilman Geist for
Mr.. Blteman TO produce his chages
which he started tC do, aud Then a
death like silence which lasted for
some minutes, the council got back
to the question of who should be
awarded the contract for the street
grading.
Argument, here again proved eifec
tive aud the final aotion of the coun
oil Was tU reject all bids and call
for a readvertislng for the work; this
action being N conformity with the
wishes OF the Tax Payers League.
First indications, when the matter
was brought to the consideration OF
the council were that the wishes OF
the Taxpayers organization we're to
he ridden over roughshod and The
contrRnts awarded that evening, but
later discussion brought about the
results as stated above.
The annual budget of estima,ed
expenses for the city for the oumiuR
year. calls for a total expenditure
OF $40. $50, the total revenue re-
oeived during the past year belt s
s25, $50. The budget of a year aga
called tor a tutal amount Of S2l,
359, the estimated revenue for the
ear previous being Sl7, 259 81
number Of property owners were
present at the melting and tool
part In the discussion regarding th'
lett nR of the oontra,t. these men be
ing generally in favor of the macad
mizinR plan as we II as pushing Tia
\. rest of the work as rapidly as pos
sible.