The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1914-06-23

as soon as the contractor can get
his equipment and men on the
ground.
This was settled at a special
netting of thecouncil held Sat
urday evening at which time the
bid of the Two Mericle Concrete
Constructing company was ac-
cepted and the contract awarded
to them.
All of the councilmen were
present except Mr.. Biteman and
the action was unanimous and
taken without any discus ion.
As soon as the roll had been
called Councilman Wunderlicll
offered a resolution to the effect
that as Poe & Stebbins Bros. had
refused to accept the contract
awarded To them the next lowest
bid, that of the Two Mericle Con
crete Contracting company. of
s53,769.OO be accepted and he
contract to grade, curb with con
crete curbing, put in retaining
walls where necessary and 60
put on crushed rock according To
the specifications be awarded 60
them.
This resolution was accepted
and Mr.. Mericle who was present
stated that the company would
accept the bid and was prepared
to start work as soon as the
equipment and men could be got
ON the ground and that the work
would be completed within a reas
enable time.
He also asked Mr.. Taylor If he
had prepared contract and
stated he would like to sign up
at once as he wished to go east
that evening.
Mr.. Taylor replied that he had
prepared a contract and had il
ready at his Office to submit TO
him.
The entering into this contract
means that the two principal
streets of Main and College ave
nues as we'll as Idaho avenue and
the intersecting streets be put in
the best condition possible out
side of paving them.
They are to be graded, con-
crete curbing put in, and then
macadamized. This Will add
greatly to the appearance of the
city and cannot help but be of
great benefit to it.
AS soon as the grading con-
tract was disposed of Council
man Stickney moved that as Poe
q Stebbins Bros. had made a mis-
take i'm totalling the lump sum
of their bid that their certified
check for $500 be returned TO
them. This motion was also
carried unanimously.
The council then took up the
appropriation ordinance which
was passed under suspension OF
the rules.
This ordinance fixes the total
appropriation for all purposes
for the ensuing year at nineteen
thousand eight hundred and fir
iy dollars.
OF this amount six thousand
dollars is for salaries for officers,
seventeen hundred is for sink
ing fund and interest on bonds,
one thousand dollars for main
tance OF waterwOrks, twenty thre
hundred for lights, two thousand
for public improvements, and
two thousand for current ex-
penses while four thousand two
hundred dollars is set aside to
redeem outstanding warrants.
Only three hundred dollars is
appropriated for fire protection.
The city library gets two hundred
dollars and one hundred and fifty
dollars is appropriated for i'm
proving and maintaining the
the cemetery.
The tax levy for city taxes for
the ensuing year is fixed at i2.4
mills.
Water Commissioner John Mar
tinedis reported tnat the water
supply was getting low, that the
water in the reservoir was only
little over three feet deep.
After hearing this report the
water committee reported adj
versely on the applications To eN
tend mains 90 the Petersen addi-
tion east of the river and to the
Parker addition west of the town
site.
Following this report the couu
ell refused to grant the exten-
sions.
The question of the water sup
ply was discussed to quite an ex-