The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-10-05
City Council Makes Agreement Which Stops
Legal Entang|ements.
CitChOw Will Sell System at the End of Six Months For
Eighty Thousand Dollars.

The City Council by unanimous ae-
ton last night voted to accept the com
promise offer OF the Twin Falls Water
works company and pay eighty thou
sand dollars for the waterworks sys-
tenn, delivered over to the city six
months from October 1st
The compromise was first started by
members of the city council who sent
w. p. Guthrie to Salt Lake City to
confer with Mr.. Critchlow and see if
he would agree to negotiate further
Upon a satisfactory answer on the
part of Mr.. Critchlow to Mr.. Guthrie
Councilman f. F. Bracken and City
Attorney Herriott Immediately went
to Salt Lake City to take the matter up
direct with the waterworks company IS
attorney. AS a result the company
offered to turn over the plant at the
end of six months for the sum above
stated with certain provisions with re-
gard to damaged paving.
At the regular meeting of the city
council the report Of the council rep
resentatives was made and the city
went on record to make the purchase
provided the taxpayers will vote a
bond issue to make the purchase. The
text of the resolution and offer fol
lows:
A resolution of the City Council o1
the City of Twin Falls, enfbodying 4
tentative proposal of said City to pur-
chase the waterworks system of the
Twin Falls Waterworks Company
Limited, located in the said city OF
Twin Falls
WHEREAS, certain officials of the
City of Twin Falls have been in COM
munication with the officials of the
said Waterworks Company in an ef-
fort to arrive at such price and terms
for the purchase and sale of said wa
terworks system as would be satisfac-
tory to the citizens and taxpayers OF
said City, and
WHEREAS, the result of such ne
gotiations has brought about an APP
proval of the Water Company of such
price for its plant and such terms OF
payment as the majority of the said
Council believe will be ratified by the
electors of said City
Now. therefore, be it resolved by
the city council of said City of Twin
Falls, that an offer be and the same
is hereby made by said City to said
Limited, for the property and water
works system of said last named cor
poration located within and near the
City of Twin Falls, subject to ratifi-
cation by the qualified electors OF the
said City of Twin Falls, to be ex-
pressed at special election to be held
for that purpose, as follows.
l. Said City upon acceptance of this
proposal in writing shall have and be
hereby given an option by said Water
works Company, in consideration of {
compromise of the difference and con
troversies existing between said City
and said company, to purchase at an.
/ time within six months from the frs
day of October. 1915, the system ant
property of said Company, hereinafter
| described, for the sum of-eighty thou
sand dollars, or to purchase the same
at any time within period of foul
months from said first day of October
1915, for the sum of eightytwo thou
sand five hundred dollars
! 2. 1t is agreed that the Waterworkl
Company shall operate said system al
now being operated until said plan
shall be taken over in conformity tt
one or the other of the two options
above mentioned and shall have snt
retain all the earnings and receipts
therefrom during the time of such op
GRAFTON, that is to say, if the said Cit.
electA to accept the option to pur
chase under the four months perio,
/ the said company shall have all tn
earnings and receipts for the full peri
cd of four months from October first
/ 1915, and IL the said City shall elec
to keep the option to purchase unie
the six months period, said Compan.
shall have the earnings and receipt
j for the full period of six months from
October 1st, 1915. it being understood
that the Waterworks Company is no
required to turn over the plant unit
it shall have received the full pur
chase price.
3. If said Waterworks Compan.
! shall signify its acceptance Of thi
| proposal in writing, subject to ratifi
cation as aforesaid said city shall cad
a special election as soon as may b
consistently DONE taking into consid
GRAFTON the care necessary to be takel
to comply with legal proceedings, t
ratify or reject this proposal and t
authorize the sale of bonds of said Cit
/ sufficient in amount to pay for sal
property and to build such additiona
works and to make such repairs an
betterments to the present system a
may be necessary.