The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-04


charge Of the affairs of the city
held their last meeting Monday
evening and retired from the
stage to make room for their sue
cessors. Quite a crowd was
present when Mayor Mulcahy call
ed the council to order to see the
new officers installed and the ap-
pOintments made. The newly
elected mayor and councilmen
were present and watched their
predecessors close up the affairs
of their administration.
Mayor Mulcahy had been out of
the city and returned on the
evening train which made it
rather late before the meeting
was called to order. All mem
hers of the council were present
and responded to their names as
City Clerk Schultz called the roll.
The finance committee had audit
ed the bills while waiting for the
mayor and the council at once
settled down to business.
Mr.. Faulkner, auditor of the
Interstate Utilities company, was
present and as he desired to
bring up the matter of the bill of
that company for moving the
poles in the street improvement
district he was heard first. This
bill has been before the council
for a long time. The company's s
claim is S525.0O. The city had
a contract with the Two Miracle
company to move the poles for
S225.0O but the Utilities COM
pany refused to allow anyone TO
move the poles except their own
men and did the work themselves.
The Two Miracle company was
willing to pay S225.OO for moving
the poles and deposited that
amount with the city to pay the
bill. This the Utilities company
refused to accept and demanded
that the city pay the entire
S525.00. In the absence of City
! Attorney Hull, Mr.. Taylor, acting
in his behalf, advised the council
that the city was only liable foI
the contract price of S225.OO anC
the difference was a question be-
tween the Utilities company anC
the Two Miracle company that the
city had nothing to do with, anC
the council stood by their former
action and refused to allow tn,
bill.
Water Commissioner MARITIME
dis made a report showing tn,
expenses of the various depart
ments under his charge for tn
year as follows: Water, 50,
3SO.84; Streets S2I42.72; Gene
terry, Sl2f.94; Sewer, S6S.5l; Fir
$3.50; Fixing drain across Mai
street, S225.OO. He reporte
: wood and iron pipe on hand t.
the value of SIO2l.OO The cit
clerk reported the water collec
V tions for the month of April to b
S92i.12. A petition was pre-
sented asking for a sidewalk O.
Washington street between Four
teenth and Fifteenth and tn
> walk was ordered built. Tn
bills as audited by the fnanc
committee were read, allowed an
warrants ordered drawn.
The bids for removing the din
on the MOsely and Haas lots o
= Main street were opened and rea,
u Their were only two bids submit
y ted, one by C. M. & J. T. Dodso
at twenty-five cents a yard an
the other by JOS. Nc Laughlin
thirty-five cents a yard. TT
. contract was awarded to the fol
mer. A petition was present,
y and read asking that Four
= street be opened between Wasl
= ington and Highland and this {,
- gether with a question about
sewer connection outside of d
sewer district was left for the n,
council, as was the ordinan
II regulating the speed of autom
~ biles.
IS This cleared the desk and {
council proceeded to canvass