The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-20
LARGEST BEET CROP in
HISTORY OF OUR FACTORY

side where there is none at all Mr..
Pelkey said the plank walk might
become broken and result in injury
to somebody and litigation follow.
Mr.. Bond said he and some of the
others were willing to lay cement
walks if the order was made to apply
to both sides of the street so they
could have cement crossings, he con-
sidered that the most pressing need.
A. B. Stephens said they had made
him take up a good plank walk to
/ lay cement at his residence when
there was no walk on the opposite
side of the street. .
Max Smith, D. F. Arthur and l..
Allgood asked for an extension of
time for laying walks on the easterly
side of their property, saying it will
! be necessary to take out 20 trees,
rebuild a ditch and lay the walk over
the places where the trees are taken
out and the ditch filled in. This
would make it necessary to shut off
the water for a good while, and the
fills would need time to settle before
laying the cement. They wanted to
take until next April for the COM
lpletion of the work.
The council decided to have them
all put in without needing the pro-
tests.
A Mr.. Edwards, representing w. B.
Edwards of Pocatello 40S South
Third street, wanted to bid on cement
work, and the council agreed to give
Ihim chance to, bid when the time
came.
Engineer Riley, of Idaho Falls,
presented a statement about building
an electric plant in town to operate
by an oil engine. The plant would
cost $4,000 without the building or
the transmission lines or the lamp
posts or whatever was used for carry
ling the lamps. The current, he said,
could be generated and delivered to
the switchboard for less than cent
a kilowat. If they wanted to light
the streets and the city building and
not sell light and power to anyone
it would not come under the juris-
diction of the utilities commission
1t was only where they entered the
competitive field with their product
that the commission could admit or
bar them. Mr.. Riley said that if the
council felt sufficient interest he
would furnish them further details
covering the building and transmits
sion lines. They said they would con-
slider the matter and might ask for
further estimates.
Questions arising about the open
ing or repairing of bitches about the
town brought up the question
whether the council had anything to
do with bitches anyway, and the mat
ter came to a test vote on one case.
The council were evenly divided be-
tween those who proposed to let peo-
pie look after their own private af-
fairs including all ditch problems,
and those who wanted to consider
them. After the tie vote Mayor Peck
voted with those who advocated leav-
ing the bitches alone and keeping out
of trouble that does not belong to
the city
The committee reported on the
swimming pool and skating
rink was that they were practically
made, but they we're in doubt as to
the feasibility of keeping the rink in
good trim by the use of water from
the city mains. They thought the
heavy snow fall would make it neces-
sary to discharge considerable water
on the ice to put it in order after
each snow and it might be too much
expense. 1t is still under considera-