The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-24

never need any more money, and
so independent that they cannot
afford to accept any free dona-
tions. No Stree, we have more
money than we known what to do
with, and if we don't buy a pump
ing site and power plant, we may
not be able to spend all of the
money, and in that way our con-
isulting engineer would not re-
ceive all his percentage on mon
ey appropriated, and perhaps
some money would be left in the
treasury for repairs and the sue
ceeding Council To dispose of,
which would be a calamity.
As ! understand the two prop
ositions, Mr.. Herrick offered the
use Of site as long as the city
wanted il; motor for pumping al
ready wired and installed, and to
have the pumping looked after
when pumping was necessary, aad
only the regular charge for cur
rent used. Also TO sell what
ground that might be needed at
not to exceed $4,000, for more
land than intended to purchase
at $4,000. In contrast to this,
that staunch guardian of the
Dear peepul" interest, and St.
Maries in particular, Mr.. Cormier,
took about thirty minutes to tell
why he was such a good Boost
er" for st. Maries and not out
siders; that he could boost S25OO
OF the City's money out Of the
treasury that might have been
saved for a filtration plant; but
why save money with such an
enormous amount TO spend? The
little boy with his silver dollar
had nothing on our City Coun-
ell Whenever a petty Office
holder begins to talk about the
Dear peepul's" interest, 1t is
time for taxpayers to wake up
and take a cold bath and look
around.
This offer of Mr.. Herrick's did
mot have a single string on it He
made it plain that The Milwaukee
Lumber company did not want
any of their precious water. The
campbell-Petersen question Of
water supply did not enter into
it at all; neither did the supply
for the Box Factory, which is
to be installed near the pump
ing plant.
While on this subject, | would
just like to call attention to the
narrow-minded and 2x4 style of
our Council in the treatment of
this question of water supply to
AN intended industry of our city.
Just because it does not happen
to be located where its employees
might be available for certain
hotels and rOoming houses. Is
this disinterested public spirit, or
personal spite at the city's ex-
lpense? Here is a man holding
himslf up as the exalted and
bigoted representative of the
City of st. Maries proper, who
has brought nothing to the city,
neither is he doing anything for
it, except trying to make a living
out Of it, the same as the rest of
us, and particularly from the re-
suits of the payroll of S5O,OOO.OO
monthly expended by Mr.. Herrick
at his mill, and to woOdsmen,
two-thirds of this going to men
in the woods and logging camps,
who never cross the st. Maries
river, yet this councilman stands
up and deliberately insults the
man who has made st. Maries
what it is, and were it not for his
industries, the property value Of
the town would not be worth so
cents on the dollar, so when a
man of this kind offers TO give
the city something, he is con-
fronled by a guardian of the city's
interests, who tells him that he
is better qualified to know what
the city's interests are, and he
. knows the taxpayers should pay
s25oo.0O additional, rather than
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