Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-11-20
SEWER SUITS
FILED FRIDAY
CsnDlaiat 10 q Vslsninsss Decs-
neat and Singing in ils
Allegations

Friday morning there was q snit
filed In the district court to deter
mine the legality OF the sewer now
being constructed In this village.
There are many points raised IN the
complaint, q few of those of most In
tereet to the general public being
the unfairness u Including In tho
sewerage district some unoccupied
alfalfa fields and excluding other al
falfa fields similarly si6uated; the ad-
vertising that they were going 70
build sanitary sewer under the e,oe<
line, and then letting q contract tor
combination sanitary and drainage
sewer, from 7 to 10 feet deep: tho
unfair and unlawful manner Of appor-
tioning the costs. particularly In dis
riot number Il; and the fact Of het-
ling the contract 40 a whole In
both distncts to prevent the proper
division of the cost among each dds
trict.
The complaint points out clearly tho
nequty of compelling the town to
pay the great cost OF digging q deep
trench Just In order that come ten
NJ a dozen cellars might be drained.
and these who connect with the
sewer having to make deep expen-
We connections and make them under
water during a great part Of the
year.
We are sorry that the board
would not consent TO build x straight
sanitary sewer. which IA needed. has
been ssked for by numerous petitions
In the past, and to which TO our
knowledge. there has never been M
objection made by amy one.
When Mr.. Park had hdmsen inter.
Viewed by Statesman reporter be-
fore the commencing OF the sewer. TO
the effect that there Was a bitter fight
ON In Mountain Home over q pro-
posed sewer and detailing dn glowing
colors what the "Anttes" were try
ing to do ETC., II was known here
that In the words Of the poet. II was
pure "Barnyard Confetti" Just one OF
Parks pranks, as IL were, TO let tho
Boise people know that no da "TT."
(chadrman OF the village board ~:
and what monumental obstacles no
would have TO overcome In giving the
people Of Mountain Home sanitary
sewer. In fact he told the reporter
that HIS BUsINnS6 In Boise ut that
time was to get the assistance OF th0
attorney general. but whom he aAvcr-
tsed the time and place to file OBJ
tections to the proposed SANITARY
s,wer. there was just one objection
flied and that as TO where the sewer
on the south side Of tho truck
should run; and In the diecussionA
at that time every siu9le person that
spoke ON the subject. land they were
many advocated sewer for Mountain
Home. Not only that, but they wore
enthusiastic TO have II built now. :
while the water level was 90 ex-
tremely low from the effect OF such
a dry year. OF course. later, when Mr..
Park bet alp remark that betrayed :,
the fact they intended building q
sewer to drain the cellars a. we'll. ono
taxpayer arose and said: Il did not
come here to protect agaAnst thia
sewer. but 10 support u. and ! did
not file any protest In the time al-
lowed for tlinS them, but relied On
your published notdce that thie was
to be q sanitary sewer. below the frost
line, which In this country In from
to feet; and u ON this notdce
you intend TO build q combination
sanitary and drainage sewer. you arc
going 10 have trouble. The people
have turned down O combination
sswer every time they have had an
opportunity to do 30. and you wali
have q lively time now doing Il on
this dishonest notice"
The village attorney said hc wish
ed to reply to these remarks, by
saying that Il rs percent of the people
living within the proposed district
should object, the board could then
build 1t regardless Of the protest u
tour-fitths OF the board voted for H.
We repeat that we arc sorry the
people of Mountain Home could not
be given a much needed sanitary
sewer without the attempt being made
to saddle onto them an expensive COM
bination sewer that they do not
want. We have heard before some-
thing about a certain kind Of people
rushing in whore angels fear to tread
and feel, with a great many others
ii has been abundaneH exemvNned "
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