The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-07-09
Water Low
In Reservoir
WILL RAISE THE THORN CREEK DAM
Council Will Ask County To Furnish Jail For
City Prisoners

Monday being a legal holiday
the regular monthly meeting of
the city council was held Tuesday
evening with Mayor O. T.. HALEY
in the chair and all councilmen
except A. E. Stickney present.
Water Commissioner MARITIME
dis reported that the supply of
water is getting low and that the
big reservoir is only half full. He
stated that he had connected up
Cedar creek and that both there
and at the Thorn creek intake
the water was running over the
dam showing that the pipe was
running at its fullest capacity but
was too small to furnish enough
water to supply the city unless
care is exercised in its use. he
recommended that the dam ON
Thorn creek be raised eighteen
inches or two feet, stating that il
could be done in a few days at a
small expense and by doing il a
storage reservoir could be form
ed that would save the water now
running over the dam and going
to waste that would materially
assist in supplying the city when
the dry season comes.
He reported the expenditures of
the various departments under
his charge, including water, cem-
etery, streets and sewer for the
month to have been $4,000. on
motion his report was accepted
and he was instructed to have
the Thorn creek dam raised as
recommended in the report.
Chief of Police steele reported
that only two arrests were made
during the month; that a fine of
Si.OO and $500 costs were col
lected in one case and that i'm the
other the defendant had been
permitted to leave the city.
Councilman Hanscom of tho
committee on Police, to which
had been submitted the question
of the city Jail, filed a written re-
port. The committee reported
that the old jail had been con-
demned twice and that it coulC
not be repaired so that it woulC
be safe and meet the require
ments of law. That the two
rooms under the vault at the cour
house we're poorly ventilated an'
had no water or lavatory and die
not meet the requirements of th'
law in other respects.
The committee reported tha
Sheriff Leaf objected to allowing
the city to use the Jail under Tia
court house for its prisoner
and that the contract with tn
county provides that the count
furnish quarters for the city
prisoners and recommended tina
the county commissioners b
asked to provide a Jail for th
city. After some discussion TIN
report was adopted.
City Clerk Schultz reported tn
water collections for June q
SIO4O.l7 which is the largest fo
several months. He also report
ed that the county commissioned
had insured the court house fC
$4,000, loss if any, payable to TIL
city and wished a contract wit
the city by which the city woul
agree that in case of fire a
money recovered on the insuranC
policies should be used to repa
OF rebuild the building as u
case might be. The city attol
ney was directed to confer vii
the commissioners and prepa
such an agreement and report
the council.
A petition of the property owl
ers on Fifteenth street asking
be taken into improvement di
trict No. 3 was presented al
read. II was stated that il WI
impossible to do this and q
only way that the improvement
could be made at this time won
be for the property owners
enter into separate contrats wi
the contractor and that in
probability it would have to be