The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-08-17
Council Adopts
Meter System
SCHEDULE OF RATES A
ADOPTED
Property Owners to Pay for Meters. Payment
Can Be Made Monthly. Meters Are Ordered

the edge of the addition, the resi-
dents putting i'm their own pipes
and taking the water from there
and he was opposed to that pro-
vision and would not agree to sell
water outside of the city limits.
He stated that he would not favor
accepting any of the propositions
with that provision.
Mr.. Hanscom thought the pro-
vision a very fair one and that
there should be no opposition to
it. lie stated that with the i'm
provements to the water system
there would be an abundance of
water, that with the pipe from
the pumping station connecting
the city mains the city would be
to practically no expense laying
pipes and the water would be run
ming down hill and no expense TO
get it into the pipes on the addi-
lion and that the city would be
deriving a revenue from the water
used without any expense and that
to connect up to pipes in that ad-
dition would be a benefit to the
city rather than a detriment.
Councilman Lewis also opposed
accepting either of the PROPOSE
tions with that nrovision in and
stated that the city water was for
the city and he was opposed to
furnishing water outside of the
city. Questions by Mr. Hans
com brought forth the fact that
the city is now, with the present
scarcity of water, furnishing
water to residents i'm Parker's ad-
dition. across the river to Mea-
dowhurst addition and TO resi-
dents i'm Carol Heights, all out
s i,le the city and that the resi-
dencc of Mr.. Lewis in Carroll
Heights is being supplied with
city water and that it had been
connected up under the present
council. Mr.. Lewis stated that
that was a different thing as the
water was being carried across
that addition from the small res
ervoir.
Mr.. Hanscom could not see the
difference. The pipe will have
to be laid to connect the pumping
station with the water system
and the connection with Camp
bell and Petersen's addition
would not be made until this was
done and there was plenty of
water. He went on to state that
there is large box factory desir-
ious of locating their plant here
which will furnish a payroll near
ly. if not quite, equal to any in
the city and which did not ask for
any bonus whatever but merely
asker for a hydrant for fire pro-
lection and that the city would
declare the walk from First street
TO the ST. Maries river a public
thoroughfare so as to afford its
employees a chance to reach the
city. This would entail no ad-
lditional expense on the city as the
walk would have to be maintain
ed by the adjacent property own
ers and the increased payroll
would be of benefit to the entire
city.
He stated that i'm every instance
heretofore the. city had done
everything possible to encourage
manufacturing Institutions to To-
cate here; had furnished them
water for fire protection and other
uses and their citizens had made
large donations to induce them
to locate here and now when an
institution wished to locate here
and asked for no bonus the city
should be glad to give them con-
cessions that would cost the city
lnothing but ON the contrary prove
a source of revenue. He went on
to stale that the Campbell and
Petersen addition is close TO the
site of the proposed box factory
and that if permitted to use city
water many of the employees of
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