The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-04-06
Council Holds
Busy Session
CITY TREASURER'S SALARY RAISED
Annual License Ordinance, Arrange for Street
Work, Order Sidewalks Built

The city council put in siren
nous time at its session last even
ing. 1t was twelve o'clock when
the meeting adjourned and every
moment of the time was given
over to work and even then ad-
iournment was taken befort the
work was completed.
The citizens water committee
was present and presented the re-
port that was made to the Com
mercial Club a short time ago.
After some discussion this report
was accepted an6 ordered placed
on file but no action was taken
toward carrying out any of the
suggestions.
O. M. Mosely and J. E. Lander
you, the latter representing Fred
Haas, appeared before the coun-
ell in relation to some lots on
Main street between Sixth and
Seventh. When the city was en-
deavoring to procure ten feet
from the property owners on the
south side of Main to straighten
cut ,hc street a contract was en-
tered into by which, as "A cOnsid-
Grafton for q decd to the strip of
land wanted, the city agreed that
after the surplus dirt on Main
street had been used in making
the big fill in front of the electric
light office, the city would take
the remainder of the dirt from
these lots and so bring them down
to grade.
Instead of doing this the con-
tractors used the surplus dirt in
the Seventh street cut in making
this FIJI although later they used
some of the dirt from the lots on
the College avenue fill. The
property owners insist that the
city carry out its part of the con-
tract and remove the dirt from
the lots down to grade. The city
attorney admitted that the city
had not carried out It's contract
and that it would have to remove
such a quantity of dirt from the
lots as would make up the differ
ence from the dirt from Seventh
street used in the fill on MAR
street and the amount Of dir
taken from the lots and used OF
College avenue. The city en-
gineer was instructed to ascer-
tain this amount and the city viii
then take the amount from th'
lots.
j. C. Hunt appeard before th'
council and stated that in max
ing the cut on College avenue
the contractors had left the ap
prOach on Ninth street on tn
south side almost impossible
that he was intending to build OF
that corner and wished to put M
retaining wall and asked tn
city at this time to make a pro
per approach. He offered to d.
the work under the direction o
the city engineer and street com
missioner and take a deflcienc
warrant for his pay.
Discussion disclosed the fac
that the same condition existe
on all of the cross streets on tn
4 south side of College avenue an
Nhat they should be fixed at ono
in order to prevent the dirt wash
ing down onto College and cover
ing the macadam. A motion wa
passed accepting Mr.. Hunts pro
posal as to Ninth street and al
so to fix the approaches on all c
the streets leading into COLES
providing the same arrangemer
could be made in regard to ac
cepting deficiency warrants
pay for the work. Mr.. Hunt fnal
ly stated that if no one els
would do it he would take the de
iiciency warrants necessary to d
all of the work.
Councilman Stickney called al
teption to the condition of Mort
Railroad avenue leading from II
bridge across the railroad traC
TO O'Dwyer's warehouse and tf
sidewalk along the street.