The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-06-06
PURE WATER IS
PROVIDED FOR
Council Stands By Purchase of
ChIOrinizatiOn Plant
SPRINKLING CONTRACT is LET TO
PATTON BROTHERS.
Question of Making Property Own
ers Pave intersections Raised at
Meeting.

Having declared that the under
standing arrived at on Memorial day
morning, with the California Jewell
Filter company for the installation of
modern chlorination plant at a cost of
$500 would stand and that the water
commissioner should install it imme-
diately on its arrival, the city council
last night took a recess until Satur-
day, after having discussed a number
of matters and acted on a few of them
The new chlorination process is said
to absolutely kill the germs, by the in
PRODUCTION into the water of quantity
of chlorine that is absolutely harm
less to the human system. The plant
to be installed will purify twice the
amount of water now used daily by the
city. Kenneth Shibley, who sold the
plant here has also disposed of one to
Buhl, where the water supply is sim
liar to that in this city. The new pro-
cess does not obviate the need of fill
tering to take out sediment, as its
only effect is of a destructive charac-
ter to the life of the germ
Hence it will still be necessary to
install filters, though, now that the
danger of disease from the water will
be eliminated, more time may be taken
to get a satisfactory filter.
The council was called to order last
night by Chairman Bobier on account
of sudden illness of Mayor Sweeley
who took sick early in the evening. 1t
was agreed that the bills should be
read and adjournment taken until Sat-
urday night, but just one thing after
another kept bobbing up and it was
nearly IL o'clock when the meeting
broke up. The first thing of import
ance was the letting Of the sprink-
ling contract to Patten brothers, the
only bidders at 81 day for each man
and team used. There will be five
men and a similar number of teams.
1t was agreed that the margin of pro-
| fit would be small. The next matter
was in regard to more than one per-
son using water from the same tap
Several had refused to pay for more
than one, even where three houses
were supplied 1t was admitted that
the ordinance was a little lame in re-
gard to providing means for enforcing
the rules and City Attorney Herriott
was ordered to draft a measure cover
ing all possible cases. Estimates on
the fencing of the city ditch running
through the east and south part of
town indicated that the cost would be
prohibitive if the whole required fenc-
ing, but it was thought that the dan
gerous places might be fenced off.
This was left over until Saturday
night.
Asher B. Wilson brought up the Sho-
shone street paving matter. City At
torney Herriott said that at this time
the question of making abutting proper
ty owners pave the intersections was
a live one and might as well be settled.
Formerly the city had no option, but
was compelled to pave the intersec-
, tions where it permitted paving. The
law had been amended, however, and
the city might order the property own
ers to pave intersections if they petit
toned in that way or might decline to
pave if they did not petition in that
way. The city had no money with
? Which to pave intersections and could
only get it by bond issue. If, since
3 the law was amended to cover the
r case, the city paved intersections in
S this case, every other petitioner would
s insist on the same thing. E. j. Finch
5 had returned unsigned a petition for
>. the paving of certain parts of Blue
= Lakes boulevard on the ground that
d other intersections had been paved by
e the city and that the same rule should
}, apply out there. Mr.. Wilson arguel
r that Shoshone street was a mair
O artery of trade and that its intersec
+ tons should be paved by the city ever
e though those on the side streets nigh
e be paved by property owners. HI
: said that personally he would pay his
Y share of paving the intersections i
# the council so ordered. but he feared
S some other property owners would not
a AS he was going out of town in a few
y days, it was decided to defer the whole
= matter until his return in a couple o
n weeks.
d City Engineer Bybee reported tina
o TIE cost of the Elm Park sewer, ac
cording to his estimate, would be 81,
so, and the total cost of bitulithi
paving on Shoshone, with curbing OF
l. both sides would be not to exceed $
e a foot This is the dearest sort o
l. paving. A. P. Senior urged the council
" to act on the Elm Park sewer H
h wanted to build three houses there an
IN il there was to be no sewer, he woul
E put in cesspool. 1t appeared that al