The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-12-27

~ damage wrought ABOVE lne
~ High street bridge and large
part of that below, was due to
the unprotected condition of the creek
outside the city limits and for which
the county is responsible, not one
move has been made by the county
commissioners to aid in repairing the
damages. Excellent progress has
been made, considering the difficulty
in getting men, by the city in getting
the sidewalks and streets open for
traffic and making permanent repairs.
under the personal supervision OF
Mayor Brown, City Engineer FAIRIES
and Street Supervisor Strope, but up
to yesterday evening they had received
no assistance whatever from the coun-
ty commissioners. This may seem
surprising to those, if there are such,
who give credence to what they see in
the Day daily, mouthpiece of the COM
missioners. Last Friday morning this
exponent of truth and responsibility
contained these announcements under
conspicuous headlines:
County to the Rescue.
County road crews under Super
visor William Stokes will arrive this
morning to clear the channels and re-
construct roads.
Half a hundred workers recruited
from mines of the Occur dAlenes and
augmented by the Shoshone county
crew employed in construction work
along the new county road, will reach
combined efforts to reopening cham
nels, recaiming and reconstructing
the district inundated by riotous
Placer creek during the last three
days. County Commissioner Charles
Solberg last night announced that the
county road crew under supervisor
William Stokes has been called in to
assist in opening the Placer creek
channel and sluicing the piles of
rocks and gravel down the stream
while Mayor Homer Browns appeal to
the mining companies for man power
is expected to bring results.
arrival of experienced men this
morning, working under the leader
ship of the trained road builder, will
simplify confusion
No Help From County.
A week has gone by and "the train
ed road builder" and his gang of "ex-
perienced men" have not appeared on
the scene, although there is a crying
need for them and growing feeling
of Indignation among property own
ers who have suffered heavy loss
through the failure of the county
commissioners in the first instance to
safeguard the channel above the city
limits and for their indifference in
the presence of this disaster for which
they can not escape a large measure
of responsibility In this connection
/ it is recalled that the condition of the
creek was brought to the attention OF
the commissioners year or more ago
when the city built the concrete re-
tanning wall along King street up to
the boundary line of the city. At that
time the commissioners were urged
| by the council to extend the wall fur
ther up the creek and otherwise i'm
prove and straighten the channel to
avert danger of the appalling damage
that has now occurred. The council
went to the extent of offering to dom
ate 5000 to the county to do this work,
but even this did not interest the COM
missioners and the work was left un-
done.
Mining Companies Help.
While the county commissioners
have failed to render any assistance
in this emergency, the Hecla and
Federal companies did everything they
could to render assistance, and the
fact that they did not accomplish
much was no fault of the manage
ment. The mining companies them
selves find 1t very difficult to get mer
for the mines, and in the case of the
Federal comparatively few men are
employed at this particular time or
account of the shutdown of the Nor
ming. Through the efforts of Manager
Mccarthy IL or Is men came dowr
from the Hecla and rendered valuable
assistance. In this connection the
work of the soldiers stationed here Is
deserving of special mention. A large
number of them turned out voluntar.
lily and rendered great service while
the flood ragged and afterwards
The reports of the flood In the Day
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