Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-05-14
CITY WILL move As
FAST As POSSIBLE
TO GET PROPERTY
Committee Appointed to Close
Deal on Block and q Quarter
for Which City Bonded
Open Bids.

Boise will take steps at once to as
certain just how soon 1t can close the
purchase and secure possession of
block No. 30 on which the Sherman
house and the Aloha apartments
are situated and also the quarter
block on which the Collister apart
ments are located. A committee COM
posed of Mayor Eagleson, Councilman
Hoover and Smith were appointed at
the council meeting Tuesday after
noon to take up the purchase of the
property and close the deals as fast
as possible.
The official canvas of the vote for
the $1s5,000 bond issue showed 1913
In favor Of bonding and Il against.
A mistake of 10 votes in one precinct
causing the change In the report I'M
officially announced at the night Of
the election.
BIDS RECEIVED
Bids for putting in the curbing in
district No. / on Harrison Boulevard
were submitted as follows. A. S.
whiteway, $20575S: Morrison Knud-
son, $1S5515; S. E. Burnham, $1939.47;
Y. H. Abercrombie, s1517S5.
The bids for installing the lighting
system on the Boulevard were Harry
Pope, $33S6.77; Idaho Electric & Sup
ply company s2S10.44. or s272024 IL
pressed steel posts We're used: Walker
Electric company. $3010.21. The bids
on both contracts were taken under
hdvisement.
The Warren Construction company
was officially awarded the contract
for paving several blocks in the bust
ness district to connect up blocks I'M
paved and will be required to put up
a bond equal in amount of the con-
tract.
WANT WAGES RAISED
r. II. Park, president of the State
Federation Of Labor. was before the
council In the interests of the street
and park employees, who are seeking
30 cents advance in wages per day.
He cited wages paid in other cities
and filed with the council the advance
in the rents paid by employees during
the six months.
Ben e. Thomas filed a lengthy COM
munication with the council asking
that the street named Lovers Lane be
changed and suggested Pioneer street.
The petition contained 40 names. 1t
was taken under advisement.
Claude Gibson, as attorney for Mrs.
Dewey D. Thurman, presented a claim
of $4,000 for injuries received by Mrs.
Thurman some months ago when she
sustained a fall on a sidewalk. The
claim was up before the former coun-
GIL Prosper Aveline. as head of the
rat, rJp n
pointed to make an investigation.
Conrad Hansen, who was asked to
appear before the council and make
a price on property owned by him and
needed by the city to open Lee street
and an alley, submitted a price of %
cents per square foot for the street
property and 1919 cents for the alley
property.
VENDER LICENSES UP AGAIN
The matter of licensing ice cream
vendors was again before the council
and for second time was taken under
advisement, although action was urged
by P. e. Cavaney, their attorney, who
said the license was high and delay
meant loss OF business
A petition to prohibit the use OF va
cant land at Twenty Second street
between Eastman and BrumbacH
streets, for pasturing horses was re-
ferred to the city health department
w. F. Roach, motorcycle officer
proposed to the council to continue ir
that position and furnish his own ma
chine and keep 1t in repairs for $1Ss
per month. He submitted bill fol
keeping the present machine in re-