Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-03-18
COUNCIL SPEEDS
UP PAVING
PROGRAM

First official step in the matter of
paving Main street, and matchmaking
Idaho avenue from Main street ia the
Northern Pacific depot, and Main
and other streets from the intersection
of Idaho avenue and Main street to
the North and South highway, was ia
ken by the city council in special SEES
sion Thursday night of last week.
The council passed an ordinance de-
caring its intention to form an i'm
provement district for the pavement of
! Main street, and on March 20 to hear
objections to creation of the improve
ment district.
The council, at the same time, au-
thorized a bond election to be held on
| April 90 for the purpose of voting on
proposed $4,000 bond issue for ma
cadamizing. Details of the paving pro
gram are set forth in the ordinances
printed in this newspaper. The or
dinance calling the special bond cleo
ton follows:
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
Pursuant to the laws of the state of
Idaho, and Ordinance No. 147 of the
City of Grangeville, in the County of
Idaho, State of Idaho, passed and APP
proved on the 18th day of March,
1920.
PUBLIC NOTICE is HEREBY
GIVEN, That a special election will be
held in the said City of Grangevlle,
Idaho, on Tuesday, the Goth day of
April, 1920, beginning at the hour of
9 o clock A. M. and closing at the hour
of 0 clock P. NJ. of said day for the
purpose of taking the votes of the
qualified electors of said City who
are taxpayers of said City, upon the
following question;
"Shall the Mayor and Council of the
City of Grangeville in the County of
Idaho, state of Idaho, issue and sell
municipal coupon bonds of said City
to an amount aggregating the princi-
pal sum of twenty-five Thousand
($25, 100000 Dollars, drawing interest
at a rate not to exceed six CO.. per
centun per annum, to provide funds
for the grading and paving of the
following street intersections in the
City of Grangeville, Idaho tO-wit:
street intersection of Main and Mea-
dow Street; street intersection of Main
and Hall Street; street intersection of
Main and State Street; street inter
section of Main and College street;
street intersection of Main street and
Idaho Avenues; for the building and
construction of a concrete culVert
across Main street between Hall and
State streets where the creek crosses
said Main street; for the grading, paw
ing and improving Idaho Avenue from
the Junction of Main street land
Idaho Avenue to the Northern Paci-
fc Railway depot; for the grading,
paving and improving Main street
from the junction of Main street and
Idaho Avenue to the west side of
."C'' street; for the grading, paving
and improving &C" street from the
south side of Main street to the
east and west center line running
through Sec. 10, Twp. 80 N. R. E. B.
NJ; at the northwest corner of Block
8 of the Lewiston Addition to Grange
vile. Idaho; for the grading, paving
and improving of the street or road
running west from the northwest cor
ner of said Block 8, in said Lewis
ton Addition to a connection with the
North and South State highway on
the west side of 'E' street in said
Lewiston Addition to the City of
Grangeville, Idaho, and levy and as
sess a direct ad valorem tax upon all
the taxable property in said City
sufficient to pay the interest accruing
upon the said bonds promptly when
and as the same becomes due, and also
at the lawful time, further ad valorem
tax upon said taxable property suffi-
cient to constitute and maintain sink
ing fund for the payment of the
principal Of said bonds within twenty
years from the date of issuing the
same
That the ballot to be used at said
election shall be in substantially the
following form:
Gin favor of issuing bonds to the
amount of $25,0O0.00 for the pur-
pose stated in Ordinance No. 147. "
against issuing bonds to the
amount of $25,OOO.00 for the purpose
stated in Ordinance No. 147. "
That the polling places in the sew
eral wards of said City shall be as
follows:
First Ward Dreamland Hall.
Second Ward; /. o. o. e. Hall.