The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-07-14
City Council is
Cutting Expenses
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in the offal will dissolve the bituli
thic pavement and ruin 1t. and Will
that may be true 1t does not seem t
have made any impression on the oil
paving and IL 1t dissolves and ruin
1.-THE pavement along by the hitchinl
racks the ruined parts will be relait
!. often enough to keep it in fair con
dition and the town will pay the bill
and keep paying 1t. Some of thu
councilmen have said that towns II
the Snake river valley do not pay
enough attention to providing these
landings for the country people and
that If they can have their way Il
will be done as a mater Of prime i'm.
portance. A town that ignores these
matters and lodges responsibility on
account of the money 1t costs Is moi
living up to its opportunity. Nofear
Davis of the Blackf0ot Mercantile
company was very pronounced about
it, and said 1t was time the city gov
eminent woke up and put this mat
ter in shape regardless of expense.
He feels much regret that farmers
and their families have had to hitch
their teams in mud and filth all these
years. It seemed from what has
been said at different sittings of the
| council, that they we're disposed to
act with a rather strong hand even
in the face of vigorous protests, and
now when only two or three persons
objected and this in a rather half
hearted manner, it looks as If people
had come to accept the situation as
something they want to take while
the opportunity is open. Anyone
that lives block off of the pavement
gets to almost hating that block that
holds out such a wretched contrast
with the paved blocks.
The Mcguire Construction COM
pany have said they would leave
their outfit here long enough to see
whether this new job is open to bids,
and if it were turned down by pro-
tetst they would probably move the
outfit to states east Of the Mississippi,
where the demand for such work is
growing. The development Of the
present crops the past few weeks has
given people courage to undertake
more than they were willing to
undertake before. The prospect OF
bumper crops and the bright pro-
spects for a fair price for wheat has
stiffened peoples backbone and they
are willing to have pavement taxes
levied against property which they
were unwilling to lay pavement
alongside of month or two ago.
Then too, the luxury of the, new
pavements by their neighbors' prop
erty and the taste of the pleasures OF
having it extended to their own, has
been getting in its work on peoples
nerves and their blood stream, and
they are ready to stake the future for
a piece of pavement that will outlast
a whole series of autos II used on
pavement or twice as many In q
series of autos If used on unpaved
streets. Seeing how beautifully
car glides on a paved block and how
1t begins acrobatic performance as
soon as it hits the unpaved streets Is
converting more people to paving
than the prospect Of decent price
for 1921 wheat. H0usekeepers are
in favor of pavement because 1t saves
so much wear and tear on carpets,
rugs and floors and on laundry bills
for drapery and everything else IN
the house that takes damage from
the clouds of dust where streets are
not sprinkled. If they are sprinkled
enough to keep down the dust, there
is heavy expense for sprinkling ana
then the mud tracks into the house.
Men who are studying the trend OF
the public mind predict that there
will be other petitions for additional
paving before the bitulithic outnt Is
moved away, and other pavement dis
tricts will be proposed where people
are merely wishing now, but will be
working and signing and ngurlng
out how to get the paving while the
getting is good.
After the council had listened to
the protests, they referred the mat
ter to the city engineer to check up /
and report back to them as to the
ownership and validity of the pro-
ceedings by petition and it will prob
ably be acted upon at the next meet
ing. The time for protests has passed
and it is all up to the council now.
Saved Buying Engine
The council has decided not to buy
the Diesel gas engine for pumping
in emergencies If the electrical
power failed. After long investi-
cation of the subject they have de-
cided that the interests Of the town
will be better safe guarded If they
rely entirely upon electricity from our
.hree sources, American Falls, the {
Bear river plant and the Idaho Falls {
,lant, all hooked up so it can be Il
lrawn from either of the three sys- (
ems, and then having two power
,ables connecting the pumping {
rouse with the sub-station so that II