American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1921-09-02
NEW CITY PLAN
UNSAT|SF FACTORy
TO CITY COUNCIL
CITY FATHERS AGAINST PROPO-
SITION TO MAN-0THERS En-
PRESS DISAFFECTI0N in GER
TAIN LANGUAGE.
SAY WILL DIVIDE TOWN
Claims Generally Made That Failure
of Government to Purchase Original
Townsite win Create Tive Compet-
ing Towns Instead of An United City.

General dissatisfaction is felt in
American Falls regarding the plan
for the new city of American Falls as
announced last week in the American
Falls Press. Every member OF the
city council is opposed to the plans,
every large property owner interview
ed, objected, and not one citizen could
be found, who would express himself
as unreservedly for the proposition.
Many expressed themselves as OPP
posed on only slight grounds. Many
reserved their opion until they become
better acquainted with the topography
of the proposed new location and more
familiar with all the problems invol-
we'd. In general however the feeling
exists, at present, that the gulch be-
tween the original townsite of Ameri-
can Falls and the proposed new town
site, creates a bearrier more formid-
able than the present dividing line that
exists in the railroad that separates
the original townsite from Riverside
Addition.
Plan Not official.
The plan outlined in the Press last
week was not official in the sense that
it was signed and presented officially
by engineers representing the Recla-
nation Service. The location how
ever is exactly as planned and the
plans are indentical with those that
will be presented to the council ex-
eept for few minor changes that will
be made in the width of streets, etc.
1t will be a month before the exact
plan will be presented to the city
council according to the announce
ment yesterday of reclamation engi-
neers! in American Falls.
Here is what few of the leading
citizens Of the city had to say regard
ing the published map and plans for
the new town.
Mayor c. G. Sprigg.
i am positively opposed to the plans
for the new city as announced in last
weeks Press, and shall fight accep-
tance at every turn. The proposed
plans will most certainly make a di-
vided town. Taxes will be raised
Elevators Will refuse to move farther
away from the trade. The business
section is located on too steep a grade
"The Reclamation Service should
either buy out the entire town or re.
locate it south and east of the present
Knob Hill section"
Councilman George AHgeiiy.
"Unless all the business of the towI
is centered in one section of the new
town, am against the plan. 1t looks
TO me like there would be two separ
ate towns in which case l am agains
the plans. l would favor establishing
the new town several miles farther
north of the proposed location, to hav
ing a divided town"
Councilman Frank Barnard.
That gulch will divide the tow
worse than it is now. / want them II
put the new town on one side or the
other ad don't care which. AS 1t II
We will have to maintain sidewalks
over a lot of territory connecting the
two sections of town that is sure tC
raise our .levys. / am against the new
townsite plan
COuncilmn John w. Allen.
Against lit. II simply means two
towns, condition that l for one re
fuse to tolerate in the new town. Let''
move to the new town together or no
at all. / would rather see an entire
1y new town far removed than to SCI
the town as planned by the Reclama
tion Service. Let's get together, worl
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