The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-08-04
Bills Considered
By City Council
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was referred back to Mr.. Braley G
account of being too high.

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was referred back to Mr.. Braley O
, account Of being too high.
c. s. Beebe appeared before tn
council and stated that the insuranc
: on the city hall would soon expir
and he wished to meet with tn
proper committe and explain an
settle the matter.
!, Mr.. Mallon representing tn
Wheelwright Construction compan
presented an estimate on the labo
and material being used In construc
ton OF the new system. The amour
LOT the estimate was $43,O52. Al
iestimate was presented at the sam
time for Cotton & Wilson amount
ing to $2,003. These estimates wer,
referred to the finance committe,
with power to act. 5a3
/ Mr.. Mallon requested that on ac
count OF the bond market declin.
that he get the use Of $4,000 tina
the city had in the banks here ant
In lieu of this amount OF cash he
would give the city, Blackfoot bonds
covering the amount until such time
as the market would raise. This
matter was also turned over to the
finance committee.
The city librarian presented the
library report for the month and II
was read and accepted by the coun-
Gil. The library report is very favor
able In comparison with neighboring
cities. Pocatello for instance having
three times the population Of Black
foot but only twice as many books
and twice as many citizens enrolled
in the library.
| The question of buying gun for
the use of the police force was
brought up and it was decided that
the city would buy gun for the Of
ficers use. 1t was suggested that a
member of the old police force be
called in to find the stars which in
some way had become misplaced.
The police force needing some at this
time.
The former city council purchased
a grader last year and it cannot be
found. The members Of the new
council have been searching for 1t
for some time and they all find when
they see q grader that according to
the person using 1t that the grader
belongs to Bingham county and 1t
seems the county owns quite a num-
Der of these graders all alike. It
was suggested by one of the council
members that when the city found
their grader they should hang bell
on it, to aid in keeping trace Of the
wandering property.
Mr.. Mas manager of the Eccles
Hotel appeared before the council
and stated that his water bill was too
high. The hotel is equipped with
automatic f1ushers and when there
is no pressure in the pipes, as it hap
pens at the present time on account
of the new mains being laid, the
water runs continually and this
causes the meter to do likewise and |
it adds an unjust amount to the bill. |
In this case the council directed the J
to average the water |
bills against the hotel company for
The past three months and take the
average as the amount that should
be paid. i
Councilman Bergman suggested
putting another man on the street
cleaning department for the purpose
# cleaning the culverts and cutters
hat are full of sand that has been
Washed off the streets. The street
Ind alley committee thought this
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hat when 1t rained the men that
lrove the sprinkling wagons could
lean these places in the streets. Fol-
owing rain they would not need
o sprinkle the streets. II
The water meter question was
rought up and question asked {
1hether the city should purchase 9
hese for the user or would it be bet 2
or to have the user pay for them.
he meters cost about $13 each If
urchased by the dozen and the q
ouncil decided that the person wish =
lg meter at this time would have n
, buy them. The superintendent of
le water works recently purchased
dozen meters for installation about a
'wn, there are some of them left,
owever, and people can have them
ut in by asking for them and paying a
'e cost of the meter. a
Plans for the remodeling of the o
ity Hall were presented and ex- Il
aimed containing the new heating 81
stem and the council accepted n
ese plans as presented. The i'm II
'ovement committee was directed
advertise for bids on this work. s
The council set Tuesday, August Il
as the date for hearing bids on ie
e hose which must be purchased r.
confirm with the Fire Underwrit- W
s association. =,
Councilman Kinney brought up a,
e question of extending the side D,
Xix north on Broadway to the fair p]
ounds, but the council in their
,rk of curtailing expenses decided =,
at the sidewalk should not be put n
at this time. -
Oh provision, but they did not be- De