The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-09-27


. they did not trust the improvement
y committee and so far as he was con
!. cerned he would decline to act OF
- anything while that reproach stoot
: against them The council reflected
a few moments on what it had sale
!: and done regarding the electric sign
and sought to persuade them tina
this was a little different Council
man Dunlap said he thought it was
beneath the council to be haggline
over petty matters like a bunch OF
kids, and thought they ought to &c
on and administer the city govern
ment thru the usual methods by
committees and honor the commit
tee reports. Then they voted to al
low the Allen Oil company the per-
NIT to cut into the curbing and max
ing a sloping entrance, but at the
same time the council kept string
on the permit by recording that 1t
must be done subject to the approval
of the improvement committee.
Walloping the Power Company
Manager Brown Of the Pocatello
district of the Idaho Power company
was present, and said he came up to
talk with them about the interrupted
service and the trimming of their
power bill in the sum of SAB couple
of weeks ago because the power was
of one Sunday morning while they
installed some new materials to give
| better and surer service. He had
been quoted as saying that If the city
engaged their power and left out the
supplementary Diesel oil engine
| &c
service He believed they had mis-
quoted him on that point, as nobody
can guaranteed continuous service in
any line, as things can always happen
to interrupt. He had said they had
| connections with Grace and Idaho
Falls that put them in a position to
have the service replaced within five
| or ten minutes from one of these
other plants in case theirs went out
Of commission, and they hoped to
give continuous service, and they
have done it for weeks at time,
but nobody could guarantee it per-
manently.
Bergman speaking for the council
said they had understood they could
expect continuous service with the
five or ten minute limit while they
were changing switches, and had
gone to the insurance companies
with the same message which he had
brought to the council, and they had
secured a reduction of nearly % per
cent in fire insurance rates, and now
they had this interruption Of a
couple of hours. If a fire had oc-
Cured what could they have done,
with only twelve feet of water in the
tank and some Of the mains empty.
Mr.. Brown replied that they could
have telephoned to Pocatello and go
1t turuned on in a few minutes, and
it was turned on in 20 minutes when
they finally put in call and said the
water was low. So long as they did
not ring he assumed that they were
getting along all right drawing on
their reserve. He and his company
were just as anxious to give con-
tinuous service as Blackfoot is to
have it. They will have to cut it off
again pretty soon to remove pole
from the road near the Blacl1foot
river, where the Yellowstone high
way has been changed a few rods
down the river and cuts into their
right Of way which they secured long
ago. Now they have to move five
poles and cut all the cables and
build them up anew just because the
highway people decided they wanted
to set a bridge in new location. 1t
has been estimated that it will take
somewhere from two to twelve hours
to make the change.
When asked if they could not de-
liver power from Grace or Idaho
Falls during that time he replied
that they could deliver power from
neither place, because this change
zones right at the junction of all the
ines. The line from Idaho Falls
comes across the country and joins
he main line below town at the
Blackfoot river, and all those cables
lave to be cut to make the change.
1t was suggested that the town be
Notified to store water in all its YES
els and conserve the water while
his change is being made, and thus
make it easy for the power company
md safe for their employees. None
# this work should be done when
he cables are hot that endangers
he workmen. Somebody replied that
he public do not cooperate we'll on
UGH matters, that If the power is to
e shut off at certain hour and that
toring of water should be done some
ours before that time SO that the
ank at the water tower may also be
umped full and all mains be stand
1g full and not being tapped I'M
ecessarily during the time of the
hange, but the water conserved for
re in case a fire starts, the public
ill do just the opposite in some re-
poets. A lot Of them will start to
raw water just at the hour the
imp stops, and the supply in the
ink will be nearly exhausted and no
lance to replace it by more pump
lg. The net result would be less
alter on hand than If the public had
zen kept in ignorance of it. The
'wn draws more water out of
,rinkling hours than it does during
e hours for sprinkling. If the
,wer goes of for ten minutes and
,ople find their taps dry, they open