The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-09-06
THE CITY BUSINESS

At the council meeting on Tues
day evening, the usual grist of bills
was attended to. During the past
month the power was of one Sunday
morning for an hour or two while
some changes were being made In
the sub-station at Pocatello, and the
water supply ran low. In order to
hold some water for use In case of
fire, the supply was cut of of the
mains and the tank was held at the
10000 gallons mark, to be drawn in
case of fire.
When the power bill was pre-
sented, for $437 for the month of
August, the finance committee said
they were not satisfied with the
months service on account Of the in
term when there was no power and
no means of fighting fire excepting
with this $1,000 gallons saved by
shutting off the domestic use. They
said that Manager Brown of Poca-
tello had promised continuous SER
vice if they would cut out the order
for the Diesel oil engine and sub
stitute an extra power line and
motor for pumping. He had en-
phasized continuous service-if the
American Falls plant went out of
commission, they would connect with
Grace within a few minutes. If that
went off, they would connect with
Idaho Falls by throwing the switches.
Why was not this done and the tank
kept full? Somebody explained that
the lines from Grace pass thru the
sub-station at Pocatello and it was
not feasible to draw on them while
the change or construction work was
in progress that Sunday morning.
AS for the Idaho Falls plant, it just
happened to be out of commission
at the same hour Why, then, did
not the Idaho Power company find
that out and connect again until the
Idaho Falls plant went into service
The city had no protection in case a
fire started, and it was insurance
against just such interims that the
city had bought when they signed up
for the continuous service with the
Idaho Power company If power
bills are not paid by the tenth of the
month, it costs 10 per cent more, or
in other words, we fail to get the 10
per cent discount The council de-
cided to discount the discounted
power bill 10 per cent on account of
the hour or two when the power was
of, and see il the service is going to
be continuous or liable to Interrupt
lions. With $43.70 deducted from
the discounted bill it was ordered
paid.
The council have a rule that no
supplies or materials shall be bought
by anyone without first getting a
written order from the head of the
and somebody presented
a bill for oil and gas bought without
the written authority and the bill
was held up.
Editor Trego talked to the council
about library site that is now for
sale at the northeast corner of Main
and Bridge, AID asked them to con-
slider participating with the Ameri-
can Legion and other organizations
in the purchase of the site to be
used for the library and the memoir
ial building for the legion. The sit
Is tire and half lots lao feet long,
paved on two sides, and a house on
It that rents for $50 month. The
axes last year were $365.S0, of
which $177.37 was the years INSTALL
nent for paving. The whole amount
still owing on the pavement is
payable in yearly install.
nents running some five or six years
The last time the property changed
lands the consideration was $4,000
t can be bought now for $4,000, one
ourth cash and the rest on three an
lual payments.
The council received the informa-
ion and took it under advisement
s to what they would recommend :
he present library quarters are suf- :
cient for the present year, but with
he rapid growth of the library work =
Will be hampered for space in a :
ear or so. =