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He said it was the recommendation of the street Con~ittee , that this alley not be widened, but that a larger corner be cut off of the 5 I I City lot at the North end of this alley in order that the trucks might be able i to make the turn and that the Street at the corner of 5th and Charnelton be i rounded so that the trucks would have better opportunity to make the turn, I changing the radius from a two foot turn as at present to a twelve .foot turn. I On motion by Bond and seconded by Koppe, the recommendation of the Street .Comrni ttee , was adopted. Mr. Barette also reported regarding the request of VerI Thayer for permission to erect a garage on his lot at 809 West 3rd Street. . Mr. Barette 6 explained that this was a very small lot and an arrangement as requested by Mr. Thayer could not be very well carried out, and it was the recommendation of the Street Committee that this request for the building of the garage be denied. i On motion by Barette and seconded by Farrington this recommendation was adopted. ': Mr. Barette also reported that the Street Committee had gone over the , , 7 bids for reroofing the City Barn at 101 W. 5th Street and that the Committee was recommending that the bid of Ray Jacobs in the amount of $1027.85 should be accepted, stating that this was the lowest bid. On motion made, seconded and carried, this recommendation of the Street Committee was adopted. .1 Mr. Barette also stated that the sewer now being constructed by the City 8 i. to accomodate Mr. Sweet and Mr. Shumaker was practically completed and that the I cost for this improvement would be assessed against these two properties. I ,I 1 and Park Committee had The Fire and Water Committee, Health Committee, I no report. I I At this time Councilman Farrington stated that a report had come to him : that a rubber tire was in the bear cage back of the Butte. It was reported that Mr. Lamb, Park Superintendent had already taken the tire out of th bear cage 9 and turned it over for the rubber drive. Mayor Large stated that he had 'just ,[ made a trip to Spokane and back and that the rubber drive seemed to be progressing , very well, and that there were stacks of rubber all around. I Attorney Calkins stated that. a large pile of rubber tires had been 10 pointed out to him in the weeds just back of the number 17 tee on the Country Club Golf Course. Mr. Moore, reporter for the Guard, was present and said that he would take this matter up with the management of the golf course. At this time Councilman Pennington reported regarding a letter received from Mr. Lewis Hoffman, Attorney, regarding the S. A. Peters sewer charge by the i Chase Plumbing Company in the sum of $21.75. Mr. Pennington said that the first report he had from the Chase Company was that the repair work was done on private property, but that after he. had contacjjed Mr. Peters, Mr. Peters had contended 11 that the repair work was just outside of his property line and on the City Sewer Line. Mr. Pennington said that he contacted the Chase Company again and on further investigation found that the party that did the work was only a temporary man and that he was not in the employee of the Chase Company at the present time, , that the digging for the repair was so close to the property line it was impossible I to say whether it was on Mr. Peters private property or on City property. There 1 was some discussion regarding the matter and the i~temizedbill showed that a join ./ of four-inch sewer pipe and a joint of four-inch bend had been used in the repairs and Mr. Clubb pointed out that thi~ must have been on the private property as the sewer belonging to the. City was a six-inch sewer and would have to be made in six-inch repairs. A motion was made, seconded, and carried, that the bill be not allowed. At this time Councilman Bond stated that Mr. Boggs had paid into the City the sum of $0.00 as liquor investigation charges concerning the Fir Tree Inn. I That later he found he could not get a lease from the Highway Commission, and he had withdrawn the request for a transfer of the license. Councilman Bond stated inasmuch as no investigation had been made and that the matter had not been 12 before the Council, he wished to move that Mr. Boggs be refunded his $5.00. This motion was seconded by Mr. Farrington and carried. The matter'of 'the claim of Mr. McDonald in the sum of $200.00 was left in the hands of the Judiciary Committee to report back at the next Council meeting. A letter from:L. K. Shumaker, O.C.D. Commander, regarding activities for 13 this evening was read to the Council and ordered placed on file.. .. - ~v ~ }