Show MONROE PLANS BIG LIGHTING PLANT A committee composed of mayor daniel washburn Tnt councilmen glen winget charles F nielson and melvin webb and city attorney 0 R of monroe I onroe paid a visit last sunday to manti looking over the municipal light plant and interviewing officials and citizens of that thriving community concerning the operation of their plant the reason being that monroe is contemplating the construction of a new and larger electric plant to be situated in monroe canyon which plant will develop consid considerable arable more power than the one operated at present mcgonagle and ulrich the engineers in charge of the proposition have been on the ground making preliminary surveys and estimates and have reported favorably on the matter it is proposed to build a lain dam across montroe monroe roe creek a short distance below the nar narrows roNs and pipe the water approximately feet locating the plant a short distance east of thorntons Thorn tons orchard one feature hoped to be eliminated is the along ditch and settling pond now being used as iland has considerable trouble with the long ditch they are arc compelled to use not only from breaks in the summer time but from ice fee in the winter the proposed change will cost between and and a bond issue will undoubted undoubtedly d ay be necessary to carry into effect the proposed plan the manti officials were very courteous to the visitors the marshall taking them in charge char e it is rul nored that he even offered lodgings it is subsequently rumored that this offer inas not accepted A mass meeting of the citizens of montroe will probably be called in the near future to lay before them the report of tile the engineers and the other information which has been gathered and submit to them the question of tile the new plant |