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Show r Vote Tomorrow Tomorrow (Saturday) Springville citizens will vote on a very important economic question. One that is of importance im-portance to every taxpayer of this community. It is important because it involves a large sum of money your money, Mr. Taxpayer. If the individual taxpayer of this locailty were going to spend only one-tenth or one-hundredth part of the money involved in tomorrow's election, he or she would weigh the matter very carefully and then act upon his or her best judgment. That is exactly what our city officials wantyou to do in this case. The question upon which you are asked to vote is: , N "Shall the negotiable coupon bonds of the City of Springville, Spring-ville, Utah County, Utah, in the sum of $85,000.00, payable serially, ser-ially, $5,000.00 in five years from date of issue and $5,000.00 in each succeeding year thereafter until fully paid, bearing interest at the rate of four and four-tenths per cent (4.4) per annum, payable, semi-annually, be issued and sold for the purpose of defraying de-fraying the expense of increasing, improving, enlarging, extending, extend-ing, repairing and adding to the present waterworks system and securing an additional water supply for said City for the purpose pur-pose of more adequately supplying'and distributing water to the inhabitants thereof which said system and works shall be owned and controlled by said City 1" The mayor and the city council believe it to be to the best interest of the citizens and taxpayers as a whole to', make this improvement; but there may be some who feel that the city should not do so at this time. No one will criticize criti-cize you if your views do not coincide with those of the city .officials, but you certainly will be a slacker if you fail to express your opinion at the polls tomorrow either for or against the proposition. It is pointed out by those who favor the improvement that Springville cannot expand and protect its interests without with-out a sufficient supply of water. Moreover, if the city fails to utilize the water at its source it may in time be taken for other purposes,- as the law demands that water must be used for a specific purpose or it may be taken by the state and put to other use. ' , . i Springville, it is argued, needs this water. The pressure in the pipes is extremely low--too low to protect the city against fire. It is low because the old wooden staves will not carry the load. It is also hard to carry out any ex-I ex-I tensive plan of beautification because there is not sufficient supply of water to develop lawns and shrubbery. The proponents of the bond issue also figure that prospective home builders will be disinclined to make Springville their home if they cannot be supplied with sufficient water for all culinary purposes. It is said that those opposed to the bond issue feel that the city should not assume the obligation at this time. They argue that it is not good business to run in debt for any public improvements. The Herald hopes that there will not be a taxpayer in the city who will not express his or her voice on the question. |