Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1898-02-27 | Page 6 | Electric Plant at Tooele

SLECTHIC PLANT AT TOOELE Proposition t Issue Bonds Bleats With Favor Tooele City Utah Feb 2G Tooele City is now discussing the proposition to light the city and residences with electricity and last night a mass meet in ei the citizens was held in the social cial hal There vas a large attendant attend-ant and the expressions made were very fa orable to the proposition Too el has a popuation of 1200 and then the-n ssed valuation of property is nearly 52 > 0 000 I was shown that if the city could bond for Sio000 and pay 5 percent per-cent interest a Kimill levy would pay the interest provide the sinking fund and run the plant and keep it in repair re-pair for less money than the city Is now paying for coal oil and lamps There is considerable opposition manifest mani-fest but the members of the council are hopeful that the better judgment Hill prevail There w > s a gathering of returned missionaries on Thursday evening at the iome of Moroni England Banqueting Banquet-ing speeches songs and reminiscences iver > the order There were M couples present The missionaries Hboring in the interest in-terest of the 11 I association have met with fairly good success in the enrolling enroll-ing of members Old Folk day has been fixed for March 1 and all the married peopl win have a holiday and a hop and lunch in the evening The streets and sidewalks of Tooele are now dry Spring plov ing has commenced com-menced and the oulook for dry farming farm-ing Is very bright The county commispioners are getting estimates preparatory to sinking a well on the desert on the Deep Creek road The commissioners are also exhibiting plans for a new court house and are advertising for bids