Show CITY WILL OFFER A SITE Provo Council Decides Dec des to Tender Square for Federal Building Provo July In the city council councH last evening the committee on streets and al alleys alle alleys leys le s reported on the offer of Senator Reed Smoot of ground for fot alleys in block 67 6 plat pInt A Provo City survey of building lots recommending that the offer be ac accepted accepted accepted Report adopted The committee on public grounds and dRy city property re reported reported reported ported on tho the petition of ot Dr r J 3 H Slater and others asking that the city offer a site for the proposed federal building on the northwest corner of the courthouse square The report favored offering a site on the northwest st corner of the court courthouse courthOuse courthOuse house square and also one on the north northeast northeast east last corner of the West Vest square leaving the choice to the government g the consid consideration C oration being 1 The report was adopted Councilman voting yoUng against it Councilman Partridge was waa not flot present Mayor Frisby and Recorder Harding were authorized to make the tender to the government Chairman Bott Dott of the elec electric electrIc el c light committee made a verbal re report report report port on the matter of at the purchase of the electric compans distribution system m to tho the effect that the company would sell to the city and give an option for four months on the distribution system for and the additional cost of a new newline newline newline line the company Is now building to the Telluride Power plant for di dl direct direct transmission of electricity The Tel Telluride Telluride luride company would furnish electricity If the city purchased at 4 I H P low peak or at 5 cents per kilowatt hour The rho contract between the electric com company company pany puny and the Telluride company to trans transmit transmit transmit mit power to the Telluride officers and and industries up to 10 per cent of the capacity of the system s system s stem tem would of course courset have havo to remain in force if the city bought On the matter of obtaining light from the electric com corn company company pany the company would furnish light at 80 cents per each candle candlepower candlepower candlepower power a month or If the license was remitted at the old rate 66 CS 23 cents per light the light to be furnished d as soon as the line to the Telluride plant Can mn be completed which will be in about thirty days Senator Smoot president of th company and Vice President Holbrook addressed the council reviewing the history and operations of the tho com corn company company pany puny and stating that the company would not sell to a private company comp at the price offered to the city and explaining that It was the desire of the members of the company compan to Work ark with the council for the good of the city A motion to accept a the th option was unanimously sly adopted |