Show fiGHT ON WATER A TER Mantua and Brigham City Are Look Looking Looking Looking ing Horns Over Vexed m Special to The Brigham City eity Dec Dee 17 nAt At a ft meet meetIng meeting Ing of the city council the matter ma er of transferring water from Mantua to this city was w 8 considered A number of citi elti citizens zens of this city and Mantua have pur par purchased purr r chased large tracts of land on the bench east of the city with the view vl w of transferring certain water rights right from the town at the head of the can canyon canon canyon yon on to the land lend east of this city It appears appear that the town of Mantua owns a certain percentage of the flow of Box flex Elder creek which it has been demonstrated d by tests testa made by the city engineer seeps back into the creek thereby giving Brigham City the benefits derived by such lu h seepage The company wanting the transfer intends to divert the water At this end of the canyon and thereby Brigham City would lose the th seepage The city re refuses refuses refuses fuses to allow the transfer to be made at present The committee ee on irrigation IrrIgation irrigation tion reported on a petition that the committee had received re from Heber Walker of Mantua Mantue stating Mating that it was the unanimous opinion at Mantua Man tun that the city should hould resist any an and all at attempt attempt I tempt to transfer the water from Man Mantua Mantua Mantue tua tue to this th city for private purposes purpose Sei and recommended that the petition for transfer be denied The council adopted the recommendation I IThe The matter of the franchise of the Rocky Mountain Bell 1311 Telephone com corn company company pany which has hll consideration tion for some time was again de deferred deterred deferred until a near future meeting A committee wa appointed to consider the matter of salaries and wages of city employee and appointive officers A wage schedule was decided upon which will wUl be brought up for consid consideration consideration at a future meeting The bond offered by Mayor Thomas H Black Blackburn Blackburn Blackburn burn was accepted |