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Show CITY COiH PUSH WATERWORKS SYSTEM American Fork Assuming Metropolitan Metro-politan Airs; News Notes of Growing Town. Special to Tho Tribune. AMERICAN FORK, March 17. The jClty Council Is advertising for bids for ;Siie completion of the present water sya-ftem, sya-ftem, which will cost about 525.000. It Is the intonlion of tho Council to allow the work to he dono In small contracts. In this way more people will be benefited, and the work hawtoned to completion. Gayllo R. Cleveland of Salt Lake City has made application to the State Engineer's En-gineer's office for soven cubic feet of water from thr American Fork creek, In tho canyon near the south fork, and the same will bo used for the generation of electric energy. Proaldent Joseph F. Smith and Apostlo Richard R. Lyman of the Mormon church . of Salt. Lake City were here yestorday for the purpose of attending the dedication dedica-tion of tho American Fork Third and Fourth ward meeting-houses. The scr-- scr-- vices wcro woll attended. The last heavy snow has mndo tho American Fork canyon road Impnssablo, i thereby cutting off the oro shipments of the Wyoming mine, causing some damage to the power company's mimes, and making mak-ing tho canyon a very unsafe plnco to bo In Many gnowslidCH have already coma down and will Contlnuo for a nbort time. Gideon Snider has mado application to the Stale Engineer's office for the con-i con-i verting of twenty cubic feet of wntor from tho American Fork creek In tho canyon nenr the Pittsburg mine, to be used in the gcnorutlon of electrical energy for the propollng of machinery and light Hervloo for tho American Fork canyon district. An. Important real estate transfer recently re-cently was that of the American Fork Livery nnd Transfer company property, sold by A. Chlpman to L. W. NIclson for 55000. The farm near the Utah Lake recently purchased by Hugh L. Thomns of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company of Salt Lake City Is receiving considerable consider-able work, and will, when remodeled, bo one of the most pleasant places In this county. The Johnson & Sons Investment company com-pany has tiled articles of incorporation with tho County Clerk. The company is organised to deal In merchandise, produce, pro-duce, machinery and all kinds of commodities. com-modities. ' The llttlo son of Anion Phillips was taken to tlm Latter-day Saints' hospital yesterday, suffering with Inflammatory rheumatism. The little fellow has been afflicted but a short time, but has suffered suf-fered pains that have been almost unon-durahle. unon-durahle. which have so twisted him that he Is now hardly recognizable as a human form. |