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Show Springville City Makes Rapid Progress in Civic Improvements Approximately $140,000 Expended By Springville City On Various Improvements In Seven Years ' By WILLIAM BRINGHURST Springville City has made rapid strides in city civic improvements during the past few years. Late in the year of 1935, two major projects were commenced, the Art building and gravel crushing for the first oiled streets. Construction of the Art build- f. the city ball park. Improvements during the past seven years have cost a total of $140,000, and during the seven-year seven-year period, indebtedness has been reduced from $179,000 at the beginning be-ginning of 1934 to $8,000 at the close of 1940. All of the improvements have been under the direction of Mayors May-ors George A. Anderson and A. O. Thorn, and councilmen, W. W. Clyde, I. E. Clegg, L. G. Robertson, Robert-son, Ivan Child, Claude Eggert-sen, Eggert-sen, W. W. Brockbank, Emil Ostlund, Ed Johnson, H. T. Reynolds, Rey-nolds, and David Friel, as well as the various city employees. ing continued through all of 19 36 and through the early months of 19 37 when it was completed at a cost to the city and local contributors contri-butors of over $32,000, and the federal government's portion of approximately $60,000. The first street oiling project of 6 miles was completed during 1936 at a cost to the city of $11,-085. $11,-085. In 1938 another seven miles of streets were oiled and several concrete bridges build over Hobble Creek at a total cost of over $14,-000. $14,-000. Again in 1940 six more miles of roads were oiled with one more bridge added at a total cost of $12,000. During 1936, a project to rebuild re-build the water line to the power plant in Hobble Creek canyon was completed at a" cost to the city of $13,000, and in 1940 another project pro-ject consisting of rebuilding and f. . enlarging the power lines from the plant in Hobble Creek canyon can-yon to the city and from the sub- j station to the center of Springville, Spring-ville, at' a cost of $9,000. A continuous con-tinuous program of rebuilding lines and replacing equipment is going on in this department. During the past seven years, the consumption of power has increased increas-ed several times, due largely to the decrease in power rates. The gross income has been almost doubled while the net returns have remained about the same. In 193 4, twenty -five kilowatt hours cost the consumer $2.80 net for home use and only $1.50 today. In 1934, 100 kilowatt hours cost the consumer $5.18 for home use and only $3.70 now. Later in the year 1937, the sewer sew-er system was started. By the end of 194 0, the city had contributed to the project more than $35,000. Already more than 100 connections connec-tions have been made to the sewer line and many more are waiting their turn. In the waterworks department, about $10,000 has been spent by the city and about $20,000 by the government in line extension and line enlargements. : The fire department, too, has been' greatly improved by the purchase pur-chase of a $7,000 fire engine and other valuable equipment. Another fire truck has also been ordered for delivery in May of this year. Other improvements during the year 19 40 are repairs to the library li-brary building and oiling of the roads at the cemeteries; also the enlarging of the water main to the Evergreen cemetery, thus increasing in-creasing the water supply there. Improvements to the extent of $3,000, have also been made at |