Show WAS DAVIS COUNTY GIVES I 1 WATER FRANCHISE 1 TO STEINER Will Furnish Service With 10 Cents a Thousand as asS ast t S Maximum Charge By Special News Service FARMINGTON Oct 12 A A franchise to maintain and operate a water works system in Davis ls county has haa been granted Heber J. J Steiner hydraulic engineer Mr 11 Steiner has been testIng testIng test- test Ing Ins for underground water and submitted submitted sub sub- I his Iris report on which immediate action was tale taken n at the last meeting of the county board The franchise is one of the largest grants made In Davis county for many years The ordinance calls for tor a system system tem tern to furnish the Inhabitants of Davis county count with water and the construction tion operation and maintenance of water mains lateral service pipes and other equipment necessary for tor tho the pur pur- pose The grantee has also been given the tho privilege e of opening and occupying with his materials all roads and streets of the county The authorization calls for the opening opening open open- ing of three grades of service ono one for tor culinary the second for tor irrigation and commercial purposes and the third as asa asa asa a reserve to be used a as regulated by Mr r. r Steiner The rhe first or culinary grade of wat r must con conform Corm to 0 a purity standard but a concession that the second an and third grades may be f in inferior inferior interior in- in water has been made The Tho maximum rate to be charged for first grade water has been placed at 10 cents a thousand gallons Water Vater of or the tho second and third grade grado will cst cat 8 and 7 cents respectively per thousand gallons An Au average constant constant constant con con- stant pipe pressure of twenty pounds per cubic inch must be kept according to the enfranchisement The county reserves the right to draw from tho the water main at any time sufficient water water water wa wa- ter for fire and extinguishing sprinkling sprinkling ling purposes The franchise will go into effect October October October Oc Oc- Oc- Oc tober 17 and will continue for a period of twenty-five twenty years Mr Steiners Steiner's mode of procedure In locating the possibilities pos pos- of underground water has been very successfully conducted along scientific lines |