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Show Mrs. Reichman Propounds Question Relative To Municipal Power Plan By HELEN M. REICHMAN As one of many housewives of St. George, I am intensely interested in-terested in the answer to certain questions concerning the proposed municipal power plant before I go to the polls to vote "No" or "Yes" on May 6. Much time and many words have been spent in arguing over personal matters and over how much money St. George will or will not make if it has its own power plant. As a woman, I am much more interested in some other questions that have not been answered satisfactorily in the discussions yet, and I find that there are many more people who feel the same as I. I do not care who answers these questions the city council-men, council-men, the Southern Utah Power company, the Citizens' Committee, or the Sponsors' Committee I only ask that whoever answers them does so with authority and with reliable information and not guesswork or wishes; also that they are answered in the next issue of the County News so that I, along with many others, may know how to vote on May 6. The questions are: 1. I understand that the present pres-ent proposed plant will be placed in the City Park. In talking to people of other cities, I have learned that residents within a radius of four to five blocks in all directions of such a plant are unable to use their radios at all, and that the vibrations of such a plant are felt within the same distance. Just what will this do to the entire east, south-central and southeast sections of St. George that have been building up so rapidly in the last few years? 2. I also understand from good authority that if our Cottonwood water is used in this new proposed plant that all our drinking water will again have to be chlorinated. chlorin-ated. If this is true (and I am asking if it is) do the people of St. George want to go back to chlorinated water after having the best water in the state or any other state for that matter? 3. I also understand that city officials have admitted that the proposed plant will not be large enough to carry the load that the city would have during the peak of the evening or at Christmas Christ-mas time, and - that one would have to turn off a water-heater or a stove if other appliances were being used at this time. If this is true, then even people who were not owners of stoves, ironers, water wa-ter heaters, etc., would still find their lights not up to standard at these times. Who would want to turn off one appliance while another an-other is being used ? , St. George has gone through this stage once and is not anxious to go back to it if this condition will exist. This power question is not "Who Is Loyal To St. George?" but "What Is Best for St. George At This Time?" And questions such as the above are much more vital to us than how much money we will make 100 years from now. Therefore, I am asking for a satisfactory sat-isfactory public answer to the above before May 6. |