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Show City Dads Concerned "Over Water Supply s .Mi I ford's culinary water future, where to spend o;i i slate-approprialed B and (J road funds to the best advani 3 ase, approval of an association to conduct the Milfon - race meets, and a slap in the face for the slot machine pm motors, where chief topics of conversation and order o business at last Thursday's Citv Council session. "i:(Tht b? obtained bv the citj I f -om nenrr'ng of pin 'n1! m -Admitting that inera'.in of hp machines was con-nry to state law. the visitor pa".ed the law vioaiin off with ihe remark that "ihey don't try to enforce the law," and cited the City of Beaver as an instance of the revenue Milford might expect. After being informed bj Mayor Smith that Milford didn' want "that type of revenue," anc admitting to the mayor that thej were "little different from sloi machines" in actual operation Mr. George Burch, in an insolem and arrogant manner, asked the councilmen "why they raised th license fees on juke boxes," anc refused to allow other coin-operated machines to run. The discussion ended wher Councilman Vogt remarked that the only difference between the pin-balls and "one-armed bandits" ban-dits" was they had lowered the handle so children could reach it. D. N. Hickman, representing the Chamber of Commerce, asked the City Dads to approve formation of a Milford Racing Association, to handle the preliminary pre-liminary and between meet details. de-tails. The Council seemed favorable fav-orable to the suggestion, and requested re-quested that the Chamber pre7 sent a definite proposal for action of the group at its next meeting. Red-painted curb and "No Parking" signs were ordered placed in front of the postoffice, extending over the driveway to the Milford Garage, and Marshal Smith was instructed to "Bring any violators before Judge Koch." Attention was called to the Invitation In-vitation for Bids on paving runways run-ways at the Milford Airport, now being published in The Milford News and a Salt Lake City newspaper. news-paper. Bids will be opened in the city offices, at 2 p. m., April first. The City Recorder reported that $577 had been received from the County Clerk, as this year's appropriation for work at the airport. Councilman Hughes requested permission to spray the city parks with a weed-killing solution, solu-tion, and apply fertilizer to the lawns. Permission also was granted for purchase of a fertilizer ferti-lizer spreader and a new lawn mower. Before . adjournment, Mayor Smith requested the Councilmen to have employees of the various departments prepare and submit to the City Recorder an inventory inven-tory of all city equipment, from "trucks to water pipe elbows." y' A full quorum of councilmen was present, and afler .dispensing . with the usual bill paying, ap-- ap-- proving a new sign for the city 1 "ffice window, passing the "bike ordinance" arid contributing $10 in the T, i! C o s live report of i he v ale ' en incer was read. Lil2 of :he Milford water plant and distribution system was estimated at 25 years, and the engineer strongly urged ths laying aside, in a separate fund, of $3000 annualy, for replacement re-placement purposes. Mayor ' Smith pointed out that it would be more sensible to prepare pre-pare for replacing the mains ' over a long period of time, rather than to face a bond issue is-sue when the plant is worn out and no longer serviceable. Annual revenue requirements, to properly carry on the water system, and allow for building up an emergency fund, were set at $13,000. When apparent necessity for adjusting water rates was mentioned, men-tioned, Councilman Vogt expressed ex-pressed the opinion he'd "want to be sure the new well is going to be satisfactory" and assure ample water for city residents, before consenting to an increase in water rates. Discussion of the subject brought out the fact that the well is so filled with fine sand, that it cannot be pumped because of injury to the pump. Concilman Bradfield suggested securing equipment to pump the sand from the well, and action was initiated to secure machinery machin-ery and "perfect" the well. Councilman Vogt then raised the question of the starting switch failing to function properly, proper-ly, and told of having to take the switch apart and reassemble Ihe parts before getting it to function. The matter was referred re-ferred to Telluride Power Co. employees for correction. Councilman Hughes asked for more time to study the engineer's report, before taking action on water rates. The matter was tabled until next meeting. Mr. Frank Sullivan, representing rep-resenting the Catholic Church, asked for an adjustment on a tax lien held by the city, which resulted re-sulted from a sidewalk assessment assess-ment against the property. After considerable discussion, the City Councilmen ordered a quit-claim deed delivered to the church. Mr. Davis, of the State Road Commission, informed the group that $1864.02 was to be returned to the city, as its share of state auto fees collected, which must be spent on B and C roads. The , revenue from this fund in 1947 ! was $1100. Mr. Davis offered to ( ask Mr. Fike of Cedar City, dis- , trict highway engineer, to con- 1 suit with city officials regarding . assistance of state road equipment, equip-ment, at absolute cost, in repairing repair-ing the Milford streets. A representative of the Knud- : sen Music Co. suggested that an i |