Show FRANCHISE IS RANTED GRANTED City Council Favors Installation o of f Waterworks s and Company r Will Wilt Act Ad Soon In all aU probability Ephraim will have havea i a full fledged waterworks system before before be- be 1 fore next winter wint The city council f i- i met in adjourned sessi session n Thursday if b- b f and granted the petition of BI Smith and George orge B. B Buckle for a franchise fra chise I t. t According to agreement this franchise r t must be accepted within thirty days I k and work on the ss system m must be begun bey begun be- be y gun within ninety days f r. r Owing Owing to the fact that the x lion tion prohibits the city from disposing of the springs it becomes necessary for Ephraim to lease the s system stem from rP the corporation so 80 that the undertaking tug ing virtually means a local enterprise T It means that the city retains ownership ownership ownership owner owner- ship and control of its water supply A.- A. and that it U retains the privilege of purchasing the sj system stem from the company company com- com 1 pany at an any time after ten years th the tha purchase price to be bo fixed by a board of arbitration I i. i Mr Smith and Mr Buckle spent Sf- Sf several days in Ephraim this thi week ana and on Thursday made a trip to th the e canyon to inspect the springs Th The prospects Indicate that when the system system I tem is installed it will supply water wate r sufficient for a city three times as large as Ephraim is at the present time and anti that that the quality of the water cannot be surpassed in this state The action of the constituents of f L' L the petitioners will wn be awaited with much interest by the citizens of Ephraim Ephy Ephraim Eph Eph- y raim for it is thought that the waterworks waterworks water water- works will be one oue of tho biggest boons that hat have ever come em to tho the town i i |