| Show y r Franchise Granted For Waterworks rIs f The Ephraim Waterworks company is losing no time in perfecting the de details details de tails of its work and it is nn now new practically practically practically certain that th the plant plan will bo be installed and in operation be before re next winter Application was vas made t to the city council last Monda Monday ni night t for a franchise and it was granted aft after r brief consideration It cannot bo e said however that the aldermen have b sen en swept of off their feet through their elation over the tho prospects of so se curing these needed much public utilities On the contrary they are arc proceeding g as carefully as Jf if they hey were dealing with a a. foreign company Every phase of the prop proposition is being thoroughly discussed so 80 that the city will be protected in the fu fu- ture This will doubtless i become oven even more apparent during the t e consideration consideration consideration con con- of the terms of tile tie lease leas upon which the franchise will depend There is is however but little doubt tl that at everything can be bo arranged and andin in the meantime the Ole c com company ni pany is pr preparing parin to begin work f on the system as soon as possible t t The fhe following officers 1 have haye been i iel el elected bj by tho the company W. W G. G Bar Barton ar arton r. r ton ton president David N. N Beal cal v vice vice- e- e president P. P C. C Anderson f P. P D. D Jensen treasurer These with Ephraim Peterson Joseph E. E E Anderson Ander Ander- son and Henry Beal constitute the board of directors The now new prohibition ordinance was adopted unanimously two councilmen council council council- men Being absent The council was notified notified that George Taj Taylor Talor lor had taken the water from Birch creek It is probable that the city will wilt institute a civil iTil action against Mr Taylor and in the tho meantime meantime mean mean- time the cit city water master was instructed in instructed instructed in- in to turn the water back into its channel A representative of ot some of the citizens living on East Center street protested against the construction of cement sidewalks in that thal portion of the tho city The council informed him that tha jurisdiction had 1 been een dul duly acquired acquired ac- ac 1 and that the tho the proto proLe i J hL hJ i c u t gugo go |
