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Show A HOME PAPER 1 Printed for Home Folk By Home People la A HOME PLANT I 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 mmimtmtnmtm II K 25 26 27 28 29, A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE OF LOCAL AFFAIRS DEPENDABLE Thirty -j- Vol-Sumber There ELLEN CAIN n. the Fourth of July, wo do Fife -- to tht music of the Provo Dnm Corpo that uaod to us at dawn those old performed thia humble who ato ifay or Anderson Reviews Steps Taken to Secure Plant; Says Peoples Mandate is Being Carried Out teaching Americanlam tunea their lively old-tiof aome-to- r, The John Nuveen company of Chicago has purapt have accompliahed e Independ-ethe significance Revenue bonds at par and has chased Provo In Dey marched right cash to the credit of the City the transferred $850,000 wln-ftoeach the open door and and the in Ulen Construction company ai a ae play-bank, the Chicago ot every home, rode up one afreet and down of Lebanon, Ind., has signed the contract and posted a nether. Perhapa they all have $7a0.l)00 Surety bond guaranteeing construction of the We re-toe f111 by death and the Provo City com- that no group now carrlea on Municipal power plant here, mission haa Issued an order to and on to the present, which dutiee. Mr patriotic Ulen Construction company ask- give conclusive evidence against them to proceed Immediately the operation of private electric ing for I atood it the Carnival, with the work of building Pro- utilities, and every fact and every pit, iome time watching the vos own plant. Such la the pres- Item of Information Is on record, Hie tote ride In the tiny auto-oU- it ent status of the Municipal power open for investigation or study Their little facea were In this city, according to by any person. with joy. Of course, that project Our next step wu taken In Mayor Mark Anderaon. children all ni aothlng unuaual, 1935 when I became a candidate The the Plant mayor expects hn acted exactly aa tnoee little to he completed and ready to for mayor that falL The Power ftiirea did I observed and was the major issue. 1 with the parenta. Thoae generate the citys own power question within from months the le eight oltra euppoeedly aelflah continuedu'r beparenta of today. And time that actual construction gins, which would give the city the gathering of reports from it me can judge from the exprea-l- a regarding their their happy facea, surely its own power .system almost in municipal plants financial conditime to take over from the Utah operations and they nut be juat ah loving, loytions. Power and when company Light al ted true as any parenta of In April of 1936, as mayor I their . franchise expiree on Jan. nr period of hlatory. Invited the city engineer, Elmer 21, 1940. Steps taken leading up to the A. Jacob, and the city attorney, I am atlll wondering how In 30 when I. E. Brockbank, to take a trip laariea there could be a place dramatic finale of June with me to see for ourselves the ordinances the supplemental -- me la jest for the Nasi municipal plants In Kansas, Valwere Utah in the published la the same Independence Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Day parade with the American ley News authorising the sale of and Colorado, and after seeing of and and transfer bonds, funds, fill many others are wonder-j- f thus carrying out the mandate of five plants Mr. Brocxoana was tea the people as expressed In the convinced, but we went on to see on October 13, 1936 are many more, and came home election Tib Fourth we saw no little convinced that a muniAnderliddlee their little here reviewed by Mayor dragging electric system would be cipal this of the dtlsens son, giving latriean flags In the walk we the greatest asset which our comban knew that mothers would community a correct account of munity could possess. we day teach their children what haa been done to bring Accordingly we took definite and about this citys ei pt Irre-aniib- ln-4g- much-discuss- respect for their flag. -- Ye ulute project. you mothers. Who tovc bet in American homes Mayor Andersons ' the assurance of our demo- Review of Power Efforts ns!. We first became Interested In p Power Question in 1932 the Tee, we noticed that the Flag when City Engineer Elmer A. Wetlll there when we left the Jacob Invited me In to discuss Hdlm long utter dark, and problems relating to Provos welu the glorloua Fourth. And we fare, Including the discussion of 1 feeling of having lost some-- the feasibility of acquiring our we own electric utility. Try, very precious hd not even heard the Provo Development The Star frilled Banner, was organised, of Association fry Condie acting, "Thos. which I later was named chairtook us back to that man. This group decided to ineimag time of 1776 when he vestigate the operation of variun u a part of Jefferson'a ous municipal plants In cities frwh. And Allen D. Johnson within the population range of freiht Independence Day to a Provo. friag dose In his "Our first surprise was that short, but frrki the addreea. average rates being charged patriotic by these plants was 40 per cent less than Provo's rates charged hy Utah Power and Light comndals Work pany at that time. We Investitoll Geraniums gated 39 cities owning tneir own plants, and were more surprised when we found that they were frafcla who took delight in earning an annual average prothe geraniums and for themselves of 178,000 each them Into a pile on the fit In aplte of their 40 per cent kJ. ha tabernacle grounds lower rates. E ueBlht. fier p. m. We found too that the charges lose faith In humanity declares H. R. Boawell, of the private utility companies as to wh found the taber- - against Municipal plants,InefficiJT and rates general high Mounds denuded of these ency were largely fictitious. We Tjw blooms the next morning never found a single plant In the Fourth. of cities Provos slse where InweU 11 p- efficiency existed. We have yet for he made a personal to find one, and challenge the It that hour. To find to point one out anyPulled and broken Opposition In the country. where destroyed, made him won-Later In the flection of 1933 was hla enemy, ,v lmne on the promise emeny of the Church, or I ran for mayor of Investigating the Power situathouhtles' ,er1UM tion and that I would act on the any event, the obtainable. I was tenon, responsible are Information The Opposition promdefeated. of society, and lack the ised to do the very same thing dtSSd"1 f CW,,,d people that we had promised. Their Investigation which followed resulted only In the hearof Utah Power and Light eviing the fourth la over Oads-b- y HdT dence, their President, Mr. of the to it. In testify. fb being called on Provos From then on we began the col1'?m,n horixoB lt,h ConntF FaIr- - lection of records an data as frfl ! hto! r nd Clt3r offldala evidence on the Power situation. thelr etforta In a kott "Voluminous rerords are now f2 vT way- - Utah eoun-if- c on file, open to the dtlrens of ud can be this accumulated frit fouW community, n the atate. over the years from 1933 to 1938 proper long-delay- Jef-bne- n" at n m-t- u Citrecii steps to secure these advantages, so on Oct. 13, 1936 two ordinances, one providing for Issue of $850,000 revenue bonds, and the other for the construction of a complete municipal electric system for Provo, were submitted to the vote of the people. After a hard-fougcampaign, In which it was evident that plenty of money was being used from some unknown sources to defeat these ordinances, the people of Provo approved them, and the city commission was given the mandate to proceed with the erection of s municipal electric system. From that time to the present the Opposition has resorted to every known means to delay, and thus possibly defeat, the building of a municipal plant here. Our FINAL ACTION consisted of bringing our bond ordinance and construction contract in line with the Utah Supreme With this done court decision. ht By Mayor, Recorder, Auditor Statements Made by Head of Citizens Committee Declared False and Misleading by City Officials. With $30,000 In Qsnsral Obligation bonds coming dus la 1940, Provo city took advantage of the offer of the Gordon Snow company la Balt Lake City offering to refund this amount at 3 Vi per cent' after July 1, 1940. The ordinance was passed Thursday by the City Commission authorising the refunding. 'Mr. Snow who met with the City commissioners Thursday assured them that he had great faith In Provo, especially .now that the City had practically secured Its own Municipal Power plant. He had personally purchased $600, 00d of Logan city bonds, and assured Mayor Mark Anderson that Provo stood In a favorable light as compared to Logan whose credit has been unquestioned since the establishment of Its own Power piant. ,Tlie refunding Issue was held by the Guarantee Trust company of New York. .The bonds are aa follows: $10.P00 4 per .cent due May 1, 1940 on the city hall: $9,000, 5 per cent, due May 1, 1940 on city waterworks of 1923; $11,000, 4ft per cent due July 1, 1940 on reservoir of 1930. Under the refunding ordinance, the bonds will mature July 1, 1952, 1953, and 1954, at $10,- 000 each year, Interest being 414 per cent until July 1, 1940 and sale and delivery of the Revenue bonds. The mayor and City commission are absolutely In the clear, and have acted entirely within their legal rights, and according to usual prartlce, and the petition asking for a referendum Is nothing more than another attempt at delay hy Mr. Coleman,' said Attorney Brockbank. The other statements were handed to this paper with their signatures attached, and are here printed as given: Mayor's Refutation: done recently was really unneces-arChairman Coleman as full authority already pretends existed for every act taken In the to be "startled" at the plan for disbursing the proceeds of the cent of our electric revenue thereafter at 214 the bonds were delivered to the sale John Nuveen company of Chi- bonds. No one knows better than cago, and Provo city received Attorney Coleman that this checks totalling the face value ot Is identical with that procedure Interest the bonds, plus accrued Provo used City for many by from the date of the bonds to the years In disbursing all city funds. date of delivery. Only the City Auditor and the We consider it an exceptionTreasurer are anthoriied to City members ally good deal for Provo city, sign the Citys cheeks. We asWorkers Alliance d considering that Revenue bonds sumed that this fund should he are asked to Join the mass are much harder to sell than as other funds ing to be held In the City and exactly General Obligation bonds. are handled. Chairman Coleman County building grounds for the The Around has been pur- should suggest a better method of j purpose of dlacuasing the new chased for the plant site, and disbursing funds thsn the one Relief bill for WPA workers In followed Ijy Provo City for so which longer hours are proposed. every thing has been done to conform with the Supreme Court de- many years and cease making so Open discussion will follow. The committee In charge, cisions, and we expect Ulen commany blatherskite statements. Chairman Coleman Is trying Arthur Molyneaux, Chris. Johnpanys engineers here very soon son. and Mrs. Stella Jorgensen, to actually commence the work desperately to paint a on Provo's Municipal electric sys- that is wholly false. There is no announce that all labor members tem. originality in his methods. His are welcome, as the new relief When this system Is built rampnlgn Is the campaign of the bill affects every labor union In and in operation It will be Its Electric Rond and Share every- the country. to all criticisms where. We call It the strategy of own answer which have been laid against It. the Four D's Delay. Divert, DisMark Anderson, credit. Defeat. (Continued on Paco Fbo) Mayor. Mayor Anderson was backed by City Recorder, I. G. Bench, and by City Auditor, Airs. Mary F. Smith, in refuting Mr. Coleman's statements. Ills presentation of a petition asking for a referendum is the old method of seeking court action against the city to delay construction according to City Attorney I. E. Brockbank, who, though he did not make a signed statement, was indignant at Mr. Coleman's tactics, and declared that mnrh of what the City commission bad y, Provo City Records Show Efforts Made to Be Fair To Private Utility ; Offers Ignored or Refused. that Provos Municipal Power plant is assured, no cry of "unfair can be raised against Provo city in its dealings with., the interests of the Utah Power and Light Companys property, declared Mayor Mark Anderson today, as definite word came to the City commission of the success of their efforts for erection of the plant. "Provo citys efforts to compromise with the Utah Now Power and avoid duplication of minimise end the property Company'! losses stand out dear and the record la complete", declared the mayor. "Following an Investigation, I wrote to President Gadsby of the Utah Power and Light company, on May 11, 19$$, ae follows: May 11, 19S6. Mr. Geo. M. Gadsby, President Utah Power and Light Company Salt Lake City, Utah Dear Sir: As yon are probably aware, Provo City la arranging to acquire or build a city owned power and light system In the near future. We will appreciate an offer Pr ex-ci- ty W. A. To Meet Tonight meet-handle- e Utah Supreme Court Denies Writ of Prohibition to Power Co. -. Latest Attempt to Delay Construction of Municipal Power Plant Balked by Supreme Court Decision Irovo City Commissioners and city officials generally wer? jubilant Thursday morning following the unnouneenient of the decision of the Utah Supreme court denying the writ of prohibition sought hy the Power company hackers. The appeal to the Supreme court was maJe following the serving of a petition for referendum hy Jacob Coleman upon City Clerk I. (5. Bench. v City Attorney I. E. Brockbank furnishes the people of Provo with the following information on this latest move to delsy construction of Provo's municipal power plant: On August 5. 1938. supplemenby tal ordinances wore passed fl Coleman's Charges Against Provo Refunds Compromise Proposals Bonds $30,000 City Commission Refuted Rojoctod By Utah Conor w yfj J FRIDAY, JULY 7. 1939 INDEPENDENT UTAH Thai Jacob Coleman, head of the Citizens' Committee is acting solely for the Utah Power & Light company and against the interests of Provo city, and using every method known to the Electric Bond and Share company as have been used by their attorneys tevwtiatToSJ ju Municipal ownership has ut issue in oilier cities, was urged this week by Mayor Mark Amlernon. re-jd- be PJtOVO, . nds BY rill AT Provo Imiidroal Power Plait Assured: fomds Here and HASY PUBLISHED Provo city commission changing the maturity dates of the Rove- nue bonds and making them callto also able, and attempting change the period of payment from 15 to 20 yeurs. The Power company filed application for petitions for refi r end inn . city Recorder Bench re- - Utah Stake Will Be Host At Rosalawn ' from your company as to what you will aell the power com- panys local distribution system for, and the lowest wholesale price per K. W. II. for energy to be furnished to Provo City by your company. RespectfnUy yours, (Signed) MARK ANDERSON Mayor. This letter waa ignored by the Power company and never answered, the mayor points out. Again on June 8, 1988, Mayor Anderson wrote President Gadsby, following authorisation from the City commission. Itewolutlon No. 145. (Oontiaasd Pan n) Highway 91 North oi Provo To Be Straightened Highway 91 is due for a revamping during the coming fincal your, with the Orem section leading directly out of Provo just north of tho river, aa one of the main hoeliona to receive attention, a distance of 1.3 mileg to he straightened and at a coBt of $ljOf(MK), according to an announcement this week by' IV, I). Hammond, chairman of tho commission. re-rout- The road at the Point of the I Other major revlalon projects Mountain also Is slated to re- on U. K 91 Include: Straightenceive attention, a distance of ing of the road south of Bpanish 4.09 miles to be realigned at a Fork. A mile of work costing cost of $175,000 Including a $120,000, will be done at a point possible removing of the railroad north of the bridge and near the tracks so that a heavy cut may Del Monte Packing plant,. be made at the Point" and a Elimination of three miles of long deep fill be made across winding road between Hot the flat. Springs and Brigham City at a The Orem section near Provo coat of $60,000. has long been agitated by Orem At the present time the State and Provo organisations, and the Road Commission has a project decision to accomplish this work 40 per cent completed in Wildcomes In response to urgent re- cat Canyon, north of Beaver peated appeals from local Cham- where 0.7 miles of realignment bers of Commerce and other to being undertaken at a cost of bodies. $142,000. 1 Beautiful Rosalawn, near the Lincoln high school In Orem, will be the setting for the third fused to grant this petition on the of a series of dances sponsored ground that the matters referred by the four stakes, Utah, Provo, to were administrative, not leg- Bharon and Timpanogos, Tuesislative, with Utah stake as night, day The Power company then se- host for the hundreds of guests cured n mandamus proceedings to , wj,0 are weeby finding these force Mr. Bench to go ahead with goci events outstanding attrao-th-e petition copies. The Court tions of the summer season, held that two of the changes! Ti,e theme at Rosalawn June were administrative, but that thej wlll be the World's Fair matter of changing the payment Gsywsy". and elaborate p re par- period from 15 to 20 yearn was atlnna are being made for staging legislative. the most unique event of the Immediately afterwards, on series, declares Mrs. Leland May 10, the amended ordinances Perry, publicity director for the were entirely repealed by the four stakes. Reduced City commission. prices for season Now the Power company has tickets are yet available, or atetemptod to gut s writ of pro- single admission tickets may be hibition which would have meant had. states Bill Flrmage of the City had no right to repeal Provo stake, who has charge of the ordinances. The Court's re- the finances for the series. He fusal to grant this writ means welcomes all young people of M that Provo City's action is Bl Men and Gleaner ages of all four stakes to Join the crowds. right. n Do You Get The UTAH VALLEY NEWS If yon are not receiving n copy of this paper till In yonr name and address below. You cannot afford to be without the paper which has "told the truth" about the Power Question" from the start. It to "The Peoples Paper Home Owned, Published in a Home Plant, hy Home People. Every dollar Invested to owned by people living in thto community. SUPPORT YOUR OWN PAPER Send In your name today and call later with your remittance. Name., Audrj.sh., 1444444444444H4'Vilfv J |
