| Show mm V r L HS m TE ru PROGRESS at the special election held hold in thi this city last saturday to whether the city council should be authorized to lease the municipal light and power plant and to decide on the issuance of in bonds bond to purchase additional water shares for the tho city the leasing question lost by ily a vote voto of to 57 and the bonds carried by a vote of 83 to 93 only registered taxpayers were sup posed to vote and sonio of these had trouble in getting their votes allowed especially in the case of women who paid taxes in one name and registered under another name foi instance where a woman would pay taxes as mrs john doe and was registered as mrs mary doe she was compelled to get a letter from the county clerk to the effect that mrs john doe was mary ilary doe the vote by districts was as follow follows FOR LEASING LIGHT PLANT yes no district 1 20 42 district 2 25 37 district 3 12 40 total 57 FOR ISSUING BONDS yes no district 1 30 31 district 2 33 30 district 3 30 22 total 93 83 |
