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Show Paragonah at the Front. The little town of Paragoonah is not going to A$t any of the other towns of the county surpass sur-pass it in the way of modern improvements. im-provements. It can now boast of having the most up-to-date, finished church building in the county, a modern school build-' ing, electric lights, and a water system well under headway. When the people of that town" once start the stone rolling they, never allow it to stop until it has reached a place of safety. Last June some of the most energetic citizuns of the town, 'fornied a company for the purpose of constructing con-structing a water system. Nearly Near-ly every citizen of the town was in favor of good drinking water and proper sanitation. It did not take long to get the thing under headway. The articles of incorporation in-corporation were signed, the stock subscribed and line surveyed. sur-veyed. With sufficient money on hand for the purchasing of pipe, the board of directors made one more necessary move by placing an order last week with the Crane Co. of Salt Lake City for about 30,090 feet of pipe. In' making its selection of pipe and conducting its business, the board of directors has been very precautious in its proceedings, having taken every suggestion possible offered by competent men, and also by securing the best pipe and best. scrviceathit can be hagHKKn -The linoW jJFcon5ilatot;auout, 7,000 feet of Matheson lock joint Dipped pipe and about 23,000 feet of merchants galvanized pipe. There will also be a large double cistern constructed near the. mouth of the canyon, for the purpose of holding the water during the night and to provide a means of "sufficient supply in case of fire and for other purposes. pur-poses. In the installation of the pipe line the board of directors are to be congratulated in having secured the services of Mr. H. E. Peterson of Cedar City, who has taken the contract for laying the pipe in the entire system. The directors have concluded that the best is the cheapest. The best pipe, the best services, the best fire hydrants, the best service boxes, the best cistern, etc., will be of great economic value. Other towns please take lessons. In the construction of a water system, Paragoonah has gained no little experience from failures made by other towns that have installed water : systems. |