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Show CLARKSTON COMING TO THE FRONT Matter of Installing a Modern Water System la But a Question of Time Over In Clarkston tho entorprlslng citizens assisted by tho city council-men council-men havo'tukon up the matter of ox-tending ox-tending their city water mains, enlarging en-larging tholr prosont water system, making it moro ofllclent, nnd providing provid-ing wator to thoso residents of tho town who heretoforo havo not had tho advantages of hydrant wator from tho sourco of tho present wator supply.. To do this work tho louncll has had to meet with all tho obstacles that como as a result of a public Improvement Im-provement In n small town whero a considerable amount of money Is In-, volvcd but theso obstacles havo been brushed asldo nnd within the next fow woeks nctual work will begin on tho systom, bids for tho construction construc-tion of tho wator works having already al-ready boon asked. Every clttzon seems to ho moved as ono spirit to obtain a bettor systom and with a determined effort on tho part of tho council, composed of Charles Shum-way, Shum-way, prosldont; John K. Gjjdfroy, Thomas II . Oodfroy, William Nlsh and John R. Burt, a number ono system will be tho result boforo tho closo of tho season. Tho services of, T. H. Ilumpherys, cnglncor, havo been procured In furnishing tho advice ad-vice to tha louncll as to what Is tho best In water works construction so thero Is llttlo doubt but tho 'work will bo done right. In tho construction of tho system Matheson Joint Plpo manufactured by tho National Tubo Company, will bo used, Clarkston can boast, therefore of Installing tho best posslblo plpo obtainable for this work. |