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Show FIVE TRU DIGGERS ARE PURCHASED BY J. P, Of IE J. P. O'Neill of the J. P. O'Neill Construction company returned yesterday yes-terday afternoon from a trip east for, the purpose of purchasing gasoline J trench diggers to be used in constructing con-structing the drains in the Corinne I Dralnago district of Boxelder county' He purchased five machines and will install them as soon as It is possible to begin work, which will be about March 15 or April 1, the time of (beginning (be-ginning operations depending on weather conditions. Mr. Ocelli coupled cou-pled pleasure with business, Tlslting brothers and sisters in Chicago whom he had not seen in more than thirty years. Recently the J. P. O'Neill Construction Construc-tion was awarded the contract for constructing the 230 miles of drain for the newly created drainage district dis-trict In Boxelder county and the district dis-trict was bonded for $175,000 for the Improvement To settle the question of the legality of the organization of the district, the issuance of bonds and the contract with the O'Neill company, com-pany, the matter was taken to the supreme court on a writ of prohibition. prohibi-tion. Tho supreme court has designated desig-nated that it will hold that the transactions trans-actions connected with tho proposition proposi-tion were regular and in accordance with law. The supreme court has not yet handed down a written decision, but it is said by the attorneys In tho case that there is no question but that it will be as indicated verbally. It 1b said that there are a number of bonding bond-ing firms who are desirous of purchasing pur-chasing the bonds and that it is a question of only formality and time before the bonds will be negotiated and the money for the drainage system sys-tem made available. The project will reclaim aibout 12,-000 12,-000 acres of land In the vicinity of Corinne, enhancing the value of the lands from about $150,000 to $500,000. Mr. O'Neill states that he thinks he can dig a mile of tho drain each day with thG machinery he will use, which means that it will take him 230 days to complete the job. He will employ about forty men. |