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Show Accomplishments of Present City Officials For The Year Based on the reports to my office from the various committees, in the City Council. It is indeed a pleasure to once again wish the good people of Fleas-ant Fleas-ant Grove a Merry Christmas, iu be-Iialf be-Iialf of the council and myself. The council has worked hard this year, attempting at all times to serve the people of this city. The year's work has been completed in a very successful success-ful manner. The people of Pleasant Grove have been ever mindful of their duty as citizens, by giving their best sup-iport sup-iport to the city officers. There has been a splendid spirit of cooperation between the law enforcement officers and the people. This idea is substantiated sub-stantiated by the fact, that only twenty twen-ty arrests have been made in a year's time. In addition to these arrests Marshal A. R. Winters has impounded impound-ed thirty sftc animals and served sum- mons on twenty delinquent irrigation during the year, by the state chemist In every test made, the water proved to be of good quality. It has been the policy, of the present pres-ent administration, to install new meters as rapidly as money could be set aside for that purpose. There are at present 138 water meters in use in Pleasant Grove. The additions to and the replacements in our cull-nary cull-nary system, made in 1929 are as follows: 768 feet of eight inch pipe, 1465 feet of six inch pipe, 2150 feet of two inch pipe. Further this department de-partment has installed four new fire hydrants of the best quality, thus making it possible to receive city rates, for fire insurance. The total cost for materials and labor for the abo v e mentioned improvements amounted to $4,065.30. CEMETERY COMMITTEE The plan to extend the two inch pipe fence around the City Cemetery had been followed and five hundred i feet of fence has been erected along taxpayers. I Justice C. B. Harper has tried seventeen criminal cases in 1929 and two civil suits. Twenty settlements1 have been made out of court, from1 which Judge Harper has collected J250.0O. One hundred dollars have, been collected in fines. . FINANCE COMMITTEE Under the direction of Chairman Linebaugh of the Finance committee, a total of $1552.75 has been collected for licenses. The number of licenses issued in 1929 is forty-four. Dr. Linebaugh has spent much time, attempting at-tempting to protect our local merchants, merch-ants, from unlicensed salesmen. The finances of the city are in a the south side. It was deemed wise to commence a movement that would improve the appearance of the city of the dead wrthin our community and after much investigation and due consideration an ordinance was drafted and passed which provided for the perpetual ' care of lots and authorized two clean ups per year (one in the spring and one in the fall). A set of rules and regulations for the care of the cenie-' cenie-' tery were drawn up and adopted. Eleven individuals have applied for perpetual care and over $950.00 have been collected and placed out at in-' in-' terest as the' Perpetual Cemetery Fund. The remainder of the amounts sound condition. According to the financial report of November 30, the treasury showed a cash balance of $8 112 79. IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT 1 Due to the fact that many of the irrigation water users have incorporated incorp-orated their stock this current year, a number of new problems have presented pre-sented themselves for solution. The city has hired the Pleasant Grove Irrigation company to distribute water wat-er and maintain the ditches for those users who have not as yet, joined the rni.nnw.tinn. The Irrigation corn- is being paid in monthly installments The cemetery received its cleaning . twice this year which has caused 1 much favorable comment. In attempting to carry out the proposed plan, it was discovered that the records were lacking the necessary neces-sary plans for successful operation. Accordingly a complete plan of the cemetery was drawn which shows every lot sold and the name of the owner; and the remainder of the cemetery was platted showing the lots that may be sold. Blue prints mittee, with Joseph A. Dickerson as chairman has been busy collecting back receivable taxes. Of the amount collected, a sum of $1169.00 or sixty per cent of the total, has been turned over to the Irrigation company. , STREETS DEPARTMENT j The matter of maintaining good ( roads in a municipality, in ' modern times has come to he a serious prob- lem. The traffic each year seems to t increase more rapidly, than does the; tax levied for that purpose. In lieu, of the amount of money available for road purposes, the writer feels that the streets department has made much progress in 1929. The city has realized considerable aid this year from the county. The county has graded and graveled several city of the plat were made and the original origi-nal plat placed in the city safe. A new plat record book, a plat book for each burial on each lot, and a card account system has been adopted and purchased. The north driveway has been straightened, graded and graveled. Other driveways were also graveled. A culvert was placed in the irrigation ditch at the north entrance and the driveway at the entrance much improved. im-proved. Plans are under way to move the tool house off of the path and open one of the lots on which it stands for sale. A portion of the Swen 0. Anderson An-derson lot has been purchased in order to open another walk gate on the south side of the cemetery. With the assistance of. Ex-ser- blocks, with but little expense to the city. The city officers very keenly appreciate the work done by the county commissioners. We look forward for-ward to the time when even greater cooperation can be had between the city of Pleasant Grove and Utah county in road construction and ; tnaintainence. During 1929 the city has installed eight fifteen inch iron culverts, or 280 lineal feet, three cement culverts, and one new wood culvert. In addition addi-tion to the above, a number of wooden wood-en culverts have been repaired, the sidewalks on State street were rebuilt re-built and repaired. Nearly all of the important streets were graded early last spTing, with the new grader purchased pur-chased at a cost of $762.50. A total f 350 loads of gravel were hauled n the streets, for construction and fepair work. Waterworks dept. Pleasant Grove can be justly proud ot it's extra good culinary water. The culinary water comes from five different diff-erent springs, located at the base of "t. Timpanogos. The water is col-'ected col-'ected in air tight cement boxes. The f'Pe lines lead from the collecting toxes, to a six inch main line, which conveys the water through Battle Creek canyon, to a "large measuring- at the mouth of the canyon. Our Unary water is never exposed to an5" contamination, from the time it leaves the springs on the mountain, UatIl It is drawn from the taps in different homes in the city. Seve-ral Seve-ral tests of the water have been made shrubs should be planted around the building. THE CITY HALL The trees at the City Hall property have been trimmed and some of the extra trees removed. Pasturage of the place has been discontinued and preparations carried forward toward the establishment of suitable playgrounds play-grounds for the children with swings, horizontal bars, parrallel bars, teeters, tee-ters, wades, and other playground equipment which may be provided. A place where our children may play in a central place and be off from the highway which is so dangerous. It isrlanned that the main room of the City Hall be papered next year. PIONEER PARK According to the decision of the council, that Pioneer Grove should be made into a park and be the beau- , ty spot of Pleasant Grove, the committee com-mittee began early in the year to have the trees that had grown too tall and leaned over topped back and the surplus trees removed. i The Chamber of Commerce secur-, ed the Brown property cleared it and presented it to the city to be used to enlarge the City Park which had been secured from the L. D. S. church. ,fter the Strawberry Day celebration celebra-tion the park was plow.nl. harrowed. rlNked, watered, leveled, and worse': au-.'n and again to kill the weeds nnd pulverize the soil. The Band Stand was sold and removed. Parking plans were drawn by W. F. Parrish of the Porter Walton Co. and accepted by the city council. Plans for the sprinkling system were determined and cast iron mains were laid with proper openings that a hose may be attatched and watered with large spray sprinklers as the golf links are watered. Blind tees were laid in the lines that complete sprinkling systems may be installed when the expenses can be met. The park was laid off, staked, the paths were graded and covered with a good coat of gravel, and everything has been done which could be preparatory pre-paratory for early planting of grass, shrubs and flowers in the spring. Plans are now under way for a beautiful and convenient band stand with public toilets underneath. Due recognition and apprec:ation should be given to the Chamber of Commerce for their assistance and cooperation in carrying forward some of these undertakings. FIRE DEPARTMENT Our volunteer fire department Itsss rendered splendid Frv all lt:r.; the year. Ten fire calls have Leo ans.ve.-ed t litis far tVs year. $7.f'0 VT v:::-:'n r-r a'l indiv-'dnatH of our (-,--m:riy has h'en envoi v-d in the r" w'lh a 1.-:- of r-nv ?! ver r-t-i''! Tl-.e-'r efforts and cffnrv fh'.-'- ! ' ! c.-.mn-ended. j FRANK B. NE""' v i Mavnr vice men and the Memorial committee the four sections of the Memorial plat was planted, to grass and a sprinkling sprink-ling system was installed. Several other plats of beautification were encouraged. en-couraged. All work within the cemetery was placed in charge of the Sexton. It is hoped that the extending of the pipe fence will be continued, that the regulations and plans for the beautification of the cemetery will go forward, that the Soldiers plat will be beautified as a place to hold Memorial Mem-orial Day services, that the paths will be sodded as fast as possible, and the beautification of the cemetery urged by all. LIBRARY In accordance with the attitude of the committee to improve all city property as fast as possible without mZasfng the taxes, the .library Building has had some improvements thi3 year. The foundation of the buflcling has been plastered, the roof repaired, the extra chimn eys removed, re-moved, the woodwork painted, and the walls colored with wash-stucco. The old delapidated fence has been removed and the lot cleaned. It is intended that the floor of the Library will be renewed with new maple flooring the coming year and in the years which follow that an vi,illff entrance will be erec ed ove I ,he door, that a ball diamond will be I maintained for the smaller boys an ! Hrls A volley ball court should not be forgotten and more grass and |