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Show Important Business Discussed At City Council leeting The city council met in regular session April 20, at 7:30 p. m., where the following problems were discussed: discuss-ed: Mayor Newman reported a very successful clean-up campaign, and all junk hauled off at considerable lesa expense than last year. Representatives of the California Meter Co. met with the council, displaying dis-playing a sample of the Calmet Water Meter, the accuracy and efficiency of which were demonstrated to the council. coun-cil. Relative to the petition of G. E. Oscarson and other water users on Battle Creek to adjust conditions In the old water channel so as to elimi- stating that it had been agreed that the Soldiers committee would Install the sprinkling system, while the American Legion members would attend at-tend to the work in preparing the ground and seeding to grass. Relative to the Cemetery Plot Book which is in very bad condition, Chairman Chair-man Moore was empowered, to purchase pur-chase a new plot book, and to make inquiry as to the cost and time required re-quired in re-plotting the city cemetery. ceme-tery. It was urged by the mayor and Chairman Linebaugh of the License committee, that the licenses for 1929 be paid immediately. o nate excessive seapage and waste, a motion was made that the matter be turned over to the Irrigation Co. for settlement. An ammendment to the effect that the Waterworks committee work in conjunction with the Irrigation Irriga-tion Co. in an effort to effect a settlement settle-ment was also made. Harold Smith presented a list of names of persons who had posted their orders for coal with the Farm Bureau, as requested by Councilman Linebaugh. The request of L. M. Atwood and Niels Fugal of the Irrigation Board to be allowed to hold their Board meetings in the Council Chamber, was granted, providing that said meetings do not conflict with any meetings held by the city council. Chairman Lini of the Waterworks ' committee reported that the backfilling back-filling of trenches in .Locust avenue would be completed Monday, also that some of the 2 inch pipe was found to be defective, but had been re-placed by the company without extra cost to the city. By proper motion of the council, the Waterworks committee was given power to set the price to be charged for the 1 inch iron pipe which was taken out of service at Locust avenue, 100 feet of which was authorized turned over to the City Property for use at the cemetery. Chairman Bezzant of the Streets committee reported the sidewalk repair re-pair job in front of the Boren Market Mar-ket complete. The matter of purchasing pur-chasing traffic buttons to be placed at the head of Main street in place of the monument, was left with Chairman Chair-man Bezzant. Chairman Moore of City Property, read a communication from the Orem Town Board in which they stated that they wished to discontinue the service of the Pleasant Grove Fire Department. Mr. Moore also reported that he had met with the Soldiers committee, and the American Leg'.on relative to improvements to be made at the soldiers plot at the city cemetery, |