| Show TOWN BOARD MEETS ON MANY URGENT MATTERS last friday ei benins elling the town board met with ith attorney F I 1 1 IS Minin ionI to consider eon sider immediate actton action in the pro ce linKS flings which it hopes will result in securing ns a water right decreed bythe by the court and that will enable the IA project to lie be completed and afi spent in Il before cold weather presents preen ts it unless purchase anse is arranged ransel ar tor for the water which the lioard board will III risk ag ree to ti buyat t a price considered fair there app appears the trustees lie lieve but ona one cours course e ax n d tt hat Is con proceedings utah statutes rive give municipalities the right to take Wiit eror r other primate property for puah sulilie use by paying a fair price therefore but in the case of water liali 14 14 fand and s sanit Is iriven and this invitees only the question ot of aultie lue it the necez necessity sIty exists apparently our law with decisions el ions 0 of higher courts empower n to condern water for use even when a franchise has been granted anted Kr na because the franchise may not lie to take away from the town the t so rr may at am time lime a majority malo rity of ft its decide provide municipal water and lusht anil and independently of of private plants if the ane aim of lai tallue lue for the ril lie be sp decided th these necessities esi ties if it ft owned its own omi 11 falter fitel ro 0 o one pre venit its alinz loin this without interruption and private monts within rea limits could then turn hii water unter and liblit only to its birnn fide owners nut but in all such ars arlis tile must i approve approve purchase chase st nir vinz their desire to have public utilities of this na ture fire iv bv a majority of the alie qualified quill fied voters vaters hence to the giar amount issue is do the people of 0 SI wint want il ietter better water and liblit systems Is tile the amount of 0 water furni furnished bed anil and the pressure in the llopes satisfactory are bailes acceptable for the set service vice ren rendered derei these tire the questions which the town lioard board believes elleves li tile the ma lorley will answer in the negative thus approving municipal ninni cipal ownership and operation of these utilities they belleve lielie vo time tillie for action has bas arrived till arty percent of the money borroni borrowed ed is ninde as a rant or sift gut and the remainder main fler it if tile the project la Is accepted may be paid for in thirty years no increase in taxes Is possible per assessors ses sors statement but service certificates are issued ta t the federal fei leral yov ern ernnie ment nt equivalent to t a mortgage morts mort fise guge or si lien on the dhe utilities at the special meeting rne etin held may ath the board it unwise to endanger themselves ind IT by offering ol Terin more than 3 00 for a maximum ot of 1 see sec ft of water but have renson to belleve lie lieve this purchase would ole ibe approved eil holl by the towns people and ity by the federal authorities Thel Thebon loard rd lias has offered to do all it may amny reason reasonably ally do to induce tle the federal engineers who vilio vi lio may supervise tile the work to iiii all the present system in place bind otherwise othe and t to pay a reasonable price for it in addition to the cost of 0 the wilier waiter but it lias has no authority to make e an agreement to purchase for fora n stated price tile the nine blue mountain Amin tain irrigation Irris atlon company has lieen been to officially agree ito sell for less lesi than oo whether or not ft a vote of its stockholders is required to sell is not lot known does want a heffter water system do tile the people want better aught anil and power service were it not for this P I 1 AV A money ly obtainable it if rights are secure the ton by any lionil bond issue could not even consider the cost but as it Is there is an all opportunity without IT resorting soi aln to this oils only other course tell is impracticable y |
