The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-24
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
Witcher Jones May Capture the
i Provo Water Works.
NEWS NOTES FROM KAYSyILLE
How Thrifty Logan is Prospecting, and In
5 dulging in All the Modern Luxuries
! of Life.

y The question of water works has been
Bgitating the minds of Provo's people and
Its municipal council for some time. Not
long since the council decided to bond the
city fer the purpose of raising means toput
in a system of water works, but now comes
LNitcher Jones, of your city, and proposes
20 do that work for u.s. He made pfopo-
fsition to the city council last week to put in
Ia complete system of water works on con
slitlon that the city would transfer to him
all their rights to the use of the waters of
cTimpanogos and grant him the use OF the
estreets for laying pipes, and so on, aud at
the end of twenty years the city to have
asthe option of purchasing the system at the
foriginal cost with interest at 6 per cent.
The council met in special session Tuesday
Iafternoon, and after thorough considera-
ton acted favorably upon the proposition,
with some notifications, and ordered the
city attorney to draft franchise. And so
thewater works is go.
GENERAL NOTES.
The teachers go to the lake today for a
frolic.
The street railway is going to the lake
sure. The road will be there in few days.
The district schools closed yesterday
with appropriate exercises. 1t was the
pupils day. and they acquitted them
selves with credit.
The work done in the schools this year is
better than ever before, and the people OF
Provo are TO be congratulated on the tone
ana quality of their schools.
Deputy Gleason, of Salt Lake. is visiting
the Gem city, and has become convinced
that Provo is the most attractive city In
the territory for one to make his home.
After some delays the electric light plant
has arrived What with the street rail
way, the electric light, the water works
and the building fever that is rampant
among us, Provo is riding on the high wave
of prosperity.
The Provo opera house band are enthusi
astic in their efforts TO furnish fine set OF
pieces for their engagement in Salt Lake
The band is gaining a good reputation fol-
discoursing first class music.
The bali given by the Mustache club a
Graves park was social and financial sue
cess. The night was lovely, and the girls
looked as sweet as the June buds, but the
Mustache boys should have secured larger
and better orchestra.
The merchants are becoming indignant
over the delay of their freight at Gran(
Junction. The d. s. Il. G. company seem.
to have been a little premature in theil
change of gauge, and find it somewhat
difficult to untangle the blockade the change
has occasioned.
The citizens of Provo have consented u
join with Salt Lake in their celebration OF
the Fourth of July. The prospects of {
most extraordinary time being on at tn
capital, together with the fact that mum
Der of Provo people expect to attend tn
carnival at Ogden, July 2, induced them t
suspend and take in the gaieties of GU
neighbor cities.
The Joint teachers convention of mex
month bids fair to be big thing. Tn
county superintendent of Juab county ha
Just notified the county superintendent
here that he will make this his official inst
tute. So there viii be four counties offic
ally present and teachers from many Others
Excursion rates over the Giant road fror
all points have been secured.
Provo, June 81.