The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1906-01-05
TO THE CITIZENS
OF COALVILLE

election was held. pufsuautto the order .
Of the CITY Council. 10 determine
whether the City shon'd bona Tor the .
sum oi Slo,o0oO0 Tor the purpose of
carrying out 'Ur pr1pu.ci project F.
EIENty-uup vote. urr, rt.i. sixty two.
i" H..... ...i.. .H.U.... AND rm..
t.nH .s.n.f .HH .uU.us. Amam.tt
60. ..r votes .... ..... H favor uI .Ur
. bond, and fne arIucwput hy their
.strucr, of 'hr Residue of trr ,1trra, dee
tcrmincd thrVHos.ion The order was
"'"'' 'n' bonds cold at rar' and thv
''''''.' 'u'.'''I' "hs ready I'f nee 900
''' 81" ''F OF >'p'"m'rr The bonds
'""' ''' '''.'' 'I ''rhl' F'hI,, 01'
"'"l ''.''.'' "' ''l''"''' drawing iil'f-
%. '''' .".' '. 1--WE per cent per "I-
.' .. 100 I''i s'Ih..''hn'.''
30. P'''', Dr. now lh commission "l'N
'Ni'' 'N' '''|h' ln place. which
l''Ne- tue enterprise lan''N 10 my
~ 'a'"'hi 'h' second boiler should
n''' '''h 'n-l'''l ere the plant
wa P'' 20 "''E' lh' water ~ this
s','"" 0, 'n' country II 'ha'd and
m'N's 'hW 'act manifest on boilers
""'h W use 10 cool boiler down
suuuen'y ior cleaning ana WASHING puf-
: Io''s' results III INJURY Iho poles are
n"' u! u" tue very orst material to he
""u' ~ '"'E are '"'narisk um'er' and
anu umo'r that has been dead for
years. II they had been Jared, or
painted, little above and below the
-u'l'cr OF TIE em'h, that would have
added much to their durability.
The plant with lbs advantages or dis.
, advantages, ns thr ease may DO, IL with
4 us, aud there IL but one consistent WAY,
90 my opinion. to pursue, and that il
tor each Citizen 10 utilize it, energy to
3 his full requirement. The expense Of
% operating the plant, and the amount re-
, CURED for interest aud redemption ac.
b count, will be- about slOs 90 psr month.
. That Is $4,000 per toonth Tor engineer
aud assistant, 5000 per month for fuel.
I 81. go Per month Tor interest. sal 60 DER
T. month Tor redemption iuad, and $50. 90
per mouth Tor wear aud tear Of, apd
% mainlaing, machinery. was opposed
= TO the City under IL. conditions enter
n ing into the undertaking. Had It's non.
1 ulation been three times what /, is. and
y the City free from debt, should have
= felt quite different Ny idea vac 10
E encourage some private company or
n corporation, 20 establish an electric
, light plant, and the city give is atten-
tion to water system. But the plant
d IL here, and there Is but one conservative
: course 20 follow, each irsrholier should
b make usc Of the light at hls earliest OPP
v portunlty, by So doingayoid the expense
for light acquired by other methods.
p The wireiug" Of houses will be attend.
n ed with more or lees expense, and in
. some instances some persons may not b,
I prepared to meet such expenses. In
= such cases consideration should be
, manifest with view that persous 30
situated will pat their premises 10 com
b mission At the earliest opportunity.
D The $40 10000 which the people pro..
2 vlied, IL exhausted, aud the members
70 comprising the former council have
created an additional expense in the
: sum OF $2,237.s9. II actual expendi.
lures were to be kept within the
100000 what about the plus ?
The city council derives Its powers
from Legislative enactment. and
lie duties are circumsarbed by law.
Hence, 20 long us it keeps within the
powers conferred, their Official acts lind
their constituents. But should the
| council go beyond the powers conferred,
their acu, under such circumstances,
tend ioa different proposition. Cities,
( Counties qni even the State are bound
, TO adhe'e 10 the provisions of the state
Consultation. That document provides
among other things that, "No debt in
, excess OF the taxes for the current year,
shall be created by any county or sub
division thereof or by any school dist
: rlct therein, or by any city" This fixes