The courier-index., 1918-08-09
City Will Operate
 WaterwOrks Plant

The waterworks system of Maranna will be entirely separated from h the psn of the m M d s g s "d of the council doubt to the advsabi of cutting loose o s 'GR sp ~p Saturday, efficiency of the light and plant was directly response thousand by fire of three business houses here At the council meeting Tuesday night the pre- vang opinion that the head officers of the company little better than bunch of crooks They have lied to many pledges that they deserve to be brand ed for what they aggregation o cheap commercial buch service @ % that would not be tolerated by
 The light and water service during the past few joke The lights when wink like Coney Island mash % s s w M snd ns coragement the plant end As evidence o the irregu counting the street lighting bills in amounts $50 sOo each month Unfortunately the private consumer nas to put price There are substitutes other of supply
 Merchants forced to keep on hand wall lamps and depending upon candle lights Saturday night caused the big fire and having started % the m yo h flames ,,u rh r,nonv member of the city council chairman of the water and light committee and practical has made thorough inves gn0a n a be ne of the council Tuesday night he his judgment little better than pile of junk The load One dnky smokestac furnish the draft for all the It and does not ua forty pounds be carried The whole plant IS
 sD M sn Sis' s the city be repaired and put commission Boiler have been here looked the c property ana staea with the expenditure of approximately 5OO the waer pan could he nut in The council authorized the water and light committee the repairs made and to opera,e the water plant independent of the light and power plant
 will probably thirty days for making these repairs a
 which ii is the water service will be m good snape
 Apparently nothing be done now 10 iorce all ment in the light service The councii "ouu M mediaely revoke the franchise of the Arkansas ilen. Power Company if that would bring the desre9 resuils Rut he city authorities cannot where that would matters If any company wants franchise to Dua M and operate light and power plant here II IS eScf'' M council would cheerfully grant the franchise
 The council has made a request of all water consumers that hev he saving with cy water supply for the Presen
 Faulty connections should be repaired ana ny0rans bond not he left running It is also urged that all nav their water promptly at the Bank oi economy is used drawing the city water supPls @ tbe hills are promptly paid the revenues VIII exceed e
 ;no exnenes city plans to extend the water M Sections of the city This will be done by creating new
 district embracing all the territory n tne ciy
 eu, bond issue will authorized the old bonds amonIs n s1 00 will be refunded and the surplus proceeds rom e tond sale will be used to extend the servlce
 The council authorized the purchase oi one huluse
 ;ona meters and these will be placed where neeucu.
 s issued to those who waste water mat me ,ciso0 ;l he discontinued the patrons do not stop the
 If ;s hel;eyed the action taken by the couhc ueSuay
 .t ;u coon result in "a satisfactory improvement n ne % ns' ;ce Tn the meantime local parties are communica % ,;th nromoers light and power plants With iew them in the erection of another hght ana power NEXT LOAN WILL scalp now. " s ~ . ~ = -.m "-N' we'll them rag