The Springdale news., 1919-05-02
WATER, SEWER AND LIGHT COMMISSIONERS

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 The commissioners appointed by the city council to have charge of the construction of municipal water and ght pants qualified latter part of last week and ganized by electng Dr. c. G. Dodson president and A. M Leitze secretary. The other member is j. F. Harris The next step will be the employment by the board Of engineer to make survey of the proposed Improvements and to prepare plans and estimates of the costs This estimate will then be submitted the city council which body will appoint three electors residing within the dis
 ict who will constitute board of assessment to assess the benefits be received by each lot parcel of rel estate hT reason of the proposed improvement.
 The News desires to congratulate and commend the members of he city council the character of men Ieced as commissioners DT. (. G DOdson is president of the First National Bank and has large holdings of real estate He "groWed up in Sprngdale, and has always taken active interest III every enterprise for the better ment of the town and surrounding country. Jim Harris has been resident of Sprngdae since the woods burned and is the senior member of of the prominent mercantile firms of the town. It is char aeJeristic of him that he always takes off his coat rolls up his sleeves and Wades in when there work to be done for Spingdae The other member and secretary of the board s A. M Leilzen local representative of the Frisco railroad He transferred to this point from Fort Smith number of years ago. one e the best homes n sPrngd2Ie, and E thoroughly lde ed With the lhef ests of the town.
 These gentlemen are all not only capable and quail fed for he duties for which they have been chosen but each possesses n marked degree the confidence of al who know them With such at the head of this orea undeFtakng every resident Of Sprin9dae feel n he knowledge that the interests o the payers will be safeeaarded and carefully looked after The News eals and We believe this feeling is general tbat will aef full value fer every dollar that spent and that when he improvements MI have been completed will have 7=as good water sever and light plants as the money available vii build and that they will be credit Co the to5xn
 Ia 6He prosecution ef the work undertaken bz the csnan 9Qers there VII be obstacles 0gerc0me-5here always are Qeh enterprises. But the petitions pre- seaNed the eJy council show -has ninety per cent o he property owners of he town these enterprises and h5 Tl n itself be wonderful incentive ta the com mssiGneEs 9 push on to success n spe oI any obstacle While he people d. any undue haste o the detf aea of ihe welfare oi the toHn sJWe believe is their desire Jat ths work be pushed forward rapidly as s consistent with good sound business judgement and this we believe the commissioners will do
 Messrs Dodson Letzell and Harris have an oppor- tunity that to but few men in q lie tune. ihe power has been placed in their hands to provide thelr home town with three public utilities that will survive long after their builders have passed away It Will be
 lasting monument. and The News trusts that they may build wisely and we'll.