The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-01-05
BOND ELECTION TO
BE CALLED SHORTLY
WATER AND LIGHT COMMISSION
AND COUNCIL TO WORK
OUT DETAILS
Big open WELL CRITICISED
PLANS PRACTiCABlLITY SHOULD
BE GUARANTEED BEFORE
EXPENDITURES is MADE

At the regular meeting of the city
council of Sauk Ce4ltle "Wednesday
evening the question of calling a
speclal election for the voting or bonds
TO re buiid and extend the water works
system was discussed at considerable
length. A number of joint meet ngs
have been held with the Water, Lignt
and Power commission to endeavor to
work out a plan upon when an elee-
ton call could be based.
At last evening meeting resolu-
ton was Presented by the water md
Light con4mission anu read. THIS res
Niulion srated The necessary of mpr.y-
ing and extending the water works
system and asked InaG the council Gail
a SPECIAL eleclon TO provide funds for
thus purpose. Inc a..lolnt asked Tor
was one hundred Thousand doilars,
the amount necessary to make the
water improvements. another r.so-
iatlen from the Light and Power cola-
mission asked the council to provide
funas IN the sum of ten thousand dol
las Tor the purpose OF extending and
improving the street lighting System
. OF the ely of Sank ContEe. IL Will
be recalled that at the hast mass met
ing of the citizens it was Unanimously
svot~d to call an e4ectlon ASKING for a
bond issue IN the sum of cne2h.ndfed
and ten thousand dollars for the pIr-
noses indicated above,
/ The city counclf realizes the neces-
sity of calling tins eIecclcn at The
earnest possi1ie date. Ihey also re-
alze that they must move careful y
IN order that all tne teclnicaiir-es IL
"a boad elect-on shalt be taken care OF.
There has. Eeen soA.e discussion by
the council and the commission as to
the psan saaplsd q be psf.n that
Seems most feasible to tnem, the
Herald Understands, Is the "15-3o"
idea which mans that the.hoId issues
would run for period OF thirty years,
but Tor the first 15 years the lnteAe-t
only would be paid and the envtre
principal be taken care CT ID tn laJr
Is years of the life OF the. bond. II is
felt that the greater portion OF the
bends now outstanding would be pad
up in the first Is years AID it would
benefit the tax payers materially IL
the "15-30" plan is followed.
City Attorney he.ls was o-deIed to
draft suItap.e le5oluEons calling for
an election on the '.l5-o0 pin, or
@fter conferrIng with the L4gAt ana
Power commission and gettl.,g their
exact idea as to which plan would be
best.
Last evenings session was adjourn
ed until Saturday evening OF this
week, at which time a .jDint meeting
tof the council and water and lighl
commission will be held, when it is
expected that the date for The haldln. ):
of the election ard the character o..
the bonds will be definitely dec-d d.
Atzshis meeting the thirty foot
open well recom- lended by Etg n-e
Wolf was discussed. Ali of the
council are heartily IN favor of the.
water works improvement and ex4e-l-
sion, but there SENS to be well
grounded suspicion in their minds
as to the feasibility of the thirty foot
open well. Practical well IN n, mem
bsrs of the body, expressed a grave
doubt as to the practicab.lity of thisl
plan and the suggestion was made
that before the water and light COM
tie themselves up to a ten
thousand dollar expenditure fer a
thirty foot open well that the engineer
should be repaired to guarantee tn t
the open well he recommends would
prove practical or else first test out
with six foot open well, or even
Enaller wells.
However, these details can be
worked out after the election is call
ID and the money is available. TIE
council is satisfied that the light and
power commission will work out q
plan that would be for the best in
serest OF the entire city.