Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 22, Number 301, Decatur, Adams County, 19 December 1924 — Page 11

GENEVA PLANS WATER SYSTEM First Steps Toward Installation Os Plant Taken By Town Board Geneva, Pee. 19. —In the town council meeting Tuesday night the first definite action was taken by the board toward the installation of a water plant. The advertisement for bids for the letting of the contract drilling the well was drawn up. An eight inch well will be drilled, the town to stand the expense of drilling in ease a sufficient supply of water is not reached. No contract has been signed and will not be until the well is finished. The contract for drilling is to be let January 6, and the driller will be expected to start work at once. The well will be put down on the town lot. A water well driller has never struck rock here in the town, it being necessary to drill through sand and gravel all the way thus making the drilling harder than in most localities. Though the advertisement has not yet been published, Dr. Price president of the town board, reports that bids have been received already. It is expected that a good flow of water will he reached

No Discount on Your Light Bill After the 20th of Month All light bills must be paid on or before the 20th of the month to secure discount. The company has no choice but to enforce this rule to one and all alike without any exception whatever, whether it be the largest or smallest consumer. K trouble man will be on duty at the City Hall every night until after the Holidays. Cail 369 in Case of Trouble. City of Decatur Light & Power Dept. ™- ebbh ß - ■■■ ■■ -■■ ■■ • Right Now is the time to Open SAVINGS ACCOUNT By opening a SAVINGS ACCOUNT tomorrow, | making whatever size deposit you can and doing it regularly every week throughout the year, you will | -be greatly surprised how rapidly it will grow into 111 <a suable -amount. ||l interest on savings is payable every six mouths Hl which helps swell your bank account. I Os course, it is you. privilege to draw this I money out a: auy time whenever needed for au Im mediate purpose, thereby eliminating the necessity | of waiting for your savings money until a specihec fl tme n order to moot an urgent obligaton which i || might otherwise have to wait for a goo man ' | months from the time of immediate m ed. £ II There's hardly a person wtio could not, if they I would. lay aside a few cents or a few dollarsear U ? | week. And'that's all it takes to get and have a teal SAVINGS ACCOUNT. || jf 00 opmm au account at this bank Come iu I and let rw Hhow you the details of our s j | plan. Old Adams County Bank fl!' Thfc lamk to* Everybody |||

«< u depth of Uo to 180 feet. case the effort to get' a sufflClent supply of water falls the proJect will be dropped, but the chances are that the supply will be sufficient and then the next move will be signing up of the contract with Cole, Asire and Moore. Inc., and as spring opens up the work of laying the lines, etc., will begin. Earl Shepherd W. W. Widows ami Adam Egly have consented at the solicitation of the town board to act as directors of the water board. There is no personal benefit to be derived by any of the men from the project, and they are to be commended for being willing to shoulder this burden for the good of the town. Widdows and Egly are both experienced business men and Shepherd is a graduate civil engineer with considerable practical experience and a fire insurance agent as well, with a knowledge of insurance risks, and what is more important yet, all three have a reputation for personal Integrity. Mr. Cole was al the Tuesday evening meeting with a blueprint of the town showing the proposed water mains, etc, and with a rare estimate made by his engineer which emphatically stated he would guarantee to cover all expense of installing the system, excepting only the meters and curiously, the estimate was $33,Odb. within less than a thousand dollars of his own rough estimate made

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several weeks ago. The plans, how-! ever, were not final, and there will [ necessary be some alterations, bus these alterations will not be of such a nuutre as to Increase the cost. ——■ ■ . o— < TRIBUTE OF RESPECT Whereas, God in His All Wipe I Providence has removed from our ■' midst, our sister, Alice Catherine Grandstaff. Be it resolved that wet bow in humble submission to His divine will knowing He doeth all! things well. W. 11. C. No. 41 will miss her where by her quiet winsome manner, she won the love and admiration of all. always present when health permitted. ' We deeply sympathize with the I friends In this the hour of this affliction. As a token of respect we drape ■ our charter for thirty days. That a | copy of these resolutions be sent to

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[the bereaved family, a copy be spread I on the minutes of our Journal. MRS. WILL HITCHCOCK. MRS. BENJ PILLARS. MRS. McINTOSH, Committee. I

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