Voters of Payson will go to the polls Tuesday in a special election to approve or reject issuance of up to $2 million in bonds for waterworks improvements and municipal facilities which city officials say are vital to continued growth and progress. The two bonding proposals would: (1) Authorize up to $1.1 million essentially to upgrade the water distribution system, including extensive replacement of nowinadequate two-inch lines with six-inch lines to equalize water pressure, add capacity for new growth, and greatly improve fire fighting capability. (2) Provide up to $900,000 for construction of a municipal building to house a new library and city offices including city council and court chambers, city planning commission headquarters, multi-purpose space available to youth council and various organizations, etc. It is hoped that Payson citizens, in true democratic tradition, will go to the polls in large numbers to decide on the two proposals, which could have an important influence on the city’s direction for years to come. Payson’s estimated population – based on statistics from utilities connections, postal service, church rolls, building permits, and council of governments data – is pegged at approximately 8200. This represents an upsurge of some 3500 in the last six years compared with a net growth of only about 400 in the two decades ending 1970, according to city officials, This indicates a current growth trend that cannot be ignored in planning for the future. Payson is blessed with a fine culinary water supply, thanks to a combination of good natural resources and timely action by city officials through the years. But now, according to the administration, the time has come to update the distribution system – for reasons mentioned above as well as to forestall, if possible, increased fire insurance rates. The need for better library and city office facilities has been evident for some time. Space is so tight in the old structure that city council, city court, and planning commission all must use the same room. Library space is inadequate, to say the least. It is the city’s intent, if the bond issue carries, to sell or lease the 80 – year old present building. No building program can be achieved without cost, of course. To retire the waterworks bonds, the city projects that water bills will be increased up to $1.50 per month, on the average. Currently consumers pay about $3 per month for 10,000 gallons of water, which officials say is below average. A mill levy increase, as required, is projected for retiring the proposed municipal building bonds. Payson has been one of t.he county’s progressive cities, with modern hospital, swimming pool, schools, sewage disposal plant, etc. The city administration now believes the time has come to add the new proposed improvements for continued advancement. The Herald urges Payson residents to thoroughly stu y the two bonding propositions if they haven’t done so already, and to support the administration at the polls if they agree these projects are necessary for the community’s forward progress. A heavy vote Tuesday would insure that the decision will truly be that of the people – a representative vote, an important goal under the American system. Barbs m$”;’.5?.’2J;?ir?”,l.f.PlZ’;”$ xlon,connole over your face while you took u ulglatches do not tell time. They tell you how long till or how long after. There’: nothing like o cold shower to spur a man to pay the gu blll.