I City Hopefuls Endorse Proposed I Bond Election Candidates tor for city office In Inthe inthe the Nov 7 municipal el election CUon unanimously spoke out in support sup port of ot one ont million dollar bond bom bondt t Is issue ue to Improve Moab's water wate supply am And storage and sewage disposal system The endorsement appeared to be echoed by a majority o othe ot of the 70 10 Interested persons attendIng attending attending at at- tending an open hearing on th the question at the Grand County Co Courthouse The voters were nl there to hear the project out outlined lI lined d by city officials and engineering engineering en en- consultants and to ask questions Mayor I K E E. McDougald briefly brief ly Iy outlined the phases of the project contemplated should the bond Issue be approved and In Introduced In the project designer Consulting Engineer Davis Hol Holdel der del Mr Holder folder gave a 1 history of ot the planning that started In 1957 to prepare for tor the eventuality even evenn that water demand might exceed the city's facilities ties He lie demonstrated that the point had now been reached and perhaps passed The engineer took look the crowd through the project pro jest phase by phase explaining the conditions necessitating the expansion and Improvement and the solutions the new bond Issue offered Mayor McDougald supplemented ted the explanation with details I I on the bond sale and the method method meth meth- od by which the bonds would be paid off oft He Ill said that the Intent was to pay off oft the bonds both joth general obligation and revL rev rev- L from revenue produced by bythe bythe bythe the system To be beable beable beable able to do so would be to avoid any Increased mill levy Speaking favorably on the Issue Was former Mayor Mayur J J. J W. W Corbin who commented on the I difficulty of ot selling revenue bonds in the past for Moab City and the encouraged outlook this time It was pointed out that financial Interests view Moab's outlook as favorable ns as demonstrated demonstrated demon lemon by their willingness to buy the bonds The greatest Interest was wag generated by questions regardIng regardIng regarding regard- regard Ing the proposed sewage disposal disposal disposal dis dis- facilities It was explained explain explain- ed that the volume now enterIng enterIng enter enter- Ing the facility was so high that the plant was unable to treat It properly and n health hazard waS was bel being g c created m Also explained and questioned question question- ed was the desirability of going to secondary treatment of ot sewage sewage sew sew- age to insure the elimination of the danger In response to questions on well water plus spring water and the development of ot the city- city owned Somerville springs Geologist Geologist Geologist Ge Ge- Robert Norman a candIdate candidate candidate can can- for the council gave an explanation of the geological composition of Moab Valley and the likely water sources It was suggested at the close of ot the public meeting that the questions on the subject were ve very welcome and the citizens should take the opportunity of asking them before the election