j . i 2G The Salt Lake Tribune Wednesday, September 12, 1984 ! Business vs. Residents Factions Argue Sugar House Plan By Brian Wilkinson Tribune Staff Writer Business people and neighborhood residents, traditional foes when it comes to planning, spent two hours Tuesday evening debating a master plan proposed to guide the future of Sugar House, the area that was Salt Lake City s first real suburb. Development of the Sugar House business district, nearly as large geographically as downtown and once e the largest area in the West, proved the biggest point of contention. Planners originally included m the plan such things as height restrictions designed to protect views and to downplay the perception that Sugar House was becoming another downtown. Another recommendation breaking the business area up into several sections, each with its own use, like medium-densit- y housing drew howls from some business people, who complained those restrictions are too strict. The business community is conWe cerned about the master plan want it, but some concerns ned to be taken care of, said Thomas J. Richards, president of the Sugar House Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Richards quarreled with the plan's recommendation that commercial activity should continue to be grouped around Sugar House's traditional business core of 2100 South and 1100 East. Development might be better suited farther south, near Interstate 80, and east, near 1300 East even if it means rezoning, he said. Let the system deWe don't termine what goes in want to limit the growth. Much of the land near the freeway and 1300 East is zoned for residential use. The minute you take a residential area and heighten the zoning it becomes too expensive for residential units to stay there, reasoned Counciwoman Sydney Reed Fonnes-becBusiness should make use of the vacant commercial land available before it asks to rezone residential property, she said. Rawlins Young, chairman of the Sugar House Commur ity Council agreed: Basically, the community is worried that a tract . . thats as large as downtown . . . when developed to its fullest potential would have an adverse effect on the surrounding community. We ' - want protection. buring the plans evolution, said planner Bill Wright, concessions have ; been made that lessen the restrictions business people were complaining about. Among them was broadening the designation of most of the main business area to a mixed use" district, a category that allows most anything but heavy industry and manufacturing. "Nothing is cast in concrete, said Planning Director Vernon Jorgensen. The plan provides only "general guidelines" for development, he said. Heigm resiriciiuiio wcie also deleted 'r m the plan, but were re- - placed with a plan to base height on floor areas and lot sizes. However, like the master plans proposal to make sure different buildings within the same general area are compatible, the city has no ordinance in place that deals with this idea. council, agreeing the plan sent the needs mere back to committee. The uoc-ume- fine-tunin- ... 100-ac- re . . Special to The Tribune A building moratoriMURRAY um was unanimously adopted by Murray City Council Tuesday evening to prevent construction from 5100 to 5500 South and from 300 West to College Drive. City Councilman Larry Catten proposed the prohibition on building permits and rezoning requests to keep the land vacant until studies on the areas Interstate 15 on-oramp are completed. But the moratoriums timing may be tardy. The city has already approved two commercial projects in the area. City Attorney Craig Hall said case law indicates the developments, which have had approval for three to six months, probably cannot be stopped. He said, however, that although the projects are within the moratorium boundaries, theyll probably not interfere with the interchange. The approved projects are a hotel and an office building. Councilman LeGrand Blacks suggestion delaying adoption of the moratorium ordinance until the city could study what effect the two projects would have on the interchange was rejected. But Councilman Catten said adopting the proposal quickly would eliminate more projects multiplying the problem. Councilman Greg Brown questioned why the moratorium will only last six months when the study on the highway ramp will not be completed for a full year, but Mr. Hall explained state law limits moratoriums to six months. ff retail-furnitur- ... Murray Adopts School Air Sampled as Test Building For Asbestos Contamination the Moratorium the "main part Air and dust samples were taken boiler room. specific List 22 Areas of ConeerrT Consumer Committee Pares Allegations Against UP&L By Guy Boulton Tribune Staff Writer The Committee of Consumer Services has pared James J. Simonelli's 82 allegations of waste and mismanagement at Utah Power and Light Co. coal mines to 22 areas of concern. If Mr. Simonellis allegations are borne out, Emery Mining Co., the operator of UP&Ls mines, should be dropped as the mining contractor, a document by the committees attorney says. The more concise list of allegations was submitted to the Public Service Commission one month after Mr. Simonellis surprise appearance in UP&Ls current rate-hik- e request. Mr. Simonelli, a former internal auditor for Emery Mining, has testified before the PSC that Emery Mining has wasted millions of dollars of ratepayers money through mismanagement. The statement was drawn from Mr. Simonelli's depositions taken by UP&L and Emery Mining and was in response to a motion by Emery Mining for a more definite statement of Mr. Simonellis allegations. Robert Henrie, spokesman for Emery Mining, characterized Mr. Simon-ellf- s " allegations as preposterous "They are simply a repeat and condensing of allegations that are not true, he said. "We are looking forward to having an opportunity in the setting of a hearing to prove these allegations are not true. The PSC has scheduled hearings on Mr. Simonelli's allegations for Jan. 14. contracts. If efficiency of cost-plu- s the allegations are true, the statement says, then they are symptoms of "an ongoing problem caused by a poorly structured incentive system. Emery Mining management makes the same amount of money regardless of how much it costs UP&L to buy the coal, the committee states. "In fact, because Savage Brothers Emery Minings parent company companies do business as contractors with Emery Mining, increases in operating costs bring additional revenue to these companies and, therefore, to the owmers of Emery Mining. And the statement says that even if Mr. Simonellis allegations are unfounded, the PSC should nonetheless address the issue whether UP&Ls coal contract should be competitively bid. But, Mr. Henrie noted, "In the past four to five years, we have doubled productivity and are the most efficient underground mine in the country in terms of production." dont feel we have to defend ourselves against allegations that are unsubstantiated. he said "We statement reiterates the committee's position that the PSC should be able to regulate the relationship The between UP&L and its mining contractor. The PSCs investigation into Mr. Simonelli's allegations, the document states, should include financial and management audits of Emery However, Mr. Henrie said, "We are not beprivate company and we lieve we have th' id rernment sponsibility to agency to audit l a The statement is punctuated by questions concerning UP&Ls coal operations such as the g t fit p(ce 1655 E. 3300 South. Discovery of the asbestos has prompted concern among Salt Lake Health officials because part of the tunnels beneath the school have been used for many years as a Halloween spook alley. We dont want to scare parents but we think they have a right to know about it. Some of the kids may have been exposed to the material, said Dave Nelson, environmental quality specialist for the health department. Linked to Cancer Exposure to large amounts of asbestos has been linked to lung cancer, another rare type of cancer known as mesothelioma and a conjestive lung disease known as asbestosis. Experts are uncertain how much asbestos it takes to cause a health problem and have urged people to keep their exposure to a minimum. Mr. Nelson said the asbestos, once widely used as an insulating material, appears to have fallen from pipes which run through the crawl spaces. Samples taken Tuesday will be used to determine how much asbestos is in the crawl space. Mr. Nelson said allowing children in the crawl spaces is an apparent violation of Granite School District policy. No Specific Locations The school was inspected for asbestos last spring but the official notice provided to school employees and the Parents Teachers Association noted only that asbestos was City-Coun- ty By Ronald Ahrens Tribune Correspondent by firing squad at Mountain Meadows on March 23, 1877. MOUNTAIN MEADOWS, WashYou'd hardly guess ington County it as you drive past the alfalfa fields and ranchland on Utah-18- , but tucked back in a draw along the spring-felot owned by stream is a three-acr- e the U.S. Forest Service that was the site of a grim incident in American and Utah history. The Mountain Meadows massacre was an unspeakable occurrence d It happened 127 years ago Tuesday, when more than 100 members of a band of emigrants were massacred by whites and Indians during a political crisis in which the U.S. Army marched on Utah. The emigrants train, known as the Frencher Party had traveled west from Arkansas and had reached Great Salt Lake City in August, 1857, by the southern route. It was said they boasted of having participated in persecution against Mormons when that group was driven from Missouri in the 1830s. The emigrants threatened to return from California with an army to join the military force approaching from the east and rebelhelp put down the lion in Utah. Attack Was Repulsed The emigrants were attacked at Mountain Meadows some 30 miles from Cedar City where they paused to rest before the last stretch of desert to California. Casualties were inflicted on both sides, but the attack was repulsed. Minor attacks by the Indians continued for five days. According to historians, a group of Mormon settlers led by John D. Lee, approached the emigrants under a white flag and persuaded them to abandon their stronghold and hike with them to safety. The beleageured emigrants, however, were ambushed by Indians and whites and slaughtered. Only 17 children were spared. John D. Lee was blamed for the atrocity but avoided prosecution for nearly 20 years. He was tried at Fort Cameron near Beaver and executed d west side residence caught fire early Tuesday morning, causing $20,000 in damage and sending one firefighter to the hospital before it was extinguished. The Salt Lake City Fire Department responded to the fire at 12 03 a m., according to a fire dispatcher, at 66 N. Chicago St. (900 West). One firefighter was sent to the hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, but he was treated and released. The cause of the fire is suspected to be electrical, the dispatcher said. A Warehouse Yields Decomposed Body Salt Lake City Police honveide detectives Tuesday were investigating the discovery of the decomposed body of a man found in a downtown warehouse. Detective Cpl. John Johnson said the man appears to be a male black in his 40s, who had likely been dead for a month. Detectives could find no evidence of foul play at the scene but are awaiting the results of an autopsy to be performed by the Utah State Medical Examiner's Office. The body was found on the top floor of the Harver Warehouse, located behind the J. C. Penney Building at 200 S. Main, about 2 p.m. by the warehouse owner who was completing an inventory of the vacant structure. Detective Johnson said identification was found in a pair of pants near the body, and the man appears to be a transient. published Juanita Brooks influential The Mountain Meadows history Massacre. Her book remains in print and is widely read. At 86, Brooks still lives in St. George. More than a after the massacre, Mountain Meadows is rarely visited, being located in an obscure part of Washington County 30 miles north of St. George. Other than the rock enclosure, no sign of the massacre exists. Tourists occasionally drive the mile-lon- g gravel road that ends in a circle drive at the streambank. From there they follow a foot trail to read the plaque. among Utahns for decades. Word had circulated immediately and within weeks several California newspapers published accounts of the tragedy. Plaque Mouuted In 1932 the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association mounted a encloplaque on the sure which serves as a monument at a common gravesite at Mountain Meadows. In 1950, Stanford University Press century-and-a-quart- Memorial marker pays tribute to victimsof Mountain Meadows massacre in mountains near St. George where 123 died. Newspaper Executive, Robert Monson, Dies OGDEN (AP) joined the Ogden Monson died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack. He was 47. Monson was stricken in his home in Ogden. He was treated by paramedics and rushed to McKay-De- e Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival at about 7 a m. Monson had served as general manager of the Standard-Examine- r since Nov. 1, 1981. Wilda Gene Hatch, president of the Standard Corp., said the newspaper lost a gifted and dynamic leader. Bob Monson was a quiet, unassuming man, but he had an unusual and tremendous ability to involve our whole staff at the newspaper in a genuine team effort, she said. "We will miss him very much. Blaine V. Glasmann Jr., secretary of the Standard Corp., called Monson friend and fellow em"a long-tim- e ployee of everyone at the Standard-Examine- r. Gallenkamp shoes FALL RASPBERRIES CANNING Gallenkamp Difference TOMATOES PEACHES LAYTON HILLS UNIVERSITY MALL OREM NEWGATE OGDEN -- f t t T COTTONWOOD MALL FASHION PLACE MALL tr I lo- cations were provided. "I understood it was just an asbestos blanket on the furnace which we Edpromptly replaced," said Libbie Stone. Arvil ward principal County health officials on Saturday shut down demolition work on the former Utah Department of Trans1300 South and portation building at 300 West for improper handling of asbestos. This is the third Salt Lake City demolition project which has been stopped in recent weeks to concerns about asbestos. Slaughter Marks Mountain Meadows West Side Residence D?.naged by Blaze ret the build- More Than 100 Emigrants Massacred California-boun- Mining. of No found in ing" and Tuesday to determine the level of asbestos contamination in crawl spaces beneath the Libbie Edward School, I 7750 So. 2000 E 942 2500 A J He was a dedicated and taiented general manager for the company, Glasman said. "His early death is a tragic loss for his family, friends, the newspaper and the community. It will be very difficult to replace Bob, he added. And he will be greatly missed by everyone." Monson, a native of Ogden, was born Nov. 22, 1936, and was educated in local schools. He graduated from Ben Lomond High School in 1954 and attended Weber College. Monson U.S. Army Reserve in 1959 he worked in advertising and promotions for Boyle's Furniture in Ogden. He joined the newspaper as a classified sales representative in 1961 and moved to the retail sales department in 1963. He became the newspaper's promotion manager in 1967 and was named manager of general advertising in 1969. Monson was promoted to advertising director in May 1970. a post he held until he was named assistant general manager in March 1981. He had been Utah vice president of the International Newspaper Advertising and Marketing Executives and served two terms as president of the Irtermountain Newspaper Advertising Association in 1973-7- 4 and 1977-7Monson also was a member of the Pacific Northwest Advertising Executives Association and belonged to the Ogdm Area Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, the former Marjorie Widmeyer. and two children, Melinda, 18, and Robert. 10. Keith Gale, chairman of the Examiner employee committee, said Monson's death will be felt deeply by the newspaper staff. Characterizing Monson as "a man who had the welfare of the employees at heart," Gale said the general manager was respected for "fairness, com" passion and his professional touch Funeral services will be Friday at 1 p m. at Meyers Mortuary in Ogden r, Standard-- t