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Show GOVERNOR AGREES TO HOLD UP DISPOSAL OF PRISON PROPERTY by taking side trips, which he stays here. "... A Mormon pioneer village vil-lage which would show old forts, meeting houses and pioneer Industries In-dustries and se--ve as an exhibiting exhibit-ing place for relics. "The possibilities are unlimited. unlimit-ed. We cannot now enumerate aTl future uses to which this valuable val-uable tract could be put, but we feel and express the wishes of thousands of citizens that the state hold title to the entire prison pris-on site . . .," the letter concluded. I Led by John C. Barnes, a delegation dele-gation of Sugar House business leaders and officials of historical histori-cal and veterans organizations presented to Gov. Herbert B. Maw Wednesday a communication communica-tion outlining a plan of development develop-ment for the prison site and urg-jing urg-jing that the enire area be reserved re-served for public purposes, including in-cluding a state park. The plan .follows closely the developments j already suggested to local j groups, calling for the reservation reserva-tion of a tract for a city high 'school, another area for a recreation recre-ation center, the building of a great veterans' memorial building build-ing and auditorium, and the creation cre-ation within the state park of a model pioneer village. Governor Maw received the group cordially and showed a cooperative spirit toward the suggested development. He proposed pro-posed that the Sugar House chamber appoint a .committee to study the entire project and particularly par-ticularly to determine the ground needs for the various proposed structures and establishments. He gave assurance that no committment com-mittment has been made on the disposal of any part of the site, and at the request of Grant Midg-ley, Midg-ley, prominent Sugar House businessman and a member of the state senate, the governor agreed to withhold any action on disposal of the property until after the legislature ' meets- The governor expressed himself him-self as being particularly in favor of any development which would tend to attract tourists and help cultivate the tourist trade, now recognized "'as' " perhaps Utah's" greatest potential revenue source. The delegation which waited on the governor included leaders in many fields, including C. F. Knowlton, president of the United Unit-ed "Veterans' council; Aaron Tracy of the state department of publicity and industrial development; de-velopment; L. E. Elgren of the state senate, Harold Jenson, Joel Richards, Lawrence Epperson, Mark Austin Jr. and Fred E. Curtis of the Sons of Utah Pioneers; Pio-neers; Steve Love and Clem Schramm of the Salt Lake chamber, cham-ber, L. D. Sarvis of the American Ameri-can Automobile Assn., John D. Giles, Mr. Barnes and Mr. Midg-ley. Midg-ley. Further discussion of the project proj-ect will take place at the regular regu-lar meeting of the Sugar House chamber of commerce next Tues-i Tues-i day at 12:15 at Weasku Inn when I speakers will be Mr. Tracy and Mr. Giles who is executive sec-jretary. sec-jretary. of the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Assn., and of the "This is the Place" monument committee. The letter submitted to the governor in referring to the value val-ue of the site as a tourist attraction attrac-tion stated: "The park could include a Utah natural history building wherein would be replicas of Utah's many natural wonders, 'such as Zions, Cedar Breaks, Bingham Canyon. . . . Here the tourist could see in miniature what he could enjoy in reality means $10 to $50 in revenue to the state for each additional day |