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Show Universal Microfilming Box 26C8 Braztah Corporation, Braztah will continue the mine development program now under way in the area, with I&M continuing to McCulloch Oil's coal mining subsidiary has sold its Utah coal reserves near Helper and Castle Gate to Indiana Electric provide the financing. "We expect all activities, McCulloch officials said schedules and purchasing of materials, to proceed as planned," said C.V. Wood Jr., president of McCulloch. and Michigan (I&M), a subof American Electric Power Company, Company including sidiary Monday. 1 employment Salt Lake, Ut. Braztah sells coal facilities reserves, Will continue mine over the next five to six years from the sake of the reserves to I&M and from a new 25 year coal operating operation Instead of mining its own coal and selling it to American Electric, he said, Braztah will now contract with I&M and will act as Contacted in Los Angeles, McCulloch attorney Howard Bressler said the basic change would be in ownership of the mines. agreement. Further profits are expected from the sale of additional coal reserves to be proven by core drilling over the next four years on the properties. I&M's agent in the mining operation. McCulloch anticipates realizing approximately $30 million in profits pre-ta- x 84101 Wood said the agreement accelerate Mcculloch's realization of would and cash receipts profit coal operation, strengthen McCulloch's financial position, and from for provide long-ter- from profitablity development and operation of the mines. WKDXKSDAY, JULY 2, 1 IIKI.PKR. UTAH 1 1975 472-567- VOLUME 69 NUMBER 27 10 Proposal called 'unconscionable' I 1 JL 11 B JL line upiceep pace uiasieo Braztah Corporation representatives were verbally nailed to the wall by City Attorney Stanley Litizzette Thursday night after Braztah's Director of Engineering and ConRoth Lou struction presented to the city council proposed drafts of relocation and maintenance agreements for the city water lines through Castle Gate. "If you want to take advantage of someone, this . is the kind of agreement you write," Litizzette told the council after reviewing a portion of the maintenance agreement stating that Braztah would make repairs in the new line only if the company was at fault. "We didn't have any leaks at Castle Gate till you guys (Braztah) got there," Litizzette fumed, and Councilman Frank Scavo (in charge of the water department) and Water-maste- r Kerry Nielson bordering the proposed corridor is owned by confirmed that water lines problems had been few until Braztah's heavy equipment Braztah, and Helper officials rarely if ever visit the site. "You ought to assume all had been 12 leaks the Litizzette previous week at Castle responsibility," Gate, all apparently the stated. "result of heavy equipment "Ad infinitum?" asked Roth. over the pipeline running area. "Yes," Litizzette said. The city attorney further Litizzette insisted that it would be a virtual imcommented that deterpossibility for Helper City to mining fault in case of be at fault for a leak in the damage to the line would line, because the land very likely necessitate moved in. Nielson noted that there frequent lawsuits. The lines are being relocated to facilitate Braztah's coal loading operation. Litizzette also attacked the portion of the proposed agreement stating that Braztah would make such repairs for "twenty years and for as long thereafter as Braztah operation continues the of aforementioned coal processing and loading (see PIPELINE, Page 2) City adopts animal control ordinance n A i SJ8S V -- I .-- j am Bridge collapse causes death Carbonville man, Keith Marchello, was killed Tuesday afternoon, June 24, at Castle Gate when a portion of the bridge over which he was driving a front-en- d loader collapsed dropping him and the machine into the Price River. Marchello, Lowdermilk of 38, was employed by H-A E control ordinance based on a model by the Utah Humane Society was unanimously adopted by the Helper City Council Thursday night. Helper will contribute $250 per month, to the revamped county animal control system and will keep all license and fine revenues collected in the city. The ordinance becomes effective upon publication in the Helper Journal, expected next week. Following is a brief summary of the new law: An animal z ? -, '.' Spring Glen, the firm hired by Braztah Corporation to demolish Castle Gate g buildings to facilitate a operation. The accident produced a large hole in the railroad bridge, but the rails were not damaged and train traffic was coal-loadin- unaffected. David Mortensen -- Any dog or cat over four months old must have a license. -- Dogs must wear identification tags or collars when not on the owners' premises. Water quality planning office opens in Helper The Southeastern Utah Association of Governments has opened a waste water quality planning program office at 143 AW ( by Shelly Babcock George Martell Martell named asst. fire chief George Martell, a Helper veteran native and of the Helper Volunteer Fire Department, has been named assistant fire chief Charles Mayor by Ghirardelli. 20-ye- ar Martell, 48, replaces who James Bottino, resigned from the department recently after 53 years of service. Duties of the assistant chief inc! 'de being second in comma :d to chief Jim Pugliese and taking over the chief's post in his absence. A railroad carman, Martell has been employed the Denver and Rio Grande since 1947. He attended Carbon High School. Martell and his wife of 22 years, Maurine, have a daughter, Sue Ann, age 6. by Veltri to chair hospital board Pharmacist Al Veltri of Helper has been elected chairman of the Carbon Hospital Board of Directors. Veltri was named to the board during its recent expansion nd was elected chairman at the June 19 meeting, fifth officer, according to Police Chief Karl Stavar. Mortensen, who has no civilian law enforcement 2 6 p.m. Ladies Softball Games. Carbon Field. 6 p.m. Ladies Softball Games. July 3 Carbon Field. 7 p.m. Lion's Club Meeting. July 3 4 July Independence Day. The beginning July America's Bicentennial year. 5 p.m. WBBA Baseball Games. July Double Header. Helper Field. 6 p.m. Ladies Softball Games. July 7 of 7 Carbon Field. July 8 6 p.m. Ladies Softball Games. Carbon Field. S. Main in Helper with program director Courtney Brewer at the helm. By 1983, all streams in the area must meet federal Environmental Protection for .Agency standards swimability and fishability, according to secretary Carol Penrod, and the "208 experience, officially began program," as it is called, is work for the city Tuesday responsible for researching but has been riding with officers for several days to learn the ropes. A Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) grant will pay the new officer's salary for one year, after which time the city must assume the salary payments. Stavar said the department would probably send Mortensen to the law enforcement academy in Salt Lake City next spring, after he has time to decide whether he'll stay in the profession. Meanwhile, Stavar said, the department will have a n patrol during the "busy hours" of 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. and on weekends. The chief called Mo- Police dept. adds officer David Mortensen, 25, of Martin was sworn in last Thursday afternoon as the Helper Police Department's stables, auctions, zoos and circuses. -- Female dogs and cats in heat must be confined and commercial animal kept from contact with male establishments, including animals, except for planned kennels, pet shops, riding breeding. dogs must be restrained, that is, under leash or voice control. -- If not restrained, dogs or nuisance animals may be impounded and kept in the county animal 'shelter for the problem and deternot less than five working imwhere mining The owner is to be days. provements are needed. if possible, and the notified, Brewer, a Logan resident animal released upon and a land use planner of the following associated with SEUAG for payment reclamation fee: Cats, $5 the past several years, is plus $1 per day held; dogs, just getting the program on $10 plus $2 per day held. its feet, Mrs. Penrod said. -- Impounded animals Three consulting firms are be given away to may now working with the office homes after five and an additional planner is proper days. working expected to be hired. -- The owner of an animal SEUAG funding for the found unrestrained may be project originated in the fined $10. Environmental Protection -- Animals must be cared Agency. for in a proper manner, -- A $10 fine may be assessed for animals found without licenses. law regulates described in the ordinance. -- Any driver of a motor vehicle striking an animal must stop, give reasonable assistance and attempt to locate the owner. -- Wild animals must not be kept as pets. -- Violation of the ordinance is punishable by a jail term of not over six months and-o- r a fine of not over $299. Curb, gutter start in sight Plans are now complete and a contract is expected to be awarded before July 4 for the Castle Gate .Subdivision curb and gutter project, according to Trico Utah vice president Larry Becker. Construction is expected to begin within 10 days of the letting of the contract, with completion due within 30 to 90 days, Becker said. j :' T- v L - : LJ two-ma- rtensen "very con- scientious" and said he was "real enthused" with his new career. Mortensen, born in Salt Lake City, has been a resident of the Helper area for 15 years. J.PrYh:: -- r"- Mobile home park proposal still alive, says developer "Whatever happened to the mobile home park?" Helper City Council members wondered aloud at Thursday night's meeting, following two weeks of absolute silence from H.B. Cahoon Investment, a Salt Lake City firm proposing the development in the northeast portion of Helper. The question arose after Mayor Charles Ghirardelli read the council a letter from Clifford H. Bergera stating that the area proposed for development should be preserved for permanent housing of higher quality and that mobile home parks should properly be located nearer the highway for better access to city goods and services. Cahoon representative Larry Regis had app"ired at the council's previous meeting, two weeks before, and had been told by the council to arrange a meeting with the city's planning and zoning commission to begin ironing out obstacles such as water hook-upzoning changes and sewer line improvements. Regis never contacted the com 300-un- it s, mission, Councilman Ernest Gardner said. Contacted after the meeting, Regis said the development was still a possibility but that he was "a little hesitant" because of the potential problems mentioned by the council. He said he had not yet met with the planning and zoning commission because he had been occupied with other problems, including the fact that the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad has a perpetual easement through the 66 and two-third- s efii Jil 11 Up BM acre plot. Helper Journal The originally reported that the development was planned by the Terryphone Corporation, a subsidiary of International Telephone and Telegraph, rather than the Cahoon firm. The mix-uresulted when Regis presented a Terryphone business card to the Journal without explaining that he was no longer employed by that firm. Regis is now a p "self-employe- d Piece by piece little at a time, workmen take down the Pleasant Valley Coal Company Store at Castle Gate. Many of the stones A from the store were presented to the Helper Mining Museum. Inset shows the company safe. |