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Show IF "() U. f,teaiwaiiii , I ' -fir " i 1 ; i i -1 mripuiiifiwi.rtww Twenty-Five Cents Volume Five Park City's second spectacular accident in a week occurred Tuesday afternoon when thred renovated Union Pacific railroad cars rolled north down the decline of the Park City Depot tracks, rammed into four Amtrack cars, sending all seven cars racing to a derailment near Anderson Ander-son Lumber Co. Splintered railroad ties and bent track evidenced the force at which the 100-ton cars derailed. Some of the renovated stock plowed into the earth at the derailment site while the Amtract cars further down the line remained more or less on the track bed. The accident upstages last week's 'tank attack' in which a 17-ton water tank being hauled up Anchor Road slipped from its flatbed carrier and crashed down onto two Daly Ave. homes. The railroad car accident comes at a time when the Depot Project is just beginning to show visible progress. Old rolling stock to be used in the project as overnight accommodations two weeks before had been hauled up to Park City after months of reno Highway It was like being in the Land of Oz last Thursday night. A group of more then 100 private citizens and city officials attended a Utah Department of Transportation public hearing on the proposed improvements to Highway 224 and the result was unanimous endorsement. endorse-ment. Speaker after speaker extolled the need for the road project and the only discordant notes concerned the timetable time-table for completion. The total project calls for a widening of U-224 from Kimball Junction to Park City, realignment of the highway from 16th Street to Heber Ave. and improvements to U-248, which connects U-224 to U.S. 40 to the east. Construction is scheduled to begin in the late summer of 1981 with completion slated for 1983. Total cost is estimated to be $5.5 million. Three Plans Considered The city's most urgent need is the realignment and that portion of the project attracted most of the attention. atten-tion. Phil Frederickson, an environmental planner for UDOT, told the audience that three plans had been considered for improving U-224 from 16th Street to Heber Ave. The alternatives were A Crowd Of Hats Forces City Council Primary A tremendous building boom and the controversy surrounding it has made this summer a pique season in Park City. Citizens in snowballing numbers have come forth to lend support or to criticize the local government's ability abili-ty to cope with the growth, creating a great interest in the November City Council election. By Monday's 5 p.m. deadline, 11 residents announced their candidacy for the race. Three seats will be up for election, withiincumbents Eleanor Bennett and Dick Shoff seeking re-election. Incumbent Incum-bent Steve Dering will not be running again. A primary election will be held October 9 to narrow the field to six candidates for the three four-year terms. Of the 11 candidates six are men and five are women. The first to throw her hat into the ring was Eleanor Bennett in August, followed by Dick Shoff, Diane Harding, Bill Traeger, and Hank Verrone last week. By Monday, Tom Shellenberger, Anne Burnett, 11 84115 Oiniwast Ccrp. 3322 So. 3rd E3t cfti La'.'-e City, UT Page 5 The Park City Mucfeers took third place in the Challenge Cup tournament, which was won by the Dead Goat. oiling Stock Becomes vation work in Salt Lake City. Landscaping and the bricking of a trackline walkway also had begun in the immediate area of the depot station. Members of the crew working at the depot station area said the accident took place when the refurbished train cars were being pulled away from the spot where they were blocked and braked to a position next to the depot station, a distance of about one hundred yards. The first in a train of four renovated cars had just been uncoupled and was being towed by a tow-truck and front-end loader up the slight incline to the depot station. Somehow the jostling of uncoupling set the remaining track rolling, even though workers say 4'x4' wood chocks were under the wheels and the brakes were set. Gaining momentum on the downgrade, down-grade, the three cars picked up speed and smacked into four Amtrack cars that were chocked some 200 yards to the north. The impact forced the Amtrack stock over its holding chocks and the seven cars continued to roll on the track until they derailed on a Support Unanimous to widen existing Park Ave. to four lanes; move the highway to the west; and move the highway to the east. According to Frederickson, a widening widen-ing of Park Ave. would require a "major relocation plan" because businesses and homes on one side of the street would have to be removed. He also said the numerous accesses to Park Ave. would create air and noise pollution. The west alignment was rejected Oktoberf est Saturday A burgermeister has been hired and a truckload of Lowenbrau beer has arrived in town. All is ready for Park City's First Annual Oktoberfest, this Saturday, October 22 at 4:00 p.m. in City Park. The fete will be a celebration in true German style, with German oompa tunes, German food and beer serving as the main attractions. The two dollar admission buys entrants a 12 oz. tankard which can be filled with beer from four dispensing stations. The nourishment also will be pure German: Bratwurst, knockwurst, kielbasa, potato salad and sauer Tina Lewis, Greg Lawson, Bill Bertagnole and Helen Alvarez had announced their intention to run. Hank Verrone Hank Verrone, 37, hails from Anne Burnett mommm-pm 11 mm . . j.i. aMMMaBBBani f , .. j - . i v K' J ... " Park Git v Thursday, September 20, 1979 section of track behind Anderson Lunber Co. Garry Mears, a brick mason on the hotel-apartment portion of the depot project, described the crash of the renovated stock with the Amtrack cars: "The first set of cars took off down the line, picked up speed and then crashed into Uie Amtrak cars... the wheels of the Amtrack cars must have lifted two feet into the air at impact and the aluminum skin just crumpled." At the other end of the scene Anderson Ander-son Lumber employee Willy Gurski described the derailment: "It sounded like a herd of horses coming down the track. I saw the cars rolling and then there was a big puff of smoke." According to Robert Rairigh, division divi-sion assistant superintendent for the Union Pacific Railroad who surveyed the derailed cars later the same day, putting the cars back on track won't be a major problem and could be done in a day "if the proper equipment is available and trackmen can be obtained." Continued On Page 3 because of the steepness of the terrain, which would require "Massive "Mass-ive cuts and fills," and because a major relocation of residents would be required. Making a strong case for the east alignment, Frederickson said this route would run along the base of the hillside east of Park Ave. He commented that this plan would minimize cuts and fills, leave no visual Continued On Page 4 kraut. Activities will include beer drinking, arm wrestling, nail driving, log sawing and two races a 13-mile half-marathon and a six-mile run, both sponsored by the Prospector Square Athletic Club which will conclude at the city tent. Daryl Garnas, chairperson of the Oktoberfest, urges residents to join in the spirit of the celebration by donning German dress. "I would really like to see the town turn out for Oktoberfest," Garnas says, "This is going to be more of a celebration for the town than an attraction for tourists." Patterson, New Jersey and moved to Park City nearly three years ago. He owns Alpine Landscaping and the Powder Room, a T-shirt and photography photo-graphy shop at the resort plaza. Cireg Lawson : Page 5 Also on scene, the the sports Park Hish Miners posted anothpr impressive im-pressive win on the way to a showdown with North Summit this Friday. ' i ' J;tf '' , . t - - . , " " ' ' " f l -1 ' ?:t JtfM? -: c ' v-; . ' Council Completes Mayor Jack Green said Wednesday the City Council has finished its responses to the ten concerns and suggestions presented by the Park City Citizens Council last month. In preface to the responses, the City Council states: "We have attempted to analyze the concerns in detail, but also taking into consideration financial cost factors, legal limitations, existing state statutes, city ordinances, and other factors that could affect implementation implemen-tation of some of the suggestions. The following is the complete reply which Mayor Green is expected to read at tonight's council meeting. 1. Interlocal Agreements with Snyderville Basin Sewer District Such agreements are and have been in effect for several years. The City maintains and repairs all existing "I came here the same way as everyone else on vacation, and then' I was so enticed I moved here," Verrone remarked. "I'm running for the council because I want to get 0 ' I -"4. Tina Lewis Park City's only Tust T sewer lines and pump stations for the Sewer District. The City also bills and collects monthly sewer fees, and shares prorated costs for computer services related to the billings. The Sewer District now inspects Changes At The Top Though the Park City days are still summer-hot, the nights are dipping down to an extra-blanket cold that undeniably reminds all that winter is coming. It's almost time to kick the flip-flops to the back of the closet and drag out the ski boots. And while you're sharpening, filing and p-texing, prepare yourself for some changes on the local ski runs on opening day. A flurry of activity by mountain crews that started with the final run last spring has dotted the slopes with numerous small changes involved. I've been to a few meetings and I think I can give some valuable input. I've been around construction for the past few years and I feel I can vote on development issues from the Tom Shellenberger I y. l A k Generally dry weather is pri'dictcd through the weekend. Highs will be in the low 80s with lows in the 40s. locally owned newspaper Number One Responses water line installations on linos under 4-inch pipe size tor the City. Until recently the City collected sewer connection fees, however to Continued On Page 9 that add up to a big $700,000 worth of improvements. Mountain Manager Phil Jones said Tuesday that among the biggest changes is the addition of 18,000 feet of pipe that will more than double the resort's artificial snowmaking coverage. cover-age. Last season five snowmaking machines blanketed Pay Day, First Time and the Hollow to the bottom of Waterfall. This year, an additional two machines and the new pipe will allow snow coverage on all of Continued On Page 8 mind and not from the heart as is sometimes the case now." Verrone cited a higher budget for the maintenance of city parks and streets, Continued On Page 3 Hank Verrone Si A i 1.4 I : ' s ' i ' ' ' 1 |