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Show J y REVIEW RHONE NUMBERS 1 Advertising, Newt, 1 Office 8 Action Ads 9 Circulation 487-740- 487-227- w'TTn 487-181- 1 MR ?"67 SPENSFR 'ASCRIPTION 0l525tJR CARRIER MiCROfILM UNIVFRAt H pErmhsT The Weekly Newspaper Serving The Saif Lake City Community SALT CITY EDITION Vol.l No. 10 AVE 84101 CTTY UTam LaF 1966 Dam Water Money Its Rent Free by Jim Baldwin as man was obviously ill at ease in his city clothes The he sat at the desk of a loan officer in a rural bank. with a loan for but it could be better if he expanded Business was good say $250,000. "I gotta have more space, more equipment for my place or Im goin' under the man said. Hell, get the loan. It will extend over a 30 year period and by the end of that time, hell pay twice or three times as much in interest as he pays cm the principal. Its not that way, though, when a select number of private interests negotiate loans from the Utah Water and Power Board. as was done by There, you can obtain a loan for as much as $760,000 and you may have up to the Porcupine Reservoir Company in Cache County 30 years to pay. the state doesnt charge one Whats spectacular about such borrowing cent of interest (except when you are late in your payments). one sponsored by the Take a project approved less than two weeks ago Woodruff Irrigation Company for construction of a dam in Rich County. In January, 1964, the project was estimated to cost $243,000 and was approved In the first week of March 1966, the same project, now for investigation. estimated to cost half a million dollars was approved for construction. Sponsors are the Woodruff Irrigation Company, Francis Frazier, president; Lynn Huffaker, secretary. The sponsors will put up just $50 thousand.. ..only 10 percent of the total cost.... yet the water use rights will be all theirs. The Utah Water and Power Board all of it will put up $315 thousand interest-fre- e and die sponsors will Possible solution: The good tenant-go- od have through 1992 to pay back the $315 landlord list and the possibility thousand, with no payments required at and 1980-19of a $25 deposit at time of rental. Only all in the years 1972-19the most of the with inclusive. deposit problem But it takes more than that so, the poor, including those on welfare cant State Fish and Game Department, already afford it. Proposed by Mr. LeFevre was an involved in similar projects, is being inspection committee which would act asked to put up $105 thousand.. ..more as 'a big stick to hold over both sides." than 20 percent of the total cost. That -amount will not be paid back. It will The committee would be multi-raci- al cost the sponsors neither interest nor composed of one Negro, one Mexican, one Caucasian and one landlord. repayment. The landlords complaints were voiced The project will provide a dam with For its by Paul J. Wies and Mrs. Margaret 4,050 acre feet of water. Hooper. Mrs. Hooper told of a case $105, 300, the Fish and Game Department where a tenant left the plumbing in such will be privileged to use 10 percent of a condition that T had to wade from the the total water in which to let fish run. front to the back of the house. She menThe water that goes over the dam will tioned another case where tenants hadnt be used or sold or leased by the sponsors but fish at a 100 percent profit put the garbage out for three months.... 'They have a back porch, why should and game merely owns the right to use , the 10 percent erf the water that is farthey!" But the problem... ."If we eliminate all the offenders we wont have thest from the dam and closest to the For $105,000 the sponsors bottom many tenants. In regards to deposits Mrs. Hooper agree that the dam will never get and thats all. said that welfare payments hardly allow below 450 acre feet But even that isnt enough for thepro- let alone a $25 deposit. enough for rent She told of cases where tenants had so the sponsors get another offered to paint their units, she had Ject in assistance from the Soil Conprovided paint - and had gone back months servation service. The immediate benefit enjoyed by the later to pick up opened slightly used sponsors will include: (Continued on page 2) (Continued on page 2) ed Top 'a the mornin. St. Pats Day, ya' Aye, tiday Im full a tricks, n know. ya wonLiaow why til ya see me story on page ten. Landlords, Poor, Talk Problems 4 The poor have plenty of problems especially the Negro poor. And in this town as elsewhere one of their biggest problems is finding a decent place to live. A group of them told some landlords so Monday afternoon at a meeting at Central City Community Action the Center, 447 East 8th South. But they found out one thing the landlords have problems too. The meeting represented the beginning of some effort to alleviate the tribulations of both groups by some kind of cooperative effort. Representatives of the central city neighborhood were there, as well as landlords, representatives of the Welfare Department Salt Lake City Board of Health and the Guadalupe Mission. The only trouble with the meeting.... the responsible tenants were talking to responsible landlords. The other kind werent in attendance. Jim LeFevre, chairman of a committee formed to alleviate the problems, suggested the possibility of making up a blackball list, or more positively a recommended list of good tenants One stipulation and good landlords. proposed by a Negro, Atlena West, chairman of the neighborhood council, that the list not include any landlords that discriminate against Negroes. Another target for barbs, mostly from the landlords, was the County Welfare Department. Slowness in issuing Checks The was criticised in some phases. landlords asked if their rent couldnt come directly from the welfare departDean Baxter, assistant social ment. service supervisor for the Welfare Department said that under present regulations when using Federal money this couldnt be done. Primary complaints of the tenants against the landlords: They dont keep their rental units in good cenditioa. Primary complaint of the landlord against the tenant: Theyre careless about the homes or Appartments they rent and refuse to pay for damage or conditions that are clearlv their fault. Common complaint of both sides -theres little they can do. The stakes arent high enough to go to court for the landlord, and the tenants usually cant afford a lawyer. Juddy Balks At Joint Use The meeting was called to implement, at long last, some of the more practical recommendations for Joint use of facilities and functions in the new Metropolitan Hall of Justice. The meeting last Friday ended.. ..as City Commissioner Jim Barker observed near the end precisely where it should have begun in August, 1965: with the to naming of a four man committee and of the police study joint operations sheriffs departments. Sheriff George Q. Nielsen talked repeatedly at aggressive efforts to achieve joint use of the Hall of Justice facilities. and he didnt He stalled for time as he stalled for. much time as get He departed with a door left open.... this time with the apparent idea that if the door is left ajar, they cant say he slammed it shut. With Considerable pressure from Jim Barker and County Commissioner John Preston Creer, the sheriff revealed himself as mistrustful of any determined effort to bring about Joint 'operation of law enforcement facilities. He parried proposals with his deter- mination to give the people the most efficient and effective law enforceso long as he ment agency possible doesnt commit himself to joint opera-tion- s. , 'Continued on page 7) I- Flood Cure? 23 A ere Lake Commissioner Marvin G. Jenson Wednesday announced that he and county flood officials are investigating a new solution to the current flood control controversy and the countys overall flood problem. Road and The concept: A 23 acre lake located South of the Murray-Hollad- ay North of Big Cottonwood Creek, roughly between 1300 East and 1600 East. The lake could have additional advantages for recreation and water conser- vation purposes. Commissioner J enson expressed considerable enthusiasm for the idea, noting that by stressing the recreational and aesthetic value, a large cost of land aqui-sitiand construction could be helped by existing federal programs. The lake would help flood problems by controlling the quantity of water flowing down Big Cottonwood Creek west of the proposed lake site. on ' THE TA) MAHAL Ideas Often Get Started in Strange Ways... The concept for the lake was triggered by a suggestion given to Commissioner Jenson last week by the Review. The land proposed for die lake is vacant bottom land - the contour of which is natural for this purpose. There are few homes cm the South side of the Creek. If the lake were ten feet deep - which is quite feasible - it could store 230 acre feet of water. This means that If a flow of 100 cubic feet per second emptied into the lake, and Big Cottonwood Creek could stand 50 cubic feet per second without increasing the depth or width (which it could easily handle) it would take the lake over 2 days to fill. If the flow were 200 c.f.s. it would take about one 24 hour day. David I. Gardner, formerly County flood engineer, who is knowledgable on Like Someone Saying to a County Commissionei, matters noted In a letter toMr. Jenson "It is my candid opinion that 200 c.f.s over a period of 12 hours is more water than has ever come off die area dam by the so called Cottonwood Drain, or that will ever come through this drain on a maximum 50 year cycle. Mr. Jenson views a system where the 4800 South drain line, and the system of collector pipes leading Into it would empty Into Big Cottonwood Creek at flood Highland Drive. Without the lake control of the quantity of water coming into the creek would be difficult if not impossible. This problem also applies to waters coming down the creek during spring runoff. With the lake a large quantity of this water could be held and released in a controlled fashion by control gates at the west end of the lake. Ya Know Marv... to Solve the County's Flood Problem. Mr. Jens cm currently has no definite idea of total cost, but estimates that the land could be purchased for about $8000 per acre. He explained that the lake would help spring runoff waters because of the day --night cycle of their flow. As the Howls lighter in the early part of the day the lake could be withdrawn and would fill as the water increases at night due to greater heat In the daytime melting snows. 1 feel that we could obtain 50 percent of the cost of the land from the Open Space program and perhaps 90 percent of the construction costs from the Corps of Engineers.' noted the Commissioner. all Ya Need is a Lake to catch the Run-OThe Wheels He also stated his opinion that with some excavation in selected spots and not be by keeping the lake entirely to the North side of the Creek - that it would any great problem to keep the lake clean and free of debris. fl (Continued on page 2) 7 j 'lift iTifMhuriTWP should it be The old Saltaire sheU looks much like a 15 century Turkish Mosque. It is now the center of a debate tom down, or is there a chance that by expending enough money, its old profit making days might again be a reality. ANY 90 77 KJ HOPE FOR SALT AIR? Hampton Firm, Demands Detailed Project Plans If anyone had ideas to the contrary. Our Governor sees it differently. The property for wmen the state has no those ideas were dispelled Tuesday by sponsors propose a organiza-Govemplans, therefore unworthy of a bond. The property Said the Governor Calvin L. Rampton, who made tion with an initial investment of $100, 000 a total investment of $800,000, and is a hazard and an eyesore and the it clear that plans for restoration of the State Board of Examiners has a resSaltair Pavilion must meet with approval from the State Board of Examiners. ponsibility to see that the hazard and The alternative: the old pavilion will stock selling eyesore Is removed. And, to ascerbe razed by J uly 1, 1966. tain proper removal and prompt reRoger Van Frank and Sheldon R. placement by a practical project In a reasonable time, the state will require Brewster, representing a group interfit resort ested in creation of a a bond. Governor Rampton, In the face of a organization for Saltair, appearedbefore the Board of Examiners Tuesday morning threat from Mr. Brewster that the prowith a proposal for an $800 thousand ject would be taken to "the people, restoration project. made it clear that if you are here to They roused the ire of the Governor propose an Impossible situation, you when they responded, in a letter, to wont get anywhere. four requirements put forth by the GovThe Governor scoffed at the threat ernor for acquisition of the property of petitions. on which the pavilion stands. Finance Commissioner Herbert F. The Governor had demanded: Smart reminded the Board of Examiners 1. A satisfactory plan of restoration; that fire insurance on die old pavilion 2. Reliable cost estimates; expires April 1 and will not be renewed 3. Demonstration of financial capabilby the state. Mr. Smart then pointed out that state ity; and 4. A bonded performance. immunity against damage liability exTo these demands, Roger Van Frank pires July 1. Governor Rampton declared that the replied that 1. It is required of developers of state win not undertake liability insurthat if any other ance on the pavilion any property that they comply with the laws governing the place of business. group is to undertake such coverage, Not enough for our Governor. He pu musl demands that within the next six weeks, detailed plans for every phase of the The alternative: the pavilion will be project, from A to Z, be submitted The valleys flood control problems razed before July 1. for analysis by the architect for the If the group want to unslopped over the county banks and into State Land Board. dertake the project at all, the gentlethe chambers of the Salt Lake City Com2. 'The reliability of cost estimates men were, told, they must, within the mission Tuesday morning. next six weeks, submit detailed plans is solely a matter of investor concern. Four members of the Commission Whether additional funds are raised to Con Harrison absent expressed indig- with sufficient estimate of costs to create the embay ment within the stated nation and dissatisfaction with a Master survive a comprehensive cost check time period should be determined as Flood Control Plan that concerns itself by the land board architect. Before there is any transfer of title, various unforseen problems arise. with the Jordan River where the River flows through the city, but ignores other the governor said, there will be a bond to assure completion of the project city flood problems. Commissioner George B. CatmuU ut (Continued on page 2) complained that already subdivision construction north of Salt Lake City Cemecity run-o- ff lines so tery has over-tax- ed that several lines reach overflow during non-pro- . or fit non-pro- City Studies Flood C ontrolsySf,,or7 non-pro- fit Anti-Sm- Group Sets Campaign William Beal - a photographer by trade - is chairman of the Salt Lake County Council for Better Movies and Literature. During the past few weeks several groups have agitated for an antiobscenity ordinance in Salt Lake County -following on the heels of an ordinance in Provo. Foremost among these groups is Mr. Beals. Several objections have been voiced against the ordinance. In this interview with the Review Mr. Beal presents his groups aims and replies to the objections. . Q. Mr. Beal, how long have you been working on this matter of controlling or removing obscenity? A. For several years actually. Our ef-o-rts have picked up steam though, recently, with the passage of an ordinance in Provo - which originally started in Dallas. Q. Do you see anything particularly bad in the materials on current bookstands and magazine racks? A. The material now easily available to our young people is crude and shocking. The element that disturbs us most is tnat it presents immorality in an attractive light. Personally I see nothing particularly wrong in an artistic photograph or painting of a nude. What I do object to is the distinct possibility that kids who have (Continued on page 2) heavy rains. As construction continues. Mr. Cat-msaid, the flood threat points to probability of another washout of City ull Csmstsry. Mayor j. Bracken Lee observed that the city pays more than 40 of the total tax assessment for flood control and last year benefited by a cleaning of the Jordan River at an expenditure in the city of around All the city asks, he said, is an apportionment of expenditures in relation to tax contribution from the city toward the total of up to $800,000 an$110-thousa- nd. ' nually. Right now, Mr. Cumuli repeated, the city has $500,000 in contracts ready to let and no indication that the county is even giving city needs a thought. There was the feeling of helpless chagrin in the commissioners who see a county commission thinking in terms of flood control south of 21st South St. Mayor Lee suggested employment of an engineer to investigate on behalf of but Mr. CatmuU made note the city of the suspicion that you cant find a professional engineer who wiU say that the engineer now on the job is not doing the job. Mr. Catmull says he has made arrangements this wed: with Ray P. Greenwood, flood control director, to survey, the Jordan River and see that the city storm drains are working properly. He cited a request by the Board of Education that a dangerous curve in the (Continued on page 21 Overparkers.. Buy A Ticket It just may come to pass the day when the hurried and harried businessman in downtown Salt Lake City, can purchase, in advance, the right to overpark his automobile. City Judge Maurice D. Jones, in a conference withCity Commissioner James L. Barker proposed Wednesday a program where people who fredue to quently overpark business emergencies, could contract in advance for the right to overpark. As explained by Judge Jones, the motorist would sip a brief contract with the city and pay a fee of say, $10 into a reserve account in his name and for his vehicle. The motorist would be issued a windshield decal to identity him as having a contract permitting himo...accida! aUy or on purpose.. .overpark just once iqi any given time limit or zone. Say a salesman doesnt want to break off to put money in A meter maid the meter. comes along; sees the meter in violation and sees too the decal in the windshield. The meter maid would n (Continued on page 2) - |