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Show TTIERE are tome de- feats more triumphant than victories. SEPTEMBER o n & M. Da MovTAien ,9X10 I2X 3TF4P 5 11 6 1 7i 23 24 l9W2i;22 27 28 29.30 Volume Uno Number Successor to Public Opinion Journal A WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE DEPENDABLE Thirty-Seve-n OF LOCAL AFFAIRS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1938 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHED AT PROVO, UTAH Civic Improvement Program Makes Provo Finest Residential City Gravel Crusher 25,000 Feet In West Intermountain City Plant at Work Public health and the city beautiful ideas in Provo during the past two or three years REJECTS CITY ii all major civic improvements which hare been undertaken, with industrial development and modern conOFFER TO RUY veniences being the chief concern for the future growth of the city in the minds of the present administration, For the third time the Utah to a statement made by Mayor Mark AnderPower and Light has rejected according Provo citys offer to buy its dis- son regarding the present status of city work going on tribution system, the final re- here. jection being contained In a letAll major improvements have been undertaken ter received Thursday by the city commission from George M. Gads-bmainly with the thought in mind of providing fundapresident and general manmentally important facilities in an ager. city, The third offer waa made especially as regards public health, beauty of surroundmainly to satisfy the PWA offiHero, at tha south west corner of the city, atanda the dud future growth both t who required that the city ings, modern conveniences, cials, which coat cruaher $6000 and which haa turned out plant (ravel comto an make offer the Power and industrial population development ", states the more than 60,000 yarda of crushed (ravel, exactly to tha to purchase their distribupany required by the city engineering department to make tion system before the grant mayor. Provo'a atreeta Juat what they want them to be In preparation To provide these things Provo city has gone forwould be considered. This final for the rock aaphalt paving to follow, Thla gravel la worth at offer waa accordingly made, alward on five main fronts : the street paving projects; least $16,000 to the city. though the mayor states that two A big advantage of having ite own gravel crusher, explaina previous offers had been made In the water line extensions; the canyon water supply Commissioner J. P. McGuire of the street department. Is to cogood faith and both had been reproject; the sewer and drain projects; and the gravel jected, the one In 1666 not reordinate the street paving operations. WPA labor has been ceiving even a reply, the other crasher work, this latter being an antecedent to the used almost entirely, and the savings to the city thua effected, In June of this year being defin- street improvement program. have been passed on to the property owners. Here are the Initely refused. The story of what has been accomplished is here set tegral factors which have made possible the extensive street The Power presidents Istter paving projects of the past two or three years: 1. forth for Utah Valley News readers, not to praise or notsd several reasons for declinand operated gravel crushing plant. 2. WPA cooperation and condemn anyone, but to present the truth about Provos ing the citys offer. labor. In the first place the present recent developments, making ,it one of the finest cities franchise election 'pending should in the entire intermountain west, a fine' residential city" be answered definitely first, for It on industrial and a city of which every resident center, Line Provo anWater Is belief the that company's Digging other 10 year franchise will be should be proud. granted by the citizens of Provo. The facts presented and the statements made in this This Is based on the signatures account of Provos recent progress are obtained from attached to the petition recently circulated being In excess of the the. 1930 and 1937 published reports of City Affairs ", number of persons who voted for and from ihe current records of the commission. city the revenue bond ordinance which The pictures are by courtesy of Mayor Anderson. authorised the city to proceed POWER hare-prevaile- COMPANY y, up-to-da- te apecl-fcatlo- ni City-own- Canyons with its present plans. In the second place the offer of the city does not include alll the company property, merely Its distribution system In Provo city. Mr. Gadsbys letter also makes s resume of the negotiations tak Ing place during the past two years regarding the municipal plant and sets forth length the various actions taken by both the city and the company In regards to these events. One of Provos Beautiful Streets jt LAROR Looking first to the source of Provo's famous pure water apply, the entire canyon water system has been completely rehabilitated, so that today the city's entire water supply la taken from enclosed mountain springs. WPA labor has been used almost exclusively, and the extension of the city's canyon main line to reach Bridal Veil Falls, I'pper Falls, and South Fork for the chief source of supply Is now an accomplished fact. The picture above show WPA labor t work on the trenches which took the msln line to these sources of mountain water. When Deer Creek reservoir Is completed the city will be able to trade or exchange Deer Creek water for additional Pring water from these three sources, which will more than double Provo's present culinary water supply. Thus Provo Is prepared for considerable growth, and no doubt new industries can be attracted to this city to utilize this surplus water supply. CITY , CHIEFS Hark Eggertaen was appointed the Provo city civil wvlre commission, succeeding "1'1 J. Murdock who resigned stcept the county commission-e- r 1 Position. Mr. Eggertson is resident of the Junior Chamber Commerce, and Is manager of be Provo of fire of the tola week to Inter-ounta- bs ny. Tills Guaranty com- ln tended on to California where their son Sidney will attend the of California thfc I'nlvcrslty winter. Thy met him and his wife, the former Rowens Chriswhere tensen, at Zion canyon, hg lias served as ranger for the past summer. Workers Alliance To Sponsor abor Day Dance Yon are cordially Invited to attend the Big Labor Day Danre Professor and Mrs. W. H. Boyle rponsored hy the Workeri hone again after a trip Mlinme of Provo, to take place V rough southern t'tnh. In the fe- In the Third Ward Amusement west 0f the B. Y. which ex- - Hull, Friday. September 2, 1138. l. closed. Stores also will close Monday for Labor Day celebrations announced in this paper, both at Rosa-law- n in the Orem municipality and at Pioneer Park in Provo, announces 11 Wright, chairman of the retail merchants committee of the Chamber of commerce. Utah Stake Temple Excursion Andrew Hartley, chairman of the Utah Stake Genealogical temple excursion committee announces a stake emple excursion haa been arranged to the Salt Lake Temple for Sept. 8. All eligible members are urged to attend. Special rates on the 7.ii0 a. m. Orem train will be In effect at 77 cents round trip. Return la allowed on any train during the day. FALLS OFFICIALS PRAISE ROVO STREETS Compared to Idaho Falls, rovos streets and water system are outstanding ach- ievements, according to four city officials from that city who spent one day this week inspecting Provo. City commissioners T. Q. AVasley Ray Crabtree, and E. W. Fanning, accompanied by C. R. Black, city engineer, were the visitors from Idaho Falla. First they Inspected the city's streets, examining the rock nap-ha-lt material, with u view to determining what Idaho Falla might do In its projected street Improvement program. They were pleased with the appearance of the streets, and found coat of upkeep unusually low, they reported. The 1966 road bad haa coat $160 for repairs during 1967; the 1667 and 1661 paving Jobe have been maintained for about $600. Repair billa are alwaya heatleamwHMt yeai amortey Ing, they found, the maintenance coat diminishing as the material More than 60,000 feet of metal water pipe lines have been dug and tha pip laid during tha past two or three years in Prova city. Many new lines have been laid, practically all dead end lines have been ellminted, and much of the city system has been enlarged, either by replacing old and Inadequate lines, or by Installing new lines to areas heretofore unserved. Pressure haa thus been equalised over the city, and water and fire protection given to many sections of the city previously without these modern necessities. WPA labor haa been used throughout In thla work. East Side Double Barrelled Sewer and -- Drain Job . . nv; harden. s I 'v'ljpwaftw Arm -- City Englnaar E. A. Jacob explained that two things were necessary: a good baaa, and hot a waathar during tha actual of laying tha rock aaphalt. The Idaho Falla Visitors wars more than pleased with thetr Inspection trip. Tha water system also received eome very complimentary remarks from tha visitor. In Idaho Falla they pump nil their city water from deep wells. They expressed delight and appreciation for the gravity system of pure water direct from enclosed springe from Provo canyon. pro-cea- A MILLION DOLLAR PUNT NOW? DAY Mayor Mark Anderson, though not issuing a formal proclamation announces that Provo city will cooperate with the Labor groups in their observance of Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 5. All city and county offices mil be DAHO of Pipe Line Laid in City The picture above just one street out of more than 20 miles of such streets In the city, all paved with rock ph.it, which have eliminated dust and mud In Provo, and made the city a city of residences, where civic pride excella, and every home owner is striving to "palnt-uclean-uand flx-ubis premises. A trip around the city reveals hundreds of homes newly painted and decorated during the past year, and though much la yet to be done In the way of removing unsightly fencea and barns, and otherwise Improving the appearance of many homes, yet Provo elands today as city of civic consciousness more than ever before In its history. Out of all the many ways of providing a hard surface to a modern city street system. Provo selected rock asphalt for five definite reasons states Mayor Anderson. These reasons are given here because many citizen have questioned the use of this material, In the face of concrete, oil, and other materials which have been urged upon the commission: X. Rock asphalt which Is recognized as satisfactory In many cities Is too expensive in most of them because of excessive freight costs. Provo Is near the rock asphalt quarry, and freight costs are very reasonable which brings this material readily within the range of other materials. 2. It Is clean, and can he laid so readily that It hardly interrupts traffic while the street work Is under way. 6. It does not wrinkle nr wave as other bituminous suha-tanrp. p, p" es do. d 4. It Is In wet weather, fhaking It safer for traffic mout other materials. non-ski- than 5. It patches readily, making repairs possible at any point the mad. It thus provides fur cheap maintenance, and keeps st satisfactory road bed for years under proper attention. Although 20 miles of rock asphalt have been Inld In Provo city the commission plans for another five miles of paving district next year. This area lies mainly In the west part cf the town, so that hy the close of 1969 Provo city will be almost completely paved, one of the cleanest and most beautiful cltlea In America. Queries are abroad today as to Whether ITovo Is to have a million dollar plant now, instead of a gM.Vt.noo one, arrordlng to comments on the street and among scores of ell hens. The question arises through the application of the city for a PWA grant for 419 per rent of the cost of the plant. Mayor Mark Andenon makes the following comments regarding the question of "raising tha estimates to a million dollars" for the Provo municipal plant. In the first place he avows that no secret exists as to the possibilities of the plant costing one million dollars under PWA. because of the higher costa InAt the same time, he volved. states. Provo will save approximately 6250,000 under the PWA plan, and will use no more than 6650.000 of revenue bonds to obtain the plant, keeping the entire cost well within the original estimates and within the authorized revenue bond ordinance. In the second place, explains the mayor, the cost of the plant, from the very nature of It. ran only be estimated, lint all estimates msde are amply high to care for all contingencies. No will be doulit these estimates pared considerably when actual construction begins, for each contract will lie let separately and In sequence as the work progresses. In Grant Holt, son of Professor snd Mrs. H. H. Holt and Robert Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hodson. have accepted a call to Englaad to labor as L.D.B. missionaries. They are now In preparation at the Mission home in Halt Lake City. More than 10 miles of sewer and drain pipa have been manufactured and laid In Provo city daring tho past two and a half years. This has been tha biggest Job undertaken In tha city, and ha been accomplished largely through WPA labor and cooperation. The picture above ahowa tha "double barrelled ewer and drain line serving tho East aide of tha city, on of the biggest single jobs ever undertaken here. Laterals will be constructed In the spring leading out from this East side sewer line, which will greatly Improve conditions in this section. Already the west side of the city haa been provided with miles of sewe line, and most of the city is In a very satisfactory condition now regarding sewer facilities. Of course murh yet remains to be done, but definite progress haa been made In n permanent and calefactory manner. FALL OPENING PLANNED SEPTEMBER FOR 14 The Autumn Season will be officially ushered Into rrovo on September 14 when the annua "Fall Opening and Style Show will lie hold under the direction of the Retail Merrhant committee. with AI. Wright as general chairman, and all Individual merchants conducting company or store showings of their own, following the hlg parade scheduled for 7 p. m. that Wednesday. Cooperation between the Utab County Fair hoard and the with the rodeo, Provo merchants promisee to give an additional and unusual Impetus to this years style show, according lo Seth T. Shaw, Fair manager. Following the parade the store windows in Provos business section will be unveiled, and living models will display, In many of the stores, the falls creations In style for wearing apparel. Special prizes are also to be offered daring the evening. The following committees were named this week by the Retail Merchants group as having direction over the various details of the coming "Fall Opening': Prises and contest!. W. C. chairman. John Preesler and Jerry Bybee; style show and window decorations, Lester Taylor, chairman, Abner Fisk and Gene Hoover; advertising, Lloyd Anderson chairman, McKay Christensen and Kd. Firms ge: parade. Deve Moffett and Frank Gardner; publicity and street decorations, Clayton Jenkins. |