Show PUBLIC WORKS OUTLINE READY FOR APPROVAL Request est for S. S l U Federal Projects Loan Entails Tax Boost The final draft of Salt Lakes Lake's con public works program to- to to to- was approved and signed by the city city commission Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day for forwarding to Washington Before affixing their signatures sIgnature the commissioners were told by Mayor May May- or Louis LouLs Marcus that thc the city must guarantee to increase the thc tax levy by byI 1 I mill within five years to provide for amortization and that the new revenue would have to ro be earmarked The program is divided among th the five city departments as follows Streets water public affairs affaIrs' and finance parks and public safety The schedule stated that would be spent fo for labor and for other expenses expense It provides provIde for a six hour day with wages of 40 cents an hour for unskilled and 90 cents for tor skilled labor The program it was vias estimated would furnish man days of unskilled unskilled un un- skilled and man-days man of f skilled labor Included among the proposed largest largest larg larg- est projects by departments department are Streets Streets Bridges Bridges in City Creek and and md Parleys Parley's canyons pavIng paving pay ing tag and bridge at Jordan river Water Water Replacement of piping and drilling of artesian test wells Public affairs Curb affairs Curb and gutter In City cemetery augmented water water water wa wa- ter supply at Wasatch springs Parks Pedestrian Parks Pedestrian tunnel under Liberty park main drive park sprinkling sprin sprin- rin kling g systems and airport runways runway Public safety safety Central Central fire alarm station at Liberty park new city eity jail and remodeling fire stations S- S F Fail ail to Get Support Sought Backers of the proposed Virgin river reclamation project of the Dixie Dairying and Development company Thursday failed to get the moral support they sought from the state public works emergency com corn At Ata a lengthy meeting at the capitol Samuel A. A Kin King attorney for tor the company com corn pany and other backers outlined th the project for tor which they sought the officIal official cial Indorsement of the state stale committee commit commit- tee as an aid to presenting their application application application cation for tor a loan In Washington Indorsement was refused largely on the grounds the committee could not take such action without making a complete study of ot the thc project Sucha Such a study Chairman William R R. Wallace said would only duplicate work of the federal public works advisory board for Cor Utah which already has approved the loan application NOT SATISFACTORY Questions asked by committee members members mem merit bers indicated the financial setup was not entirely satisfactory P. P H. H Mulcahy vice chairman of the commission asked Mr King If It if in the latter's opinion It was good public pol policy Ie icy for the federal government to furnish furnish fur fur- ur- ur nish funds for a project which according according accord accord- according ing to Mr Kings King's own estimate would return a potential profit of 9 90 to per cent Mr King replied that from a purely business standpoint he did not consIder consider con con- consider sider it good policy but said that since so much money had b been cn set up for or unemployment relief It was was was' wasL a L sound 1 idea David Morris of St St. George said that residents of Washington county faced with water shortages would buy the thc theland land at the price estimated by the company com corn pany pony officials as necessary to repay the he loan GLADLY DO SO Asked by Mr Mulcahy If the purchasers purchasers pur pur- chasers would be willing to pay for forthe forthe or orthe the potential profit Mr Morris replied they would do so gladly Mr King explained that the backers backer of 01 the project understood the state committee committee com corn had no official connection with witha a private project but that they regarded regarded re re- regarded re- re an indorsement as moral support support sup- sup port ort that would aid their cause Other members of the committee ina in ina a a vote concurred with Mr Wallace in his ils view that no indorsement should be e given without a complete study orthe ot or othe the he project |