| Show v. v 1 CENTRAL PARKS PARK'S SEWER TROUBLE HEADS TO COURT Groundwork Is Laid for Test Cases on Issue The Central Park sewage controversy controversy con- con headed straight for the courts Friday when wh n state officials laid aid the groundwork for about a dozen ozen test cases At the same time Salt Lake county commissioners heard one citizen characterize his home district as ase the he e filthiest rotten rottenest est district in Utah as two residents of the Cen- Cen Central Central ral Park area appeared in attempt to o obtain improvement of condi- condi ons Conferring with Attorney General Joseph oseph Chez Chea were Dr J. J L. L Jones state tate health commissioner Lynn M. M Thatcher director of the division of f public health engineering and sanitation and Newell W. W Pickett chief hief sanitary inspector in the state stale health department Posting Pasting Ordered After the conference Dr Jones telephoned Dr Joseph R. R Morrell of f Ogden chairman of the state board of health to arrange a board meeting before Monday to authorize posting of notices on Central Park premises remises ordering the property owners to comply with state sanitary sani- sani tary ary requirements If the owners have lave not met requirements within two wo days Dr Jon Jones s said 10 or a dozen ozen owners would be selected for forest test est cases in district court Dr Jones said the attorney generals general's generals general's genral's gen- gen eral's ral's office has promised full co cooperation cooperation cooperation co- co operation in this attempt to bring sanitary conditions to this s sewage sewage- Ya e- e strewn area and that the health de department detriment dep de- de p would be represented by a deputy attorney general in any court battles tattles Problem Cited The area affected may go beyond the he boundaries of Central Park which incorporated about two years ago and last fall Dr Jones said The bulk of the problem however is represented Inthe in inthe the he district bounded by Twenty- Twenty first South and Thirty-third Thirty South streets ts and Fifth East to Second West streets Dr Jones said that to comply with state requirements the property property property prop prop- erty owners would have either to install chemical toilets or resort toa to a sewer system He said there was little ittle likelihood of chemical toilets being widely used as they must be outdoors and would prevent use of indoor modern plumbing already installed in many residences Means Explained Means of obtaining Ining a sewer system te tern tem include construction by some government agency after of Central Park uniting with Salt Lake CIty use use- of a system alre already dY available or orco construction construction con con- of a system through formation formation formation for for- mation of a sewer district Unless all posted premises install chemical toilets immediately there is little possibility of the property owners complying with requIrements requirements requirements require requIre- ments ii in iq time to avoid a court fight ight it was pointed out Appearing before the county commissioners commissioners com corn missioners in the interest of a proposed W P A sidewalk project Vego P. P Larsen 2547 South State street spoke of the area as the rottenest rottenest rottenest rot and the filthiest Bierman Speaks Carl Bierman 2354 South State street anticipating formal presentation presentation presentation presen presen- tation of the sanitation problem called attention to drainage work on Main street between Twenty- Twenty first South and Thirty-third Thirty South streets Although the project is to drain the immediate area for widenIng widening widen widen- widenIng ing of Main street pavement Mr Bierman said the drainage work would have a beneficial effect on the territory immediately west of Main street As a property owner and taxpayer taxpayer taxpayer tax tax- payer I want to cooperate with the county in bettering sanitary conditions conditions conditions condi condi- he said Meanwhile the South Salt Lake Business Mens Men's league has called a meeting of citizens of the area to tobe tobe tobe be held at 1 p. p m. m Tuesday at Guy Heric's Sandwich shop 2105 South Main street to seek a means of solving the problem |
