Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-22 | Page 6 | Trench Digger to Speed Work

TRENCH DIGGER TO SPEED WORK SOUTH SALT LAKE The board oard of trustees of ot the town of ot South Salt Lake Tuesday had purchased purchased pur pur- chased a us used d trench digger at acOst acost a ft cost of 1200 to speed up th the sewer project here according to toMay May Mayor r Robert R It Fitts Work on the sewer lines tines v was wasn A Ain in n full lull swing Q Tuesday but work on the construction of the disposal plant has hM not start started d. d South Salt Lake ake olli officials iab Mayor Fitts said till have hopes of arranging ng to Connect onn ct with the Salt Lake City sewer system To Draft Plan nan Mayor Fitts and Alma Alma Kasteler member of the town board stated that hat they will instruct County Attorney At At- torney orney Harold E E Wallace attorney attorney ney for the town to draft a proposal pro plO to the Salt Lake City commission com corn mission providing for lor the tM connection connection connection con con- of the town sewer system the Salt Lake City sewer The acceptance of the proposal would eliminate the necessity of ol building a sewer disposal plant I here A report r recently made b by Clyde C. C Kennedy San Fr Francisco sewage engineer criticized d the proposed plant as Inadequate for future needs and a health menace menace men nien- ace to the citizens of ot the locality Kennedys Kennedy's report was wu criticized by sy the town board here as misInforming misInforming misinforming mis Informing and contrary to other reports from sewage engin els They contend that the proposed plant will be more than ci dent nt to handle the towns town's S sew SeW- W- W tige age ge The proposal to connect the two sewers will be considered by the theS S Salt lt Lake City commissioners lat late this week after Commissioner George D. D Keyser who is out o ol of the city returns City CommIssioner Commissioner Commis CommIs- John B. B M Matheson th son said sald ld Proposal sal A previous proposal to permit South Salt Lake to connect its sewer to Salt Lake City mains was rejected reject d by the city commIssIon commission commis commIs- sion several weeks ago At that thai time city officials contended that it could not be done don unless the town agreed greed to annexation to Salt Lake City Annexation at this time Mayor Mavor Fitts s said Id w would uld be impossible becauSe because because be be- cause the town has certain fIn financial titian finan n- n cial obligations that must be re retired retired re re- tired before belore such action