| Show Cost Cosi Figures Readied on Sewer District 5 Suburban burb r Dw Dwellers Dwellers' llers' llers Promised Early Individual Estimate Rel Release IO pj of facts fact and figures as s ss s soon on as ns possible on the Individual and collective collective- amounts to be borne In the construction of ot the Salt Lake City suburban sanitary dietrict district die dis sewer sewer Friday was vu promised by yUie the Salt L Lake e. e county commission commis sion t to W property Y o owners e of the district district- The promise was exa exacted fed by a s group of at property owners owners' In in the sew sewer sewer r distri t. t representatives represent represent- t- t of ot th the citizens citizens' prot protective committee who wh appeared before the commission protesting citizens citi citi- citi z zens zene ns in the area area arci affected had n not t been prese d the facts Also appe appearing were ere proponents of the sewer installation includIng including ing members rs ri of cf the Salt L Lake ke County Citizens Citizens' and nd Newell New New- ell eli W. W Pickett t state tate board of health senior sn sa sanitarian A. A Z Richards representing Rl Richards hards C Caldw Caldwell ll Sorensen project en engineers also submitted a report on on the length of time it would take to retire the estimated revenue bond nd issue to cover the sewer construction in inI I which his estimated time of amortization amor amor- r was 18 8 years ars i Fear Feat High Cost CostI I D During the m it was argued argued ar ar- ar- ar gued d' d that the district was set up under uner- the old 1 law w. w which required o only ly 10 of the signatures of residents real resi dents of the of-the the proposed district that the costs costA would be excessive and that ahe area which h had d been eliminated from the original dietrict district dIstrict dis die was the area which needed the most Citizens Citizens' committee representatives also charged the original petition setting up the district had duplication of names nearly one-fourth one of the signers are not now living in the district and at least third one of the signers signers sign sign- ers era were from the eliminated dis die Their contention was that with the elimination of ot the area area which needed the most the urgency of the s sewer had been changed and there was no need to hurry the construction n until th the opinion of property owners in the district had been determined Mr Richards Richard said 10 O homes w wre jr i-jr ie e in 1 the area area clin eliminated l d leav trig ing homes homes' In the area fea to be tie bes s of which are nonresidential nonresidential non- non residential buildings He recommended recommended recommended mended the service rate for the be about three times the rate for residential structures Charge He also pointed out the bond issue didn't cover the construction cost from the owners owner's property line to his home or business buildIng build build- Ing and that the county commission commission commis commis- sion may at some time also be re required required required re- re to raise the service charges Mr Richards estimated the cost of installing the sewer connection from property line to building at at not over a foot where impedimentS ments menth would have to be traversed I and at a foot where progress was unobstructed He added that I Ithe the use of ot trench-digging trench machines in this operation would cover the labor c cost st of Installing of t the con con- Wendell M. M Smoot 47 3 Holladay Holla HoUa- day blvd estimated the total cost to e each ch individual home connected as from 1200 to 1500 which he said he based on the figure of ot homes hories to be connected given him by the county surveyor Mr Smoot 85 asking for actual figures and facts said 51 or more of the property owners In the inthe the district should desire the sewer before construction should pro pro- He added a property owner should not be forced to submit to the expense of the project when he was obligated by a owner Representatives Representative of the protective protective protective tive committee made it clear to the commission they were not opposed opposed op op- posed to the sewer itself but had been waiting for or facts acts Mr Pickett warned that If it the sewer was not constructed d the eliminated part of th the district would continue to receive sewage from the east bench of the remaining remaining remaining remain remain- ing district Eventually he said ai the soil would reach a saturation point |
