Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-09-02 | Page 19 | Board Delays Injunction on Alta Lodge

Board Delays Injunction On Alia Alta Lodge I A threatened city health board injunction to halt further construction construction con con- of a bed recreation lodge odge in the Alta basin was temporarily tempo tempo- 1 sta stayed ed Thursday while David A. A Affleck city water commissioner commissioner com corn missioner announced that state and city health officials would meet sometime next week to draft official action The injunction threat arose from the he assertion of Dr James Z Davis avis city health commissioner that hat operation of the lodge would be damaging to the city water supply and the health and welfare of f Salt Lake City residents Despite the fact that chemical toilets are the only approved type ot of f sewage facility for such areas owners of oC the proposed to o use both chemical and flush toilets with a gallon tank i to o catch and hold the waste until it t could be hauled down the canon canyon canyon can can- I yon on by truck and emptied into the city ity sewer Dr Davis said he considered a 3 lodge odge of this size to be a sanitary hazard regardless of the type of oC disposal system used During the city commission meeting on the matter Thursday reports were heard hoard from Dow H II I Young superintendent of the city waterworks and V. W. V. V Hickey chief sanitarian of the board of health The potential hazard to the city's water supply if iC flush toilets were vere allowed in those areas would be e so great as to eliminate such installations entirely Mr Young told the commission Edwin Gibbs secretary of the Bundoc Co builders of the lodge indicated his associates would be willing villing to install all chemical toilets if city officials insist