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Show TRUCE REACHED BY CITY, COUNTY III AIRPORT ROW Land Deeded, Water Pact Signed By AL FERGUSON A threat of the United States government to withdraw funda from the million-aoiiar airport project hastened termination of the argument argu-ment between city and county commissioners com-missioners on. culinary water bills of the general hospital, infirmary and boys' detention home. Glvea Warning That waa revealed Thursday when county commissioners granted a petition pe-tition of F. E. Ferns trom, 8alt Lake City claim agent, requesting the county deed a 10-acre tract and a road right-of-way at the airport to the city. Mr. JTornetrom'e UU ter stated, in part: "This property ia In the aviation field and the city would like to have a settlement of these matters at once, otherwise we will have aome difficulty with the United States government advancing the money for the airport project," j From an official source, which would not be quoted. The Telegram learned government officials , in charge of the airport project demanded de-manded that the city have clear, unencumbered title to the airport land before the next payroll for workers now completing the project proj-ect would be approved. When city officials first applied to the county commission for the deeds the request was rejected, it was reported, on the ground that the city had refused, at least temporarily, tem-porarily, to grant the county's request re-quest for abatement of $2900 per year water charges made by the city against county institutions for culinary water. Pays fUov City commissioners adjusted the dispute by appropriating $1290 to the city water department to be applied against the water bills incurred in-curred this year by county institutions. insti-tutions. The compromise was quickly accepted ac-cepted by county commiaaioners, who in turn approved issuance of deeds to the city for land the county owned at the aviation field. Continuation "until further action of the eity commission," of the arrangement ar-rangement whereby City Attorney Fisher Harris also acts as attorney attor-ney for the metropolitan water district dis-trict of Salt Lake City had been approved Thursday by the city commission. com-mission. Commissioners approved the action ac-tion upon motion of Commissioner William Murdoch. Mr. Harris waa first appointed attorney for the water wa-ter district last year for the stipulated stip-ulated period of M days. The arrangement haa since been extended extend-ed once and now Is given the mark of permanency. The city pays $1000 of the attorney's salary while the water district supplies the remainder. |