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Show QUICK DECISION URGED ON SITE -OF POSTOFFICE Sugarhouse Project Faces Danger, of U. S. Withdrawal A tit for tht Sugarhouse post-office post-office miut be decided upon immediately imme-diately or the government will withdraw with-draw from the project, Poatmaater L A. 8moot warned aa h addrad meeting Thursday of tho Sugar-boua Sugar-boua Rotary club la the Weashu Inn. , Mr. Bmoot. in explaining th mow. said that "today U tha dead-lino" dead-lino" because a poatal Inspector bu already ovarataytd his vtait htr by four daya. A. B. Clark, tht Inspector, aaid that all propoaala aubmtttad thua far for aala of ailaa wara excessive and price wara "unthinkable," inasmuch in-asmuch aa tha government aaldom apenda mora than 10 par cant of ant Ira coat on aita. Mr. 8moot aaid that three preferred pre-ferred aitea hava been aubmltted. Tha Sugarhouse Rotary club adopted a resolution that George Burbidge. chairman of tha club post- office committee, should support any ait accepted) by the government govern-ment agent and that he should work with him in obtaining a aite at a price auitable to th government. govern-ment. The chairman also waa empowered em-powered to remove from the committee com-mittee any member having property for sale to the government for this project. Bids made to the government have been officially closed." Mr. Smoot aaid, "but Mr.' Clark haa extended ex-tended the deadline until T p. m. Thursday night. Ha will spend Friday Fri-day checking bids and comparing prices on the proposal with the assessed as-sessed values of the state tax commission." com-mission." E. C Knowlton, chief engineer of the state road commiaslon, ax-plained ax-plained routea selected by the commission com-mission from Parley's canyon to Fifth South atreet and the propoaed widening of East Twenty-first South street. Ha also aaid that construction construc-tion of the highway from the canyon can-yon to Fifth South street waa "going "go-ing through definitely" and that right of way waa now being purchased. pur-chased. Vera' Halladay, manager of the Salt Lsika City airport, was gueat speaker. Orson Kaateiler. vies president pres-ident of the club, presided. |