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Show ACTION TO SAVE HOSPITAL GRANT URGEDJY BLOOD- Water Pipe Section May Be Laid to Site Possibility that ths stats building commission may sty water pip to ths proposed sit of ths projects stats tuberculosis sanitarium in Of-den Of-den developed Wednesday aftsr. noon at meeting of the edmmls-sion edmmls-sion after a letter from Governor Henry H. Blood was received urging the commission to do "everything In your power" to save the $82,000 P W A grant. State Building Superintendent R. K, Blown tot the commission mat-he mat-he believed laying the pipe would satisfy ths terms of the federal grant requiring that work be started by December 24. The commission went Into executive execu-tive session with Deputy attorney General John D. Rice when he declared, de-clared, "If we don't prepare our anawsr to the mandamus proceeding proceed-ing started by the Of dsn chamber of commerce by tomorrow, we'll be In contempt of court.1 T Prepare Answer Mr. Rice said that. Immediately after the meeting, he would begin preparing the commission's answer to the suit, seeking to force construction con-struction of a sanitarium at Ogdea without delay. The answer Is to be filed In state supreme court at 10 a. m. Thursday and arguments are expected to, be heard shortly. The commission, In deciding not to attempt to build an "adequate" sanitarium with ths 1182,000 available, avail-able, has not made Its action official, BUILDING BY UNITS - IS ATTORNEY'S IDEA OGDEN, Nov. 17 Oft Ls Roy B. Young, attorney fee the Ogdea Og-dea chamber of eammeree. Indicated In-dicated today be will eneintaln before the stats supreme eeort tomarrew that Utah's togtslature Intended Its state sanitarium te be a progreaslvo Institution. Ths attorney Interpreted the law creating the sanitarians te mean that the stats building eam-m eam-m teuton must prepare apeeiflea-Uone apeeiflea-Uone for an -adequate baBding."' "bat," he said. -It does not direct di-rect the beard te realise the plans all at once. Ne stats Institution was ever built that way. There Is nothing In the law which says they must build out of the $1K1,-60S $1K1,-60S funds currently available the entire adequate' hospital they are directed te plan." Meanwhile, new support for the Ogden site for the hoUy-eeatftat-ed state Institution came from the Bex Elder chamber of commerce, com-merce, the board of governors of which passed a resolution yester day recommending eons traction of the hospital at Ogden. sines It acted on a motion Jointly with ths state board of health. The Ogden chamber, donor of S3-acro site for a sanitarium, contends con-tends in the suit ths commission exceeded Jurisdiction by refusing to proceed with const ruction. A note of optimism was sounded y several capital officials who again broached the possibility of a gesture by the building commission to preserve the 182,000 P W A grant. It was said that ths commission might merely break ground and install in-stall a water system. New Angle Appeal Meanwhile, a new angle was thrust into ths discussion by officials offi-cials who feared the supreme court might throw out the entire appropriations appro-priations act, which authorises the governor to allocate $330,000 "in the following order": Carbon county Junior college. 1190.000; tuberculosis sanitarium, 100.000; Weber county Junior college, 180.000. The act then states that the "balance." of which there is none, should be spent on the state prison. Bute officials Immediately questioned ques-tioned the meaning of the term -"balance." and whether the legislature's legisla-ture's intent was thst federal funds should be added to the appropriations, appropria-tions, thus cresting a balance. An opinion of Grover A. Giles, deputy attorney general, delivered to Governor Gov-ernor Henry H. Blood August 2 st the hitter's request, held ths word balance as "meaningless." Contract Is Let The contract for the Carbon county coun-ty Junior college has already been let and does not include federal finsncing. The building commission was slse to consider at its projected meeting Wednesday a reply to the Brotherhood Brother-hood of Carpenters and Joiners, local lo-cal 430. Ogden, whs have demanded that the aanitsrium construction be started immediately. |