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Show Disincorporation Sanctioned, Central Park's Fate Uncertain i CENTRAL PARK The town board of Central Park, Utah' youngest city, Thursday prepared to receive the official vote of taxpayers tax-payers approving disincorporation, but future of the tovn is still buildings and septic tanks emptying empty-ing onto the surface of the ground or into numerous small streams and ditches. Water being used for cull-nary cull-nary purposes and for Irrigation of vegetables that will be eaten without with-out cooking is being polluted and children's health is being threatened threat-ened by the potential haxard, the survey revealed. "After aerioua consideration. It is evident that there are only two aolutiona fore orrection-of the unsanitary un-sanitary conditions existing in Central Cen-tral park." the letter, signed by Dr. J. L. Jones, state health commissioner, commis-sioner, said, "namely, the installation installa-tion of a sanitary sewer system or installation of pit type outbuildings and toilets discharging Into cess-poosl cess-poosl or septie tanks." The latter would not be entirely 'satisfactory. Dr. Jones said, because at times of the year the underground under-ground water level is leaa than two i feet below the surface, resulting in such containers being filled to I overflowing without proper func-I func-I tioning. uncertain. The electorate overwhelmingly supported leaders of the disincorporation disincor-poration move at the election Tuesday Tues-day Tuesday, asked by the Third district court in answer to a petition peti-tion demanding the action by a group of taxpayers. Opinion by John D. Rice, deputy lo the attorney general, declared, however, is that the town cannot by law become disincorporated until un-til after its indebtedness has been cleared. Rpent Much Money The board had previously spent several thousand dollars for preliminary pre-liminary work in anticipation of construction of a sewer system a project that the town waa formed to finance, according to Robert R. Fitta, present town clerk and successful suc-cessful candidate for membership on the town beard of trustees. George H. Soderborg was named president of the board, but may not have the opportunity to act in that capacity. The town board will re-reive re-reive official reports on the disincorporation dis-incorporation vote at Its Monday meeting. The town board will then, in turn, report the result to the Third district court, and the court will have within its power at that time to disincorporate the town and take over all business, or it may delay the action until some future dste. Property owners, nevertheless, face an order to improve sanitary conditions In Central Park. An ultimatum. Issued by tha board of health August . pointed to a "nuisance "nui-sance that has become Increasingly intolerable and dangerous." and demanded de-manded a sewer system be Installed, or that all premises be provided with an approved chemical toilet Recent surveys conducted by the health department revealed overflowing over-flowing cesspools, unsanitary out- |