| Show I 20 O Box Dox ma I Moab Utah November 3 1961 I To the Editor The Times Independent Mo Moab b Utah Lear Dear Sam This letter Jetter may t he be printed whether hether we win or ar 10 lose e on the water sewer bond Issue In your OUt November 2nd 1 Issue sue It Is my understanding that you OU freely offered the seven lIeven candidates candi eandi- dates dates dates' seeking leE election to city offices approximately 1 1400 I. I t 0 words 1200 words word to each cnn can aD This Tm Im sure cure ure was most mod appreciated by each candidate and of course coune assisted the voters vo vo- vo teil in making their decisions In the same issue there was an approximate word 1300 letter letter- to the from one Individual ual who ho wasn't running for Zor an office Mr Dennis E. E Byrd's Byrds strat strategy gy and timing were perfect His opinions were made public Inthe in the last issue of your newspaper before the day of decision decision Nay Nov November ember He admits that h he has been working on the Idea for three months Why didn't lie he express himself before Surely his ili views could have been aired in In the previous Issue of f The Times Independent at any anyone one of the cou council meetings or the public meeting held at the Court House I have attended the same meetings relative to the proposed sewer and water bond issue and wish to commend the administration for doing an excellent excellent ex ex- lob Job in informing the public of all details In the middle of Mr Byrds Byrd's long letter to the editor you will find the following phrase Everyone of If us should be workIng workIng work work- Ing and thinking about bringing new industry to Moab I say that industry will not give us us' even a first look if we are not not- willing to first first make available adequate water and sewer fa Ia- climes We needed the extra water last summer even en before the announcement of plans with the potash and our demands had bad expanded considerably even at atthe atthe atthe the time of the go ahead with the potash last December What about the families that Mr Byrd mentions as being being being be be- ing all that will wiD be needed to serve at the one potash site Im I'm sure that they and the additional onal anal supporting new population would having water aswell as aswell we well as the rest of us In a free country everyone is entitled to his own opinion and of course Mr Byrds Byrd's pessImistic pessimistic pessi pessI- view In no exception to this privilege rm Im just one of those guys who expects water to come out of the tap with pressure when I turn it on on- on and expect to pay for same Sincerely LARRY L L. NORMAN S. S Huntridge I Drive Mountainview Moab Uta Utah The Times Independent Moab J Utah Dear Sam i Pete Byrd of his fine article Pete Burd Burt on his bIs fin fine article of Nov 2 1961 1911 That is the way waya a lot of ot us feel about this bond issue just voted on last night Now lets let's look at the figures Water Development Cost n 4 Water Storage Cost Water Storage Cost un Water Distribution Cost Total Construction Cost Land right of contingencies legal administrative engineering The way I was taught to add it should add up to so here Is an error of just on paper addition The Bond Election just passed was for tor They tell us the US U.S. Health Service will pay 0 In outright grants This brings brines the mone money to be handled bandied to to Sewage Cost subtracted from leaves that they did not show a use for tor In tn their summing up They do not say lay but let us suppose they will pay to retire the outstanding revenue bonds This still leaves beves 10 12 unaccounted un accounted for tor In fn the brochure I t have before me Inc As a taxpayer I 1 want to know what they Intend to do with the to me that is a large sun sum of money Also will the be used wed to pay off ott the outstanding revenue bonds The people have a right to a breakdown this on this item Hem named land ways of contingencies cies des legal administrative and engineering which amounts to Who owns the land the they Intend In In tend to place the new million mUlto gallon steel storage tank on onT How blow much are they going to charge for a pile of rocks and sand over In Inthe the Mountainview Subdivision When the gas company company com corn pany came through they paid for a way right-of-way to each property and that should be plenty for the City CUy to pay to Ln I tact fact why dont don't we save aYe our our- nelves somebody's commission and not charge anything for a way right for the new line fine By their own awn admission sion they have been paying Since ince 1937 1957 for engineering studies How much ninth has It 11 cost OSt us u. already for engineering engi nt Why should there bemore be bemore bemore more spent for engineering T What about Interest how boW much mucha a year Yar ear w will U that thai cost and if the yearly yearb payments and Interest are ate met how many years willU will willit Jt U take to j pay ay off or this thI Improvement Improve e ment meat project T They were pretty prett foxy not giving us a n chance to express our feelings In to the paper before fore the election day the brochure reach us to In time want to say ay we dont don't build a dam slam at this time that they Thet have bave use for that much water yet we would have I to let some of It run by So what AD All of If It 11 is 18 running by this way according to their way tray of or thinking We could have a aswell aswell swell place for boating fishing swimming hiking yon you name It have it-have have any of or you Ou seen Bag Bag- nan nail dam darn in Missouri Of course coune if It we had all aD the water we need a number of some-bodies some would be looking f fo for of good paying jobs elsewhere Has anyone thought to have some feeling and consideration for the widows on pensions and the retired folks living Some ome wholly on pensions and others on a small pension and their earned hard life llie savings and some living Ih entirely on their hard earned life savings Remember Re member while these folks were weri and saving their money they y were only making or a month for a large larg number of or years You get tha that much or more a week today They are forced to live jive on savIngs sayings sav say Ings from the old-fashioned old pa pay payroll payroll roll in a modern high priced world While you are II figuring up ip a all these costs remember you may live to be an old folk some day Yes you guessed it I 1 voted NO Do you JOu the people really know for or certain we had a shortage shor shor- ta tace tage e of water v this past post summer summet While you were voting for a system whereby to get et more water because of a water shortage char shor tage lage the water shortage was running down East First North street most of the day Lets Let's not get so numb from the experience of living in Moab Moab Moab Mo Mo- ab that we cant can't see our hand ban handin in front of our faces with 20 vision Yours truly VIOLET VIOIET L. L WILER Ps S. Sure all humans make errors but lets let's not have them always alwa'S at the expense of or the guy who pays the bills 1 Dear Sam J I In regard to Mr loIr Byrds Byrd's letter in the Nov 2 issue of The Times I quote I 1 wish that I could feel assured that the population would continue to increase HavIng Having Hav Hay ing lag observed Helper Price Green River Mr 1 Pleasant Farmington Farmington Far Far- Cortez Blanding Delto Delto Del Del- to and perhaps most comparable Park Qty City Utah there is no doubt in my ray mind that it is possIble possible pos pos- sible for a town to decrease in population Every town I have lived in jn has had bad a Water ater shortage shortage short short- age at one time or another Un Un- quote Question Mr Byrd can you in this day and time feel for certain about anything I feel teel fairly certain that our city fa fathers fathers fathers fa- fa have the best in mind for forthe forthe forthe the people of Moab past present present present pres pres- ent and future What is your bitch Mr Byrd about tax Evidently you are one of the people people- that moves in observes a town ton and then wal walks out leaving the property property property pro pro- perty owners hol holding g the tag I am one that feels reels that we should gamble on Moab's fu ture Instead of crying later when the population has increased in fn creased because we have no water and sewer Just Asking JUDY CAUSER PS How flow can you possibly sell real estate or be a realtor in Moab doab and not bel believe ve In Moab's Mosbs Moab's Mo Mo- abs ab's future growth I Is b that why Mr Byrd you built bum your fOur office on skids so that it t t could be moved easily To the Editor The Times Independent Moab Utah Dear Deal Sam In answer to the letter of November 2 1961 1951 from Byrds Byrd's Agency I dont don't have the time on my hands hand that tho the author of or this letter seems to have However How blow ever I do believe that my ex and the natural natura feeling I t have because of being a native son of Moab is reason enough for or my concern In this Issue I 1 do remember about seven years ago when there were pea peo- pie who came hito Moab and were interested In making this home because of the opportunity opportunity opportunity they saw here Many of these people would have liked to buy homes at that time However How JIow- ever this wa was an Impossibility subsequently the trailer sales folks bad iad ad a landslide business in tr trailer sales Many trailer dwellers who purchased trailers at that time tune a are still till here and can n nut not be transient people as many of at them will wOl tell teU anyone they have never lived In a trailer home till tUl they came here to 1 Moab and were unfortunately forced Into one I 1 em ens not sure of the uranium any more than anyone 8 el else cIte however I d dd take lake this into Inlo eon On dd some lome of the shafts In this territory including ones mentioned by the author have hy been bern closed dosed do down before at different dif dlf different dif dif- ferent times and there has been In bad times more even tn employ employ- meat ment t here than anywhere I 1 id d doubt is this is a major Issue at t this time As to the qualifications or dis die disqualifications qualifications of would be PitA home bome owners O If there is not enough development developments to the growth w we e will wUl suffer a much greater loss los that being we will wUl not have the would would-be homeowners Concerning Industry Industry Industry-if if there It La no planning for the future concerning industry actually we have hae ho he problem with the water wa wa- wa ter tar to supply their needs The wheels of Industry do not stand standstIll standstill standstill still while a territory prepares for them to come In to Do we say ay sayto sayto to industry 9 If It you will promise to come to our territory and wait watt for us ig to develop elop enough to you we will rev rev- ek eop elop p enough to you well we'll start I dont don't believe we weare weare weare are in a position to do this I would rather not compare Moab to some of the other cities named Probably this a lot pride but I also have a few tew tangible reasons We In Moab are not as some of those other cities dependent solely on one Industry industry indus Indus- try we have more to look forward forward for for- ward to now than ever before This is a time when broad minds and open eyes are needed to see seea a good substantial future for our young city I am afraid one thing Is being overlooked which Is very Important Im ha- This is the fact that Moab isn't what Is known as a areal areal areal real boom town or wouldn't have to be If we do not by our own misunderstanding choke the life out of her herby by refusing to develop her finer liner points such as industry tourist attractions and lovely climate As it is now I would rather compare Moab with a town fr in Colorado which ten ten- years ago had a population of with no future le The parents of this community It ity asked these two questions Why dont don't our young people care to further their education and why hy dont don't they stay In hi their home town when they attain adulthood The answer to the first question was found to bethe be bethe bethe the young ones had seen enough progress to care about It and to the second question this answer ans axis war came caine Even these kids knew very little about progress and didn't think they had much future future fu fu- ture lure any place else they still knew they had even less future where they were In fact the parents were handing a dead still world to their children not realizing what a time it is starting start start- ing leg it to revolve again When this problem was the people of the community began trying to improve their own state by developing and inviting Inviting in inviting in- in industry and tourist trade Into that territory by advertising advertis ing log the natural resources They Improved their radio station and television Since that time the population of ot Pueblo Colo Cola has raised from to approximately and Is expected fo 10 o double In the next five years The Phe population of the United States is increasing ever every day New Industry which brings pros pros- parity erity Is being born each day I say lets let's give it a natural birth birthplace birthplace birthplace place right here by opening our minds and our eyes to oar or own land and of opportunity It Is wen well understood that there here are two classes of people In n th world world world-so some me doers and arid some ome who watch Mr Byrd My taxes on my trailer over the past seven years have ave been between 60 and 70 dollars a year x and I as a trailer home owner graciously accept your apology However since reading your letter I have been wondering whether you want a growing city or Just a ab b boom om town and also how long longou volI ou Intend to make Moab your home ome DONALD J. J COX Dear Editor In the past I have read ar are tides Ucles and letters betters In your pa pa- per er dealing with ith the future of uranium in this area I cannot recall reading any of these articles that have presented pre- pre seated an optimistic future for tor this his metal This Is not hard to understand In n view of the present policies beIng carried out In the Indus Indus- try ry What Is not understandable Is 13 how anybody could Infer Inter that uranIum is on on its way out in this area If U people would examine the facts acts they would find that it is the he present policies of or the Ato nile nic Eh Energy Commission that has brought the present conditions into o n o being not beIng not the lack of ore ore- producIng potential As for or anyone assuming or wondering If there will be no future market I t can only sit back and shake my ray head in hi wonder wonder won won- won de der and disbelief I t cant can't Imagine anyone thinking think think- ing lag this way when all aU they have to do Is read the newspapers to ta find out about new advances and uses being found for tor Os ura ura- ura Do these people think these new nuclear ships rockets rocket light plants etc are going to be r run rtin runoff n off CU air ah- JERRY STOCKS b |
