Show City Gains Approval i. i 1 On Sewage Ewa a Monies The requested government grant to assist In construe Construction tion of the new Moab City Oty sewage disposal plant was was approved this week in the amount of Approval of the grant was In a telegram from Sen Frank E. E Moss which read Pleased to announce that the City of Moab toab has Dias as been awarded under the water pollution control act for the expansion of ot sewage sew sewage sewage sew sew- age treatment plant Total cost of project Is OO The grant was not as large as hoped for lor by Moab City but it exceeded by the amount originally original original- ly anticipated for the project In Yn September 1961 The Times Independent prior to th the bond election quoted official of as saying The actual figures for the sewage construction con con- at thousand with 35 thousand of the total cost to be paid for by a 11 carte blanche grant Iron from the U. U S. S Public Health Service The Toe same 1961 article quoted quoted quo ted Davis Holders Holder's estimate I of the construction period for tor forthe forthe the project at seven months Mayor Norman Boyd this week said It was doubtful now whether the project would get underway before Fall Fail due to the high water table In the construction zone zorie near the Colorado river during dur ing the spring and summer months |