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Show Vernal 1 watt Construction began Monday on a mile of raw water line which will link the water treatment facility being built by the Central Utah Water Conservancy Con-servancy District (CUWCD) Doc's Beach to Ashley Springs. The 24-inch water line will tap Vernal Ver-nal City's main 20-inch line about a mile south of Remember the Maine Park. Contractor, Johansen Construction Con-struction Co. of Mt. Pleasant, Utah has 100 days to complete the project. Cost of the project is about $313,000 which Vernal City will finance through a low interest loan from the Utah Community Impact Board. In a special meeting Monday morning, morn-ing, the Vernal City Council agreed to file for condemnation of property because the owner would not grant a right-of-way for the raw water line. The city council requested that the engineers on the project consider jogging jog-ging the line around the property in question. However, City Manager Kenneth Bassett said that the ex CU? fe(gpln)S Bids for teirmniinaD overrun architect' s estimated cost Bids for the long-awaited airport terminal building came in at least $100,000 over the architect's estimate during Monday's bid opening. Seven general contractors submitted submit-ted bids for the project. Molen and Associates, project architects, estimated that the project would cost approximately $260,000 Men-ell Sheriff of Bountiful was the apparent low bidder on the project with a bid of $356,500. The contractor estimated that the project would take 100 days to complete. Jay Page Construction submitted the apparent second low bid at $372,990 with a completion time of 150 days. The apparent high bid was submitted sub-mitted by T&K Construction at $446,000 with a completion time of 300 days. Rash of Maeser burglaries prompts advice for prevention A recent rash of burglaries In the Macscr area ha prompted Del. Lorry CrowJ, Uintah County Sheriff! office, to offer crime stopping tips for irn residents. The heriff" office Is InvcMiRaling wries of burglaries tnd thrfu that have occurred In the Maeser area inc the end of March. In many of the cases, chain mi and other looU have trrn removed from the properly, proper-ly, Gaotirw ha turn j'phonel out Vehicle and Mddlrf and other riding i Tr rtrmrrr I -z I 1 J if f C-T F IGMTt P3 frryn ta Vernal C -U V CoKif 94 N?r'5 C--.r etr-c"i!-t d "? ec?;' ?-';v-ts rjuf"-e a cro- rr o-j t 'a T1-" ro;j'o is b 'rg fi tjf t"' M h-?s t-3 f-rg CR UT C UTAH PRESS ASSOCIATION 467 E. 300 SO. SLC, UT 84111 i? pense involved in moving the water line would be excessive. The water line will be placed under the Upper Canal so water in that canal will not be diverted into the canal until April 15. Water line construction should be past the canal by the 15th, said Kay Overson, Vernal City public works director. Conserve Water The 20-inch main line from Ashley Springs will be turned off Wednesday this week to repair a break in the water line. The break was discovered Sunday aboufour miles north of the confluence of Dry Fork and Ashley Creek. City crews prepared a creek crossing cross-ing Monday, and will repair the half-inch half-inch by six-inch leak Wednesday. Water will be shut off in the main line at 3 a.m. Wednesday for three hours so that is can be welded, but there should still be enough water in A delay in opening the bids was to clarify a misunderstanding over whether the plans and specifications included changing an existing water meter. Representatives at the meeting said they were not sure if the contractor they represented had included in-cluded the cost of having the water meter changed. Some questions were also raised over whether the bids should include the installation cost of a gas line and meter. Representatives were given the opportunity op-portunity to call contractors to determine deter-mine if changes needed to be made in their bids. After reconvening, Ray Wild, mechanical engineer on the project, explained that the existing water meter could be used even though water line would be bigger than the meter. Wild said it is not un equipment has been removed from barns and other buildings. Anyone can become a crime buster and help reduce Ihe amount of crime In their neighborhood. Crowl recommends recom-mends lhat citizens remain In Iheir homes when they observe anything unusual or auspicious on their oro-perty oro-perty or their neighbor's property, "ItcsidenU should (A go outside to get a better la at B suspicious person per-son or vehicle. It Is also Important t iv SWSllaifin) - ' - 'T- c 'i'V, -Kir ' m. ; . ' , - . T - j? i ' OCOflP 0 storage to serve the valley, said Overson. Overson, however, requests residents to conserve water use Wednesday. Treatment Plant The water treatment facility being constructed by the CUWCD is projected pro-jected to be complete June 1, but Bassett said he is concerned that the city's main delivery arm from the treatment plant will not. The line, Reach II, is being constructed con-structed by the Bureau of Reclamation Reclama-tion from.2500 West to 1500 West. The project has reached 2500 West and will go diagonally to 1500 West this summer, but the contractor is encountering problems. Bassett said he does not expect the line to be finished by the completion of the treatment facility. However, he was optimistic about the completion of the raw water line. common for a water line to be bigger than the meter. General contractors will not be responsible for installation of the gas line and meter, but they will be responsible for the cost of installation, installa-tion, which is approximately $3,000. In addition to submitting bids for the " terminal building contractors also submitted bids for roadway lights. Merrell Sheriff and Jay Page both submitted a bid for lights at $9,650. Robert Money, architect with Molen Associates, said that because most of the bids exceed the original estimate by at least $100,000, he would be reviewing the bids to determine deter-mine the reason for the cost dif- Continued on pog 2 to not change the liRhting in the home," said Crowl. "Going outside or changing the lighting; either turning turn-ing on lights or turning them off will give the suspect a chance to fee before authorities can arrive on the scene." After observing Die suspicious circumstance, cir-cumstance, residents should Immediately Im-mediately call the arresting BRency In their area. Crowl recommends lhat residents stay on the phone until officials arrive. s r t'UCVs The f re-rei ?e-,'cH-e hcy-9 f.reat 100 ficf.tiSOOta r WEDNESDAY, April 10, 1985 Vernal, Utah 84078 93rd Year No. 29 28 Pages Single Copy 25 iTn 1ST-. t . ' -v J V, (At rjvt- i tST--- err nj i; t r, f " - - -- , , :,, yt.V V V.V' ti rv- .'v-'Srr-c-- r - CONTRACTOR BEGINS construction of a raw the Vernal City water system. The mile of water line which will connect the Central Utah 24-inch pipe will be laid within 100 days. Water Conservancy District treatment plant to It Is Important for residents to slay on the line to give authorities an update up-date on the situation and a direction of travel If suspects escape In a vehicle. Another effective way to reduce crime U to start a Neighbor Watch program. It is a nationwide program as well as local program and many areas of the basin have reported a reduction in crime after starting Ihe program, The program can be adapted to meet Ihe crime needs of a rural area as well BS B heavily populated area. Information on how to start a program pro-gram Is available at the t'intah County Coun-ty Sheriff's office and the Vernal and Naples cities police departments. INSIDE this week's Express Grazing fee controversy 3 School funds climb to $13.8 million 7 Noxious weed amendment 11 Unemployment edges up 12 Reproducing antique dolls 13 Golfers invade golf course 21 Editorial 2,3 Obituaries 4 Public Notices 8-9 Classified Ads.... 10-11 Expressions 13-19 Sports 21-28 Practice fire On job for fire The fire quickly consumed Ihe small home at loo North Kasl and la fire departments responded to the Ware, but the f;remen rre more Intent on teaming to put out Ihe blaie than actually dining It, In fltliJitinn to figt-.unfl fires in Ashley Valley, rnembrrt f Ihe Voluntrrf fire departments in Ihe area rnuM be in ewslanl training. Training einr. are impnftaftl to ierp fir? f.g!-,!er up on ih. Utr-A fjuipmenl and rnethU erf fighting firrs. 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