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Show Interesting This Is the second of a series of articles dealing with the recently re-cently published American Fork Master Plan. The long range Master Plan is a guide for the orderly or-derly growth of the community for some 20 years in the future. fu-ture. Article one outlined the committee's working on the project, pro-ject, the background history and population trends. Land use, labor la-bor force and transportation and travel studies will be covered in today's article. LAND USE. American Fork contains a total of 1,772 acres, approximately half of which are either undeveloped unde-veloped or in agricultural use at the present time. Residential uses account for 393.7 acres or 22 per cent of the total, most of this located in the original town-site. town-site. Commercial uses occupy 44.4 acres, 2.5 per cent of the city acreage or 5.0 per cent of the developed land, approximately approxi-mately 2 per cent more than would normally be expected for a city of this size, reflecting American Amer-ican Fork's role as a trading center cen-ter serving the surrounding areas. Industrial land use is very small - 16.3 acres. Combines institutional uses occupy 142.8 acres; Parks, schools and churches comprising a major total. The total Includes the hospital, hos-pital, but the Utah State Training Train-ing School, while also of this type use, is outside the city limits lim-its and is not included in the statistics. The moderate but steady growth of American Fork has failed to utilize much of the land originally contained in the large lots. The undeveloped and agricultural agri-cultural acreage constitutes approximately half of all the land in the city now served by public utilities. Unless the land is efficiently ef-ficiently used, it will represent a serious obstacle to city development. de-velopment. Individual homes and small sub divisions are being developed de-veloped uniformly throughout the city, but using by-passed land (in lIALSTROn MOTORS 4th of July Best Car Buys! RArMER Special This Week Save $700.00 on 1966 Rambler Am-bassodor Am-bassodor St. Wagon, Auto, P. S. P. B. Lots of extras. 1965 RAMBLER CLASSIC 4-door 770 V-8, Auto, actual 7300 moles. New car guarantee. $2295.00 1964 RAMBLER 707 CLASSIC 4-door V-8, 287 cu. In engine, factory Air Conditioning, P. S., P. B. Don't fight the heat. $1699.00 1963 RAMBLER 660 CLASSIC 4-door V-8, 287 cu. in. engine, Auto. Nice clean car. $1199.00 1962 RAMBLER AMBASSADOR 4-door, Radio, P. S., P. B., Factory Airconditioning. A real cool special. $999.00 1962 RAMBLER 330 4-door Station Wagon. 43,-000 43,-000 miles, Radio, Heater. $849.00 1959 RAMBLER 2-door Wagon, O. D., Radio and Heater. 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Fork Master Plan! ner city blocks) could double the population within the corporate limits. Better use of this land would greatly increase the efficiency ef-ficiency of providing urban services serv-ices such as sewer, water, garbage gar-bage collection, mail delivery, schools, etc. to residents. LAND USE PROJECTIONS As the city grows, its needs for urban land will increase. By 1985 approximately 675 acres will have been converted to supply sup-ply urban demands, by conversion of agricultural and undeveloped land to urban use. However, in spite of the large withdrawal at the end of this planning period, per-iod, there will remain 273 acres of agricultural land and 157 acres of undeveloped land in the city planning area. Based on 1985 population of 11,600, it is estimated that dwelling dwell-ing units will increase by 1,314 from 1,787 to 3,101. These new homes will require 3 28.5 acres of residential land increasing this category from 393.7 to 722.2 SLCT6S. EMPLOYMENT-1960 The total labor force of Utah County in 1958 was 36,310 workers, work-ers, including, 5,200 in agriculture, agricul-ture, 3,100 self-employed, 1,750 employed in insured jobs and 7,730 in non-insured jobs. Approximately Ap-proximately 2,500 workers were unemployed. American Fork's labor force has been estimated to be 2,170 of which 1,115 are covered by the Employment Security Act. The number of insured workers working in American Fork . in 1958 was reported as 512. In addition ad-dition to this group, United States Steel reported 586 local residents employed at their plant, employing employ-ing more American Fork residents resi-dents than all of the merchants in American Fork combined. LABOR FORCE PROJECTIONS Labor force statisicians expect the participation rate to remain at approximately 38 per cent during dur-ing the next 25 years, with 38 of 100 residents seeking employ- ment. Based upon the 1985 population pop-ulation of 11,600 a labor force of 4,408 is anticipated. 1 Unless major changes occur in the composition of the Utah County Coun-ty labor force, the 1985 labor force in Utah County should cor respond to the 1958 groupings. The only exception would be less' dominance of basic manufactur- ing as U. S. Steel becomes a relatively smaller employer due to the growth of fabricating and other related industries. TRANSPATION AND TRAVEL PATTERNS Due to the width and alignment of American Fork's present street system, based on the pattern pat-tern developed by the founders of the city, many problems present pres-ent in other cities in our country coun-try do not exist in American Fork. Some streets may have to be widened and others extended ex-tended in the future, but it does not appear that major surgery will be necessary for many years, if at all. Main and Center streets serve as downtown core, with Third North and First East serving as collector streets to them. Main Street carried a total of 14,865 vehicles per day in 1959. Local service streets make up the rest , of the street system, feeding into the major network. Most streets are adequate in width to handle current traffic volumes. TRAVEL PATTERNS Material from the Utah State University study 'Economic and Social Effects of a Highway By-Pass," By-Pass," has been utilized to aid in understanding traffic movement move-ment within the city. Based on a sample survey of CANNED POP OPEN zf- mmm RED RIPE i i a y each Ssi :'; " - -r- -H v- J lOffil ,ooMong ears 6 ears 39 BACON ck Sliced' Morre" 2 lb-pkg-5 1 09 POTATO CHIPS Fu" Pound 53 HOT CAKE KOIIB Jjfejy BERRIES SP15, ""l 4 ! 89 DRINK NmPPlt-GnpeM Me tan 22 : MARGARINE 4 lbs 89 SALAD DRESSING M 33 (UP CAKES Lffi A Big Selection of FIREWORKS ll 453 dwellings in the city, the figures show a total of 4,660 trips reported, or approximately 10.5 trips per dwelling unit per day. . " Of this total, 87,68 per nt were made by automobile; 7.40 per cent by truck drivers. .Truck passengers and buses accounted for the remainder of the trips. Most of the trips, 39.51 per cent were made to go to the home. Social and recreational trips were 17.53 per cent; trips to serve passengers and to go to work were third and fourth in frequency, with 10.86 and 10.32 per cent of the total. There were 427 shopping trips during the sample day. The majority maj-ority of these trips terminatedin American Fork except for furniture furni-ture and appliances and agricul tural supplies. The majority of these purchases were made in Provo or Salt Lake City. Over half of the trips' to work terminated in American Fork, with the balance distributed throughout a wide area extending from Salt Lake City to Spanish Fork and Pay son. Grips to work totaled 281 or 10.32 per cent of the total, with Geneva Steel the second largest destination, attracting 100 trips or 20.79 per cent. If all the midwife kits shipped by UNICEF were stacked end to end, they would reach a height four times that of Mt. Everest (a total of 116,112 ft. or 21.9 miles). The chains of habit are generally gen-erally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ft. sr i i i 4 SSQ Iff will fcf mm m 6 for !S'.Si 'Wt Newell Knight Takes Traffic Course in Chicago Newell Knight of the Utah State Highway Patrol, has completed a specialized training course in the Traffic Institute at Northwestern University in Chicago, June 11. He entered the university on a scholarship last August. Mr. Knight will be employed by the Utah State Highway Patrol Pa-trol in charge of training. In the law enforcement service since age 19, he has served as a patrolman and radio operator. He served for a time in the sheriff sher-iff s office and later on the Springville Police Force. His wife is the former De-nece De-nece Wilcox, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilcox of Lehi. Their children include Clark, Stuart, Lynda and Sandra. They visited at the Wilcox home in Lehi, and are currently staying in Orem with Mrs. David Winn, mother of Mr. Knight. U C POST QPFTCfc "s DUR,NG u& 'HUM- IM 19c PAPER PLATES 9 Inch Bond ware 100 Count 49 SSk The Timpanogos Post 4918 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of American Fork held their steak fry at Rotary Park In American Fork Saturday evening, June 25. The steaks were excellent and cooked to everyone's satisfaction. satisfac-tion. The rest of the food, such as salads, rolls, baked potatoes, etc., were furnished by the Ladies' Lad-ies' Auxiliary. Among the dignitaries there were National Councilman of District Dis-trict fifteen, William Heath and his wife Birdie. Chuck Paris, Department of Utah Commander and his wife, Leland Gregerson, Service Officer and his wife, Betty Beech, Department Auxiliary Aux-iliary President, Department Junior Vice Commander and past District Commander James Va-sey Va-sey and his wife Billiejean, past district four Auxiliary President and now Department Chaplain; and District Four Commander Leonard Zobel and his wife, Ver-a, Ver-a, district four Auxiliary President Presi-dent were also in attendance. Other guests included district four senior vice commander and post commander, Timpanogos Post 4918, Virgil Rieske and his wife, Loreen; Junior Vice Commander Com-mander of district four and Post Commander of the Springville Post, Dan Alleman and his wife; past Department Commander Ray Lester and his wife, Martha, Mar-tha, who is past Department Auxiliary Aux-iliary president; District One past commander Larry Kirton and Bill Davis, Department Historian His-torian and District Chaplain. The turnout was very good and all went very well. The steak fry was held in order to purchase an Eagle for the American Fork and Alpine Stake Cub Scouts. (A n n n rzn loll WHOLE FRUIT RAISIN 21: THE AMERICAN FORK CITIZEN, Thursday, June 30, 1966 Local Writer Sells Article to Hat. Municipal Magazine American Fork City will be highlighted in a forthcoming issue is-sue of a national municipal magazine, mag-azine, The American City. An article and picture of the pier facing project at UtahLake, which utilized several hundred "junker" "junk-er" vehicles, was sold to the national na-tional publication this month by Betty G. Spencer. . The first article and pictures on the project were published in The American Fork Citizen in January. Mrs. Spencer is a reporter re-porter for The American Fork Citizen, a correspondent for The Daily Herald, and also does free lance writing and photography. DEFlClTS-According to Rep. George H. Mahon (D.-Tex.), the eleven Federal administrative administra-tive budgets between 1955 and 1965 projected a total deficit of $13.2 billion. Instead, he told Congress, the final deficit figure for the period was $43.1 billion. He estimates that revenues rev-enues in the eleven fiscal years fell short of January budget predictions by $8.4 billion-while billion-while spending in these years exceeded estimates by $21.5 billion. CHARCOAL 10lb!43 A GRADE PIES BREAD We Add 10 to Our Low Prices 1SM1 TRIP TQ EASTERN STATES Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Prltchett v; recently spent a few days at : : Wact T.afavetra Tnnfana with thai' ouu tuiu uauKuiexiu-iw. hum ; J J It 1 ! .M ' and Pat Pritchett and their baby . son Bruce. Michael Is attending graduate school at Purdue Uni- verslty where he just completed his second semester. While in ; ', west Lafayette, the tamuy ceie-: hrateri hahv Rmee's first Rlrth. ? day anniversary. The trip was made by jet plane ' from Salt Lake City to OHav-: International airport in Chicago Illinois. Mike, Pat and Bruce met their parents in Chicago and after; a day of sightseeing, took them, to West Lafayette for a visit.. Their tour of the Purdue Campus,, ' which covers almost 4uu acres, was most interesting. The group drove tn Tarthacft and NaiivoaT' Illinois where they had a most interesting and Impressive tout of the points of interest In this., historic area. From here they returned to Chicago where they spent the night together before Mel and Lois boarded their planer, for Utah and Mike, Pat andBruceu. returned to their home In West' Lafayette where Mike began bis,, summer session at Purdue on June 20. Mike and Pat send greetings to all their friends, -in American Fork. They hope,, to spend a month In Utah begin-: nine the middle of August. If all the vitamin tablets sup- plied by UNICEF were strung.!: together in a single line, theyd would cover a distance of 13,098 miles-5 times the distance from. New York to San Francisco, o$, twice the distance from Mexico; City to Moscow. each JSC loaf jgc mm 53 orth Merchant American Fork |