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Show By 3(0) -- unit mobile was that until the city received the results of an ongoing water study by North Salt Lake, a sub- Templeton, Linke and sidiary of International Associates engineers of Salt Telephone and Telegraph Lake City, it would be (ITT), was proposed to the impossible to give a definite Helper City Council at its answer on the number of available. regular meeting last hook-up- s The study is due two to six Thursday night. a weeks from now. Larry Regis, Meanwhile, Harold A. Terryphone representative, told the council that the first Linke of the engineering question that must be an- firm said a spokesman for swered before his firm the Four Corners Regional could proceed with the Commission had told him development is whether 300 that the grant to fund the water hook-up- s would be study would be reorganized. available at the site in the The new plans, according to northeast section of Helper. the report Linke received, Councilman Frank will not fund the study Scavo's immediate reply separately but will include it mobile home to park, be developed by the Terryphone Corporation of A Salt Lake, Ut. firm ITT-owne- d 300-un- it in a grant for construction on the Helper water system. Linke said the juggling of payments would not affect the study. The next obstacle zeroed in on by Regis and the council was the necessity for changes of zone in the proposed development area. One of the parcels is the currently zoned zone is other An required for a trailer park. R-- 2, provements needed within the city to accomodate such a development would inh clude replacing the Racey Street sewer line with an eight inch line and might also include construction of a new two to six-inc- -- three million-gallo- n reservoir. In spite of the several however, obstacles, called the Litizzette proposal "a beautiful wrestle to Councilman Ernest problem Gardner suggested that with.. .growth, not Regis arrange a meeting R-- R-- 3 3. non-growth- with the city Planning and Zoning Commission within the next week. City Attorney Stanley said im Litizzette In other council: ." business, the -- Was told by Litizzette that funds to replace the North Main "Martinelli 84-10- proposed. --Voted to take no action on a request from Robert Farrell to purchase the alley adjoining his home. was told to contact City two residents of 3rd North Treasurer Vince Garvaglia who had not paid a total of from Mayor for an insurance ad- $1,060 in sewer installation Charles Ghirardelli that a justment. charges. -- Voted unanimously to Mrs. Mary Beveridge representative from Call Ens ineering in Salt Lake said a water main had allocated the necessary City would report within ruptured and damaged a sum, something over $100 to a portion of a about two weeks on the hardwood floor in the estimated cost of a road basement of a downtown Spring Canyon wash sewer sign improvement and building she owns. She, too, line that had been exposed replacement project. was asked to contact by--flood waters. Learned from Police Ghirardelli said maximum Garavaglia. cost to the city would be Mrs. Beveridge also Chief Karl Stavar that three stated that the first burst of men had applied and one $2,500. a water from her tap is often had been interviewed for over number of water and sewer brown. Councilman Vince the position of patrolman on line complaints brought by Bonza said flushing certain the police force. The new valves in the city water position, the city's fifth, was Helper residents. Mrs. Frank Tomsic, who system might alleviate the funded by a grant from the federal government's said the sewer had backed problem. Em-- Directed City Recorder Comprehensive up into the home of her mother, Mrs. Santa Benash, Al Fossat to send letters to ployment Training Act. Bridge" in Helper were "possibly in the pipeline." tv J Litizzette said the alley "physically does not exist" and added that deeding the alley to Farrell would entail a number of legal problems. -- Heard a report from Litizzette that while merchants west of Main Street paid 25 percent of the cost of improving the parking area behind their businesses, those on the east side of be Main might not amenable to a similar agreement because they do not own the land adjoining their buildings. Wednesday, June 18, 1975 Helper, Utah Volume 69 Number 25 475-56- 10' approved by city council The $238,105.37 city budget approved by the Helper City Council last Thursday, along with the electric and water department budget and state road funds will result in the city's spending well over one-hamillion dollars during the The council Thursday approved the budget submitted May 8 by City Recorder Al Fossat with salary adjustments requested by the council at its May 22 meeting. lf LI '''olwgiw - 1975-7- 6 fiscal year. Projected city income for the year totals $253,252.94, ESTIMATED REVENUE Property Tax Sales tax Business licenses and permits Dog tax Court fines, etc Rents and concession ' $33,000.00 36,000.00 8,000.00 530.00 11,400.00 1,200.00' 18,500.00 50.00 2,000.00 5,562.30 2,500.00 ' Refuse collections Library Cemetery care and sale of lots State liquor allotment Other income Administrative allowance on sewer collections for Price River Water Improvement District Gas franchise Recreation and playgrounds Special improvements Street repairs Transfer from other departments Special services Comprehensive Manpower , 2,800.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 266.75 250.00 60,000.00 800.00 .20,408.30 leaving a $15,147.57 surplus, but Fossat said the slack would most likely be taken up as the city makes payments on a $15,000 tax anticipation note for the Spring Creek Spring and Flow Line Rehabilitation project. In the electric depart ment, the $242,457.50 Following is a summary of the budget: Federal revenue sharing, including balance forward TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT (total) Administration Justice Court Buildings PUBLIC SAFETY (total) Police Department Fire Department Zone administrator PUBLIC WORKS (total) Streets and Walks Garbage Collection LIBRARY (total) RECREATION, PARKS Recreation Parks Cemetery - & in income also outstrips estimated spending by over $15,000. Fossat said the surplus funds here would be held for as yet. unforeseen projects. expected CEMETERY (total) . TOTAL 46,985.59 253,252.94 $66,633.95 44,965.00 2,298.40 19,370.55 73,438.10 57,714.80 15,155.90 567.40 74,581.41 49,615.41 24,966.00 3,189.40 20,262.51 5,050.00 8,879.81 6,332.70 238,105.37 Legislation would up coal use WASHINGTON, D.C. E. (Ted) chairman of Moss, Senator Frank h, For 30 years it was home Hubert Hreinson says his new home in the Castle Gate subdivision is great. The McCulloch Oil Co. moved the house for free then gave Hreinson the subdivision land outright. Hreinson called the gesture "just unheard of." the Senate Subcommittee on Consumers, has joined with the chairman of other Yet, he lived in this Castle Gate home for nearly 30 years, and last week, when it was burned down to make way for a mining operation, he was there. (HJ photo by Hank Itkin) cosponsor legislation that would increase the use of coal by the nation's utilities and major industries. Terms of the legislation committees incall for new power plants Public Works, and cluding major industrial inInterior and Insular Senate Affairs, to stallations, after January 1, 1979, to be required to have the capability of burning, coal. Existing plants would be required to acquire such by 1980 and all capability decline in the volume of electric power to a due movements freight lower volume of general business activity, the report said. Operating revenues were $39,934,000 for the first' quarter of 1975, compared to $39,489,000 for the same "The time had to come," three months of 1974. said James Bottino of Helper, who last Thursday resigned from the Helper .Volunteer Fire Department after 53 years. Bottino, a lively 72 years old, said of his time with the department, "It's all been work," but he was plainly sad to be leaving. Reflecting on his early Kowbyl said he owes officials nothingt aftei days with the fire crew, having allowed them tc Bottino recalled the year cross his property wltr, 1922, when one length of hose wound onto a hand cart water andsewer lines having allowed the uso oJ and chained to the rear of his land when the houses an automobile was Helper's arsenal. were moved into the sub' entire division. By the arly 1950's, the city had acquired a truck for the County Commissionet firemen, but even with help Jim Simone and Helpet from Price, it wasn't Mayor Charles Ghirardelli. enough to keep one blaze however, ,,. said Kowbyi from destroying a good part failed to mention that ht of the downtown blocknorth was given a house in returr, of Ivy Street. Bottino said For the use of his property he vividly remembered by and simply of tht standing the Condemnation fire take its watching Kowbyl property is "th toll. Bottino prefaced his last thing I want to get account of the fire by in," Simone said twe commenting that "nothing weeks ago, but now few spectacular" had occurred choices remain. during his years with the Condemnation proceed- department.) Born in Castle Gate, ings are expected tc begin this week, if the final Bottino and his family to Helper when he meetings with Kowbyl fail moved was six months old, and he to break the impasse, and Commerce R.R. earnings dip 48 ffllfemdlfnir by Shelly Babcock p.m. WBBA Baseball games. Double header. Helper Field. 6 p.m. Ladies Softball Games. June 18 Carbon Field. 6 p.m. Ladies Softball Games. June 19 ' Carbon Field.; 7 p.m. Lions Club June 18 5 Meeting. 5 p.m. WBBA Baseball Games. June 20 Double header, Helper Field.; 8 p.m. The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's net income for the first quarter of 1975 were down nearly 48 per cent from the same period of 1974, according to a company report. The company earned $1,414,000 in the quarter ended March $1,290,000 $2,704,000 31, 1975, down the from of the similar period in 1974. The showing resulted principally from losses in the real estate subsidiary, and sharply increased costs on the Rio Grande Railroad together with a substantial 'Good news' forecast for youth summer jobs "Good news" was in the offing Monday for youth summer jobs in the Helper area, according to Harry r Mangus, for the Southeastern Utah Association of Governments Manpower Programs. Mangus said the delay in Title III funding for the Summer Youth Work Ex- Word is expected this week from the regional manpower office in Denver, Mangus said, on the details planner-directo- perience Programs was expected to end soon and that all the funds originally would be anticipated allocated. of the manpower program submitted to Congress by President Ford. The delay was a result of a Preside..iial veto of the Congress' original man- power bill. Hours for some youths may be increased, to account for lost work time, Mangus said. Condemnation of 4 $rfp proposed walkway would between run He suggested that a property Helper's Castle Gate walkway be built along the subdivision- and Fabrlzio hillside across Spring of - Street for the purpose of constructing a walkway for school children appeared likely Monday as wwnty and area officiate businessmen prepared for one last conference with property owner Clayton Kowbyl. r Heavy truck "fraffic from Braxtab Corp. mines is expected soon down Spring Canyon Road, the route Mauro many Sally Elementary School students use daily. The walkway Is Intended to route foot traffic away from the road. Canyon Road from his property. County officials first reaction to that proposal was that it was too expensive, but last week an agreement was reached whereby costs for equipment and labor would be split between the county, Helper City and the Carbon School District Work was to begin on the walkway last Wednesday morning. But the crews never arrived. snow and Upkeep removal on such a path would be very difficult, . Helper officials decided. said Furthermore, a deep cut that school children into the hill would have been traversing his property required, and the dangfr of ""KowbyU however, each day would certainly cause destruction to his orchard, through which the rock and soil sliding onto the roadway was said to be great. "The objective of this legislation," Senator Moss said, "is to require those power generating facilities and major industrial installations now using scarce natural gas and oil supplies for boiler fuel to develop the capability of using coal as their primary source of energy. "Coal is our most abundant domestic fossil fuel and it is crucial that we adopt policies which substitute coal use for natural gas and oil wherever! possible. .consistent with reasonable environmental safeguards. 'To obtain domestic self-- . sufficiency in energy and escape growing dependence on imported oil, we must depend to a great extent on coal production and use," Senator Moss said. ottino leaves fire dept. Condemnation loo Bingo. Catholic Church Hall. First day of summer. June 21 6 p.m. Ladies Softball Games. June 23 Carbon Field. 10 a.m., Helper Relief Society June 24 meeting; 6 p.m. Ladies Softball Games. Carbon Field. fossil-fuele- d plants and major industrial installations would have to use coal as their primary energy source by 1985. fire-fightin- g has lived here ever since. For 30 years, from 1921 to 1951, Bottino owned the Carbon Rubber and Repair service station; in '51 he went to work for Helper Fuel; he is now employed by Mutual Furniture and has no plans for retirement. In the bit of extra time he'll now have, the veteran fireman plans to pursue his a hobby of rock-huntin- ate g little more strenuously and to look for some new terrain to sift through. He's also got his eye on a new saw for his collection of lapidary equipment. Now that his time with the department is over, Bottino hopes that fires go out of his life entirely. After 53 years, he said, even a built fire "bugs me to death." . James Bottino |