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Show Free Press - Wednesday, June 28, 1995 Pag e4 Consent agenda items approved Under the new "consent agenda" format, where items can be approved subject to meeting stipulations already discussed by the Planning and Zoning Commission, the Lehi City Council unanimous approved the following requests according to a motion and second given by Councilmembers Dee Ray Russon and Knollin Haws: Scott Randall's request for a sign to be place at 1451 S. State Hwy. 89 in an existing GC-- 2 zone. Request for sign placement for the AmocoBurger King project at 3620 N. Frontage Rd. In an existing GO-- 1 zone. Kip and Paula Peterson's request to operate a recreational vehicle rental business at 32 W. Main in an existing GC-- 1 zone. Permission for Jerry and Annette Harris to locate an apartment above an existing building located at 189 E. State in an existing GC-- 2 zone. Request by Lee Patten to construct and operate a Chevron gas station and convenience store 0 and approval for placement of a sign at approximately 1500 N. State in an existing GC-- 2 zone. Sign approval for Rosenhan Automotive at 1600 N. Trinnaman Lane in an existing GC-- 2 zone. Awards, appointments Councilmember Carlton Wayne presented a Community Service Award to Donalee Eisenhart for her service on the Nuisance Abatement Committee. The following citizens were unanimously appointed to the following positions: James Strong for a two-yeterm to the Museum Second Board. Hutchings by Councilmember Dee Ray Russon. Dora Ashby and Scott Nielsen to the Nuisance Abatement Committee. Second by Carlton. Councilmembers Knollin Haws and Reed Sunderland to the Economic Development Committee, Taxing Agency Board. Second by Councilmember Carma Johnson. wind-swe- pt then-hom- In 1914 the well-to-d- e o Bradshaws, returned to Lehi and built pthe fine brick home at 3 East State now owned by Dee Ray and JeLaine Russon. The interior walls and ceiling of this home were d artist. by a live-i- n Murals depicting important events in the Bradshaw family were rendered by the Frenchman although they were later painted over when Reed Kirkham purchased the hand-painte- home. In Utah Bradshaw invested his money in numerous businesses in t. if v ? jr ill BK! MSJ.M XX 3Jkk JlJ t& " 1'' -- Photo by Marc Haddock Utah County Commissioner Jerry Grover, center, cut the ribbon to open the new bridge over the Jordan River with a pocket knife after ceremonial scissors proved too dull for the job. Lehi royalty and city and county officials also participated. New bridge opens over Jordan Continued from front page two-stor- a. ar Yesteryears built the large home (still standing at 86 W. 300 N.) where the Arnold Pope family currently live. The following year he and partner Austin Bennett began construction of a y fine, building at 106 West Main (the site of Brimleys today). When it was completed in 1900 of the August KirkwoodWhitman partnership established the Log Cabin Saloon there. Despite his success in the business world, Bradshaw "yearned for the prairies and to get out on the range." Hearing of vast opportunities in the newly settled Canadian province of Alberta, Bradshaw traveled north to assess the possibilities for increasing bis fortune. Returning home he convinced several financial backers that the plains of southern Alberta were a cattleman's paradise. The Bradshaws left Lehi in March 1904 after selling both and Main Street commercial house. In Alberta he became the first farmer in that district to raise grain on a large scale. His grain shipments on the Canadian Pacific Railroad were ultimately so vast that they named the station near his ranch in his honor. (A the mountainwest including Wasatch Charm Chemical, Products, and the American Savings and Loan. In 1917 he and his pharmacist brother-in-laGerald R. Taylor purchased the Lehi Drug Store from Bert Merrihew for $15,000. Initially the new corporation was known as Bradshaw-Taylo- r and Company. In 1919, however, when the firm traded the Merrihew Building (the Dalley building now) to the Bank of Lehi in exchange for the Lehi Opera House and the Garff Building immediately west, it became known as the Lehi Drug Company. Taylor and his brother Stan bought Bradshaw out in 1927 or 28. Bradshaw had been a principal in the Lehi Canning Factory which opened on 300 North near 500 West in 1914. But from the outset the plant was plagued with problems. While management initially intended to can tomatoes, asparagus, beans, and sauerkraut, they ultimately only processed tomatoes ("New Stone" variety). The first two years they packed an average of 360,000 cans of "Lehi Brand Tomatoes." The third and final year of the cannery's operation was a dismal failure, however, because of such technical problems as "sand in the ketchup," and cans that leaked tomato juice. After the plant's closure, Bradshaw and Edward Southwick headed a group of investors (O.H. Youngberg, R. John Whipple, M.S. Lott, Theodore Peirson, and Franklin Bradshaw) who bought out the other stockholders for 30 to 40 cents on the dollar. The group, using the same bylaws as the Lehi Canning Factory, formed a new corthe Lehi Cereal poration, Company. The mill, with a daily w capacity of fifty barrels of flour, was in full operation by late March 1922. Powered by a steam engine, the Lehi Cereal achieved moderate success for approximately five years. In 1916 Bradshaw had suffered a partial stroke. Expecting to die he disposed of all his holdings in Canada, including the Magrath Mercantile, and invested an enormous amount of money in the State Bank of Lehi where he was appointed to the Board of Directors. His credit was so good in town that once he experienced an overdraft of $60,000 "without being criticized," he noted. On April 27, 1923, while the Bradshaws were watching a movie at the Royal Theater, Emma, the 52 year old mother of seven children, died of a heart attack. "This was the hardest trial of my life," Bradshaw later wrote. In 1924 he married Sylvia Bushman who was then serving as the Lehi Carnegie librarian. The couple had one child. Near the end of his life (he died on Sept. 4, 1941) Bradshaw added a paragraph to his autobiography which summed up the essence of his financial philosophy. It is as true now as it was when he wrote it on Jan. 8, 1938. "The older I get," he noted, "the more I become convinced that the mad rush for big money is not worthwhile as long as one can just save enough during his younger active years to keep the wolf away when older. That is what I think everyone should do and can be done only by saving as you go along. Don't figure next year to be better than this one, or a ship to come in, because experience has taught me that these things are not apt to happen." Old bridge will remain as a part of historical trail become the trailhead for the Utah County Parkway, said Clyde Naylor, Utah County Engineer. "She will be repaired, repaved, and repainted, and will be in perpetuity for the people to By CATHY ALLRED The new 9600 North Jordan River Bridge was dedicated June 22nd with government officials, businessmen, citizens, and royalty participating in the last passing of an era. The new crossing, built on" 115 foot pilings to "float" the bridge in the clay soil, will replace the 1915 cross truss suspension bridge that stills stands as its neighbor. The old bridge will now be restored and "hopefully will The new bridge can be found by following 1200 North in Lehi, west to the county line where the road becomes 9600 North. "We do hope the National Guard will have a little bit tougher time at mock demolition on this bridge," joked Jerry Grover, the Utah County Commissioner. The 1915 bridge had been used for National Guard exercises in the past. The $700,000 project was completed in seven months. Because enjoy." the bridge is over 20 feet long, the structure has an identifica- tion number engraved along its side, 049011F. The location of the bridge on the Jordan River wetlands, created quite a few problems with seeping underwater streams and the unstable clay and sand soil. And then of course, the unusually rainy spring slowed the project down. Despite the obstacles, the project was finished one week before the proposed completion date. In the fall, the area will receive the last finishing touch grass seed. The red ribbon marking the opening of the new bridge, was cut by the new Miss Lehi, TeNeale Colledge and the County Commissioner Jerry Grover. 0 Crossroads Continued from front page The director said he would have the traffic engineer Brian Phillips compose a letter as to their future plans on the intersection, sign it, and send it to him later but there were a few plans that he could reveal at present Alternating yellow flashing lights would be put on the stop ahead signs. Intersection lighting would be put in (over head luminators) The worn rumble strips would be enhanced All new stop signs Because of the public response to the situation at the crossroads, Mecham agreed to investigate the possibility of flashing red lights on the stop signs. The proposed deadline for the improvements would be before the local public schools begin next fall and would be part of the Tickville Wash to SR 68 improvement project this summer. Although Mecham expressed his sympathy for the deaths, he pointed out that taxpayers dollars were limited for such projects. After establishing the improvements that would be made this year, he commented, "well probably be putting in a stop light within a year or two." According to recent inquiries to UDOT, developers are seriously looking at that intersection and the surrounding area for businesses and residences. 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