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Show yr SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1956 Countv. Utah TTtah SUNDAY HERALD Orem Keys Improvements to Rapid Growth munity Church in this area. The used as a junior nigh school. A seen the schools have not been neglected new LDS seminary building has center in and Orem now ha." five new ele also been built neai the high school. Store and mentary schools in the Orem area, At present there is a fund drive Store with c 3 remodeled and only one older to begin a youth center which will the definite promise of others to type school. The rew Orem High be handled through the Scera which come. There has been increased School will be ready for occupancy is the agency far the community activity in the churches built and on September of this year leaving which handles recreational probthere are plans to build a Com the old Lincoln High School to be lems. There is some possibility of ing some communities. This oast year has beginning of a shopping the area of the Safeway the Geneva Rexall Drug Orem is looking ahead each year topping another record, OREM to one of the most prosperous and This past year has seen the build-histor- y periods of its entire- ing permits for residentiala in year s the in coming 10 years, ac- ing more than doubled this for year nearly rordine to city officials and to men t me and a total who are in a position to preaici, topping me recoru iur u uucc previous years The total was over future eroWth in The growth during the past five $5,000,000 by far the Highest doublmore than and Utah with county years has been phenomenal build-progressi- ve g mil . r?iirtfi' a- NEW HOMES REPRESENT FASTEST GROWTH IN COUNTY With a building typical rate that keeps the city on its toes to keep up with It, this suDOivision isGardens of dozens that have been built during the past years. The Geneva located between State Street and Main Street on Tenth South, is typical of this growth. There approximately 30 new homes have been built in the past three r r- ' ments. Work is ready to begin the dozens of subdivisions which this spring on the new sewage dis- are springing up in every possible posal plant and work has already direction. There is urban mail delivery in all of the begun on the expansion of the water system through wells drilled and established subdivisions and all at the installation of larger pipe lines the homes are now given residento give adequate water facilities to tial addresses as Orem moves from all citizens. Many of the streets' ruraL farm community into a thrivare now oiled, especially through ing, bustling industrial city. house-to-hou- se MHMH ! m " - Sir I - K-jBBHBMIM- MM j having a combined youth center and a National Guard Armory which will further add to the prestige that Orem enjoys nationally for being among the leaders in youth recreation programs. There is also progress in the city with more and more expansions in the water, roads and sewer depart years by H. E. Johnson, subdivider. Orem's building rate nearly equalled the combined totals for the county, was double Provo's total and more than double its own record during the past year. Alert Orem city officials are working and planning to keep public improvements at a pace with the fast expanding residential sections. INSPECT NEW SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT SITE Orem City officials inspect site for sewage disposal plant. Shown are (left to right front row) Pari ell Peterson, council member, O V Farns worth, city manager, LeGrand Jarman, mayor, and V. Emil Hansen council member; (back row, left to right) L. B. Bee km an, city engineer and Weston Kofford, council member. The other two council members, Merlin Manning and El wood Baxter, were unable to be present. CHURCHES KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF GROWTH This new chapel for the Orem Thirteenth Ward (formerly known as Lincoln) located on the street to the east of the Scera is typical of the many new chapels built in this area during the past four years. Several churches are in th process of raising funds to erect a chapel. NEW OREM HIGH SCHOOL Nearing completion for use the first of September is the new Orem High School. The tall chimney is on the new mechanics building in the background is the gymnasium. The classroom unit is having interior finishing done now sjsi the auditorium is nearing completion. M WATER IS LIFE BLOOD OF GROWING CITY This is the site of the new pumping station for the newly drilled well at Eighth East and Fourteenth South in Orem. Th well is the first of several to be drilled to supplement the water supply with fresh spring water. Orem City is in the process of adding many new water lines and enlarging inadequate Mnes. BELOW IS A MAP SHOWING THE NEW PROPOSED SEWER AND CULINARY WATER EXPANSION PROGRAM I 5 s ! 5 WATER DEVELOPMENT Water is the most essential commodity other than air, to the continuation of life Without It man quickly dies. The existance of the great concentrations of population cities and the pursuit of the myriads of activities therein would be in our present-da- y the availability of water. A city with a restricted water supply is without impossible a city of restricted growth. As the population of a City increases, the need for an improved water supply is felt, fiuch is the circumstance of our city. In order to combat this situation we are extending all available means and energy to provide our people with the most reliable and modern water system attainable. Our goal is one of water security through the development of an inexhaustible source or by supplementing a precarious source with new developments or adequate reservoirs. As you may realize a few years ago we inherited a water system designed to take care of a few homes scattered throughout an area of sixteen square miles; overnight this system became obsolete and inadequate, our task is now one of rebuilding and replenishing the entire water works system. We intend to see Orem grow. and progress, and construct a water works system that will always be adequate to provide for the people. SEWER DEVELOPMENT In order to keep pace with our rapid growth we encounter the problem of sanitary sewage collection and disposal, as in the instances of our water works system we have (Inherited a sanitary sewer system far too inadequate and obsolete to meet the demands of our rapidly growing community. The collection and concentration of the liquid wastes from a community, known as sewage, creates a problem of its disposal requiring solution for the protection of the health and comfort of the public. The ultimate disposal of sewage can be only onto land or into water. In order to combat the situation of sanitary sewage collection and disposal of Orem have united to install a modern collection and disposal system, maintaining the thought that sewage disposal brings nothing material to a community. They pro-wionly a service, taking away that which is not wanted. The least obtrusive sewer performs the best service rendered. lA sewer is buried, and from the point of view of the public, it may best be forgotten, but sewer service is costly and requires the raising of money from the public. Realizing that sewage treatment and disposal is secondary only to an adequate water work system, we have dedicated ourselves to eventually bring sanitary sewer service to everyone within the community to maintain our high standards of better living. the-peopl- e de BUILDING DEVELOPMENT OREM Orem has changed in the last nine years from an area predominantly agricultural to one in which industry dominates. This growth and industrial expansion can best be charted through the extensive home building which began gradually when the Geneva Steel Co. entered this valley in 1942. Then the building inspector for Orem in his own home and seldom, if ever, felt the need to keep only worked part-tim- e records of the few homes built. According to Mr. Lloyd Louder, the present building inspector, the first total available is $791,162 for the year 1947 which is compared to the total eight years later in 1955 when the total for the year was $5,873,650. This total was more than double the 1954 total of $2,493,575 and was equal to all the building since 1950. There were 464 homes built in Orem during 1955 and 352 during 1954. According to the present building trend, the predictions promise a population growth equal to the size of Provo or even larger. People from the East who are drawn to this area through industry are impressed with the fresh, windswept locations in Orem with their majestic view of the mountains undimmed by smoke and fog. There is a feelin of the wide open west in the long expanses and the fragrance of fruit blossoms in the spring adds to the list of reasons as to why Orem is continually growing. In checking the past records some interesting comparisons are noted: the lowest year was 1947 with a total of $791,162 for the entire year which is compared to the total figure for one month in 1954: In October of that year the total was $702,900. In February of 1947 and 1949 mere were no homes bulk; in February of 1948, there were eight homes built for a total of $37,200 in January of 1950, there were six residential issued for a total of $29,500; in January of 1951, there were two homes built forpermits a total of $12,650; in January of 1952 there were three homes built with a total of $27,000; in December of 1953, there were four homes built with a total of $32,900 and in 1954, there were five homes built for a total of $31,500 but in 1955 there were 33 homes built December which is five more than the total for all of the low months since theduring first record was kept The building inspector felt that a lessening of the severity of the winters in Utah could be responsible for the greater activity during the months of December and January. The highest month for building homes during toe past was to June, 1950 when Morning-aid- e Heights was built with a total of 45 homes, Geneva Heights with a total of 18 homes and 19 other private residences all during the month, making the total tor residential building, $532,500. The only time that record has been approached was in March of 1955 when there were 75 residential permits issued during that month with a total of $2,236,700 and the only time mat record has been beaten was in October of 1954 when there were 86 home permits issued for a total of $702,900. Keeping pace with residential building has been the schools with Geneva school in 1948 for a total of $383,000; the Westmore School in 1950 for $550,000; the new Sharon school in 1958 for $890,000 and the Hill crest for $200,000; the Orem High Srhool for $1,600,000 In 1955. There was also the Geneva chapel in 1953 for $134,000; toe Lincoln chapel in 2954 for $120,500 and toe combined stake house and chapel in 1955 for 8350,000. In addition there was the welfare building for 8144,000, flit Sharon chapel for $150,000 and flu seminary building for $68 ,800 all in 1955. l a. - nlT it jj -- J LEGEND Sot!? Lin2? w ,f OREM f f f p CITY r UTAH w so |