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Show m mmfr iepvpii y full w " r iy'V" iintniiiiiini' ii1ifiii'iT,riwliijir yp Utah State Press Ascru 1327 P.0, dcx Salt lake City, Ut. 64110 Thursday, January 13, 1977 Price, Utah 86th Year Number 2 24 Pages 15c 1 . i if,,v A)h vi .lt Light snow raises W rationing question ijiL J- The previously unspoken threat of a 41 m' com- mented. If we dont get some real heavy water, we may have to ration, City Engineer John Huefner told the council. Huefner said the light snowfall so far is not enough to replenish the 1 billion gallons of water Price consumed last year. These restrictions, as Huefner later explained, are to cut off water to outside water companies or to ration water to everybody linked to the Price system. The City must meet the demands of its citizens before it can pump water outside City limits, Huefner said. Weve never had to ration yet, but we ought to look at the dark side so we can be ready if we have to, he ad- - Monday nights Price City Council meeting. . Councilman Mark Hanson water shortage found words at We may make some restrictions, ded. Huefner said there is still plenty of time to get deep snow in the high country before spring. Its a big if, he said. If rationing comes, the City may have to cut its allotment to outside to companies m quantities. This could put a pinch on some areas which have increased their demands since the moratorium began three years ago. Hanson distributed a list of companies showing which of them had increased their quantities over the Condominiums get planners'OK t s Sagewood developer Bob James presented a plan Thursday night to the Price City Planning Commission to build a 74 unit condominium type subdivision and a acre park in northeast Price. sr K James asked the commission to approve the idea of single story connected homes. He said if he has the approval of the commission, he can ask the City Council to accept the park and maintain it. James said the prices will range from $22,500 to $27,000. The planning commission voted to approve the subdivision idea with the exception of commission chairman Lamont Kartchner. I just dont think it will work, he said. . Sagewood Construction The new development is east of the Sagewood subdivision. It will have 16 one bedroom, one bath adult units, James said. The adult units will be built on one level to accommodate those who have trouble getting up and down stairs. The adult units will be built primarily for older people, he noted. words to capture the silence nor pictures to show the glitter. It's a news item none the less. It shows what life here is like . ...beautiful. Sun Advocate photo People who use words and photographs to make a living know well the shortcomings of the tools of their trade. This scene near Kenilworth is an example of this. There are no The family units will have two bedrooms, a full basement and one bath, he explained. Construction to begin soon on Joy expansion Construction on the Joy Manufacturing plant expansion will begin in 30 to 45 days, Joy District Manager Richard Fenner has said. Fenner said the bonds the County sponsored for Joy are nearly sold and the money will soon be available. He said construction of the 15,000 sq. ft. addition was delayed because soil sample indicated the ground around the present plant is unstable. The core drilling indicated some problems with the soil and we had to decide what kind of foundation we needed, he said. One other problem had to be cleared up too, he noted. One of the adjacent property owners had a problem with an irrigation ditch which ran across our property. We reached an agreement on that too, he said. The expansion will house a repair and distribution center for Joy which will serve Utah, New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming, Fenner said. Fenner said the tools and equipment for the repair operation would not be shipped for a while. He said it would be October before the plant will be in full operation. Kenilworth, Sunnyside leading voting precincts was the Sunnyside votingest incorporated city in Carbon in the 1976 general election, according to tabulations prepared by County Clerk Hector Chiara and staff. Out of 310 registered voters in the city of Sunnyside, 275, or 88.7 percent, went to the polls on election day. percent of the r Creek Scofield-Clea- r precinct voters did their duty, with 63 of 75 showing up. And in Hiawatha, 109 of 130 voted for a percentage Lagging as lowest in percentage of voters was 70.7 West, 67.1 Central, percent and Northwest, percent. East Carbons 91.6 three precincts averaged out to (Continued on page 12) Castle Valley Railway Co. incorporated a year ago and applied permission to build 65 miles of track from the Consolidation mine to Wellington at a cost of $70 million. About half of the track would be on federal land. for According to J.M. Davidson from the United States Geological Survey, an environmental impact statement will be done on the Castle Valley route when the regional impact statement is done. He said the statement includes the local coal development and is scheduled to be completed by July, 1978. Until then, nothing will be done on the construction, Davidson said. Castle Valley Railway spokesman Keith Taylor told the Sun Advocate that his firm is planning to go through with the project. Davidson said the plans for the railway were withdrawn at one time because those backing the plan did not have enough money to pay for the environmental impact statements or to p ay some of the initial costs. Before the railway can begin to operate, it must have the approval of the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission and the Utah State Public Service Commission. spokesman in the ICC office in Salt Lake said the application Castle Valley Railway was published in the Federal Register and if no adverse comments were received, the license for the firm to operate would be issued. A by One Price homeowner recently sold his home built in the spring of 1976 for $20,000 more than he paid for it, A telephone survey of the mines in Emery County showed that Consolidation Coal is the only mine which could effectively use a spur to the main rail lines near Price. This brought administrative people to Carbon County looking for housing. Construction companys responded by building homes that cost an average of $40,500. Robert E. James, owner of Sagewood Construction Corporation, told the Tuesday, Now thats all over. It is now the year of the coal miner because this is the working mans town. te Housing now should consist of the standard in Carbon County for the past 50 years, It includes two Helper, 85.9; A company trying to build a railway from the Consolidation Mine in Emery County to Wellington will have to wait another year and a half before they can begin construction. determined by the total value of the home. not inKenilworth, corporated, made the best showing of all precincts, as 93.8 percent of die 176 voters in that town cast ballots. percent; Railroad must wait Two years ago there were coal mines to begin, power plants to manage and construction jobs to he added, has Construction, drifted away into a false bubble. Now its time to go back to the basics. Helper, precincts, averaged 79.9 percent, as follows: East got. Officials from the Utah Public Service Commission said they would not grant a license to the company until the federal EIS is completed. The application for the license will be held in limbo until the EIS is done, she said. four with Fenner said the County will also benefit because of increased revenue in sales and property taxes. will earn $250. But putting $5,000 down on a $40,000 home would bring in $2,000, since the profit is study voting Carbon County was forwarded to the Lt. Governor-Secretar- y of State, who later made an award to the votingest city in Utah. in The councilman did say that the Citys lease on 200 shares of Price River Water Improvement District water could help if water gets scarce. But, considering, the low level of Scofield Reservoir, he added, You cant lease something you havent terest of 83.8. In Wellington, 80.6 percent of voters went to the polls. of Hanson commented in September that the town of Wellington had shown an increase. He did not mention Wellington at the Monday meeting. By Joe Rolando Sun Advocate Staff Writer bedrooms, one bath, a full basement, kitchen and a living room, James A County because it attracts business. The company benefits because the bonds are tax exempt, he noted. Developer predicts lower home prices complete. Central Price, where only 403 of the registered 681 voters made an effort to honor the privilege, or 59.2 percent. Eight-fou- Carbon County bonding advisor Ken Newman said the $2.3 million is being sponsored by the County. The County becomes the owner of the plant and materials but Joy pays for the bond and interest, he said. Newman said bonding helps the When you read this youll see where it has gone up, but Im not going to say anything because the paper has a tendency to blow things out of proportion, he told the council. would develop the park, landscape it, then turn it over to the city, James said. Back country in winter Kartchner said he could not give a reason for his opinion. year. He would not make public the contents of the list. James said. James does not believe coal reserves will become depleted enough to lower the value of homes. (Continued on page 12) Work not finished Ambulances to stay out Carbon Hospital ambulances may be out in the cold for the rest of the winter. pay for insulation, heaters and doors for the area. An agreement was signed between Carbon Hospital and Price City for the hospital to use a portion of the old bath house at the swimming pool, but no work has been done on it. Price City Administrative Officer Gary Tomsic said Nolan Enterprises had been contacted to repair the roof but decided they couldnt do it. He said other roofing companies are being contacted to bid the job. said. How good an investment is a house? Its biggest and best investment an average citizen could make, James said. He gave an example. the A person who invests The coal from the two Peabody mines will be used to fire the Huntington and Emery Power plants when work is finished on them. $5,000 in a savings account at five per cent in The agreement called for Price City to provide the labor to get the storage area remodeled. The hospital will provide the materials. Assistant Hospital Administrator Joe Delpha said the interior would have to be remodeled and the roof repaired. He said the hospital would Delpha said the insulation and other work will not be done until the roofing is completed. He also said the garage type doors needed for the entrance will take between two and four weeks to be delivered. ambulance is now heated, Delpha said. "We have commercial Only one in the cold type heaters to keep the back and the engine warm." He said the other two ambulances are not kept warm because there is no wiring and heaters for them. We hoped the work would be done quickly, but it hasnt worked out that way, he said. ! ! CLIP& SAVE For Road & Phone ; 24 HoUr Weather Conditions 637-413- 8 i or 4139 Courtesy Utah Highway Patrol Uplace by your phone. ! |