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Show An insider's history of U. S. public works By Joe Bauman Deseret News staff writer Ellis L. Armstrong, the Utahn who was commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from to 1973, has edited a fascinating Bicentennial book History of Public Works in the United States. 19 Armstrong, who plans to move back to Utah from his home in Potamic, Md., in July, is presently chairman of the board of American Public Works Association. The association financed the book, and a special bill wa3 passed in Congress ordering all federal agencies to cooperate with its writing. The handsome, readable volume is 688 pages, not counting the index which was not included in the advance copy the Deseret News obtained. The full book should be issued soon. For the first time, a history of thousands of the countrys public works, and the peculiar American balance between public good and private rights, is collected in a single work. The American Public Works Association passed a resolution to do this as our eonuibuliun to the Bicentennial effort, Armstrong said proudly, holding one of the first six copies printed. They got me at a weak moment, just before I left government, and got me to be chairman of this commission, whose prime purpose was this history. Armstrong began work on the federal government, present and immediate-pas- t presidents of various professional organizations, contractors, historians, etc., to help with the book. that was accomplished in the area of parks and recreation. I had no idea it was that extensive. Im sure most people dont." In the chapter on railroad.-,- , Armstrong discovered that the first train systems were owned by the states. "The states owned and built them. They helped finance them. By the time we had put the whole system together, we gave the railroads 10 percent of the land area of the whole country That is one of the most interesting chapters in the book. It starts at the very beginning, with the locomotive's invention in England. It continues through the first experimental model in the U.S., when John Stevens built a half mile circular track in 1825 at his home in Hoboken, book. The entire basement of his large home was filled with piles of information, then the stacks began to fill the floor. ground Ellis shut-in- s. American Red Cross is looking for a driver three days a week for their mobile unit. Salt Lake County Detention Center needs volunfor the front desk, volunteers once or twice a month to teach homemaking skills, and rocking chairs for babies. RSVP needs volunteers to visit Ixiokkeeper and an art teacher. Senior Citizens High Rise needs especially kitchen furniture. Neighborhood House requests tennis racquets, bats and balls, basketballs and kind of playground balls for summer program. shut-ins- , a full-tim- e full-tim- gins McGraw-Hil- 1,976 Smith; by Page l; pages; 2 $24.95. vols; Its going to take a little time to read this work. But could you pick a better year to sit down casually read' through a new narration of our nations history? Theres little room for argument with the timing and theres also little disappointment in New-Age,- a well-crafte- d work that is easily readable and interesting, particularly in light of the many celebrations cur- furniture, balls and any other childrens Division of Family Services needs beds, kitchen and living room chairs, couch and lamp. Salvation Army needs volunteers to work in group therapy and group and individual therapy and counseling. Training provided but should have an interest and desire to work with alchoholics and transient men. Granite Mental Health is in need of volunteers to work with adults, children and juveniles and their piog-ramparents in group activities and educational s. Family Counseling Center is looking for volunteers to share domestic skills with a mentally in retarded woman so she can become her apartment. Four hours a week would be appreciated. Voluntary Action Center needs a bulletin board tor their center. Will pick up. e You know, getting engineers and historians to sit down and talk with each other is something, and I think the blending of the two approaches turned out very well, he said. There were some surprises for A New Age Now Be- and teer receptionists last year and a half he worked on the book, and the two associate editors worked the last two years. in tliis The highways were quite a hassle, Armstrong added. All the way through there was a continual adjustment (he he links his fingers and rubs them to show friction) between the federal and the state and local levels as to who should be doing what. Of course, in recent years, with increased population, anything you do anywhere affects everybody everywhere and becomes more and more a federal concern." Unfortunately, According to chanter the on American irrigation began on a modern scale with the Mormon pioneers in the valley of the Great Salt Lake." History of Public Works in the United States is actually a lovingly-compilestudy of the real meat and bones of American civilization. It could serve as an excellent guide for administrators of public agencies, or as a college text in a survey course on public works. irrigation, d Copies may be ordered through the American Public Works Association, 1313 E. 60th St., Chicago, 111. 00637 for S15 each. the price is steep, perhaps out of the range of the audience for whom the two volumes are in- times. Dudley Lehew PABCO PAINT SPECIAL'' ACHYLIC SEMI-GLOS- S WHITE & PASTEL'S $6.99 KETCHUM'S 400 So. 8th W. SALT LAKE Tonight's movie on Gaslight Theater marks the beginning of a new group of thirteen additional presentations in this series. During the first six months of this series, the response from viewers has been very gratifying, and we conbnue to receive letters and comments urging the continuation of these movie classics. So, we are pleased to announce that an additional thirteen movies have been scheduled. YVe hope you continue to enjoy Gaslight Theater. 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This history seems to give the reader an impression he is being told about old friends and Cv OVER Band will appear daily at the Groat West Fair during the Festival of the American West during its eight-darun at Utah The band is virtually a living history of western American folk music with band members playing several instruments including fiddle, banjo, Mountain Fuel Supply May G Salt Lake called an hybrid American. wont add anything to their knowledge of the birth of the Unted States. But that wasnt Page Smiths purpose anyhow, and whats left to discover except the tiniest of Americas historic details? It is obvious he 0 QOOOOOOO SAVE UP TO 70 - In the future, public works projects won t lie I a Ken for granted as in the past. They impact a much broader spectrum than wo used to, impact more people, take longer to do, cost more. It's going to require that they be belter understood. Thats the purpose of this history." however, is the "why behind historical events that led to the identity of. the United States and the psyche ot that unique Serious historians wrote New Age as an instrument of know ledge for nonhistorians, those who had a smattering in school and basically remember oniv such things as In 1492... What is most appealing dates folk band City's Deseret String e. 1976 W3 WrwE'iyV one of the side rently marking the tended effects of the economic Bicentennial. If anything, the Bicentennial events envelop the reader and keep him in an open frame of mind to relax, enjoy and learn. LOGAN counter-productiv- wrork, two-volum- e USU Nevertheless, he conceded, the book docs not go much into environThe thing that mental battles. concerns me, we're spending so much time now in this nonsensical, emotional confrontation and effort. Somehow Its we've got to buckle down and get some objectivity in our analysis of our views." He said environmental confrontations are a comparatively recent phenomenon. "We do point out the basic issue's and how we have adjusted in a positive way toward solving some of these problems. N.J. History takes to read time 486-213- volunteers to L. Armstrong compiles public works history. Armstrong searched the nation for two historians who worked with the engineers who were putting the material together. Our problem was condensing the great mass of data that we had so that it was understandable and so that it made an interesting story. I think it ended up pretty well, he remarked. Originally, he intended only to do a little orchestrating but as time passed he realized the job was much tougher than he had expected. The It was Robert Ingersoll who said, The superior man rise by lifting others. You can practice this philosophy by helping others through the Voluntary Action Center of the Community Services Council. 6 Call and volunteer for any of the following opportunities. visit One th.jg that I thought was remarkable was the amount of w ork Then I organized an editorial board to advise me as we formulated what we should do and how we should do it, he said. Then he wrote an outline of the book. This wasnt too bad, because most of this area is where I grew up, what Ive been doing all my life. Armstrong wrote to federal agencies, state departments of public works, county and regional governments, cities, for information on projects they have been involved with. "The cooperation was very good and we got a lot of sound, basic information on which to base the Helping hand Multiple Sclcrosr Armstrong as he learned the background on public works, even though he has been in government for over 35 years. book in early 1973. He established an advisory board of 21 top experts in DESERET NEWS, WEEKEND OF AMY 15, and Walter K! 1 $ u I |
