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Show Hope renewed for restoration of Marysvale Branch b Bruce Jennings Renewed hope for the restoration of the Marysvale branch of the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, closed down since the Thistle slide, has appeared in two different ways. For one thing, the Utah County Commission has again agreed to postpone enlarging the flood plain at Thistle. The commissioners have been considering enlarging the flood plain from its present 100 acres to with a Union Pacific Railroad line at Levan. The route would presumably be up Salt Creek Canyon. branch at Fairview 900 acres. That action would restrict any building in the area and thus eliminate the possibility of restoring the line Utah Commission chairman Gary Anderson said he had received a letter from D&RGW concerning a proposal the D&RGW had received for sale of the branch between Fairview and Richfield. This section of the branch would then be linked The Utah commissioners agreed to postpone making a decision on enlarging the flood plain until May at the request of Sanpete and Sevier county commissions. 1 he other hopeful news concerns a proposal to link up the Marysvale We want Sanpete and Sevier to have the rail service," Mr. Anderson said. But he added that postponing the expansion of the flood plain puts Utah County in a bind. We need to get some control gates in that dam," he said, and do some other work. up with Union Pacific. Anderson was referring to the that the flood built up in Spanish Fork Canyon. He explained that the present flood plain stops at the site of the Thistle dam. dam Home of the Mormon Miracle Pageant Volume 99 Number 28 MANTI, UTAH 84627, THURSDAY. JANUARY 24, 1985 30C per copy New telephone system now 4on line9 in Manti by Pat Mcllor Mantis Ml-R- Electronically Telecommunications Refurbished is now on line and'offici-ailsvstem operating. Prior to the Friday night swiuhovertothe new system, Manti Telephone Company personnel made several brief tests of the switching process in selected areas v of service. However, on Friday evening, when the big switch finally arrived, conversion of the entue system at once created unanticipated electrical grounding problems between the old telephone system and the new one. result, several fuses on the system overloaded and exploded, and the new system was shut down for about two hours until the problem was located and the source of the unexpected ground disconnected. The previous system in use until last Friday night is totally obsolete, according to company president Morlin Cox, although the system was installed barely 30 years ago in 1954 and regularly updated since the last time in 1977. that As a new "We can't find a prospective purchaser for any of it," a stalt member acknowledged. "It's totally outdated because of the advanced telecommunications discoveries of the last few years." Under the old system, several steps were performed by sw itches in connecting and disconnecting a call. Every time a telephone receiver was placed back on its cradle, a loud "clack resulted in the office. The "clack was so loud, it could be heard on the sidewalk outside the office. A large box of flat wooden toothpicks taped to the switching mechanism provided the means by which lines were temporarily disconnected: the toothpick broke the current when inserted at the proper line's location. Another feature of the old system the automatic buzzer and cutoff was built into the old system, which was capable of serving only .000 1 lines. and visiting from other firms gathered to celebrate the advent of the new sv stem rapidly were pressed into service as troubleshooters, searching br the cause of the blew out a ge. Bob Capshaw of the Public Service Commission wandered by a computer spelling out the bad news and cast a wary eye on a red "catastrophe" light on the console. "I think we could have come to bv ourselves," that conclusion installer Terry Mikkins observed drily lo the console. I arl Brown, representing Mountain Bell and the Public Service Commission, joined Morlin Cox in pulling black connectors out of a console to prevent damage to the entire system. As installers Terry and Jerry Mikkins of Northern States felccon and Bruce Lovcjoy and Don Korth of s Consultants traveled between one building and the other with relayed information on the status of the system. Kent Sanders of the Gunnison Telephone Company began cautiouslv replacing the Mid-State- After the lines serving the old system were cut Friday night, the switch building grew strangely quiet but the new building housing the new MFRT system, just west of the old telephone complex, rapidly became fuses dignitaries the a beehive of activity when (Continued on Page 2) Public meeting tonight Panel will discuss Monti Telephone Co. President Morlin Cox makes final adjustments to bring new service telephone developments through electronics. on line, providing Running to catch bus Accident claims life of 1 1 -- year-old boy 11, and a student of Ephraim Middle School, 6th grade, was hit by an auto and killed at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 23, 1985, as he was running to catch the school bus. Troy SchifTman, age accident occurred at the intersection of 100 North Main in Ephraim. He was transported by ambulance to the Sanpete Valley Hospital in Mt. Pleasant, where he was pronounced The Manti-Ephrai- dead. Troy is the son of Lynn F. and Karen Schiffman of Ephraim. Funeral services have tentatively been scheduled for Saturday in Fphraim at a time to be announced. Further details and an obituary will be published next week. The dedication of the new Ephraim Middle School will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 13 at 8:00 p.m., rather than Feb. 14 as previously announced. possibility of new hydro plant by Pat Mellnr Members of the Manti are hoping for a good turnout at tonight's public meeting, set for 7:30 p.m. in the high school, which will explore the options open to Manti City to provide electric power for the citys residents. The meeting has been scheduled to explain the City's proposed hydroelectric upgrading project in Manti Canyon, its options to purchase independent power from its Utah Municipal Power Associates affiliates, its purchase agreements with the Colorado River Storage Project, and the possible combinations of these sources which would most effectively provide Manti with dependable power. Representatives of Sunrise Engineering, Tone Engineering, Zions Bank, legal counsel and the I'tah Municipal Power Association arc expected to be in attendance at the meeting, along with local power board members Ken Tuttle. Grant Cox, Wilbur Lund, Doug Barton and Lionel King. If the final plans for the hydro units are approved, the City plans to issue bonds in two series to cover the costs of the project. The first bond issue will be in the amount of $1 million, and the second w ill be in the amount of $2,048,000. City signs Other nutters discussed at the Wednesday night City Council meeting included the placement of signs welcoming visitors to Manti City . Mayor Bob Besscy advised John Leisck that the placement of the sign on the south end of town posed no problem, but the north sign plans would have to be reviewed, as the cemetery now extends to the limits of the city and a sign of this type in or immediately adjacent to the cemetery would be inappropriate. The council also advised Mr. (Continued on Page 2) General Authority to preside at Manti Utah stake conference Elder Hugh W. Pinnock of the First Quorum of the Seventy will be the presiding authority at this weekend's sessions of the Manti Utah Stake conference. Lee R. Barton Stake President noted the following meetings: Sat., Jan. 26: Leadership meeting, Ward 4 p.m., Manti First-Secon- d chapel. All persons holding leadership positions in ward or stake organizations are to attend. Sat., Jan. 26: Meeting for adults members of the stake, Manti Ward chapel, 7:30 p.m. First-Secon- d Sun., Jan 27: Meeting for all youth age 12 through college, Ephraim First-FiftWard chapel, 8 a.m. 27: General session for Jan. Sun., all members and Snow College Activity Center, 10 a.m. North Utah Area and the Idaho Area. He is Managing Director of the Priesthood Department. He is now serving as President of the SLC South Area. h Elder Hugh W. Pinnock was called to be a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of the Church of Jesus Saints on Christ of Latter-daOctober 1, 1977. y He was sustained as General President of the Sunday School on October 6, 1979. He also served as Executive Administrator for the Hugh W. Pinnock Born January 15, 1934 in Salt Lake City. Utah, he attended Granite High School and then enrolled at the University of LHah in 1952. Elder Pinnock was both student body president of his high school and of the University of Utah. His college career was interrupted when he was called to serve as a missionary for the Church for a period of two years. In 1958 he graduated from the University of Utah and was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Army. Mr. Pinnock's professional career has been spent in life insurance. Before receiving his call as a General Authority of the Church, he was General Agent for Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company in the Intermountain Area. He has served as president of the Salt Lake Association of Life Underwriters, president of the Utah Chapter of Chartered Life Underwriters. Elder Pinnock has served the Church as a member of a mission presidency, high councilor, bishop. Regional Representative, and mission president in Pennsylvania. He has served as chairman of the Home Teaching and Family Home Evening Committee and as a member of the Leadership Committee of the Church. He has served as president of the Deseret Foundation of the LDS Hospital, a committee chairman of the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and one of the founders and board membeis of Le.lon of California. Married to the former Anne Hawkins of North Hollywood, California, they have six children. |