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Show Serials Order Department J University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 . ft L Salt lake city, utah VOLUME 1. NUMBER 9 Mountain Fuel Seeks Higher Rates SALT LAKE CITY Mountain Fuel Supply Company filed an application with the Utah Public Service Commission Monday seeking authority to pass on to its Utah customers (subject to possible refund) the higher costs the Company is now paying for natural gas purchased from pipeline companies and other producers. All of the higher costs the Company is having to pay have resulted from price increases previously granted to the pipeline companies and other producers either, by the Federal Power Commission or State regulatory agencies. Should any of these increases be reduced at later proceedings, the amounts would be refundable. Utah's share of the higher costs amounts to $1,769,772. The Company is proposing an rate increase applicable to all classes of customers of 1.267 cents per thousand cubic feet to recover that amount (The "increase is somewhat higher in the Uintah Basin area served across-the-boa- WESTERN AMERICANA rd Fuel) For the average residential user, the increase will amount to about 19 cents a month or $2.28 a year. "We have done our utmost tor hold the line against inflation and .higher costs, and over the years these efforts have kept Mountain Fuel's rates among the very lowest in the nation and its reserves among the best," said B. Z. Company president Kastler, "Even with the requested increase, our rates will continue to rank MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1974 mtolops among the very lowest in the nation, and we expect to maintain natural gas reserves available to our customers at among the best "To do so, it is imperative that we maintain our purchase agreements since we need this gas to assure our customers of an ade- quate supply. While we find, develop and produce a substantial amount of gas we sell, we are still of obliged to purchase our supply, requirements from pipeline companies and other protwo-thir- ds ducers. "Because of the nationwide energy shortage and the growing demand for natural gas, which is recognized as the cleanest and most efficient fuel available, there is much greater competition today for gas wherever it is found. We have intensified our own efforts to find and develop new supplies, but we must also make every effort to keep the gas we now have." Allied Florists Elect New President ; ANTELOPE ISLAND STATE PARK on the Great Salt Lake, and the much crtidzed seven-mil- e causeway have already cost Utah taxpayers $2,652,419. Another $5,000,000 has been appropriated and will be spent by 1975. THE SPENDING TALLY, according to the State Highway Department and the Parks and Recreation division, reports show that the purchase of 2,000 acres cost $210,000. A 1967 causeway study and tailing tests spent $307,738. In 1969, $320,020 was spent for loop roads, a water well, and other park developments. $300,000 went for a Davis County road construc$800,000 tion donation. In 1969-7went for causeway construction. In 1970, further park improvements cost $208,661. Numerous reportts show that $506,000 has been spent to repair causeway washouts. The 1973 State Legislature appropriated $2.5 million for a new road, and $2.5 million for more park improvements. All this totals $7,652,419. BY. 1975, ISLAND PARK and improvements will ' have cost $3,238,681. Total road costs, including constructtion, tests, and studies, washout repairs to the 0, FA-CILITI- OsiaoTKdl Road RECREATION DIVISION reports that there has been 391,928 visitors to Antelope State Park since it was opened in 1970. There were 198, 366 in 1970; 155,248 in 1971; 35,089 in 1972; 3,225 in 1973, and none this year. 1973 AND 1974 VISITS were down because the causeway road was washed out most of the time. State Parks and Recreation and State ' Highway Department records and press releases confirm that the island park has been closed nearly months in the past five yean due to causeway washouts. Since 1970, visitors have been denied access to the park of the time due to road wash45 outs. WE BELIEVE THAT THERE SINCE 1970, $2,653,000 has been spent to serve 391,928 visitors. The Supreme Court Decisions old seven-mil- e causeway, and the cost of the new paved road, will THE ANTELOPE ARE BETTER and less expensive ways to get people to the Antelope Island than endlessly pouring roads. money into washed-ou- t Boats and ferries could be a solu- - tion. Boats wculd not pollute the lake. It is now being filled with dirt and sand. Boats would allow free and natural circulation of lake waters. Boats would not damage the salt and mineral ponds on the lake shores. Boats would be far less expensive than construction a washout--, $10 million seven-mil- e road. proof WE ARE NOT AGAINST An- - . 1 total... $4,413,738. This means that for every dollar spent for park development on the island, another $1.36 will be spent on the access road. cost to put each visitor on the island in this five year period was $6.77. The Utah Travel Council reports that the average tourist spends but $14.30 per person per visit in the state. DOES UTAH HAVE HIGHER PRIORITY ROADS than the Antelope Island road? Highway officials say that if the $2.5 million being spent for the new road to Antelope Island was spent on the freeway system, it would generate another $50 million in Federal matching funds. If the $2.5 million were used on the State primary road system, it would generate another $10 million of Federal matching money. See Details Page 7 1 telope Island State Park. However, we feel that it is a waste of tax dollars to keep pouring asohalt ind dirt into the Great Salt Lake. ISLAND ROAD will have cost taxpayers $631,000 per mile by the tune it is completed. State Highway offi- er In This Issue: Legals Probate Court 2 2 .. ....22 Confirmation of Sale Suits Small Claims Court Divorces . Bankruptcies 3 4 4 4 Bountiful Power Bankruptcy Sale 5 .5 Births Murray City Power 6 New County Building Permits 6 Water Service New Actions Murray City 7 Supreme Court Decisions . 7 .....6 Third District Court .... 10 Judgments Murray City 11 Uniform Commercial 11, Code Filings 12 . Licenses City Business Tax Liens ...'.12 12 Warranty Deeds ..14 Quitclaim Deeds, 14 Trust Deeds ... 14 Liens 15 Mortgages 15 New Corporations West Jordan Building Permits .... cials claim that the four-Jan- e freeway over the salt flats to Wen-dovcost but $500,000 per mile. Per mile construction costs of two lane roads is now running between $200,000 and $300,000. CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW $2.5 million road has already begun. It will be two lanes 16 poved. 3.3 million tons of fill will be brought from the island at a cost of $1.9 million. Barring further washouts, the new road Mrs. Edith Whitehead should be finished by 1975. State Mrs. Edith Whitehead has been elec- Highway officials claim that the ted President of the Utah Allied gradual slope of the 80 foot wide Florists along with new members of will will eliminate the washouts that have closed the road almost the Board of Directors. Mrs. Whitehead is the owner of the every year since the causeway was Garden of Edith flower shop in St. opened in 1969. But Marv Jensen, Assistant George, Utah and has been in the Director of the Utah Division florist business for 21 years. of Parks and Recretation says, New 'members of the Board are "We have no guarantee that the Steve Neff of Neff Floral, Salt lake new road will not wash out City and David Sorensen of Hyland after it is built, just like the old Floral, Salt City. Hold-ove- r directors are Ron Kalt, Pearson Floral; Mick road." U. S. Geological Survey reGray, Mick's Murray Floral; Thomas J. Miller, Evans Floral; and Bill ports, "fluctuations in the lake's level have been approximately Smith, Ensign Wholesale Florist. Mr. Neff was elected Vice President ten feet in ten years and there and Mr. Sorensen as Secretary . Harold is no accoarte way of forecasting H. Gardiner is Executive Vice what future fluctuations will be." President and Treasurer. A reputable State Highway Utah Allied Florists is an official claims, "$2.5 million is association of approximately 75 Utah not enuogh to build a washout-proo- f florists whose primary purpose is to road. For this, it would promote the sale of flowers and plants take $7 million minimum and and encourage the maintenance of $10 million would be more in high standards of product and perthe ball park." formance in the floral industry. THE STATE PARKS AND . . Civil Division Sheriff's Captain Dies Capt. Robert Arthur Stowe, 40, district commander of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office and instructor of police sciences at the University of Utah and Weber State College died of a massive heart attack Tuesday morning, May 14th in a Salt Lake hospital Capt. Stowe was born July 27, 1933, in Murray, a son of Thomas William and Leola Boulter Stowe. He married Janet Geneal Duffin June 30, 1955. The marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y Saints. Attended U. Capt. Stowe attended the University of Utah and Weber College and was a graduate of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Academy. He was a member of the Deputy Sheriffs Mutual Aid Assn. and the Utah Peace Officers Assn. He was also a member of the Jordan School District Board of Education, Draper Lions Club, and the Draper American Captain Stowe Capt. Stowe was the author of a text on civil procedure that is used at Weber State College and was a coach for a White City Little League baseball team. He was a veteran of the Korean War. He was in charge of the Sheriffs Civil Division from April 1, 1966 to the time of his death. Capt. Stowe is survived by his wife; parents of Draper; three sons and two daughters, Robert Duffin, Thomas Mark, John Arthur, Cidnie Ann, Marcy Jsna, all of Sandy; a brother and a sister. Richard William Stowe, Alpine, Utah County; Mrs. Richard (Maxine) Crapo, Sandy. Survivors Listed |