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Show Page two The National Enterprise, July 20, 1977 Up against a brick wall City commissioners are grin- by Sheri Poe Enterprise Staff Writer Construction ning through clenched teeth as they await the return of Elias Morris and Sons tilesetters, who walked off the $200,000 Regent Street repaving job three weeks ago. The projects in downtown Salt Lake City are running about as smoothly as Stan Laurel wielding a on roller skates. Like the good intentioned comedian, the contractors are still smiling, but theyre not making any money at it. two-by-fo- tile-sette- rs ur arent goldbricking; for better combenefits before pension pleting the decorative basket-weav- e design at crosswalks in theyre striking INVESTORS EARN 12 ON YOUR MONEY Earn a minimum of 12 secured by deeds of trust on homes, unimproved lands and commercial Utah properties. All investments thoroughly processed by United Mortgage. Our record is excellent. . .our investors have never lost a cent in over 24 years of doing business. For further information, no obligations, please call or write. 486-587- 1 k 2906 SOUTH STATE ST. V the street between 100 and 200 South. Contractors have completed concrete and asphalt portions of the repavement, but needless to say, city officials are between a brick and a hard place until the strikers settle. Legal entanglements The springboard hurling two other city reconstruction projects into motion is apparently in need of oiling, as bids and legal notices continue to tumble inside the city attorneys offices and right out of this summer's construction schedule. The bids and notices of intent concern $450,000 for removing tracks and constructing new curb and gutter systems along 200 West between South Temple and 500 South, and an $800,000 project to replace sidewalks between 200 and 300 South on State Street. But city officials are all thumbs when it comes to nailing down construction dates for projects, originally expected to be completed in August. A park with no name The Salt Lake Redevelopment Agency is having its problems Striking employees of Elias Morris and Sons have halted work on the $200,000 Regent Street repaving job. on First too. Its mini-par- k South has been finished for some time, complete with water fountain and performance platform, but the agency can neither dedicate nor donate the site to the city until it devises a proper title for the nameless park. The unin- spired agency hopes to within christen the mini-par- k 30 days and open the recreational site shortly thereafter. In another construction quandary, Lambs Grill Cafe ap sizable federal grant to replace the facade outside the historical site, 169 So. Main St., almost a year ago and owners say they received positive responses all the way to Washington D.C. But someone must have been crying wolf, because owner Ted Speros says he has yet to receive a check for the refurbishing project and will have to reapply for the grant, since no record of the application appears to plied for a exist. all, folks. Th-th-th-th- The response was overwhelming. So good, in fact, that now, whenever I have an important message, I shoot 0 myself. On the new AKAI videocassette system. With it, all my communications are personal and dynamic. And no matter where they re seen, everyone gets the same message. The system is so lightweight and compact, I even travel with it. And the trouble-fre- e VT300 cassette format is as easy to use as it is to send. The whole system, including camera, recorder and detachable monitor is so all our offices have one, so two-wa- y communication is an everyday occurrence. Who says it's lonely at the top? VT-30- cost-effectiv- e, m For all your training, security, communication video needs call: Video Systems 170 E. 21st So. Salt Lake City, Utah Specialists (801) 485-817- 1 or 486-7- 1 16 |