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Show " 1 r ' ! ' 'f ' Alla, '- r r' cou i I l- - j "- f ' . , r- i i. xr n rn r l. ' !. i -- ' ; . "i ,i , (. r V i. , 7 j . i rr T -- r uHNSfBnr'S.rAh k USRAft y IV i IT. MAR 1 7 1970 SERIALS ORDER DSP-- - THE 3 3 23 Governor unaware of fuss Independents call for board resignations by Sheri Poe Enterprise Staff Writer But independents claim there are other reasons Math-csonoffice is skirting the issue. They claim the governor "owed Anderson a favor." Audited financial reports for Mathcsons campaign show a hefty 10 percent of his S263.064 in political contributions came from 's task force representing the Intermountain Association of Independent Electrical Contractors is expected to confront Gov. Scott Matheson soon demanding the resignation of electrical board members Carroll Maughan and Jack Anderson, its organizers told the Enterprise last week. They claim union politics surrounding the removal of business registration director Ron Casper two weeks ago and the illegally comprised electrical board warrant the pair's dismissal. But the governor is unaware of any problems with the A board," his assistant Michael Graham claimed. "We don't understand what this sudden interest (in the electrical board) is all he professed. "No terms are up and we have no u-ni- on organizations." Matheson has not contacted the department of business regulation because "we haven't heard of any problems or any cause to consider reGraham moving anyone," claimed. But, countered A1 Biorge, executive director of the IAIEC, "I'm no longer wel- come in Mathesons office. I only hope this task force wont be prevented from meeting with the governor." t," Will discuss problems The task force, to be set up through the Utah attorney cause to remove anvonc." will be comprised of independent electri- generals office, cians Dave McEwen, Don Butler and Roger Barger. Biorge said. McEwen said the task force hopes to discuss several licensing problems with the govenor as well as the com-(Se- c Cinegrill pulls roots "Ill follow the salad any- RESIGNATIONS, p. 12) An apartment squeeze that virtually threatens crisis proportions is ignored oy Salt Lake developers . Land costs , restrictive zoning and apartments are full why is no one building? If by James M. Schutz Enterprise Staff Writer Anybody familiar with the law of supply and demand would be puzzled at Salt Lake City's apartment situation. The vacancy rate last fall in Salt Lake City and Bountiful dropped to 3.3 percent from the 5.5 percent recorded last spring. Yet no ones building where," remarked advertising executive Dcs Barker when he learned of the CincgriU's intentions to move. Yes move the Elks Lodge on South --- to Temple. Closing the doors of the albeit for venerable cafe - Todd-Ligne- Todd-Ligne- ll was playing." Its walls arc plastered with autograph- ed napkins and pictures of such celebrities as Liberacc, Gene Autry and the Letter-men. transported to NUVSERo 66,500 square foot, 7he Cinegrill s founder , Ed Allan, and present owner , lion Cohnet will aoandon the legendary restaurant for douole the capacity at the Elks Cluo. The salad will move too. MONDAY, MARCH IT, 1978. inent developer, said. "There hasn't been a major apartment structure built in Salt Lake City in the past ten years." sure why when rents arc so low, such a No one is really consistently low vacancy rate should result in higher rents. But there arc some opinions. Chuck Akcrlow, of Aker-loThomas Company, thinks it might have something to do with the structure of the renw tal business in Salt Lake. "Many of the small apartments rented in the city arc owned by mom and pop type operations. Their motivations clearly aren't the same as a major developer's. All they want is a little income and equity," opined Akcrlow. (See APARTMENTS, page 3) break ground ll The $39 million development on Second South and West Temple will take the name "American Plaza" once groundbreaking are complete ceremonies there on Tuesday. American Savings & Loan is building a Bru-bce- VOLUME 7 years meted to an astounding .7 percent. And yet, as Keith Lignell, owner of Incline Terrace Apartments and a prom ld (See CINEGRILL, page 4) al The fall 1976 vacancy rate in the Salt Lake area plum- newer and more spacious marks the end of quarters an era. And whether or not owner Bob Cohne can forsake all the memories locked within its walls is a question that remains to be seen. Cohne, of course, thinks he can pull it off. "The Cinegrill is where I was served my first drink," he reminisced. "And the first k time I was there, Dave the new location, promised Cohne, where the "look will be the same." apartments. Whats, more, converting existing units to condominiums is becoming an increasingly profitable venture. The U.S. government considers a five percent vacancy rate the shortage threshold, but in the past three years, 1975 through 1977, only twice in is semi-annusurvey did the Utah Bureau of Economic and Business Research find the vacancy rate above five once last spring percent and in the spring of 1975, when it reached 6.1 percent. Not one in 10 - All will be spiraling construction costs simply make them too expensive to ouild. five-stor- y building at the site. Developers of the building arc Drs. Burton M. Todd and E. Keith Lignell, Brent R. Dyer, Charlcrs W. Akcrlow, John J. Thomas and Keith Jcrgcnscn. Todd and Lignell purchased the 5.4 acres on Second South from the Redevelopment agency last June. The American Savings and Loan building will be the first of a complex to be constructed in the block. multi-buildin- g (See PLAZA, page 9) 50 CENTS |
