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Show THE ZEPHYR JANFEB 90 PAGE 27 praaant value of Benefit Positive Effects Timber . . . Balance $ 90,111 5,635 8,512 Fuelwood . Recreation Wildlife . . Fisheries 690 So. Main 259-569- 3 out of state , Grazing Soils . . . Water . . . Total line toll-fre- e , ...... -5- .699 $121,258 From Cindy and Joe Have a Happy and Prosperous Negative Effects Timber....... Recreation . . . . Wildlife. Fisheries k Grazing Soils (Sediment) Water Total ........ -0--- 0--0- , 0 , $ Total Present Benefits (Pos. less Neg.) ' " i . ' NEW YEAR e a e e 467 467 $120,791 , ' - ' I , Present Value of Costs Timber Recreation $89,065 . -- 0- Wildlife --0- Fisheries Grazing Soils Water Total . . . f 0 -- 0- --0- ................ apeeeeeie $ 92,713 ppESEMmimuE ,Q78 Is obvious from these figures that the Forest Service, charged with the management of public lands with public funds Is operating the business of timber management at a terrific loss. No business In the private sector that generates expenses, five times greater than revenues could hope to survive for long. Yet, that Is precisely what the Forest Service Is doing. It and the Archaeological Salvage Project on Cl DOT listed; 250 & 25 1 . Excellent homesite In Castle Valley. Priced to sell at $ 20,000 for 1 0 acres. Ask for Joe. 89-14- 2 Partially refurbished home w3 bedrooms, 1 bath. New carpeting throughout. House could be finished at a very reasonable cost. Good neighborhood, close to school & church. Storage shed. $35,000. 89-- 1 24 Have to see to believe. All the space in this 3 bdrm. 1 Yi bath. Partially refurbished, with most of the work done. Has potentials for added rooms. Call today for appointment to see. Owner financing. $35,000. 88-08- 0 5 acres, close to 18 hole golf course. Prime residential site with easy access. Utilities are nearby. Can be subdivided into 2 lots. Excellent longterm investment won't last long. Call now. $30,000. . 89-- 1 1-- 70 of Transportation wisely and Judiciously use taxpayers money when It selected the University of Pittsburgh to do archeological salvage work along the Interstate 70 construction project this year? UDOT awarded the $789,270 contract to the University of Pittsburgh over a consortium of Utah and Colorado archaeologists who submitted a bid of $494,092, almost 40 lower than the winning contract. . What advantages did the Pittsburgh team bring to the project? Transportation, according to one critic, costs alone (12 vehicles) significantly added to archeological recovery costs. And of the 56 people working on the project, only one had ever performed archeological work In Utah. Adding further to the expense, the contracts were not awarded until December 1988. It Is necessary ,for weather conditions to be moderate and free of snow In order to do a thorough archeological inventory. By December severe winter weather necessitated the construction and heating of shelters over the sites to be excavated. At one point temperatures fell as low as 12 below zero. UDOT must have realized that winter archeological work can greatly Increase costs. It can also affect the quality of work performed and a subsequent loss of vital Information. of Although UDOT was responsible for the selection of the University Pittsburgh, subsequent criticism by UDOT led to the demotion of archaeologist James Adovaslo, principle Investigator of the University team. In an October 27 tte story, Adovaslo was demoted because he wasnt living up Pittsburgh to time commitments, accorded to UDOT archeologist Kenneth Wlntch. story, Wlntch said, "(Adovaslo) was giving us According to the deadlines by which he promised to be finished, and he wasnt living up to them. The highway construction firm,' which Wlntch Identified as W.W. Clyde Co. of which Sprlngvllle, Utah, demanded financial compensation for time during construction was suspended. Hal Clyde, senior vice president of the Arm, said his firm lost about 80 working by December 31, he days as a result of delays. "They should have been done said. "They actually didnt finish until sometime In April" The firm was reimbursed by the State, but the amount was undisclosed. In an October 18 Deseret News story by Jerry Spangler, archeologists isolated Incident: complained that this kind of wasteful spending Is not an of thousands of dollars hundreds UDOT Is spending far more, perhaps are driving more, than It should. And all because Inefficient contracting procedures work and scientific up the cost of archeological contracts, reducing the quality of essentially eliminating competitive bidding. "The problem (according to Steve Simms, Utah State University archeolog st) Is that UDOT often waits until the very last moment to begin the contracting short In process. Those contracts Invariably require work be donecan an the double amount of time, often during the dead of winter, which to learn from past failed "Archaeologists, however, say UDOT has continually And archaeologists are failures, regardless of how much archaeologists complain. tired of taking the blame for construction delays that could have been avoided with proper planning on the part of UDOT and the Federal Highway AdmlnlsMorL Did the Utah Department 1(3 55 acres of prime retreat homesite development close to United States National Forest, yet 15 minutes to town. This family owned homestead recently listed - won't last long. Call immediately for full details. Lot 418-- 4 bedroom, 2 bath house. 5 acres, 100 fruit trees, 2 car garage with workshop, many other features. Excellent owner financing with low down. Call Joe today. 87.141 - Dreaming of owning your own desert island? Rare opportunity to own a remote, secluded island on the Green River. Part of a 1 27 acre hideaway. Owner financing. Call Arches Realty for this unique, one of a kind place. 89.137 Two choice lots in Castle Valley (309 view of Castle & 328). Twelve acres combined. Excellent Rock, Round Mountain and the LaSal Mountains. Two hundred fifty foot well with 1 6" casing and large capacity pumping potential. Land has been cleared and leveled for farming. Three phase power. Price is $43,500.00 with owner financing available. Call Janie. Post-Gaze- Post-Gaze- tte I 89.157 Excellent Homesite Potential! Lots 250 and 251 located on Miller and Castle Valley Drive in Castle Valley. Over 1 0 acres of land with 9 acre feet water rights per lot. Owner is anxious - Call Now! 89. 1 59 Just Listed ; - Lot 1 90 in Castle Valley. Excellent loca- tion good homesite, good neighborhood. Must see. - Owner-askin- g $8,000.00. Sale fell through Next to State landl 86.056 Lots 239, 240, 241, 276 - 22 fenced acres prime steel-case- d farmland next to state grazing rights, 1 well with a 5 hp irrigation motor (pump not included) with 3 phase switching equipment, property has been recently fenced, secluded, very private, with excellent view of cliff and mountains, can be subdivided. Price $65,000,001 WITH EX4-inc- h CELLENT OWNER FINANCING. i .. . .S . ' V s ' V V ' t i' v- ittaatifeattkMiNi - |
