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Show Health Officials Okey Operation of Utah Parks Company Public Health officials have completed their inspections of all food handling operations, water supply systems, sanitary facilities, facili-ties, swimming pool conditions and other public accommodations accommoda-tions at Bryce and Zion National Parks and Cedar Breaks National Nation-al Monument. Superintendent Paul R. Franke announced that the three day study conducted by Col. C. T. Wright, U. S. Public Health Service; Sanitary Engineer Engi-neer Lynn Thatcher, Utah State Department of Health and Sanitary Sani-tary Engineer J. M. Bates, Union Pacific Railroad, was completed Friday, July 10. At a conference held in the Park Superintendent's office a passing rate was given to the operations of the Utah Parks Company and the National Parks Service. Among the recommendations of the inspectors for improvement improve-ment of safer service to the public pub-lic were: repair of floor linoleum, installation of new materials on' some table tops, installation ofi boosters to maintain 180 degree temperature of all rinse waters, ' and replacement of battered gar- j bage cans. Steps have already been taken, said Superintendent Franke, to meet the inspectors' recommenHations for removing overhanging limbs at the Zion swimming pool and changing the garbage disposal from the pit burning method to the pit and earth cover method. The inspectors expressed themselves strongly in favor of completing at an early date a new sewage disposal system at Bryce Canyon National Park. This project started in May, 1952 when the National Park Service allot-ed allot-ed $30,000 for Hie work and is now under construction. The system, sys-tem, which includes a 50,000 gallon gal-lon Imhof tank will be one of the most up-to-date processes in Utah. |