Show City Sets Sails on Beautification Of Preliminary steps to embark on a city beautification program program pro pro- gram were taken last Wednesday Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day day evening at a meeting of civic leaders and the Manti City Council A planning committee was organized wit with Miss Margaret Anderson of the council as the chairman of the group Other members are R. R Morgan Dyreng of the council Leslie J. J Anderson Don Simmons Kenneth Tuttle and Mrs Eleanor P. P Kjar A meeting was set for Wednesday March l for the committee to get the ball rolling In the meeting of the coun count council council cil cil and civic leaders Mayor r J Garbe outlined projects which are being considered and will contribute to the beautification tion program 1 1 Running two new transmission transmission transmission trans trans- mission lines into Manti City which will break the power load Into three phases wit with either feeder line being ample to carry the present load He said the lines would be controlled controlled controlled con con- trolled tat lat the city power plant and indicated that the work was being engineered the contract contract contract con con- tract had been let and the work was in process 2 The beautification program program program pro pro- gram which is statewide andis andis and andis is being sponsored through the Utah St State te University i y f which has as its main objective objective objective tive this year to eliminate de- de sites such as old buildings fences etc In connection connection connection con con- with this program Mayor Garbe stated that the law had now been passed by bythe bythe bythe the State Legislature and by city ordinance giving the cities the power to notify and condemn condemn con con- con n property which was not cleaned 3 Water system A plan is set up for enlargement of laterals and pipe lines working toward a future date when the discontinuance of ditches may be possible in the city irrigation system n 1 He f J r said l that the Jets Jet's Reservoir project project project would be completed this summer 4 Street improvement Mayor May May- Mayor or Garbe explained the problem problem lem of hard surfacing and oilIng oilIng oil oil- Ing the streets due to property property property prop prop- erty owners not having funds for this project and outlined a plan whereby all streets may be oiled without direct cost to the individual He said that preparations were underway for graveling streets running north and south on Second East Second W West st and Fifth West running east land tand west weston on Sixth South Fourth South and ad others ers f H 1 5 The City Irrigation Company Company Company Com Com- pany is lending its support to the p pooling oling and combining of ditches on the various blocks dependent on the irrigation companies and farms 6 Mayor Garbe said said- that support would be lent to the county in improving the the road east along the quarry field land on West as a stock driveway 7 7 The program for ing creeks and bridges has been set up to include one or two new ones each year 8 Development of a a ball ballpark ballpark ballpark park with possible installation tion of lighting for night con con- J tests s. s V I |