Show I BOUNTIFUL NOTES PUBLIC I WORKS WEEK L r ti ruby y L I I II Iy I i iY ia o a Y 4 e q ti r o r q r y yI I t i Jim Barton Barton ch checks the sand in the bottom of the sander desander at the Calder well This device takes out most of the sand from the two wells that thata a Bountiful is honorIng Its public works department and employees this week AND IT HAS good reason to be mindful of this area of its public functions For example water has always been one of the city's biggest problems Bountiful was incorporated In 1892 to work on water problems SECOND MAJOR problem was streets Both or of these lie within the area known as ast t public works During recent years Bountiful has spent r 1 well over improving its water system ThIs does not include new lines put in by etc The money went to repair cover and build new reservoirs pump houses and equipment NOW BOUNTIFUL boasts a system with plenty of reserve pure clean water Dio Yes eS e'S its it's true there ar are some som oA reas high on the bench that still have a problem or pump about gallons per minute Twice each week water workers turn valve flashing out the sand l b two But not many All this Is a far cry from the days not too long ago when even J numbered homes watered lawns one day odd the next AND JUST OVER 30 years ago the city faced the frightening possibility of being completely out of water Now it has two 1 water systems though the irrigation water Is not part of the city's function it still sUll blends with the city's needs Streets have improved from pox marked marked black surface resembling at times the aftermath of a bombing raid to permanent streets Modern equipment has made the work better and easier with smoother results GARBAGE collection too has receIved r I the modern touch with i powerful conven- conven lent packers and trucks 1 So Bountiful has good reason to salute j the Ule workers of the public works depart depart- r i k ro ments and to give their work sp ci ors for they have earned them I r r. z r w rid II r r X s 1 o fl tt t- t t 1 A I oo f st t 1 Under the direction of City P. P Petersen landscaping is progressing around reservoirs pump houses etc to beautify public building last year the thet t department bought over small pines Workers planted plant plant- t ed them ner er the new reservoir on the southeast bench Ralph Winegar above takes care of them watering k etc Only o a few have died Soon as they are large enough they will be transplanted to other public areas r I Il I- I l l r 1 r rf f 1 r I I t tt t t r fr f r s t r tr ti t. t r i a I Ii i E Steve Hardy rides the striping machine I painting new lines in the road This macho mach me ine has been used extensively since it was purchased last year The Eckman reservoir on East is already already al- al ready showing signs of the landscaping Shrubs trees are growing to make the 1 Jc c Y t reservoirs blend with the beautiful homes in Bountiful I i i L l 1 A y yr I r tAr r r 4 r. r 4 t tt I v l t c I iI i V L. L Bountiful Bountiful's s water now ranks at the top both in quantity and purely While the state checks the water the city u J makes additional checks up to 40 samples a week Ji t Barton water samples through the microscope r L 1 Y lJ C A C I Jl- Jl 1 r r po i. i I IL C Iii h t I Lk r I ItLO i k 1 A r 49 11 3 I J L LI I Bountiful's fleet of modern garbage trucks takes to the road during the early hours covering a section of the c city ty each day Bountiful is a part I Bountiful has resurfaced with permanent finish nearly all its streets during during dur- dur ing the past few years In former years all the city could do was reseal the with gravel But now the city's hot mix lay down mach machine ne has r f s i y 4 f t of BARD a sanitary land fill for d disposal of the garbage The city also alse has a modern street sweeper visible at the right I tT r 1 I nV A z ro f I I tt f k- k 1 jag I t t i x I I r r I tI t I to r 1 i toi I r. r 1 changed this Presently after winter crews are arc patching waiting for time to begin the regular lay down |