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Show . . , v, ,,vv,4-.-,fj.-ttsiryy y.v-yv.-'.v.yvs.vy&vv " I :. i ' t 5 3 Is f t . v. - . I ; . - ; J I , 1 :.,. :- : . - -'t ' - C ' Looking into the Park City Public Library. Apart from being a Main Street landmark, the library is a treasure trove of rare books and a seat of literary knowledge spanning two centuries. cen-turies. See library feature 'page five. Photo by Bennett. Renovation Proposal Rejected reorganization of the Regional Re-gional Bi-Centennial Committee Com-mittee was accomplished. Mr. Niles Andrus, husband of Connie Andrus, said to her before they walked in that evening, he felt the cards were stacked against the Park City idea. Of the 14 voted on the Committee, only two, one from Park City and the other from Oakley, were from Summit County. "I think when they heard we needed anywhere from $68,000 to $100,000, all the smaller communities panicked pan-icked thinking their projects pro-jects would be left out, said Connie. But she pointed out that Orem received $30,000 for the renovation of a hall and Oakley, a community of ( Continued on page three ) The hopes of history buffs and city officials alike were disappointed by the regional Bi-Centennial Committee last Wednesday night when the proposal to renovate City Hall on Main Street was voted vot-ed down. "They voted unanimously not to give the City the money," said Connie Andrus head of the P.C. Historical Society. Mrs. Andrus had worked for weeks preparing the proposal which came to the City Council and received receiv-ed the go-ahead last April. "They all felt Park City was rich enough to donate the building themselves," she continued. She indicated that advertisements adver-tisements for "expensive condominiums" came up in the discussions of her proposal pro-posal and had an effect on the fate of the proposal. I don't feel it was a very working organization," she said. In the last meeting April 16, where the proposal was scheduled to be heard, the meeting was fraught with dissension among the tri-county tri-county area of Summit, Utah and Wasatch counties and nothing was considered but a j i ; . i I i - j - j . -m . - - - .... I ' - ...... . ' ' , ! " . "".-.' i - . j ) i I i 5 Remodeling will begin shortly City Hall Renovation Reject ed for a jail not city offices. The City has been delaying their plans for renovation until this Bi-Centennial decision de-cision had been made. "Now I guess we can begin work in the basement," said Mathews. Math-ews. "It breaks my heart to see them remodelling," said Mrs. Andrus in an interview last week. If the building were acquired for a museum sometime in the future, all the remodelling would be for naught. Connie seemed dismayed about the decision but said resolutely, "We're not going to give up." She has been advised of possible Federal Fed-eral grants which are available avail-able for the purchase of a museum but nothingsubstan-cial nothingsubstan-cial is as yet in the offing. There was some indication from the state-wide office however, that if the proposal were reworked, the 25 member mem-ber board which sits above the Regional Committees could help make the idea a reality. This remains to be seen. ( Continued from page one ) 300 received $12,000 to buy a Mormon Ward house for a meeting place. 'This will not be serving a broad group of Utahns," she protested. "It was quite disappointing." Mrs. Andrus had invested hours of work to the project which had received support from many factions of Salt Lake and a nation at large. City Hall is one of the two remaining territorial jails throughout the nation. Three of the past presidents of the Utah Heritage Foundation, two University of Utah history his-tory p rofessors, and one architect and city planner were among the many interested inter-ested parties who submitted letters of support for the project. But this support seemed to work against rather than for the City's favor. "If there's so much interest in tne preservation of that building, then why doesn't the community talk to the city father's and have them donate the building?" said Rachard Sorensen, executive director of the Bi-Centennial Commission inSalt Lake City. 'There has been no precident where the Commission Com-mission has purchased a building that was already owned by the City from the City," he continued. But as Wayne Mathews, Park City City Manager pointed out, the proposal was not for money to purchase the building, but to purchase the land on which it rests. The City had already agreed to donate the building for a museum. Mathews had not been informed of the regional re-gional committees decision to veto Park City's proposal, but said upon hearing the news, "I'm not surprised they (the regional committee) commit-tee) didn't take it." Now I gitess we'll just start renovating." ren-ovating." This has been another concern con-cern of the Historical Society. Soc-iety. The construction of the building in 1886 was design- |