HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.P. American 07/29/1948C.P. American
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rZusiYZ~s ;COONCII CONSIOEflS
By the Ed7ttrr !~NANGE ~Of PLRN
by time--and other things! We well
Talk about the changes brought SEWAGE ~DISPQSAl0
remembaC the day our old Mend
"Con" Leaver, long-time mayor of
Central Point, got ao~ mad because -_
the PWA officials kept boosting the
ante an the price they thought aI A[ on adjourned meeting o[ the •
sewage disposal paint for this city) city council Iast.M•eninq the matter
should cost. Our engineer had (first o[ laying a new sewer in the eastern
made an estimate of. §I2,000. Then i part o[ towne was discussed. A
the next week he came back and!survey of the ne+v line had been r
said he had made a mistake and the. made and the engineer reporl¢d t
prlee ought to be 514,000. When~thal he had estimated the total cost
the'papers'wen[ to Portland to the: M the project at approximately i
PWA officials we were informed 53700 and that the properties served
that i_n their judgment we should) by-new• line had a front footage of ,
allow at least 518,000. So finaljv about 1150 feet, which would neces-
new papers were drawn up at theft silate an assessment of about 59.09 t
tigurG and returned to Portlond.l per front [oat on the various pro )
The PWA engineer took one look at!pert ies affected to pay (or the rost. t
~therri end again raised his sightisl There was same question as lot!
fo $22,000--and Mayor Leaver blew whether ar not to extend the new'
up! Now th¢ estimate for the job' line to take in several additional) 1
(admittedly somewhat bigger) fist properties further south and that[
$76,000. And the price of ever)•- whole matter was laid cn the table 1
thing used on such a project is siiJt until the next regular meeting of
going up. . the council next Munday evening to
enable the engineer to check up on y
u this sort o[ thing continues the the exact amount of properb- r
people of America are going to heyaffected if the line is extended Il
eompellod to mortgage their hope) The completed plans and specifi- f
of Heaven and their future welfare canons [o} the sewage disposal)
on Earth Lo keep the ordinary things plant were presented and explained <
o[ H[e going- + by S. C. Watkins, a represerilative 1
of A. P. Harvey @ .4ssoc3ates, who =
It appears that Jackson county have been working on the project
can't keep vacant delinquent tax [m~ some time. Dir. Harvey himse'f t
property under any circumstances. was present and stated that at the i
We had a sale of such properly time the original estimate of the
July 17th and no one bid on tF.e Bost of the project was made it was I
three Centrat Point lots offered- Hul based on the average cost n[ su?hl
this week along came a feller earl projects, but that when the actual l'f
;.bought 'em up-. It just happens that plans were completed and a n¢w
-.the lots are in our own back yard estimate of cost made at
present
and we have been burning off the prices of materials and labor it was `~
dead grass and weeds there for the found that the cost would be much v
past fifteen' years just for self- highed Ihan had first been thought..)
protection. tdow we shall jump the He stated that in checking, up they
new owner's collar i[ he donR take present cost it .cas found that its
that miserable }ob off our hands. might be better to again c°nsiderlf
connecting with the Medtard line ~
to the Camp While plant which has ~
Vehicle Registeations been secured by that eity and bonds l=
At All-time 1'Ii h a.-~.r. recently voted [or the building of
• g ... .a connecting pipe ]inc. a
_ Mc Harvey showed that at pre- t
Oregan mMOr vehicle registry-I sent prices the initial mst of build- a
[ions have dinlbed to a total of 549.- log a connecting Tine to connect I 1
671 cars, trucks. busses. and motor- "~ifh the Medford line and putting)
cycles for a nev: all-Lime high y m of the necessaq- pumps and't
the mid-year point Secretary pt motors n•ould be less than the cost:
or building a new plant antl that [ha t
State -Earl T. Newbn' has an- I
pounced. - Imsl of operating such a pumpingir
system would be less then operet-~
Registrations [or Ehe first six - c
ing an adequate plant nn Hear
months of the year are ]0 percent I
higher than the total [m~ the same Creek. i
period in 1942 More than 12 thou-~ City Attorney Skyrman slatedit
sand additional vehicles were re-~ that he +r°uld take li:e matter of ~ 1
gistered to June. Passenger car:, j using the bonds voted by the people t
now listed at 418.198. accounted fornf this cdy some time aeo to bui!d;r
the greatest ,hare of the increas^.la new plant, to build a conneding.~
Newbry said. (pipe line lu the hfedford system'+
The gain in Oregun-ownsd veh:-:~ns[cad. with the bond attorneys and; t
des to be off setting the reported report at a later meeting. In case
slump in tourist fraud to produce) the attorneys held that such a used
the heaviest swnmer traffic volum=~of th+s numer w'nuld nnl be permis-; _.
i nthe state's histon. Total cs sable a new bind issue would ha.-e. ]
mileage figures. based nn gasollne!In be rated and the old one cancel-I,
consumption. are running approsi-,led. In lbe meantime the mailer ~.
met¢ly six perrent abnce [hc lotol ~~P 1ll held m abeyance aw'ainnE'i
for last year nt this tune. 'tlerelopments :l
June travel claimed 42 byes. over ~ ___ __ , .