October 7, 1965 (20 pages)

, Red Des, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little ‘k, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweet ‘ ‘arr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, upa, Gouge vig é Ki wy J F Febacondy waker Hilly Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vi field, Humbug, Relief Hill, We siliinsion, Mine Tent, n, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North BloomPhicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly . jared al keh — ath —: oi eg ga Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hi Nice Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, 2 ° 2 Rs _ —— ones Volume 39 Number 38 10 Cents A Copy Published Thursdays, Nevada City October 7, 1965 3 : is Ni T sce iners Two Treatment Plans 2?* i " ® Foundry Are Proposed For #2: I S Id e e e * nS 3 Is So Irrigation District Nevada City's historic Miners Foundry on Spring St, has been sold, The new owners are Ray and Georgia Amick of Richmond. For the past 15 years Amick has been a partner in A & T Metal Fabricators inRichmond, He reportedly intends to keep the foundry in operation, not only for the manufacture and repair of mining and other equipment, but for subcontracting work for the Richmond company. A & T specializes in making steel shipping containers of all sizes, for use in international commerce, Theshed behind the Nevada Theater will reportedly be used for the subcontracting work, which will involve cutting and welding of steel units. Grass Valley realtor David Maltman handled the sale, The sale price is believed to be $55,000. The former owner is George Rua, The Amicks have owned property on Blue Tent Rd. in Nevada City for several years, and they are expected to move here permanently. Detailed plans for the bulk of the foundry property south of Spring St. have not been announced, The oldest and most attractive building at the site is a long stone and brick structure on the western property line. The business was originally known as George Allen's Foundry (Continued on Page 2) Nevada City Council ls Unmoved By Plea For Dog Restraint Some people can take dogs or leave them, but there are some people who cannot take the dog leavings. The Nevada City Council Monday night received an irate unsigned letter suggesting that dog leavings on the streets:and sidewalks of the city were making it difficult to walk. The letter. noted that it was about time the city enforced a leash law. City manager Beryl Robinson said the city did not have a leash law. He did note that the sidewalks were swept three times a week, He.suggested that the sidewalks could be swept more often, but noted that the city did not have the personnel to do the job. , “Nobody's taking any action, " Mayor Arch McPherson asked rhetorically? Nobody was, and the question of dog leavings has apparently been left to the dogs, FRED JONES (right) new director of the California Division of Parks and Recreation, made an inspection tour of the proposed Malakoff State Park in Nevada County last Friday. Here he.is shown in the heart of the old hydraulic diggins with Clyde Newlin, director for district III of the Division of Beaches and Parks. picture is on Page 7. Another Park City Repair Jobs Are Put Off Until Spring Nevada City's major street projects for Park Avenue and Nimrod Street are definitely off until spring. This was disclosed Monday night at an adjourned meeting of the city council, Last week the council was urged to reject all bids on the project because they were all above the engineer's estimate. At that time, the city's financialwatchdog, Stan Howard, questioned the wiseness of rejecting the bids. He warned that the city might stand to lose state gas tax monies earmarked to finance the project if the bids were rejected, After considerable discussion of the ramifications of rejecting the bids and the benefits of waiting until more information was at hand, the council last week asked city manager Beryl Robinson and Howardto check on the situation with the State Division of Highways. Monday night Robinson and Howard told the council that the city would not lose gas tax funds by rejecting the bids. On the recommendation of the city's consulting engineer, R. W. Ingram of the firm of T. H. McGuire & Sons and Robinson, the council voted three to one to reject all bids and call for new bids in the spring. Councilman Marshal Jensen cast the dissenting vote and Councilman Ben Barry was absent from the meeting. Building Problem Goes Back To County Planners The question of what kind of sanitary facilities a proposed new car agency in the middle of the sewage critical Glenbrook area should have was dumped back into the laps of the planning commission last week by the board of supervisors, : Property owned by J, J. Reeb off Brunswick Road had already received a use permit from the planning commission with the proviso that chemical toilets be used, The question at hand was that of permitting new construction in the area without adding to the sewage pollution situation, The supervisors themselves clamped (Continued on Page 2) The water purity situation in neighboring Placer County and the role of the Nevada Irrigation District as the supplier came under the scrutiny of the state Monday, State Senator Paul J. Lunardi, “ whose Seventh District includes both Placer and Nevada County, called a meeting-of NID, Placer and Nevada County health officials and representatives from the state department of Public Health and the Placer County Water Agency to discuss the water situation in the north Auburn area, There has been an ever increasing hue and cry from that area in regard to the quality of the domestic water being served by the NID. Increased pressure has been brought to bear on the district by the Placer County Supervisors, county health officials and. private individuals to provide treated water for the entire north Auburn area, To answer these requests the NID some time ago initiated a study of the feasibility of setting up master treatment systems for the area and also started negotiations with the state to acquire the DeWitt State Hospital treatment system to tie it in with existing treatment systems, Monday Lunardi and Assemblyman Gene Chappie met with NID board president Melvin Brown and directors Ross McBurney and Bruce McDonald, manager Edwin Koster, Nevada County Health Officer. Dr. C, Jackson Rayburn, and sanitarian Harold Cox and Placer County Health Officer Dr. Gordon Seck, Seck repeated the claims that the water situation in Placer County “was a powder keg” and voiced warnings of the danger of disease from the water. Placer County then unveiled a study ithad made of the problem, The report, seen by the NID for the first time at that session, predicted the water needs of a limited area of the north Auburn area could be served for a cost of approximately $600,000. The NID study made by the engineering firm of Brown and Caldwell set the price of the job at $2.5 million to $3 million. This proposal would provide treated water from all of the north Auburn area from DeWitt Hospital to Bear River, Health officials asked that the NID hire a consulting engineer to refine these two studies in an effort to solve the problem and at the same time cut down the costs, The NID does not yet have a copy of the Placer County study, but it is expected to become available in a couple of weeks. After study, it is possible that the district may go ahead with the idea of trying to refine and join the two studies into one overall plan, NOTHING BUT a sea of heads is visible when classes change at Nevada Union Senior High School. ’ Narrow doors and too many students for the available space create a monumental human traffic jam. put a $1.5 million bond The board of directors will issue before the people Oct. 26 to correct this situation and provide adequate facilities for an adequate education. =

, Red Des, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little ‘k, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweet ‘ ‘arr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, upa, Gouge vig é Ki wy J F Febacondy waker Hilly Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Vi field, Humbug, Relief Hill, We siliinsion, Mine Tent, n, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North BloomPhicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly . jared al keh — ath —: oi eg ga Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hi Nice Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, 2 ° 2 Rs _ —— ones Volume 39 Number 38 10 Cents A Copy Published Thursdays, Nevada City October 7, 1965 3 : is Ni T sce iners Two Treatment Plans 2?* i " ® Foundry Are Proposed For #2: I S Id e e e * nS 3 Is So Irrigation District Nevada City's historic Miners Foundry on Spring St, has been sold, The new owners are Ray and Georgia Amick of Richmond. For the past 15 years Amick has been a partner in A & T Metal Fabricators inRichmond, He reportedly intends to keep the foundry in operation, not only for the manufacture and repair of mining and other equipment, but for subcontracting work for the Richmond company. A & T specializes in making steel shipping containers of all sizes, for use in international commerce, Theshed behind the Nevada Theater will reportedly be used for the subcontracting work, which will involve cutting and welding of steel units. Grass Valley realtor David Maltman handled the sale, The sale price is believed to be $55,000. The former owner is George Rua, The Amicks have owned property on Blue Tent Rd. in Nevada City for several years, and they are expected to move here permanently. Detailed plans for the bulk of the foundry property south of Spring St. have not been announced, The oldest and most attractive building at the site is a long stone and brick structure on the western property line. The business was originally known as George Allen's Foundry (Continued on Page 2) Nevada City Council ls Unmoved By Plea For Dog Restraint Some people can take dogs or leave them, but there are some people who cannot take the dog leavings. The Nevada City Council Monday night received an irate unsigned letter suggesting that dog leavings on the streets:and sidewalks of the city were making it difficult to walk. The letter. noted that it was about time the city enforced a leash law. City manager Beryl Robinson said the city did not have a leash law. He did note that the sidewalks were swept three times a week, He.suggested that the sidewalks could be swept more often, but noted that the city did not have the personnel to do the job. , “Nobody's taking any action, " Mayor Arch McPherson asked rhetorically? Nobody was, and the question of dog leavings has apparently been left to the dogs, FRED JONES (right) new director of the California Division of Parks and Recreation, made an inspection tour of the proposed Malakoff State Park in Nevada County last Friday. Here he.is shown in the heart of the old hydraulic diggins with Clyde Newlin, director for district III of the Division of Beaches and Parks. picture is on Page 7. Another Park City Repair Jobs Are Put Off Until Spring Nevada City's major street projects for Park Avenue and Nimrod Street are definitely off until spring. This was disclosed Monday night at an adjourned meeting of the city council, Last week the council was urged to reject all bids on the project because they were all above the engineer's estimate. At that time, the city's financialwatchdog, Stan Howard, questioned the wiseness of rejecting the bids. He warned that the city might stand to lose state gas tax monies earmarked to finance the project if the bids were rejected, After considerable discussion of the ramifications of rejecting the bids and the benefits of waiting until more information was at hand, the council last week asked city manager Beryl Robinson and Howardto check on the situation with the State Division of Highways. Monday night Robinson and Howard told the council that the city would not lose gas tax funds by rejecting the bids. On the recommendation of the city's consulting engineer, R. W. Ingram of the firm of T. H.

McGuire & Sons and Robinson, the council voted three to one to reject all bids and call for new bids in the spring. Councilman Marshal Jensen cast the dissenting vote and Councilman Ben Barry was absent from the meeting. Building Problem Goes Back To County Planners The question of what kind of sanitary facilities a proposed new car agency in the middle of the sewage critical Glenbrook area should have was dumped back into the laps of the planning commission last week by the board of supervisors, : Property owned by J, J. Reeb off Brunswick Road had already received a use permit from the planning commission with the proviso that chemical toilets be used, The question at hand was that of permitting new construction in the area without adding to the sewage pollution situation, The supervisors themselves clamped (Continued on Page 2) The water purity situation in neighboring Placer County and the role of the Nevada Irrigation District as the supplier came under the scrutiny of the state Monday, State Senator Paul J. Lunardi, “ whose Seventh District includes both Placer and Nevada County, called a meeting-of NID, Placer and Nevada County health officials and representatives from the state department of Public Health and the Placer County Water Agency to discuss the water situation in the north Auburn area, There has been an ever increasing hue and cry from that area in regard to the quality of the domestic water being served by the NID. Increased pressure has been brought to bear on the district by the Placer County Supervisors, county health officials and. private individuals to provide treated water for the entire north Auburn area, To answer these requests the NID some time ago initiated a study of the feasibility of setting up master treatment systems for the area and also started negotiations with the state to acquire the DeWitt State Hospital treatment system to tie it in with existing treatment systems, Monday Lunardi and Assemblyman Gene Chappie met with NID board president Melvin Brown and directors Ross McBurney and Bruce McDonald, manager Edwin Koster, Nevada County Health Officer. Dr. C, Jackson Rayburn, and sanitarian Harold Cox and Placer County Health Officer Dr. Gordon Seck, Seck repeated the claims that the water situation in Placer County “was a powder keg” and voiced warnings of the danger of disease from the water. Placer County then unveiled a study ithad made of the problem, The report, seen by the NID for the first time at that session, predicted the water needs of a limited area of the north Auburn area could be served for a cost of approximately $600,000. The NID study made by the engineering firm of Brown and Caldwell set the price of the job at $2.5 million to $3 million. This proposal would provide treated water from all of the north Auburn area from DeWitt Hospital to Bear River, Health officials asked that the NID hire a consulting engineer to refine these two studies in an effort to solve the problem and at the same time cut down the costs, The NID does not yet have a copy of the Placer County study, but it is expected to become available in a couple of weeks. After study, it is possible that the district may go ahead with the idea of trying to refine and join the two studies into one overall plan, NOTHING BUT a sea of heads is visible when classes change at Nevada Union Senior High School. ’ Narrow doors and too many students for the available space create a monumental human traffic jam. put a $1.5 million bond The board of directors will issue before the people Oct. 26 to correct this situation and provide adequate facilities for an adequate education. =