Low bids for two sewer projects were accepted yesterday by the city commission. McFadden and Horde were low bidders to build 3,300 feet of sanitary sewer from North Walnut to the H. L. Miller and Son property north of Iola to provide sewer service to the new dress factory. An interceptor line from South Street to the main outflow line south of the city limits at State Street will also be built along Acers Street west by the S & W Construction Co. of Topeka, who submitted the lowest of five bids on the project.
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It was brought out in discussion before the commission that Darrell Buss had purchased Lake Bassola and the surrounded property from the Lehigh Cement Co. and will continue to lease the lake to the city, which maintains it as a recreation area for public use.
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Gary Parker, who operates a farm southwest of Moran, has been selected as an Outstanding Young Man of America. A member of the Moran Presbyterian Church, Parker is vice president of the Moran Ruritan Club, president of the Allen County Farm Bureau, a former Elder of his church, and a member of the National Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee. Parker moved to Allen County five years ago from Jefferson County near Oskaloosa. The Parkers have two sons and two daughters.
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HUMBOLDT — Work was started this week on remodeling and additions to the shipping department of the Monarch Cement Co. plant here, which officials said will eventually cost the company about $1,500,000. The first phase which will provide the plant with modern shipping facilities including the addition of five new storage and loading silos. When the project is completed Monarch will have a completely new loading facility for both rail cars and trucks. A new bag house, scales and other improvements will be added next spring. The goal is to have the additions completed by March, when the heavy spring and summer shipping season occurs.
