Wednesday, March 3. 1976 City approves water plant By MARY ANN DAUGHERTY The engineering of a proposed $7-million water treatment plant and the drafting of a contract to improve the present water conditions in the night by the Lawrence City Commission. Black & Veatch, a Kansas City, Mo., engineering firm, is expected to begin drawing plans for the water treatment plant as soon as a formal agreement can be prepared. Meanwhile, Milton Allen, city attorney, will draft a contract for the city to pay $10,500 for improvements to Bowersock county as essential to Kansas River water supplies. Ervin Hodges, superintendent of public utilities, said the city's water supplies needed both immediate and long-range attention. The condition of Bowersock Dam often makes water supplies unreliable, he said, especially during the summer. 3 He urged the commission to approve engineering of the plant, which would treat water from Clinton Reservoir, to assure stability. The plant could be operated by 1979, he said. BLACK & VEATCH studied Lawrence water needs in 1969, he said, and estimated the city would use an average of 7.89 million gallons of water daily during 1975. In reality, however, the city used an average of 2.93 million gallons daily that year, he said. The plant would be financed through increased rates to water customers, Hodges said. He recommended that a study of projected rate increases begin when final construction costs are estimated and the commission approved his recommendation. Hodges also urged the commission to safeguard water supplies by raising the level of water boards on Bowersock Dam. This, he said, would raise the level of water in the reservoir. Lawrence could continue to use Kansas River water until the Clinton facility is built. Mayor Barkley Clark questioned whether the city should pay for the improvements. A century-old lease between the city and Bowersock Power Company, which owns a power property, states that power company officials should be responsible for dam maintenance. STEPHEN HILL, president of Bowersock Power Company, said the city should pay for previously used water boards. The county could pay for installation and maintenance. Clark warned Hill that the city wouldn't waive its legal rights but that it would agree to pay for board renovation if Allen ruled it would be done legally. Commissioner Fred Pence asked Allen to study the legal implications of the lease and rent agreement. In other business, the commission agreed to use two city lots—one on the corner of 10th and 25th streets. By DENNIS VOBORIL. Pride seen in French art Industrial development and progress in 19th-century France was viewed by the French with optimism and national pride, but it also contributed from Yale University, said last night. Hanson spoke to about 75 people as part of the Humanities Lecture Series in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Her lecture was entitled "Old World Beliefs in a New World to Come: Images of Progress in 19th Century France." "There was a feeling in France that new inventions would break down old traditions and boundaries and bring about a new reign of truth and a peaceful world." she said. Hanson, chairman of Yale's art history department, has written several books on art history. She received her B.A. degree from the University of Alabama and her Ph.D. in art history from Yale. Staff Writer Several 19-century French artists portrayed optimism and pride in their works, Hanson said, thus showing the work-a-day world in a romantic light. The paintings were frequently of symbols of progress, such as smokestacks, stairs, and railroad tracks. THE IDEA WAS first suggested by commissionera Marina Araginger and commissioner Mario Lira. Hanson showed slides of popular French illustrations, paintings and etchings, including paintings by Edouard Manet and Georges Seurat. These inventions were praised by the French because they were seen as making the miserable old life more enjoyable, she said. "there could be a proud feeling in a promised future if it could use all of these new ways of thinking," he said. west side of the 800 block of pennsylvania—for a community garden project. She showed a picture of the "Utopian Balloon" designed to hold 60 people and a The balloon was the most dominant symbol of progress, Hanson said, and a benefit to the human race because it enabled people to conquer the air. Mike Wilden, assistant city manager, said yesterday afternoon that the lots would be divided into several plots, which could each be rented for $5 each growing season. 'Pieces' opens at Inge tonight He said there would probably be 50 to 60 pints but that the exact number wouldn't be known. "Diecens," opens its 18-day run at 8 to 10am in the Immigration Memorial Theatre in Murphy Bay. "Pieces" is an original play written by J. L. McClure, Wichita graduate student. The production is directed by Rhonda Blair, Lawrence graduate student. Curtain time is 8 each night. TACO TICO Special BURRITOS Sale Price A similar project was started in Milwaukee, he said, and now more than 2,000 plots are under construction. 49c Coors on Tap Glass 25c Pitchers $1.25 To illustrate the dangers and disasters brought on by industrial development, Hanson showed paintings of falling balloons and sea battles. Reg. 59° Expires 3-7-76 A certain percentage of the land will be reserved for low-income persons, he said. Those who rent plots will have to comply to the rules and maintenance specifications, he said. 2340 Iowa T A C O 841-4218 T I C O "The public saw this not as a threat, but as a challenge," she said. 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