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PRESENTMENTS
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representatives, will see to it
that the Water Authority, which
is to be a separate and indepen
dent body, shall be removed as
far as humanly possible from
politics and political influence.”
—signed by Edgar Blalock and
E. A. Foster.
Extracts From the Law: The
law creating the Water Author
ity was drawn to meet these
promises — Note the following
extracts:
"rhe Board (Water Authority)
shall have general supervision
and control."
"Said Board (Water Authority)
shall be amenable to the Coun
ty Governing Authority (Coun
ty Commissioners! and subject!
to removal from office for neg
lect of duty or malfeasance in I
office.”
"The County Governing Au-1
thority (County Commissioners)!
may in its discretion, alter,!
change, modify or repeal any of j
the rules or regulations adopted!
by the Water Authority.”
"Any water or sewage systems |
that may be constructed under
the provisions of this act shall;
be constructed to be the prop-!
erty of Clayton County.”
Operation in General: No ir- J
regularities.
Excellent attendance at meet-1
ings of Board. Minutes are clear,!
concise, informative and easy to,
research.
Financial obligation has been
met regularly.
Money awaiting use for con
struction is being reinvested at
interest in Government Secur
ities.
Annual financial reports pre
pared by Jas. E. Hood, C.P.A.,
showed some weaknesses which I
the authority has corrected or
is doing so.
All major expenditures are re
viewed and O.K.'d by Robert &
Co. Associates, Consulting Engi
neers for the Authority.
Office Now seems to be effi
ciently operated.
Well equipped to do the pres
ent job.
Crowded conditions to be re
lieved by renting two additional
offices.
Staff organization adequate
and efficient. Manager Ed Huie
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seems to have a clear grasp of
' the problems and has madel
some much needed changes, in
cluding record keeping, reports,
work assignment and supervi-|
sion, and adoption of protective!
construction contracts with de
velopers assuring uniform con
struction throughout the sys
tem. He has also reduced the
heavy loss of finished water as
in 1959.
Water Treatment Plant: Ca
pacity—2,ooo,ooo gallons per day.
Machinery and equipment in
good condition.
Seems well staffed with the
exception of one continuous 48
hour shift on weekends.
Records kept easily available.
Housekeeping good.
Sewage Disposal Plant: Seems
to be operating smoothly and
efficiently — Service road bad
I condition.
Capacity 1,000,00 gallons per
| day.
Warehouse and Shop: Too
| much valuable material piled
| out in open, outside of fenced
(area, thus unprotected from
! theft.
Pertinent Facts:
1. Atlanta and East Point
! (through College Park) are now
! supplying about half of the wa
' ter used in Clayton County to
Atlanta General Depot, Forest
! Park, Delta Jet Base, Fairfax and
Landers subdivisions.
2. Clayton County supplies
water to Stockbridge and along
j Highway 42 between Stockbridge
and Clayton County line.
3. The County Commissioners
office paid last year SBB,OOO debt
service on $1,800,000.00 G. O.
Bonds for water and sewage
systems.
Major Problems Discussed in
I “Master Plan”: Robert & Co.
Assoc, have just completed a
thorough and most comprehen
sive study of the present and
future problems and have sub
mitted their findings in a “Mas
ter Plan” covering the next 101
years in detail and the next 30
in general.
This “Plan” covers in detail
the following fundamental facts
■ relative to quantity of water
11 available, how we can make the
| most effective use of this sup
• i ply, the cost and method of fi
; I nancing same and the possible
sources of further supply.
The Following Facts Stand Out
Clearly:
1. The present 2MGD plant
| will be overloaded 25% by next!
year.
2. The present 1 MGD sewage
plant could soon become inade
quate with the sudden addition
of 8,000 users in Forest Park
(About 600,000 gallons a day.)
IT IS NOT UNLIKELY THAT
SEWAGE DISPOSAL COULD
BECOME THE CONTROLLING
FACTOR DETERMINING OUR
FUTURE EXPANSION.
3. AU funds available for con
struction are now allocated.
4. Expanding industry devel
opment requires a safe, depend
able water supply. At present
time the plant and water main
capacity is being exceeded.
5. (at Present Plant Site Sup
ply-1954 drought —1.2 MGD
flow only 80% can be taken out
or approximately 1 MGC. With
raw water storage suggested in
"Master Plan” could be increased
to 3.5 MGD through 3 mos. peri
od during like drought.
<b) Cotton River Site Sup
ply —No raw water storage
planned at this site for at least
10 years or more.
(Note) No consideration was
given to evaporation at Lake
Spivey 650 acre lake in figuring
about nor loss of 13% finished
water in delivering.
(c) There is a possibility of
buying water from Atlanta, De
kalb County and East Point but
not for the next 4 or 5 years.
SUGGESTED PLANS
TO MEET PROBLEMS
IN “MASTER PLAN”
1961—Install a 5,000,000 gallon
reservoir and pumping station
at Morrow and adjust pumps at
plant for greater output. Total
cost $350,000.00.
1962—Add 17,500 ft. mains,
new pumps, 2 MGD Water Plant,
200 MGD raw water reservoir,
| Add 18,500 ft, sewage lines. Total
cost $1,400,000.00.
1965—Add 21,900 ft. mains,
pumping station, 250,000 gal.
elevated tank, standby power
station at Morrow, service pump
and general supply lines. Add
21,000 ft. sewer lines. Total cost
$750,000.00.
1968—Add 30,000 ft. water
mains, pump at Morrow, 60.000
। ft. 20” supply main, increase raw
water output. Add 1 MGD Sewage
treatment plant. Total cost sl,-
400,000.00.
1970—22,000 ft. water mains,
general supply lines, 2 MGD wa
ter plant addition. Cotton River
Intake, 31,500 ft. 16” raw water
Sline from Cotton Creek to plant.
Add 26,000 ft. sewer lines. Total
I cost $1,300,000.00.
Financing: To activate the
above program will require $4,-
000,000 and will give safe supply
of about 5 MGD. It is estimated
that the 1961-1962-1965 and 1968
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I programs can be financed!
through the issuance of revenue
' certificates, in the specified
1 amounts, on May Ist of each
j year. In the 1970 plan it is prob-
I able that only $725,000 of the
$1,300,000 needed could be fi
nanced by the revenue certifi
cates. The balance would have
to come from other soures—Pos
sibly a 10% rate increase or Gen
eral Obligation Bonds.
Recommendations: Based on,
our careful study of Water Au
thority and its operations of the
Clayton County Water and Sew
age Systems, we would like to
offer the following recommenda
tions:
1. The 1961, 1962, and 1965
programs are a must and should
be put into operation at the ear
liest possible moment.
2. Before the 1968 program is
accepted in its entirety we be
lieve a re-study of the problem
of cost in developing the Cotton
River Site should be carefully
made and compared with the |
cost of buying quantity water
from Atlanta, Dekalb County,
and East Point. We believe it is
not unlikely that it might prove |
advisable at that time to buy
needed additional water and de
lay development of the Cotton
River Site to a later date. Hav
ing this potential may prove a
good bargaining prop in dealing
with Atlanta, Dekalb County and
East Point.
3. We believe continuing con
tacts should be maintained with :
Atlanta, Dekalb County and East!
Point until an acceptable plan!
of purchasing water from them
is worked out.
4. The 1968 program with the
above exception we believe
should follow the 3 previous ones |
as soon as possible.
5. The 1970 program should
be restudied to conform with!
any changes made in the 1968!
program.
(Note) As a "Master Plan”
subject to restudy from time to
time, we feel this is an excellent
job, and the Water Authority
and Robert & Co. Assoc, are to
be commended for its thorough
and timely preparation.
6. To get the maximum bene
fit from this “Master Plan", we
believe that copies should be put
into the hands of the County
Commissioners and the Clayton
County Planning and Zoning
Board to be carefully studied
and discussed by each. Then we
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Jonesboro First
Baptists Have Jr.
Worship Services
On January 8, 1961, the First
Baptist Church of Jonesboro be
gan a Junior Worship Service
plan in order to accommodate
recommend a joint conference
. of these with the Water Author
ity to determine how and when
we can best use our Water and
Sewage resources. Then we fur
ther suggest that all developers
interested in Clayton County be
called into a conference and
that they be told of the con
clusions reached in the Commis
sioner - Water Authority - Plan
ning and Zoning Conference.
This, we believe, will co-ordinate
the agencies responsible for and
in a position to properly develop
our County in balance and will
। tend to restimulate interest in
! Industrial development.
7. We believe that the stabil
ity of the Water Authority would
be improved if the term of office
STUDY on clayton county water
be reduced to 5 years with one
member’s term expiring each
succeeding year.
8. Since the Water and Sewer
Systems are County operations,
owned by the County and, in the
ultimate, controlled by the Coun
ty Governing Body, and since
| the Water and Sewerage System
! is the base on which the rapidly
expanding County income is
built, proper expansion of Water
and Sewerage disposal will re
sult in increasing the County
Government’s income. We be
lieve that the County would
l greatly profit if the County
Commissioners would consider
i providing in their 1961 Budget,
, a sum of $50,000.00 to be used by
the Water Authority for line ex
tensions immediately needed in
the Industrial Areas. This need
is critical and there is now no
means to finance it.
We wish to recognize the many
extra hours devoted to Water
Authority business by all of its
members. Especially, do we wish
to note the effective work of
Chairman J. A. Garner, and Sec
retary - Treasurer Walton Sim-
I mons. For this we commend
i them.
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FOUND—An attractive young
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claim on description. 210 Phillips
Drive, Forest Park. PO 1-8941,
after 6 p.m.
MRS. W. T WATSON
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Ann Porter and Clayton Porter
of Atlanta
Funeral services were held at
the Jones Memorial Methodist
Church of Forest Park, on Sun
day, January 29. The Rev. John
Maxwell and the Rev. Roland
Walker officiated at the service.
The women of the church
formed a guard of honor to the
church cemetery, where she was
laid to rest.
Dickson Funeral Home of
Jonesboro was in charge of the
arrangements.
MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNCIL
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they should not be cited for con
tempt for not obeying a court
, order to meet and call the elec
tion on Dec. 4, 1959.
After hearing the evidence,
Judge Banke stated that he
would reserve his judgment un
til Tuesday, Jan 31.
the growing needs of the church
and community.
The Junior Worship Service
includes boys and girls six thru
twelve and is held at 9:45 am.
■ on Sunday morning during the
time that others are in Sunday
School. At 11:00 the Primary
and Junior boys and girls go to'
Sunday School, and the audito- ;
. rium can be used then for the ,
regular morning Worship Serv
। ice.
It is the plan of the First
Baptist Church to enter a build
• ing program in the very near
; future. This program will in
. elude a Sanctuary and Educa
tional Building. It is the pastor’s
feeling that the Junior Worship
Service will help meet the needs
1 of his people on a temporary
basis.
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3, Ga. Luggage repairs, all types.
Leather coats shortened or re
paired. Ladies’ purses repaired.
Zippers repaired or replaced.
Fran specializes in these jobs.
Don’t throw it away, have it re
naired.
INCOME TAX PREPARED—In
your home, by appointment.
Bob Warner, GR 8-8040.
FOR SALE—Two ’59 model 26”
boys’ bikes, in good condition.
Call PO 1-5081, all day Satur
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FOR RENT — Apartment, for
couple. 1 bedroom, living room,
kitchen, dining area, enclosed
back porch, carport. Bath, lights,
water, gas, heat, phone. All fur
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month. PO 7-4348.
CAREER OPPORTUNITY—
Learn with one of the South’s
leading Cafeteria & Restaurant
chains. Management positions
now open. Experience helpful
but not necessary. Apply Cafe
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Forest Park.
THE PREACHER SEZ: If you want I
% real happiness, you need Christ!”
JE— --JW “Next Sunday at 11:00 A.M. I will be
preaching concerning one of the Moun
tains mentioned in the Bible. You have
never heard a sermon like this.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
IMs 1400 Main Forest Park
Invites you to be present for our . . .
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1961
NO WAITING—IS BIG DRYERS
S.&R. LAUNDROMAT, HIGH-
WAY 54. NEXT TO MINIT
INN. THANKS SO MUCH FOR
YOUR CONTINUED PATRON
; AGE, BECAUSE THAT MEANS
YOU APPRECIATE STERILIZED
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ALL YOUR WASHABLES, EVEN
NYLONS AND WOOLENS. A
WARM CLEAN STORE, VEND
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WATER AND COMFORTABLE
LOUNGE CHAIRS. WE ALSO
NOW HAVE 15 DRYERS FOR
YOUR CONVENIENCE AND
PLENTY OF FREE PARKING.
SO KEEP COMING TO YOUR
WESTINGHOUSE LAUNROMAT
STORE. REMEMBER YOU CAN
BE SURE IF IT’S WESTING
HOUSE.
SERVICES—Jerry Blalock, 126
South Avenue, Forest Park,
Small appliance repairs: tans,
irons, electric percolators, vac
uum cleaners, toasters, small
motors. All repaired appliances
cleaned free. Pick up and deliver.
PO 1-4396 or PO 7-0004.
SERVICES —TREE TRIMMING
and removing. Also hardwood
for sale, for fire-places or bar
becue. $8 per load. See W. B.
Price, 108 Central Avenue, Jones
boro. Phone GR 8-8057.
SERVICES — HOME REPAIRS,
ADDITIONS, SIDINGS, ANY
CONSTRUCTION. Call GR 8-
8040.