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ERROR: Should be topographical. Alco Larocca said he had been denied access to college files four months prior to obtaining a copy of a survey ERROR: Should be Cloostere SOUTHERN ILLINOISAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1975 Pags Threa air rail pir i ion-ao track join ecf ICG, GMiiO companies switching from gas to coal. said. Plans are also under way to install electrically operated switches at the ICG crossing on Illinois 51, north of Carbon-dale. The GM and the IC merged to form the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad several years ago.

The first train should move over the new route by mid-1977, he said. Johnson said the change will result in an increased amount of railroad traffic in the area. "This will be about one or two more trains a day," he By Jim Kirkpatrick Of The Southern Illinoisan Hie Illinois Central Gulf Railroad is making a million dollar connection of the old Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad and Illinois Central tracks south of Murphysboro to facilitate movement of coal, according to James Johnson, division superintendent of the ICG. Johnson said construction is mpon road or use year, restricting the heavy traffic. Williamson County earlier this month announced a contract for a new bridge on the Crab Orchard Lake spillway road, a shorter route for the coal truck traffic.

Board member Bill Kelley objected to the agreement, saying it will not answer safety problems on the road. "Safety for residents along the Giant City road is the main issue, not money to repair the road," Kelley said. The board instructed the road and bridge committee to make a through study for suggested traffic safety policies along the road and report to the board at the July 9 meeting. Road and Bridge Committee chairman Louise Wolfe.said the committee already has arranged for installation of flashing lights where the coal trucks enter the Giant City road from a township gravel road. The committee also has requested additional patrols by the sheriff's office and strict enforcement of posted speed limits.

Bulldozer moves dirt in project that will join Illinois Central and Gulf, Mobile and Ohio tracks Coege board won't be responsible hawoee archit through Johnson said the construction was necessitated by coal reserves in the Percy-Sparta area. Much of this coal is transported south to industries in Alabama and Mississippi. He said the coal traffic would increase considerably with the Giant City route COUSYi An agreement to charge a Williamson County coal company for coal hauled over the Giant City Road was approved by the Jackson County Board Monday. Two months ago the board proposed posting the road for a 15-ton limit. The problem involves coal hauled from the Three States Mine in Williamson County, over Jackson County roads including the Giant City road, and back into Williamson County for use at the Southern Illinois Power Cooperative south of Marion.

Hie coal company agreed to pay the county 10 cents per ton up to the first 12,000 tons a month, 15 cents a ton between 12,000 and 20,000 tons, and 25 cents per ton for all over 20,000 tons a month, moved over the Giant City road. The coal company will maintain records, including weight tickets, to. verify the monthly payment to the county. The agreement points out that Jackson County is negotiating with Williamson County on other road and bridge improvements, designed to shift the coal truck traffic onto Williamson County roads. Williamson County roads were posted for load limits last Zoning change iniernn The Herrin City Council Monday approved a zoning change for an area at the end of Grant Street to allow construction of multi-family housing, but not without some opposition.

Some residents at the city council meeting Monday night the IC lines running Carbondale. Coo ryir for Herrin Ballad now on record The records will be available soon in Herrin stores. Mrs. Russell said the flip side contains a country' love ballad entitled, "How," which she has high hopes of becoming a hit. Mrs.

Russell, song-V writer for country singing star Marty Robbins, also wrote the love song. The success of the first records will determine whether more of the records are made, she said. By Gary Sosniecki Of The Southern Illinoisan Shawnee College will not be responsible for expenses resulting from erroneous bid documents used in the rough grading of its new campus site, the college's architect pledged Monday. "You shouldn't pay for anything that is caused by an error we have done," Frank Larocca of Fitch Larocca Associates a Chicago architectural firm, told the college's board of trustees. College officials say they have been billed more than $47,000 for change orders and extra work resulting from the erroneous documents.

Shawnee has paid more than $27,000 of that total, as well as a $5,550 architect's' bill for producing the documents. Larocca's pledge came 21 months to the day after site preparation work on the Ullin campus temporarily was halted after a contractor discovered inaccurate ffvpographical de- scriptions on rough grading bid documents. As recently as last fall, Larocca had claimed that the doc- in the Carbon Lake area, south of Murphysboro. R. E.

Van(lpstere3nc. of Rt. 3, Murphysboro, is doing the construction under a $355,546 contract. According to Johnson the objective of the construction is to by-pass a steep hill in the tracks near Alto Pass. He said that only 50-car trains could go over the hill and many of the coal trains have as many as 100 cars.

The new "loop" will cover a distance of half a mile, and will be used to transfer southbound coal 'trains from the former tracks east to error tively scheduled meeting between officials from Fitch Larocca, Edgemont, Shawnee and the CDB. A final settling of the dispute is planned at that time, college officials said. Officials of Engineers Collaborative, a Chicago company that helped the architects prepare bid specifications, did not attend the meeting. TTie company had been represented at March and April meetings. In spite of the controversy, Bruce Bauer, a CDB inspector; reported Monday that construction of the $5 million permanent campus continues on schedule.

Completion is scheduled for February 1976. Car hits 14-year-old bicyclist A 14-year-old Herrin girl is in St. Louis Children's Hospital after she was struck by a car Monday while riding her bicycle at the intersection of 16th and Van Buren streets. Dora Tolbert, daughter of Edna Tolbert of 621 N. 16th is listed in "serious to critical condition, but stable," a hospital spokesman said today.

The accident occurred at 8:40 p.m. Monday, police said. The driver of the car, Susan A. Eigenheer, 17, of 704 N. 8th Herrin, told police she stopped at a stop sign, proceeded west on Van Buren Street and did not see the cyclist.

Police said the bicycle contained no lights or reflectors. million Environmental Protection Agency grant to build a new sewer plant. It has about $300,000 on hand and must provide about $1.1 million for the pay for documents, which Ulrich said the college did not receive. Also included is a one-year-old unpaid bill for $20,700 charged by the rough grading contractor, Edgemont Construction Co. of East St.

Louis, for extra earth moving which the college claims never took place. Larocca said Edgemont, which bid $110,000 for the rough grading work, actually owes Shawnee money. Leonard K. Kaye, Edgemont president, said today that the $20,700 bill wras based on figures from Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) engineers which showed that his firm moved even more than that amount of earth. Kaye said the CDB has not kept his company informed about the dispute.

"We don't have any communication on this; we don't know what's going on." Larocca said he would respond to Ulrich's list by June 19, one week before a tenta- Schilpp to talk at Kent State commencement Paul-Schilpp, visiting professor of philosophy at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, will be the speaker at Kent State University's 62nd spring commencement Saturday. Schilpp also will receive the university's honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the ceremonies scheduled for 10 a.m. in Dix Stadium. He joined the SIU-C faculty in 1965 after teaching at Northwestern University 27 years. request multi-family housing Court halted procedure Jackson board rescinds action requiring property ID numbers Ceremony Wednesday Carbondale to get development grant ct chitect's proposed contour line for the actual lay of the land, he said.

Larocca underwent heated questioning from Ulrich, who asked why the architects had not taken responsibility for the errors when the problem first arose in late 1973. Larocca said he could not determine the source of the errors previously because he did not have a copy of the original Leonard survey. He said he did not obtain a copy until this February four months later hp had been fe- Ulrich countered that the firm must have had a copy at one time because some of the architect's early work referred to the Leonard survey. Although Larocca pledged to refund college money spent as a result of the errors, he said he had not studied a list of such expenses prepared by Ul- That list includes $27,139 in change orders paid by Shawnee when it was thought that the college was responsible for an inaccurate survey, and a $5,550 architect's fee for workable bid county licensed establishments to open at noon instead of 1 p.m. on Sundays.

The request, along with a general review of the county's liquor ordinance adopted in December 1973, will be studied by a committee of Chairman Stearns, board members Tross Pierson, Louise Wolfe and Mary Miesner, and Gary Dillinger, legal adviser for fiie board. Heard a report that the Health Committee recommendation to meet a problem of emergency vehicle service in the county will be made at the July 9 meeting. Hired Scott Perlenfein, a deputy county clerk, as manager for the county's new electronic computer office. The salary will be $800 per month. The computer is being programmed to handle county tax billing this year, and will be programmed to handle other county business, including election registration.

Raubach. Both are board members from District 3, which covers West Frankfort. A West Frankfort patrolman for 20 years, Willis left the department in 1968. He was assistant chief of the department for several years. He ran for sheriff in the March 1974 Democratic primary but lost to Williams.

The selection of Willis ended speculation over Williams' replacement. Several county board members met in an informal session Monday afternoon, apparently in an attempt to finish the selection. Willis will serve until a sheriff is elected in November 1976 to complete Williams' term. uments were wrong because of errors in a college-supplied survey performed in 1970 by Frank Q. Leonard of Metropolis.

But following a lengthy personal investigation, board chairman Dr. C. G. Ulrich charged in March that the architects and their engineers and not the college were responsible for the errors. Larocca, who admitted the errors to the board in April but asked for more time to track down their source, said Monday the erroneous documents resulted from carelessness on the part of the architects and their engineers.

In one instance, Larocca said an engineer preparing the bid documents apparently traced an old contour map by Thomas Graman, architect for Shawnee's interim campus, rather than the official Leonard survey, which arrived later. "Our engineer didn't pick up the difference, didn't bother making the change hence, we made the error," "Larocca said. "We can't blame it on anybody but ourselves." In another instance, an engineer apparently mistook an ar- sus. A survey through the Assessment and Planning Committee indicates more than new residents known to be in the Carbondale-Murphysboro area since the 1970 census. Heard a report from the Assessment and Planning Committee that a special committee meeting is.

planned June 18 with the Jackson County Bar Association, engineers, and land surveyor groups, to review the county's proposed subdivision ordinance which drew objections at a public hearing. Heard a report from the Assessment and Planning Committee a tour is scheduled July 11 of strip mining in Jackson, Perry and- Randolph counties. The tour will leave the ASCS office on the De Soto road at 8:20 a.m. Referred to a special committee a request from Don Cheatham, manager of the Crystal Palace, to change the county liquor ordinance and permit By Merrill Perlman Of The Southern Illinoisan William "Bill" Willis. 55, of West Frankfort, has been appointed the new Franklin County sheriff.

In a quick, unanimous vote, the Franklin County Board Monday night approved Willis nomination as a replacement for former Sheriff Ralph J. Williams, who died May 28. Willis, of 609 N. Gardner will leave his job in the water maintenance department ot West Frankfort. He was sworn in as sheriff this morning by County Clerk Bob Hiller.

Willis was nominated by Albert Chiaventone. The nomination was seconded by Leroy Herrin's Diamond Jubilee theme song, "The Ballad of Herrin's Prairie," written by Karen Russell and performed by George Bennett and his band, is now on a record. Mrs. Russell said the song was recorded on the Adonda label in Nashville. She said only about 200 of the 2,000 records made have arrived in Herrin.

The others have been delayed in shipping. said they did not know about the public hearing on the zoning request held by the Herrin Plan Commission June 2. Mayor John McVey said a legal notice of the hearing, was published in the newspaper as required by law. Alderman Herman Branca ty Development Act of 1974, which replaced categorical grant programs formerly administered by HUD. The Carbondale money comes from a $2.45 billion appropriation for all communities nationwide for fiscal year 1975.

Carbondale will be using the money for a variety of projects, including continuation of the city's urban renewal program and certain model cities social service programs. A series of community meetings held by the citizens Community Development Steering Committee identified needs for the money. about $8,000 from a fund for park improvements. The money will have to be returned to the fund, McCluckie said. The pool operated in the black last year with a profit of slightly less than $1,000 discounting the $15,000 repairs, McCluckie said.

If a depreciation fund cannot be accumulated for the pool and major repairs are required, the pool would have to be closed, McCluckie said. The group attendeing the meeting blamd the fee on the board's carrying a grudge and trying to get $600 to cover salary increases' it gave to pool employes, McCluckie said. The salary increases, a maximum of 35 cents an hour, was necessary to bring salaries up to the minimum wage re approves Council approves Marion cable TV gets rate increase The Jackson County Board Monday rescinded a May action to require parcel numbers all deeds and liens prior to recording. The new procedure was to become effective June 1, but was stopped by a temporary restraining order by the circuit court. Objections were voiced by real estate agents and the Jackson County Bar Association.

The resolution would have required all deeds or liens to carry the permanent property identification number of the property involved. The numbers are available at the Supervisor of Assessments office, through a countywide numbering system through property record cards and aerial tax maps. In other business the board: Authorized Chairman Reginald Stearns to submit a request to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, for a special cen- Franklin county said the print in such legal notices is too small to read and the city should take out an advertisement. The plan commission voted to recommend the zoning change from single to multi-family dwellings.

Pauline Zanzaterra was concerned that the housing would be for Aid to Dependent Children (ADC) recipients. William A. Covey, president of Shawnee Builders, of Vienna said the housing would not be for ADC recipients. It would be directed toward moderate income families making $7,000 to $10,000 a year, he said. The Farmers Home Administration (FHA) is financing the project.

He said six buildings with four apartments each would be built on the south side of Grant Street at a total cost of about $420,000. The council approved the request. Alderwoman Juanita Garagiola cast the one dissenting vote. She said the residents did not have enough opportunity to object to the zoning change before it came to the council. Prior to the vote, Alderman Tony Magnotti had suggested that the case be sent back to the plan commission for review.

quired by law, McCluckie said. He said the salary increase is just one of the increased costs of the pool. Others involve cost of chemicals and water. The pool pays the city about $500 a year for water and pays about $700 for chemicals, iMcCluckie said. In other action, the board approved purchase ofa sliding board for the John Willie Jones Park and continued studying bids for a double-wide tennis court at Pyramid Park.

The Marion Jaycees accepted a project of painting the tennis courts. The board continued its meeting to June 23, for a second monthly meeting. It plans to meet twice monthly through August because of pressing summer business. project. A bond issue to be other city officials.

The money retired from sewer department comes from funds provided un-revenue is planned. der the Housing and Communi- Marion Park District proposal wim team ba of" j300 The city of Carbondale will receive a $2.93 million Community Development Block Grant Wednesday from the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development, according to U.S. Rep. Paul Simon, D-Carbon-dale.

The award will be made in a ceremony in Caroondale at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. John L. Waner, director of HUD's Chicago area office serving Illinois, will present the grant to Mayor Neal Eckert, city manager Carroll Fry, and sion fees and increased fees for private parties, McCluckie said. Admission fee is $1 for adults, up 15 cents from last year; 65 cents for children, up 15 cents from last year; and $35 for a family season ticket, up $5 from last year.

The park board is "not carrying a grudge" in asking for the pool use fee, McCluckie said. The swimming pool operated in the black for the first few years and a $6,000 to $7,000 depreciation fund was built up, McCluckie said. The pool has operated in the red for 10 years. Repairs costing about $15,000 were required last year at the pool to keep it clean. The board used tjie depreciation fee plus iCS Willis appointed sheriff An increase in monthly rates from $5.45 to $5.95 for Marion Cable vision effective July was approved Monday by the Marion City Council.

The council also approved an increase from $lto $1.25 for added outlets, a $5 fee for service calls not related to the cable system and a 25-cent surcharge for late payment of bills. The company had asked a $7.25 primary fee, $2 for added outlets, a $10 service charge for calls not related to the system and the 25-cent surcharge. A 50-cent Increase to $5.45 was authorized for the company in November 1973. President Peter Nisselson said the company has an $882,000 investment and has lost money every year it has operated in Marion since 1972. In other action, the council accepted the resignation of Elsie White from the Civic Center board of directors.

She said in a letter that her new duties as a director of Presley Tours will prevent her from continuing on the board. Mayor Robert Butler said he has been in contact with the boncl firm of Chapman and Cutler of Chicago regarding a sewer bond issue. The city has received a $3.03 A proposal to charge the Marion Swim Team for use of the public pool was criticized Monday night at the Marion Park District Board meeting. About 20 parents and swim team members attended the board's meeting to complain of the proposed $600 use fee. The park board proposes the use fee to be paid by the city's recreation board, which sponsors the team.

The fee is part of a program A aimed at putting the swimming pool into the black so that a depreciation fund can be built up for future repairs board president Mike McCluc-kie said. Other measures taken by the board to put the pool into the black include increased admis- William "Bill" Willis.