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Show 1 1 MURRAY NEWS NOTES 1 Special to The Tribune. Ml'RRAY. April 5. The subject of I rushing the work upon the platting of Murrav City, and also the purchasing of the cUVs water system, now owned by l tlw Progress Power company of this place, will be the main topics of Interest on TucBday evening, when the Murray city council mod In weekly session. A great manv of tho rll.y couiiclhnon arc desirous de-sirous that the city should own Its own water-distributing system, and a short time ai;o a special committee was designated desig-nated to audit Ihe books of the Progress company, which it did, and found that the entire system was valued at $27,000, which Included real '.state and other Incidentals. In-cidentals. The Progress company has also offered to let Murray City, if It buy the plant, pay for tho same In four installments. install-ments. The subject. It Is said, will be decided favorable upon Tuesday uiorn- '"Vork upon the. paving of East Seventeenth Seven-teenth South street for a distance of one-half one-half mile will be completed Wednesday, Wednes-day, tho paving being now completed on both sides of tho street. Vhno street fldc-walks fldc-walks on both sides have now been laid, while on AVost Seveiilenlh Soenth street the woik will vor? shortly commence. Tho work f paving North state street from Seventeenth South street to Sixteenth South street will be commenced the lkt-icr lkt-icr part of Ibis week. The city present!! a verv pleasing appearance at the present, pres-ent, time with its clcon sidewalks. All the woik Is being done under the supervision super-vision of Joseph Ulmer, cliy engineer of Murray. |