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Show MUNICIPAL PAVING PLANT RESULTS IN GOOD PROFIT f' "KTI.AND. Ore. Jan. 31 Port- I.. nd's municipally own.-. I paving plant1 bid In. open competition with eontrac-,tors eontrac-,tors on nineteen major projects In the City In 1 920 and won them all, ac-! cording to the annual report on the plant made to the eouncil. The difference dif-ference between the lowest private bid ; for one job and the price for which I the city plant completed the job was i reported to total, SGS.-l 1 1 :$6S.119. I In addition to putting down pave- ' inent at record low cost the report' Bald, thS plant paid Its own operating1 (expenses and turned into th city gen-! i.. fund a profit oi" $11. ,.'; . ailabl. .for public use. A total of 150.87G square yards of pavement was put down during the the year, and In ad- Million 202 patches were put on old! ; pavements. |