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Show FAVOR ASPHALT i REPAIR PLANT Commissioners Figure That Investment In-vestment of $10,000 Will Savo City Money. Purchase of on asphalt repair plant by the city to be operated undor tho direction direc-tion of the etfeet department, thoroby eliminating tho heavy bills paid each year to contractors for tho repair of street pavement, has been virtually decided de-cided upon by tho city commissioners. The plant will be provided for in tho 1913 budget, now under consideration. Ail the commissioners favor 6uch an outlay out-lay and It will probably be mado within tho next few weeks and put In operation. opera-tion. The plant will cost approximately $10,000, but It 1h estimated that the saving sav-ing effected in repair bills will pay for tho. onttro plant within several years. Each year tho city pays in tho neighborhood neigh-borhood of ?G000 for relaying asphalt on the public stroete. |