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Show CITY PLANS EXTENSIVE STREE I IMPROVEMENTS $41,000 to Be Spent On Project; Narrow Streets To Be Oiled Several improvements are planned plan-ned by the new city council according ac-cording to announcement made this week following the first regular meeting of the council Monday night. I. E. Clegg, 4-ycar 4-ycar holdover councilman, was appointed to act as mayor in the absence of Mayor A. O. Thorn, who is attending a convention in Cleveland, Ohio. It was voted at the meeting to install new electric linos from Fourth South street to the city substation, n distance of about three miles. Plans were also made to begin a $41,000 streets and walks improvement program. The latter will include the crushing of some 20,000 yards of gravel to be used on the narrower streets preparatory to oiling. City officials of-ficials also planned to inspect two gravel pits this week with a view of purchasing one to supply gravel grav-el for the road prog-ram. Councilman H. T. Reynolds reported re-ported satisfactory progress with the first unit of the sewer system, sys-tem, stating that about one-half mile of pipe had been laid from the vicinity of the disposal plant to Third North and Fourth West i street. I |