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Show IN FAVOR OF BUYING A BED OF ASPHALT The Council special asphalt committee commit-tee met Wednesday night and recommended recom-mended to the Council that it enter into a contract with the R. M. Pope Asphalt company, whose mines are located 253 miles from the city, whereby the city will purchase 160 acres of land an buy not to exceed 6000 tons of refined asphalt as-phalt at the plant which the company will build on the land which it will retain, re-tain, i The purchase price of the 160 acres will be $4000. The city will pay $5 a ton at the mill for. refined asphalt, which will be taken by the city as needed. The Mayor Is to be authorized to expend $750 in perfecting title to the ground. |