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Show Memphis Agrees to Buy Utility Firm's Facilities MEMPHIS. Tenn., Feb. It (A The city of Memphis agreed early today to purchase gas and electric facilities of Memphis Power A Light company for 117.260,000. The T V A will pay 12.000,000 as Its shsrs of the purchase price In return for certain cer-tain of the utility's properties, i The price Is approximately $900,-, $900,-, 000 less than ths (18,127,000 offer made several weeks ago by the city and tacitly rejected by the company. com-pany. It is believed to have been reached after deductions were made for the work done aince then on the city's partly-completed electric syitem. |