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Show Preliminary Work Begins On Street Paving Project Ninety years from the time a little group of seven families settled set-tled in a grove of cottonwood trees, and called it Pleasant Grove, a project was begun which will really transform the town into a pleasant place to live, fulfilling a dream which has long been cherished by progressive citizens. Monday morning, following two months of necessary preliminary steps, grading in preparation for paving of First South street (east from the Union Pacific station to the Ben, Adams home) was begun. On Tuesday the grader began on the First North street (bank corner cor-ner east). . Within two weeks, if present plans materialize, four miles of oil-chip paved roads will have been completed. com-pleted. This will take in most of the streets w-hich bear heavy traffic, and all of those for which paving petitions were filed. The cost of this worthw'hile proj -ect will be borne by the city and property owners, the former furnishing furn-ishing the engineering, the equipment equip-ment and paying the cost of paving the intersections and installing of culverts. Property owners on both sides of the street will pay ten cents per running foot for the frontage. front-age. This low figure was made possible pos-sible because of the excellent condition con-dition of the foundation bed of the roads, resulting from years of grading. grad-ing. The labor is being contributed by the W P A. |