Water Bill Last Year Was Biggest Ever in Cedix City
Waterworks Supt H F Blomquist told the city council the 1947 48 annual report shows a record revenue of 398329.43 with 1947 at 375642.38 and a 72687.11 increase. He cites 15 percent rate hike and hot dry weather driving consumption to exceed prior records as 7% million gallons daily were pumped on average. Plans include an $800000 purification plant expansion and a $200000 feeder pipe program to extend services citywide.
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Art Heusinkveid
Cedar Rapids
H F Blomquist
Blomquist
Shaver
Willams ‘Boulevard
Twenty-first Street
Waterworks reports rise in net earnings and costs
Blomquist notes 1947-48 net earnings at 159135.21, up over prior year while expenses climbed to 233019.28 due to higher wages and materials for the Purification Plant. War shortages persist. 15 miles of pipeline laid since 1945. Bond payments reduce outstanding debt. by 1949 most bonds will be retired.
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Blomjauist
Blomquist
U. H
Jack
L. L. Stoehr
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports city poker game disruption
A garbled Cedar Rapids item notes a city poker game interruption and a youth’s arrest after police responded. It mentions Blomquist and a mother's losses as context, with unclear details about money and custody. A Columbus, Ohio item references a cash issue and a 20-something incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Blomquist
anc _ COLUMBUS
Olio
CUP
Man deserts game after mom and others playing cards
He recalled leaving a poker game after finding his mother and three others at a kitchen table in a nearby home when someone produced a pistol and announced a threat. The incident prompted a police response and investigation.
U S Steel to switch to f o b pricing for steel
Pittsburgh United States Steel Corp said it will abandon basing point pricing and quote f o b shipping point prices for all products. Customers pay freight. The move follows a Supreme Court ruling against basing point practices in the cement industry and is expected to cause hardships and dislocations in the industry.
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S. Steel
Pittsburgh
United States
Steel Corporation
Benjamin F. Faitless
Big Steel
Fairless
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Steel
Supreme Court
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