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Cedar Rapids 1963 utility expansion tops three million
Cedar Rapids area utility builders plan more than 3 million in 1963 work with Iowa Electric Light and Power leading a 2,028,425 project budget. Gas and telephone budgets run about 610,000 each, while Northwestern Bell projects 800 to 900 new lines. Home builders surveyed show 356 houses planned totaling 5.775 million in value, with Bjornsen Construction proposing 2.295 million in apartments and multiple new subdivisions planned around Cedar Rapids and Marion.
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Bigeme
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Cedar Rapids-Marion
North Marion
Sixth Street
Mt. Vernon Road
Forty-sixth Street
Bertram Road
Marion
Fifth Avenue
Twentysixth Street
Thirty-fifth Street
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Cedar Rapids Area