City of Chanute reports progress with new city equipment
City officials led by Manager R J Hayes report additions to department fleets for the coming year. New street sweeper costing about 8000 and a pickup and dump truck join street operations. A garbage truck cost about 4000. its old body was moved to save expenses. A winter snow plow, bought for 750, was mounted on a truck. Two police cars were traded in for newer models. Radio upgrades shift to a local government system at 6000, under FCC orders.
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Hayes
City City Refuse Collection Service
R. J. Hayes
Federal Communications Commission
W. Main
N. Lincoln
Where to Call For City Service
City service numbers are listed for fire police utilities refuse street sewer building permits electrical inspections and room reservations. Key contacts include Fire Department Police Department City Clerk City Engineer and Animal Control with several HE 1-3200 lines and special numbers for outages leaks and reports.
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Fire Department
Police Department
Memorial Building
Chanute City Annual Report Highlights 1930s Works
The Chanute annual report outlines completed and ongoing projects including a new gas line to the power plant from the Fourteenth Street regulator, replacement of old gas mains, drainage improvements at Katy Park with fewer turns, rip-rapping on the upper ditch, and plans to enlarge water supply. The report commends local media and city employees, notes continued work next year, and references Memorial Park and Elmwood Cemetery beginnings and burials through 1950.
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Fourteenth Street
Katy Park
Power Plant Cooling Capacity Boost Nears Completion
The first phase of a two step cooling plant expansion in Chanute nears completion raising firm capacity from 10,700 to 20,700 kilowatts. A second phase with underground piping will start next spring and finish by next summer, financed from regular funds at a total cost of 150,000 dollars.
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John Lofthouse
Towwest
Lofthouse
Chanute
Six City Streets In Paving Plans For Chanute
Six blocks in the south end of Chanute will be paved this summer under the city's street improvement program. This marks a sharp jump from the single lane block paved in 1962 as the city commission asked for paving of five blocks on Cen-
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Chanute
W. Pine
Steady Pace In Chanute Construction
Construction in Chanute held a steady pace through 1962 and into 1963 with 125 building permits issued in 1962 and a total estimated cost of $522,455. Through mid-1963 permits total 69 for new homes, 31 additions, 17 garages, and 10 business or miscellaneous projects, with costs outlined for each category, alongside paving protests and city street surfacing efforts. The Chanute Municipal Airport adds about $60,000 annually to the economy through payroll.
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Chanute
Chanute Municipal
Chanute Water Plant's Long Run Ends With New Facility
Chanute's water plant has operated day and night for 63 years with only one outage since 1898. The 1951 flood caused a complete shutdown, and the new water plant virtually eliminates another such failure.
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Chanute
Chanute’s Bargain Garbage Service Keeps City Clean
Chanute’s nine year old garbage collection program serves over 3,000 customers at one dollar per month for a metal container and nine pickups. Two special ash trucks cover the city twice weekly with routes split across wards and extended to Wednesday and Saturday as demand rises. Six men work with street and park departments and have never missed a day, with city-owned, tightly-lidded containers only being emptied.
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Chanute
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Tribune
Larry Mathews
Commission
Memorial Park
Elmwood Cemetery
H. W. Loy
Elmwood
Ash Grove
Fred Cook
Santa Fe
Chanute Construction
Howard Parsons
Dave Evans
W. J. Althaber
Missioner
Ed Caldwell
John Sherman
Keith Wright
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