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PARK SOUGHT\$150,000 Homes PlannedIn Mesa DistrictCouncil ToldREFERREDCity Plan Commission Will- *Decide on ImprovementOf TerritoryWith the prediction that $150,000 in new homes will be constructed in the Rim Road Addition within a year, residents of the district today asked the City Council to orderplans drawn for develonment. nf a£ on the Rim and the ragged pes at the break of the mesa.The Council referred the requestto the City Plan Commission withthe request that a plan and costestimates be returned to the Council.■’iA tty. A. W. Norcop, chief spokesman for the Rim Road residents, asked that 20 feet of parkway on , the Rim Road be grassed and that the slopes off the mesa beto native vegetation andIre Aroused“It arouses my ire a little whenwe get the answer that the City has. so funds,” said Mr. Norcop. “We didn’t come down here in an antagonistic spirit, but the City has spent thousands and thousands of dollars on Washington and Memorial Parks without the chance of ain return.”fc . . •Our expenditures will not increase maintenance cost,” Mayor R.E. Sherman interrupted.“I can show you,” Mr. Norcop countered, “that every dollar spent in beautifying the Rim will bring you five times more than money spent elsewhere. “I can count on my fingers $75,000 in new homes on Rim Road.S150.000 HomesU
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Thu, Oct 08, 1936
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