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time u ripe for Iiuni(ary to *trike.City Purchases Birdwell TankAcquisition of 12.06 acree of land comprising the Birdwell Tank In eastern Big Spring by the city was announced hera Wednesday.E. V. Spence, city manager aot-ing on authority from tha city commlsaion. aaid that negottatlona had been cloaed with lira. Annie Birdwell for the acreage for a conaideiatlon of S1.000.The tract Includes all of the lake and surrounding territory with the exception of 0.8* aerea 011 which la located the old Bird-well homestead. The Big Spring Independent School district owns adjoining acreage.Thia apot, like on# at 14th and Oregg atreet where a detention dam la being erected, will be beautified and perhapa converted into a park or playground area.City officiala. having heard oom-plainta that the detention dams would be breading grounds for moaquttoea. pointed out that trapped water would be drained aa rapidly aa possible and that the areas would be left well irrigated so that landscaping through planting of shruba could ba dona.ROOSEVELT U\S\
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Big Spring Weekly Herald
Big Spring, Texas, US
Fri, Jul 05, 1940
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