HomeMy WebLinkAboutCS Breakes Ground for City Building; newspaper article (04-26-1969)
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,'Uege Station officials broke We will even, nave drive-in
d Satqrday morning' for window facilities," he said,
"n,ew, ci~y . hall' and police-,.... "We haye, hftd- over the years
"',complex, tQ be l.!)Cated many cOlln~ilmen who have
-exas Ave. befeen' Francis dreamed ,of the structure we
, christ Streets: ,are'\breaking ID:yund:fer today.
, "D. A. '(-An4y), Ander- One in partiCitIar' is., Mayor
. d, "These, facilUies. which ,(~rnest). "Lan~ford who :has
ib,re~g grin11lS! for''.tA-'' ' dteamed:-of this. and prOVided
"gooa. They .wiU;pro.vide "{~.t' ' P ,
th~t have, ,~~' P!l~l\y, {:~ ~e.taJ~ Ph.~to~ .~g",~"'A '.
d tha~ h~v~ been rel!- us w~th the gr,ound worI{ of our
Jo~,Jpany ye~s" city This' is the' ,fruitipn of a
-Will pr,01ilde nnlice " ,
that 'have been '~dlY dr~~m th,at I !lnc!, rhe memb~~~
,c' ."" ':" ' " ' of' fp,e ,.council share ~ay"
,~nd .e~ab~~, u~. ~:~~~ ' '" Mayo!' Anderson said.
our d~sp~rcli, semc;~. ~Q~ ' "F..orm~f~ayor Langford ~aid,
,;!?~et 9ur . needs. W~. wil\ ,"This 'site' was once a cotton
a<; fi,re s~ti~n of..~ur o~, patch. The City, of College
'Yill Pf9."lde .n~4~ ,w~ : Stlt:fon' w-q.s incorpo.rated; in 1938,
ng ~eedetl, !~ Will pro..' b "t"b f I' I' ~,. I _
home 'for, oUr city. . i ; . ,u ,', ~cw~e 0 ,a ega. e~, .,g,e
not. ~ ,p~tef1tious bitt .ment'~1?Out w~ether A& ~p~o-
be "a. tine ,builtlbfgw&ctr fesso~~ "copld serv~ o!l th~ CI~y
',vld 'th ""',',' "'A . , CQ~cU. qr,pot, th~. co~nci1 di4
. " e _ e CIty~. neo::us~ ndt' take' office until 1939." ,
',BUlLDING,AND LOA,N' Langford"'sai4 it hl1-d been
I;A;fIO~~Y9pr- SAVIt{~~ ~~,;P.rtvj!.~&~"tp ,w.or,K WjtJ;1 Col-
~si1lce 1919. ' ',Ad-v:;. lege.,Station,city,,:coup.!,\i1S- over
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the years and "it is IllY expecta;
tion to work with you (Mayor'
Andet;'son) and ttJe ot~er coun-
cilmen for ma!lY' more years to
come. " !
Mayor Anderson said construc-
tion oP'the.cdinpl~x will begin
Monday" by B~sch COJl~\r:,qe.,'
tion, Go: "of y/ace), ' .
Barsch Construction Co. was
awarded" ttle 'c~mtract ,April' 7
for $315,929 after changing. the
specifications to lOWer the bid
"from $328,442. ' ,
The project il? being financeq
by a,$340,OOO bond issue,approv-
ed Feb. 3, '1968. College Station
voters _ approved, the: city hall
py a vflte, of .435 to 291 ~d
'approved the police-fire ~station ,
by a margin of 573 to ~50. ,
C. R. (Ric~~9 Watson is the
archite~t for the complex,
First BaUk &' Trust-Where the'
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Mayors IIi t The Dirt
Two College Station mayors did the honors
Saturday duriqg groundbreaking ceremonies
for the municipality's new city hall. The
. shovelers are former Mayor Earnest Lang-
ford, left, and present Mayor D. A. (Andy)
Anderson. Watching is the one of the trio who ]1\'
will spend the most time in the new facility,
College Station City Manager Ran Boswell.
Story on Page '1. (Eagle Photo by Gene
Dennis)
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