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Growth Forces Improvements, Tel Aviv Finds

November 18, 1934
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Phenomenal growth of this city, which has sent the population up from 5,000 in 1921 to more than 100,000 in 1934, necessitates immediate expenditure of a £350,000 loan made in London on public improvements, it was announced here today. The city budget is over £250,000, but the loan is in addition to the regular sums spent by the municipal government.

Enlarging and reorganizing the present water supply system of Tel Aviv will cost £90,000, and an additional £20,000 will be spent for a new water purifying system on a site north of the city. Another £50,000 has been allotted for completion of the sewerage system. New school buildings will cost £60,000, while a new hospital for Tel Aviv is expected to cost £100,000, of which the Palestine government is to contribute £40,000. A new town hall is to be erected at a cost of £25,000, and a municipal garage will be built costing £10,000.

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