The city commissioners on Tuesday ordered a new portable asphalt cooker and spray for use in patching pavement. The street department has recently been using a borrowed apparatus for melting pavement patching material. In addition to the portable cooking tank and firebox, the new apparatus will be equipped with a hose and spray for applying the tar asphalt wherever needed to repair sunken or broken pavement. The complete apparatus will cost about $250.

(Extracted from local newspapers and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us/ )