The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-09-08
CITY FATHERS MEET.
a LONG BUT INTERESTING SES-
SION LAST NIGHT.
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEES REPORT.
The city Marsha' Ordered to Close "a Dive
aud to Prod Dclinque MT saloon Keep
crs-Tae Firc Dcpar umcnt-
EiUs Allowed.

The city council met in regular ses-
sion last night with Glayor McEt-
Kinney in the chair and all counciimen
present
Two new ordinances were intro
duced and caused considerable wran.
Cling This. with number of other
important business matters caused
the ses sion to be prolonged, but il was
none the less interesting.
The committee ON watcrworks rec
commended that the contract for lay
ing water pipe on Villas avenue be
let TO Plumber Carver at fifty cents
per foot,
The committee on publ'e improve
ments was instructed tn clean the
gutter in front of the Lyons property
on Harrison avenue and Division stree
The water rate for wagon and camp
yards was fixed at S9a per year.
The city marshal was ordered 10
collect the delinquent tave OF certain
saloCnists, with instructions 20 close
the places i'm six hours tae taNe, are
not forth oming
The iuarsuul was also ordered TO
close The dive ot The corn-r OF Perkins
aui second street. The building is to
be nsea for school purposes
40 ordinance taxing bill posters was
prese Ated and read
An ordinance is also in process of
construction levying a license Oh oil =
Gus combinations making street pa
rades.
A resolution was introdu ed or
dering the contract with the Daily
State Capital, as the official organ of
the city, to be rescinded, and further
ordering the clerk TO advertise for bids
for the city printing.
The investigating committee, com
posed Of J. W Snyder, chairman; Gee.
Todd and G. II. Lynds, made its re-
port As regards Police Judge Coco.
rich, the committee reported that il
had found where the police judge had
failed to remit for the last half of the
month Of April, 1892, the sum of S3s
we also lnd discrepancy of 5000 III
the total footings of amount collc,te 4
from all fines from April /, lsJ.. tu
July 81, 1898; also found three cases
which do not appear on the docket to
the amount Of SlG6s, and upon the
total footings find due the city from
the police judge S54. 20; also a discre-
pancy of $3.50 which lies between
Geo Hopkins, Prank Rhinehart aad
the police records The committee
further states that from April l. 1892.
to July 81, 1898, there were s3G cases
ON the police docket The committee
recommends that the marshal keep a
record of arrests The committee asked
Tor further time to make a full report
bilis were allowed to the amount Of
s27.
Ihe council discussed at length the
matter OF paid fire department for
the city Chief Taylor pushed the mat
ter with great vim and presented a Pc
tition containing the names Of several
hundred citizens of Guthrie, praying
for an organized paid department,
consisting of at least six men. Mr..
Taylor also read letter srom II. Clark
son. inspector of insurance rates for
oklahoma, in which he spoke Of the
value Of paid department and subso-
qoent reduction of insurance rates
nearly one-third. This letter with the
petition will be published in to-mor-
rows LEADER
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