The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-07-08
COMMITTEES PRE-
SENT REPORTS.
Talk Of Appointing Fire Chief Who
viii Also Be Sanitary Officer
Present chief Wants to Know
Where He Stands.

mayor and all the aldermen present
The minutes Of the last meeting
were read and approved.
The finance committee reported ia
vorably Oh sl9AS9 worth Of bills, and
the same were ordered paid
Reports from the different commit
tees being in order the street and
alley committee was heard from. Al.
derman Best stated they wore open
ing up streets. and that they had
cleaned out the Main street well
Alderman Kendall Of the police
committee wanted to know II the city
prisoners could not be fed for less
than 90 cents per day; said we
might make a deal with the Jail peo-
pie to feed them.
Alderman Gardner made some re
marks about the fire department. lie
was OF the opinion that II would be
well to hire chief and let him de-
vote his entire attention to it. l.. c.
Slaughter. he said. If elected chief,
was willing also to attend to the san
itary work The doctor also stated
that the hose reel was broken and
that the hose for the engine was now
lying on wagon in the streets, and
that the city was very much in need
Of a hose cart. The old reel could
be fixed for about $lS, but would not
be worth much after It was fixed.
Alderman McCharen made mo-
tion that the old reel be repaired and
that the fire committee in the mean
time see what is best to do about
supplanting the old reel with hose
wagon
| Alderman Young of the waterworks
com.littee said that he had no news
TO tell; that he had tried hard to
learn something about what Mr. Ba-
ker and his associates contemplated
doing, but was unable to do so; that
his attorney seemed to be silent on
the subject.
The assessor and collector report
ed the collection of s67.75 for the
month OF June.
The police Judge said he had done
S25i05 worth OF business in June
and had the treasurer's receipt to
verify his statement.
The chief OF police reported $144i
: collected at the pound for the month
of June.
Alderman Kendall asked that Police
Officer Guy Ledbetter be given ter
days leave of absence. The request
was granted,
! The chief of police was ordered tC
abate a nuisance that existed in the
rear OF the old City National bank
Alderman Mullen offered a resou
e tion asking that the city council re
I fund him $l.50, which he had paiC
, the pound boy, Ed Stewart, for 4
couple Of horses, which Mr.. Muller
said he was trying to get into hii
premises at the time the stock wal
driven OF The request was grant
ed.
A. Eddleman, as representative
of the Masonic order, appeared befor,
the council and stated that the tim,
was up for fire escapes TO be put oil
three-story buildings; that the Ma
\ sonic hall was owned by the Masons
and the two lower stories by othe
y people; that the same condition o
affairs existed in the German block
and he would be glad II the council
u would SO amend the ordinance so a
u to fit such conditions. Referred L
Il ordinance committee,
. Alderman Best asked that the 4
D. cense on auctioneers and corn doc
e tors be reduced; that $50 per al
IS mum seemed to make II prohibitory
"A No action
In reference TO street crossings, tn
mayor appointed Aldermen Golledg'
McCharen and Best to look afte
them Mr Goledge stated that h
understood that the railroad woul
build a bridge over b street nortl
west, spanning the entire right {
way, provided the city would bull
the approaches; That he learned IN
citizens living on the north end {
4 the street would build the north al
| proach II the city would build IN
one on the south.
The assessor and collector reporte
nd N,754.7i0 as being the taxable pro
erty of Ardmore this year.
Asa Holman, chief of the fire d
- partment, appeared before the coul