The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1902-05-06
THOROUGH BUSINESS SESSION
WITH OUR PEOPLE.
Federal Jail site Considered and Com
mittee at Work-Proposition for
Cotton Mill-Reunion and An
niverssy Matter.

The Commercial club met last nlght 1
at the city hall. together with a mass
meeting of the citizens Of the town.
Sidney suggs. acting president Of the
club. called the meeting to order AMI
stated the primary object of the meet
ing TO be TO look after the location
and purchase Of United States jail
site
James Mathers kept the minutes
of the meeting.
United States District Attorney w.
Il. Johnson was called for and stated
in brief that an appropriation had
been made by the national congress |
for the construction of a United |
States Jail here, and that for the rea-
son that the appropriation is so small
a site must necessarily be donated |
by the city to supplement the fund
in order to build two story brick
or stone jail with the necessary steel
cages Mr.. Johnson thought ii was
shame for a great government to
ask such of a town. but that the ap-
preparation was cut at the suggestion
of an Indian Territory man.
The Jail site will require lot
l00xl50 feet and must be within two
blocks of the court house.
For the reason that the present
Jail needs Improvement and that in
all probability the Jail will be donat-
ed to the county when we are given
statehood. Mr.. Johnson said he would
give $25 toward the purchase of a
site
Mr.. G. l.. Herbert said Ardmore
should donate the Site it would give
a better place for prisoners and would
almost insure us branch of the fed
eral court after statehood Mr.. Her
bert said he would give s25.
A committee to take options on dit
ferent sites and to submit them TO
Judge Townsend, Attorney Johnson
and Marshal Colbert for their choice,
was elected. The committee is com
posed of j. b. Spragns, Sam Noble.
j. A. Bivens. G. l.. Anderson and J.
w. Banks. The committee will re-
port back to meeting at the city
hall Thursday night.
Mayor Dick and W. S. Wolverton
made some timely suggestions that
were accepted in the instructions TO
the committee.
Mr.. Herbert made a short address
to the club on the question of indus.
tries and read the following letter
from Mr. Burnham OF the Oklahoma
Industrial Bureau;
C. l.. Herbert. Ardmore, |. T. Dear
Sir: In regard to cotton and wooden
proposition; the plant which you can
secure for your city for $4,000 is a
thoroughly up to date plant 1t is a
complete three set mill. consisting of
three siXty-inch cards, 1852 spindles.
six spinning machines 104 looms.
complete standard dye and fnishing
machine, double set boilers, engines.
lathes and other power machinery,
equipped for both cotton and wooden
fabric manufacturing. The mill ca.
pacity is l15 hands. Wages will av.
erage little over one dollar a day.
The machinery of this mill can not
be bought new for less than SOS, 900.
All the machinery is in arst class con
dition. The mill, in itstpresont loca-
tion, has paid regular dividends from
the date OF its establishment. An op.
tion has been secured on this mill
and | have already found two men
who will not only be glad to handle
the experimenting of the mill. in
such location that may be found for
It, but will put money in the mill at
the price at which it can be secured.
Twenty five thousand dollars buys
the plant The town that gets the
mill will have to arrange for site and
building. Site and buildings ought to
be provided for, anyway. $4,000. The
cost of moving the machinery would
probably be about $500. You men.
toned the fact that $25. 900 or sSO. 900
looked cheap. 1t is cheap. This plant
Installed in any town will stand good
for $4,000 or 100000.
We located a cotton-woolen mill in
Oklahoma City and in twenty.four
hours you could not buy dollars
worth OF the stock for less than two
or three times the amount the origi
nal subscribers paid for il. Mr.. T.
Z, Newly, who will be the superin.
tendent of our mill here, has. at my
instigation, inspected the mill. ON
which option has been secured. and