The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-12
Council and Paving Committee
Hold Joint Meeting.
Six Per Gent Interest on Scrip !
Will be Paid by the City in Order
to Pay for Paving the Inter
sections and Alleys-De'
tails Of the Meeting.

The two main business streets Of
Chickasha are to be paved!
This much is assured. Yesterday
afternoon, accordiog to agreement,
the two committees appointed, one
each for Third streetand Chlckashs
avenue, met at the commercial club
rooms at 4 0 o'clock for q further
discussion Of the matter, and 10
arrive At some definite solution.
There was only one question, and
upon its solution the whole matter
seemed TO depend; namely, what
part Of the paving the city is TO do
aud what part Of the expense she is
TO bear.
There was good attendance at
the meeting in the Commercial
Club room, nearly all the members
Of the committees from esch street
beiog present. After a thorough
discussion of the matter, an iustrC-
ment making certain recommends
tiuns to the citycouncil was adept
ed, and the paving committees ad-
lionrned to the council chamber to
meet with that body, and discuss
the matter together.
The council had been called to-
gether by the mayor for the pur-
pose Of takingaction on the paving
question and the recommendation
Of the Commercial Club.
Aldermen Bright, Brown, Fergu
son, Smith, Whiteman and Yeomar
answered to roll call, with Mayo
Scoffern in the chair.
The proceedings were as follows
After considering ways and meant
to raise the money necessary tC
pave the inter sections, it wai
moved by Brown and seconded BY
! Yeoman that scrip be issued bear
ing per cent per annum to pav'
the city's part Of First, Second anC
Third streets. Aldermen Bright
Smith and Whiteman voted mo
on the question, with Brown Fer
guson and Yeoman on the aiiirma-
tive side. This was a tie, 50 th,
mayor cast the declding vote in
favor Of il.
On motion the mayor appoints
a committee composed of Brown
Smith and Whitemsn to employ
city engineer.
The Commercial Clubs recon-
mendations s for Is foot sidewalk
on Chickasha avenue instead OF Il
were adopted.
The city clerk was instructed Il
advertise for sealed proposals TO
grading and constructing vitrlfieC
brick pavements in Chickashs
according TO the specification
adopted by the Commercial club
which are too long TO be repeate'
here.
The Commercial club recon
mended that from First 10 Eigh
streets and Choctaw to kanss
avenues be considered the busines
district Of Chickashs, in whic
sidewalks shall be u feet wide O
al streets but Chickasha avenue
where they shall be 16 feet wide
All walks inresidence district sha
be Ave feet wide OF brick, cOncret
or asphalt, beginning two feet ou
from property line snd leaving
feet outside of sidewalk in whic
. ornamental trees may be plante
6 feet from outside Of walk leavin
40 feet Of street between curb line
to pave. Property owners to b
permitted to set fence TO curb In
to protect ornamental trees. Th
recommendation vas adopted
The city attorney was ordered
draft an ordinance covering side
walk recommendation.
The city clerk was ordered
write for sealed bids for pawn
under above provisions, bids to b
opened March 20,
The treasurer waa requested
submit g statement showing q
itemized condition of the city.
Preference vouchers were 0
dered issued TO pay for filing hol
IN the streets.
n City Attorney Melton and JudI
Holding were allowed expen