The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-05-16
ANELECTRIGT RAILWAY
FRANCHISE PASSED BY THE COUNCIL
BOND MUST BE FILED WITHIN
SIXTY DAYS
ENGINEER KOON'S REPORT.
On the Sewer Trouble. Holds Contrac-
tors Responsible Tor Damage

An electric street railway is il
sight for Chickasha. The council
passed the ordinance last nignt,
granting franchise 10 the Ghlcka-
shaTransit Co:to bu1ld and operate
a street railway system IN Chicka-
sha.
According to the terms Of the
franchise the grantees are 10 file
bond to the amount OF $4,000 with
III sixty days alter the passage of
the ordinance, guaranteeing thai
they will fulfil the terms of the
franchise. Actual construction
work must begin within six months
from the date OF passage and four
miles Of track must be completed
and in operation within IS months
from the same date.
The promoters of the enterprise
give the assurance that they are
ready to begin work a. liz earliest
practicable date. With the filing
Of their bond, there viii be no
doubt as to their intentions.
All the members of the Council
except Kline were present at the
meeting last night and it was a
protracted session lasting till one
O'Clock. The franchise proposition
occupied most of the time hut
several othvr important matters
como up.
An embankment has been raised
by parties on Colorado avenue be-
tween Tenth aud Eleventh Streets
causing considerable trouble. A
motion was carried that unless this
embanknent was removed or t'ling
put in. or the street brought TO
grade within "a hours after notice
lis rved in due form, that the city
will lake charge and hold the
parties responsible for expense in
CURED.
Engineer R. E. Koon, represent
ing he firm of Burns & McDon-
nell, made an important report on
the sewer trouble. His report in
substance was as follows:
In number of man-holes on
the sewer south and east of Rail-
road street and Chickasha avenue,
water is found standing indicating
a stoppage Of flow. Theoesewer
west Of Railroad street appears in
good condition and as soonlas the
obstruction is removed from the
main on Railroad street and on the
outfall near "The Lake will
operate properly. The lower 5000
feet of the sewer is in fairly good
condition, the sediment deposited
being easy to remove as soon as
the remainder of the system has
good flow.
"At some time during the recent
heavy rains the lake becoming
filled overhowed at point where
the sewer line intersects the east
bank of the Lake. The great
volume of water travelling down the
line partially filed ditch, to all ap-
pearances, formed an eddy just
west Of the second manhole east Of
tine Lake, and gradually worked its
way deeper until the. pipe was
reached, after which the pipe at
this point was probably broken or
displaced in such a manner as to
allow water to enter the sewer at
this point and thus find an outlet
to the Lake. After this break the
fill a portion of the ditch
at east bank of the Lake. The
contractor should be held response
bic for the break in the ditch since
the ditch was not properly filled,
according to contract. "
Such in brief was the report of |
Mr.. Koon. He further recon
mended that action be taken to
correct the defect at the expense
Of contractors and bondsmen i'm
upon the expiration of
the time limit of the conditional
acceptance.