Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-06-19
CITY BUYS PARK
ON RIVER BANK
SIDEWALK ORDINANCE PASSED
BY COUNCIL LAST NIGHT.
FIRST Street PAVING
Ordinance Now Ready for Final
Passage-City Pays for Inter
sections-Other Matters Up.

The council convened at $3.50, with
every alderman in his chair and May
or Mitchell presiding, Alderman
Hatch later in the eJening was called
away.
First in order the sanitary com
mittee reported not to accept the re-
cent resignation Of DR.. Magazines AS
member of the board Of health, which
report was adopted by the council.
Up then came the paving PROPOSE
tion and the First street paving or
dinance on suspension of the rules
passed two readings and is up to its
final passage. Specifications under
which this work will be done have
been accepted by the property owners
affected and are on file in the office
of the city engineer.
First street, under the ordinance,
will be paved from Boulder to De
troit avenue The city will stand the
cost of the intersections.
The specifications call for a SIN
inch base of macadam, on which Will
fall a two-inch cushion of sand, num-
Der one vitrifed street brick to be
laid ON this. 1t should make an en-
cellen street. and doubtless will be the
means of stimulating additional paw
ing within the coming months.
Alderman Hawley reported the
sewers to be in bad condition. owing
to the fact that people are dumping
every kind of refuse into the drain
pines. which has the effect OF stop
ping up the sewer pipes. He urged
rigid enforcement Of the plumbing
ordinance. His motion was carried
over to the next meeting.
The ordinance establishing curb
lines was passed on suspension OF the
rules. after desultory discussion last
ing half an hour,
Alderman Randolph brought up the
city printing ordinance. which ON mo-
ton of Alderman Rumley. was ear
ried over to the next meeting,
An ordinance providing for the
compensation of the board of equal
ization. with specifications, was pass
ed and became law on suspension
of the rules. Under this ordinance.
each member shall receive daily
compensation of $3.50, but the board
shall not be in session over twenty
DAYS. commencing their duties the
first Monday IN July.
p. l., Thurman appeared IN behalf
of the Southern Improvement com
panv. which built the local sewer Sys-
TEN. The company, under the con
tract. had held back five per cent of
their contract price four months. pend
ing "A test of the system, which falls
due today.
Further on the school laterals there
is due the company T4j3 on the
south lateral. These matters were
carried over until the next meeting,
after the usual reference to commit
tees.
The sidewalk ordinance was post
poned until the next meeting of the
council. but Councilman Rumley
came back hard moment later by
having the paving question passed
over to the next meeting. although a
strenuous effort was made to secure
its passage.
The council inaugurated a splendid
move on the determination of weeds.
The city is to have all the weeds in
the alleys cut, according to the act
of the council. thus setting good
example to the citizens. Later the
citizens are to be requested to clean
up in this manner. A crusade against
the weeds is move every citizen will
endorse.
The Jail building was up for con-