The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-21
CITY COUNCIL
IN SESSION
CITY HALL IN BAD CONDITION
NEEDS NEW ROOF.
Policemen and Fire Boys Have to Dis.
count Warrants TO Get Their Mon.
ey-Mayor Says shyloek Was
Gentleman Compared to Some.

llf7iutu anu AlutIlutu BEST CludINf
shelton. Berryhill and Cruce were pre-
sent. just making quorum. After the
roll call and the preliminary order Of
opening, the meeting. the regular bust.
ness was taken up.
Mayor Dick stated that a guarantee
of five years for the paving. which had
been made by the McQuatcrs Plumb.
/ ing and Manufacturing company.
which company has the contract for
paving, would be changed to ten
years guarantee and that II was the
intention OF the council at first to
make the guarantee for ten years. and
the original copy read that way lie
stated that this would be done today
or tomorrow.
The finance committee presented
estimate number three for the water
aud sewer work. as follows. On the
water extension fund s2i3l, and on the
sewer extension fund sSSi7OS. These
amounts they recommended be paid to
the American Light a Water Co. .as
the third payment on the work they
have under construction. The clerk
was ordered to draw warrant for
their payment on the respective funds.
The improvement committee stated
that upon examining the roof Of the
city hall. they had found that Il needed
repairing badly and asked that they De
given permission to have the uoccs
sary Improvements made. II was made
known to the council that the nuos
were down In some places on the roof.
and the roof leaked. running the mrni.
turc OF the building. II was stated that
the roof was not what Il should be- and
the finance committee recommended
that a new roof be put on the building.
The matter was referred to them for
disposal.
The chairman OF the police commit
tee stated that the police fund had
been exhausted until the police had to
discount their warrants. II was rec.
commended and passed that there
should be no drafts made upon the
police fund, for other purposes than
to pay the police officers. until the
fund is recuperated.
The question OF teamsters OF the
city doing hauling without having a
license was brought up and discussed
at some length. II was the sense OF
the council that all who are doing this
be made to pay their license or pay
a fine. City Attorney Bennett held
that IL was against the law for these
teamsters to drop in here from other
places and do hauling without paying
Ia license, and that he would have
them all arrested II they did not pay
their license. This matter was refer
red to him with instructions to act In
the matter as he saw best.
The question Of fixing the fec at
which an automobile owner, who hauls
passengers for hire, was taken up and
Attorney Bennett instructed 10 draw
up an ordinance fixing the rate the
same as that paid by hackmen of the
city, and present Il at the next meet
ing Of the council.
Alderman shelton of the fire com
mittee informed the council that the
fire boys were feeling somewhat dis.
satisfied on account Of having TO dis
count their script before they can
get Il cashed. and recommended that
their salaries be raised This the
council said they were unable to do.
as they were paying all they could az
present. Mayor Dick stated that this
condition was deeply regretted by the
council, lie instructed Alderman
shelton 10 see some of the bankers
or money lenders OF the city and make |
arrangements with them to carry the
script for three or four months at a |
reasonable rate OF discount. lie said |
in his opinion there would be forty or
nifty thousand dollars in the general |
fund In less than four months and that
the script could all be cashed. The
rate of discount demanded by some
money lenders. which IS from Is 10 |
20 per cent, Mr.. Dick said, was rob. |
berry, and that Shylock was gentle |
man and a scholar by the side Of them. |
This matter will be left to the fire .
committee.
Alderman Best Of the waterworks !
committee reported that an examina.
tion had been made OF the wasteway
at the city lake, and II was found that
the flow OF water which the recent
rains caused to overflow at the waste
way had damaged II TO a great extent,
and II needed immediate attention as
a heavy rain would ruin Il. II was
recommended that the wasteway wall