The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-19
THROUGHOUT THE clTY-PAsSED
AT MEETING OF COUNCIL.
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT TO Be
Employed to Check Up City Officials.
Validity Of Paving Guarantee Bond
to Be Investigated and other
Matters Receive Attention.

Inc tlNN COullCll AT lNS htHSlCu ldht
night passed an ordinance adoptign a
new system of numbering the houses
in the city so as to avoid all confusion
in the premises hereafter, and so as
to enable the waterworAs and sewer.
age department of the city to keep
record of the parties using water
and sewerage. The system in use at
present is wrong and not more than
one fourth Of the houses are number
ed The ordinance passed is as fol
lows:
That every twenty-five foot front
in the business district, and every
twenty foot front in the residence dis
trict shall bear consecutive numbers,
odd numbers on the north side of the
streets running parallel with Main
street and even numbers on the south
side of same. odd numbers on the east
side of the streets running parallel
with Washington street, and even
numbers on the west side OF same
Such numbers to be posted in a con
spicuous place on all buildings front
ing the streets, or half lots bearing
half numbers.
That upon all streets running east
and west parallel with Main street
numbering shall begin at Washington
street. and all streets running north
and south parallel with Washington
street all numbering snail begin a
Main street. In all blocks running par
allel with Main street east and ives
the first block lrom Washington
street shall be numbered from to
90, the second block from 100 10 1873
aud so on consecutively, each block
beginning new hundred. In ali
blocks running parallel with Washing
ton street north and south, the first
block on Main street shall be number.
ed from l to 80, the second block
from 100 to 1893 and so on consecu
lively, each block beginning new
hundred.
G. ID. Davis was given permission
to number the houses upon the ex-
press condition that he will number
ain houses free of charge to the city.
receiving pay Tor same from the va
rious owners and residents.
Authority was given the finance
committee to open negotiations with
an expert accountant to andit the
books cf the city officials, VINO are
about tn go out of office at the ex.
piration of their term. All city Off
cials are to be checked up.
A. $. Pulliam was appointed as spe.
cial police officer 10 look after the
collection of the small fee charged for
firshing in the city lake and keep
up the fence around the property.
On account Of the fact that the city
attorney had left the antipeddling
fruit from car ordinance I'm his office,
the ordinance prohibiting the peddling
OF apples from cars was passed over
until a special called meeting is to
be had.
The mayor announced that some OF
the wiseacres In the city had stated
that the paving bond given the city
by the McQuatters Machine and
Plumbing co. was OF no value where
in the company agreed to keep the
streets in the Improvement District
NO. / In good repair for period ot
ten years. The mayor authorized the
finance committee 10 have the validity
of the bond investigated and n report
made at the next meeting of the coun-
ell The same TO be investigated by
the leading attorneys in this city.
The mayor and city clerk by motion /.
carried in the council on vote of
four to three were authorized to clos
the contract with L. II. Marston for
the paving of ID street as was enter /
ed into some weeks ago when that /.
street was made an improvement dis |
trict. w, + Bowman, attorney for Mr. |
Narston, asked that the city council /
have the city engineer make out H. .
nal estimate as per the requirements /
OF the accepted bid Of Mr. Marston,
In as much as the preliminary esti
mate was hover than that bid.
\ petition Of the citizens living on
G street southwest asking that the
city agree to keep up the street cross
ings at cost of about SOL, in as
much as the property owners have
contracted ~ put the street on
grade at cost of Of about 5000. The
city readily agreed to do so,
A bill of the McQuatters Machine
4 Plumbing Co for the sum OF ST..
,07.Ol for putting in the storm sewers I
was allowed when the same is sworn