The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-03-05
OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD
LAST NIGHT.
MAYORS ANNUAL MESSAGE
Was Read. Which Was an Exhaust.
i've Doeument--other City Off
eials Make Report-ordiranee
to Number Houses.

The most Of the time Of the city
council at its meeting last night.
was given over to the hearing Of
the reading of the annual report OF
the mayor and the regular monthly
reports of the other officials of the
city or the month of February.
The petition of J. A. Madden. c. G.
Monds and A. Eddlcmar for the CON
struction of a six inch sewer connec
tion with the city sewer on McLish
avenue, at its junction with G
street, southwest, dnd thence west
on McLish avenue to II street and a
sufficient distance OF II street so that
Mounds. Madden and Eddlemsn may
connect The petitioners to advance
the money to construct the sewer.
and turn II over to the city. rcesiv.
ing their pay for the outlay IN y.wer
tion was recommended by \. l..
Crucc, ID. W. Randol and l. r. Best.
alderman to whom it was first re-
ferrcd.
The ordinance to renumber the
houses passed it's first reading to be
taken up by the council at the next
nwetng for the second reading and
probable final passage.
c. $ Hobson appeared before the
council asking permission to be al
lowed to compile city directory,
which he would submit to the coun-
ell approval. with no cost to the
city.
W. f. Bowman, attorney as repre-
sentlng l.. Il. Marston. with whom
a contract to put down sidewalks
on ID street was made, stated that
Mr.. Marston was ready to begin his
work. Mr.. Bowman is to present a
contract to the council at the next
meeting, the contract to be drawn
up as per the agreement made.
The council voted to allow Mr.
Mizell 800 damages for damage to
his proprty in constructing the 4th
avenue viaduct, as was agreed by
the board of commission appointed
to assess the same. Mayor Dick an
nounced that no railroad company
anywhere in the country has ever
constructed a viaduct, but that the
railroads could be compelled to put
in a crossing, which would not be
satisfactory, and made TO keep a
flagman at the point, which would
not be satisfactory either.
| A petition of a number of merch-
ants and business men praying the
council that an ordinance be passed
making all persons, firms or corpo-
rations shipping in apples and other
fruit in car lots and peddling them
from the car, pay a license tax of
$4,000 per car. The same was refer
red to Che city attorney to draft sui
table laws covering the subject 10
be submitted al the next meeting of
the council.
On motion the school fund was
transferred from tho city treasury to
the school treasury.
Alderman Pennington announced
that 1t was time for the city to do
some work in the way Of setting out
trees in the city park and beautfy-
ing the same. The matter was refer
red to the Improvement committee
to take some action in the premises.
/ w. II. Burnitt, who has the fran
chise TO place garbage cans on the
streets appeared before the body and
wanted to know as to how he should
place them. After short colloquy
between Mr.. Burnitt and alderman
Randol. Mr.. Burnitt was informed
that 1t would be satisfactory to place
the cans parallel with the curbinp
Of the sidewalk and not Longitude.
nally as they are at present.
! The account of Walter c. Dean
city engineer, for extra work done
in looking after extra sewer exten-
sion put in, which was more than
was contracted for at the beginning
Mr. Dean was allowed three per cent
OF the amount of the cost of the sew
er work which was S395.15. The ac-
count to be paid after an inyestga-
tion as to its correctness.
The following are the reports Of
the city officials, the mayors annual
report or message appearing in an
other column
Report Of c. II, Bruce, city clerk
Cash collected for the month of
February for water and sewer rent:
To amount sewer revenue. $20. 90