The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-10-06
ROCK ISLAND CONTRACT NULL.
FlED-WANT CROSSINGS.
The SIDE. WALK BUILDING
West Main Street Citizens Ask coun.
Gil TO Have Gas Company Extend
Mains-Physioians Reports
Are Wanted.

I ut AluHI'lt 81 ''NIl'll U'll du
impouant session yesterday after.
noon at council chambers In the city
hall. J. II. Pennington, president Of
the council presided iu the AID encc
Of Mayor Dick. All the aldermen cN.
ccpt I. X Kcarney were present.
The finance committee reported
favorably on the usual number of bills
and warrants were ordered drawn for
same.
The city clerk reported having col.
lectcd $1,000 for water revenue and
$500 for sewer revenue.
The police judge reported having
collected in fines during the month
OF September, Sass.
The tax assessors report showed
/ he had collected S2,9SG.59.
Chief of Police Buck Garrett q,
ported $40 derived from the sale o,
| impounded stock.
The sexton reported having collect
ed s5S.
The report OF the city physician
was called for and when none was
reported the council made n request
of the physician that he make re.
port each month whether anything
had been done or no.
The city treasurer made an ox-
| haustive report which was not read
on account of its great length, bu,
was referred to the finance commit.
tee for their examination.
The engineer was present and re.
/ ported 10 the council on the work or
sidewalk building. Specifications for
sidewalk building were filed by him
and referred TO the Improvement com.
mittee. The engineer was instructed
TO act with the Improvement com.
mittee ana build walks for persons
who had refused TO build them in
| improvement districts.
{ City assessor Hayden reported that
1901 had been collected on street ana
alley tax.
\ bill of $50 was allowed Miss
Florence Thurmond for stenographic
work done for the board Of freehold.
ers. The account was accompanied
by a statement from members of the
board that the bill was very reas-
able one for ahe amount OF work
done.
Morris Sass of the waterworlt com.
mittee reported that the fence around
the city reservoir needed repairing
but outside of that the waterworks
was in fine shape.
The ordinance demanding of fruit
peddlers $50 car for fruit sold was
read the second time. Alderman
Dunlap moved the ordinance be ta-
bled indefinitely, but the president M
the council ordered It to its third
reading.
| An ordinance was read and passed
bringing into the corporate limits or
the city the McLlsh addition. Sunnset
Park addition and Highland Park ad.
dition.
Alderman Shelton OF the recond
ward has become tired OF the delays
on the part of the Rock Island rail.
way company and he introduced 8
resolution declaring all contracts
with the railway company null and
void. The resolution was promptly
/ seconded by Alderman Dunlap of the
same ward. The railway company
It seems, promised TO build a Haduct
over Fifth avenue northeast. II
constructed the viaduct in part, but
never finished the approaches to II.
1t Is the intention OF the second ward
repre- entatiyes 10 either force the
company to build the viaduct or re-
move it and build crossings on every
avenue in that ward.
The improvement committee which
was Instructed to report on the mat
ter Of lighting Main street with gas
and removing the electric lights to
another portion of the city reported
that the gas company did not desire
TO enter into contract for fewer
than 100 lights and wanted about $50
year for each light. At a former
meeting OF the council Chief Of Police
Garrett reported that the best way
to prevent burglaries was to light the
alleys In the rear Of the business
houses. The council thought II 10
IL q E od boot for % town to light
Main street as light as day with ma.
tural gas and place the electric lights
in the rear of the buildings.
The Improvement committee was
given authority to enter into q con.
tract with r. F. Jordan whereby the