The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-02
the CITY COUNCIL MEETS

alton of thee ity's affairs. The alder.
men present were Mcssrs. Cuce.
shelton. Kcarncy. Sass ami Berry.
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Aft,r the reading Of the minutes
of the previous meeting and mum.
bcr of call meetings of which there
have been several lately for tho
city council is working hard these
days the meeting was opened to the
doctors Of the city for the purpose
of allowing them to lay before the
council some information they had
obtained concerning the probable
cost of working a hospital and lis
maintenance, etc. TuH physicians had
commissioned a representative of the.
ArdWorcit' TO go tH Oklahoma CITY
for this purpose and hn mad, q
statement to the mayor and council
concerning the conditions ass hc had
iouni them In that city They were
all fayorabl, 70 tho erection of
hospital here in Armorc
Mr. kcarncy mad, report con
corning the Poland and Anderson
sewerage contract which has been
under consideration for some time
and stated that the contractors
would not accept the ciN's terms.
but We're willing to refer the matter
To arbitration. 1t was moved that
the committee be continued
Mr. Cruce made % report couycru.
ing an investigation m response to.
a petition by Mr. Best that certain
portions Of his property De cxcmpt
from paving. Mr.. Cmcc recommend
ed that the council exempt Mr.
Best from putting down Sidewalk,
On certain portion of Third avenue.
but insist that he do thc work on
Fourth avenue as specified originally
by the city.
Speaking with reference TO the re-.
ports OF committees. Mayor Pcnning.
ton suggested that iu future commit.
tee reports be made in writing. May
or Pennington also I'm speaking of.
referring matters 10 future meet
ings of the council said that Il cost
the city nothing to have the com
ell meet as they were not pail anyI
more than fifty dollars per year any
way. And suggested that they have
as many meetings as possible i'm
view of the fact that there were
many matters requiring attention
The report of the city clerk show.
ed that for the month ending Jan.
81 the tax collections from water
sewerage. etc. amounted to $1,000 O2.
The report of Police Judge J. /.
Gait showed that for the month end
ing Jan. 81. the amount of fines
imposed in the city court amounted
10 $i3350 This amount was carried
to the salary fund instead Of the
police fund.
The report Of Buck Garrct show.
ed that during the month he haA
collected $2SoO as pound fees.
City Physician Cox reported that
there had been no cases of diphthc.
ria during the month and only one
case of scarlet fever. The ncccs.
slry precautions as to disinfection
and fumigation had been observed.
Eight charity cases were treated
during the month.
Mr. c. +. Sayre handed in a
lengthy report from the city cngi.I
neer's department, making various
estimates and showing that a great
amount of work has been done
during the past month
Reports We're also received from
the various other departments, in.
cluding that of Tax Assessor Hay.
den.
The mayor read a statement to the
effect that Mr.. Rumph the county
treasurer, was ready TO turn over
to the city $4,000 of the city's money
from the county funds, but required
that the mayor and city clerk sign
up the necessary papers
The mayor then went into the
matters of Indebtedness to the Bank.
ers National Bank amounting TO.
1865 and which amount has been
owing since October, 1906, and rep
resents the money paid for the first
pair of mules bought by the city
The question Of interest to the bank
was taken up and settled satisfac-
torlly, The City National Bank all
advanced a claim for monies due.
on warrants paid to the fire boys,
and this matter was settled satisfac.
torily.
The repOrt OF the WatprWorlxs and