The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-06-09
ANOTHER PROPOSITION
WILL Be SUBMITTED
Mailer Has Been Hanging Fire
Long Time and WeSt-S -SIders
are impatient

Mayor FarQuharson today lseued
cull for a special meeting Of the city
council on Thursday evening 10 take
un ana discuss With The saniu Fe
railroad officials The vaduct pfopo.
sition On Noble avenue.
A conference was held ID the may
orA office last night between Santa
Zee officials and committees from
Che cily eouncll and the Guthrie
chamber IF commerce. with refor
ence 10 the Noble avenue Fiaducl
which lae railroad company promised
10 build IN conjunction with tho city
last fam. THE road officials present
We're H. w. Sharpe, the new general
superintendent Of the Eastern lines
~ the Santa ne system; DiyisluuI
Superintendent w. X. Elter, OF Ar
kansas Saty and J. r. Coltinghnm,
general solicitor for the road in Ok
lnhoma
The officials after tho conference
here last night went TO Oklahoma
City where they will spend 4he day
returning here Tomorrow when anl
other conference VIII be held before
the council meeting tomorrow night
with reiercnce 10 the vladuei
The SANTA Fe's engineers last fall
ores plans for O very heagg steel
riaduct with massive masonry piers
FOR supports With a 20.loot roadway
and tpir foot side walks on both the
north and south sides Of lhe Yladuct
They submitted these plans 60 The
cltE council with an estimated cost
for 3he vAaHei Of $4,000 81 which
s5i 900 Was appoMinned as tho city's
part The railroad company had
placed ihe heaviest BART of me via
duet end the heaviest piers belwoen
the Santa re property east ol the
Cottonwood river aud ihe Denver
onid and Gulf right 81 veg on lhe
West anil had not appurtianed any
of the cost o The structure between
hseae points against the railroad
rhe clio council recommended thar
one 81 thc sidewalks De left or the
structure and that the weight 0f the
steel be cut 1oWn somewhat n order
that tho eliy's Share might come
within ltc 8a6000 voted Tor thai puf
pose al the bond election held last
Iuue. Nothing further was done on
The proposition untll the railroad Of
flcials callad yesterday
The falroad now suggests thai 4
be permitted to take The $4,000
bonds voted By the city and hulla
the vladucl III accordance with tpe
original plans. except inat the siruc
iure only cross the Santa Fo main
line tracks ana the Cottonwood riy
or u Fourth street and that tho road
be not required 40 extend ihe viaduci
across The Denver, Enid and Gull
right ol VIM until fhe company
should want % open up ana Use the
rlRhg 81 way south Of Noble avenue
and that Ia flhe meantime Il would
yacate ihn right pg way e9nih nl
Noble apenlie With the understand
ing that The company should get i
back IN the event that the railroad
wanted 40 extend It's lines south
along Fourth street. and Hhen only
after the railroad has extended the
piaduct over the Denver Enid aud
Gulf rlght Of way al Its own expense
40 Firth street
The original plans called for the
viaduel 10 b. paved with single
course brick aud u n stated lhe cltY
council will insist that Me eiaducl
be paved With asraaIt The same a
Noble ayeuue
THE chief engineer oi the Santa
Fe and a corps of assistants are es
pected 10 meet General Superlnlend
eut Sharpe here tomorrow upon hla
arrival lur fha plirnpae 0f making
additional surveys Tor the vladuct and
Tor the additional lraekaRe and term
iual facilities e. be constructed here
III the Immediate future