The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-09-04
PROPERTY OWNERS
URGE SPEEDY ACTION
Appear Before City Council and
ASK That Paving Be Not
Further Delayed
Contracts Held Up.

Contracts Held Up.
CaWtal Boulevard, Cleveland to
MulneI
Walnut street, Springer TO Okla
homa.
Logan avenue, Broad to Maple.
Maple street, Cleveland to Logan.
OAK street, Oklanona to Springer
Alley, block 81.
Contracts Awarded.
FIRST street, Harrison to Grant
Villas avenue, Broad to Capital
boulevard.
Springer avenue, Division TO Wal
nut.
Warner avenue, Broad to DreXel
Maple from Springer to Cleveland.
Contracts We're awarded to the J.
+. Hill Construction company by the
city council last night for the paw
ing of twenty four more blocks with
asphalt at $197 and Of six blocks
more with two course brick at 81 .79.
The contract covers the streets
which were let to the Hill company
last spring for single course brick
paving, which it was found after work
nad been started would not stand up
Under the traffic.
Action was deferred until Monday
night on the acceptance or rejection
of the bids for the paving of sixteen
blocks more with asphalt
Streets on Which Contracts Were
Awarded
The streets awarded for asphalt
1aving last night were Springer,
Villas. Warner and Maple. Hills sue
-essfu bid was asphalt $l.97 three
eet curbing SIS. plain curbing AZ,
artificial stone 60, brick sidewalk
extension 5 80, 36-inch sewer pipe in
Blace SIS 90, Pinch sewer pipe In
1lace $1.O0, S-inch sewer pipe in
9lace S 50, intakes $l5 90, two feet
'urb and gutter S 54, cast iron plates
"a SO. The contract was awarded for
First street for brick, two course, at
51.79
The Barber Asphalt company was
he only bidder against the Hill
people and bid forty cents on plain
mb, three dollars on 36-inch sewer
,ipe in place, seventy cents on u
nch sewer pipe in place, and fifty
i've cents on S-inch sewer pipe. On
yerything else the Barber bids were
higher than those Of the Hill com
any.
property Owners Urged Acceptance.
The public improvement committee
brought in a report for the rejection
Yf the bids for the paving of the
aew streets, Capital boulevard, Wal
nut. Logan, Maple and Oak The
Barber people bid 81 90 for this work
md the Hin people $l.94 10 Ben
8erkey, w. II. c.. Brown, Charles
1lrpenter, Chief of Police Mitchell
md other representative property
owners urged the council TO accept
he bid of the Hill company, even
hough it is a few cents higher than
that of the same company FOR paw
ing Noble avenue with asphalt Rep
resentatves of the paving company
explained that the requirement thai
| aborers be worked but eight hours
| 4 day when plenty or men could BE-
secured for ten hour day at the
anne pay and the increased cost OF
stone. made ii necessary for them tl
submit higher bids.
| BY a vote of six to four, the report
5f the public improvements commit
.ee was accepted. The vote follows
Ayes-Newman, Higgins, 'lIapnell
5purlock, Kennedy, Beamer
Nays-Johnson, Hopkins, HoneI
and Morrison,
final Action Monday Night.
Kennedy stated tnat he had voted
.or the report through misconcep
ton of prices This brought about /
lie and it was necessary for Mayol
| farquharsOn to cast the deciding
vote. 1t was against awarding tht
contract. Councilman Kennedy NOV
ed that final action be deferred until
Monday night and the vote was agail
tie, but Mayor Farquharson vOtet
Tor the motion, declaring that he de
sired that the property owners hav,
an opportunity 10 express themselve
before final action is taken. If tn,
meeting of the city council Monda,
night results in the rejection of tn,
bids, it means another re-adveItise
ment for bids. and further delay il
paving on those streets wnere tn
| property owners are already impa
tient over present conditions.