The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-02-16

from the election Oi Officers. me
bonds will be voted on March % The
council az its meeting yesterday ar
tcnoou set the day for the vote to De
hcld and c,so fixe3 the amounts that
will be voted upon. They are as fol
lowsa
Water works $4,000
Sewer. $4,000
Parks. $1,000
Fire department, 100000
Streets. $4,000.
The matter Of the school bonds will
hc placed in the hands of the school
board. An election will also bc held
on The question or voting Sl600o0 for
school purposes. Sixty thousand dol
lars 10 be used IN taking up the pres.
out Indebtedness Of the board and the
100000 TO be used in building a high
school building
Alderman Kcarrcy brought the mat.
ter Of a bond issue for city hospital
go n vote. The matter was discussed
and the vote against the proposition
was unanimous. The vote on the bonds
will be held on the 23rd day Of March
and only four voting places will be-
open. In other words the precincts Of
the city will he ignored and one poll.
/ ing place in each ward will be opened
The election Of officers under the
new charter will be held on the rcgl.
/ lar day of holding municipal elections
] in the state, viz on Tuesday after the
! first Monday in April. That day this
| year falls on the 9Th of April. This
! plan seemed better 10 Mayor Ponning.
/ ton and the council than to call the
election earlier. II does away with
the formality Of obtaining the rosigna-
tons of the employees Of the city,
every man serves out the time 10
I which he was elected and hereafter
Ardmore will hold its elections on the
regular municipal election day instead
of n few weeks earlier
Morris Sass made n fight 20 have
the bonds for fire purposes reduced
and have an issue called for the
purpose OF constructing On auditorium
/ He outlined n suggestion that had been
made by Mayor Pennington TO have
the second story built over the rear Of
the fire station and over the police
/ station. With few thousand dollars
Ardmorc could own a magnificent hall.
Probably ten thousand dollars would
be n sufficient amount 10 build an
auditorium fifty by one hundred and
fifty feet. The motion by Mr.. Sass
would have carried If It had not pro-
vided for the lessening OF the issue Of
bonds for the fire department. The
council vote was tie and Mayor
Pennington decided the vote against
the auditorium. However, the mayor
wants 10 see the auditorium built and
believes the work will be done within
n short space OF time.
! IT. C. Potterf who had been employ
cd by the council TO attend to the
q legal complications that would arise
under the election call was present at
the meeting. He advised the bond
election 10 be held previous 10 the
; election OF officers and said n he had
not depended upon the attorneys OF
the bond purchasers to get up the
election proclamation that he would
have had It ready He said some
p grave questions would arise in the
matter and the bond people did not
I care 10 go into the questions and fer
! ret them out,
: Mr.. Kearney for the finance com
, mittee reported that the Pollard & An
\ derson claim against the city had not
= been settled. He also reported that he
I had some warrants and interest given
for the purchase Of pumps which h'
had not looked into and asked for fur
ther time.
Alderman Cruce for the improve
e ment committee reported several mat
+ ters as having been adjusted that
q would admit Of immediate street i'm
s provements. The council In this con
n nection approved an agreement that
p had been made with G. p. Hall whore
n by the sidewalk on North Caddo street
d will be lowered several feet and the
r grade changed on that street
?, Alderman Dunlap Of the police com
r mittec moved the acceptance OF The
resignation OF Otie Ellington as desl