The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-08-20
WHILE TAXPAYER SETTLES
BIG READvERTISING BILL
Change Mind So Often in Paving
Matters That PrOpeTiy-OWnGT
is BetuddIGd

The city council last night for the
thrd time reconsidered the original I
resolutions fixing the material for the
hree miles Of paving in the residence /
districts in West Guthrie and passed I
an ordinance providing that the estab /
lisned gra4es of the streets may be
changed by the city engineer. This
reimbursement makes an additional
delay OF thirty days in securing bids
II he work. with an additional cos
u ovet 500 TO the taxpayers for
printing the aotices again
The original resolution of intention
% pave NOrlh Division street was re
considered and made to conform with
The wishes of the property owners eX
ending the paving on Division street /
Washington avenue instead of Coz
lcge avenue
Excelsior Library Matter.
Mayor Farquharson announced that
ne had conferred with the board OF
trustees OF the Excelsior separate Ii
1nary relative 10 Tie city assuming
.ht $500 liability on the property and
akng control and hat it had been
arranged thar the payment dna ON the
property next month would be extend
III until the city could next YEA make
levy 10 pay off the indebtedness.
rhe matter was referred to the mayor
ana city attorney with power to act
which probably means th2t he city
will take charge o fthe library at
once. The library WAS started by tine
Excelsior club women over year ago
ana now has almost 1900 volumes
on hand
South Division Wants Asphalt.
Since the asphalt paving on Noble
.ayonue and aroun the Capitol squlre|
has been completed, nearly all OF the
proper.y owners are anxious of hay
Ing their streets paved with asphalt
A petition signed by the majority
0e the property owners ON South Diyi
sion street asking that the material.
On hat street be changed from double
course brick to asphalt was received
and orderel referred to the public i'm
TOyement committee and city at
torney TO learn if the Hill Construction
company would be willing to w3iye
It's contract as was done on the streets
where sing recourse brick was ordered
and later re-adyertised for BIT OH
aspaalt paving.
Villas Avenue Wants Paving.
A petition was presented asking
that the council tgke immediate steps
to order double-coursa brick payemem
with concrete base on Villas avenue
from the Santa Fe rightofway to Sec
ond street The council granted the
prayer of the petition.
The report of the board Of apprais-
ers on the paving laid on North Sec
ond street was received and SepteH-
ber 2 sci to hear protests on the
same.
More Tax on Property Owners.
The special committee appointed at
| tie last meeting of the council to re-
pert on the matter of letting a con.
tract for street sprinkifng and street
sweeping for next year, the contract
with b. F. Prosser having expired. sug-
gcsted that the city clerk at once ad-
vertise for bids, giving the names Of
/ the streets TO be sprinkled and cleaned
land the approximate number of teams
/ and men needed for the work The re
polt suggests that the city levy a
special tax upon property in the bust
ness districts of Hw0 mills. in the resi-
denca districts one mill, and against
property abutting paved streets one
/ half a min TO pay for sweeping and
cleaning The report was adopted
] O 1ftt1
the city should employ the number of
teams and men needed and 10 have
| tie street commissioner see that the
work was done and spoke agl inst the
awarding of a contract
Paving Estimate Accepted
The first estimate of the J. f. Hill
company for he paving around Capitol
square ana Convention hall 7nd for
the sidewalks on the square. in the
sum of sS, 100, was allowed and order
ed pabl ''@ t'@
Councilman Snurlock cautioned the
clerk against paying on estimates for
city work without checking them over
carefully, Stating that the council had
been negligent in These matters in
the past. having paid one paving esti.
mate twice and oyerpaid Contractor
Cooper on the filtration plant.
provi6e Pensions for Firemen
An ordinance was passed putting
ito effect the provisions of Senate
Pill No. 135 in regard to pensioning
firemen md for taking care of disabled
) firemen.
W. II. Merten. Galen Grow and II.