The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-02-06
WILL TRY AGAIN TO MAKE
OLO THING HOLD WATER
Compromise Effected In Film
Street Bridge MatieT--MOTe
Sewers Ordered

The city council last night hemmed
and hawed and tried III every way %
shirk thc responsibility o. tockllns
The fltmtIon plant proposition and af.
ter lengthy discussion az 70 bow
The cracked settling basin should
be repaired, the entire affair was
forced onto The water committee
which has had tbe matter under con.
sldefaiion for some time and which
last night reported 10 one conuell ua
several proposed plane as how me
basin should be repaired without rec.
nmmeadalion the committee eyldenl-
N noi wanting 10 take upon them
selves any further responsibility as
70 the plant which his penpia have
waited patiently Tor for elshiaen
months. only 70 find It would nr
stand The arst days icat The mayor
put Tho dreaded proposition w to the
council hy reading some letters ffum
Consulting Engineer Palmer who pref
tended he eeuld not understand why
suit had beer Aled AGAINST him by The
city attorney for damages on aeeoudt
Of tho defnellna altiStlan e,ant and
stating that he had q report prepared
fixing the responsibility Of the acal.
dent etc., but that no would moi aend
Il TO tho city council unless The SUIT
we're Withdrawn
A resolution introduced by Councll
man Baker approving the action %
the city attorney N bringing sat
against Palmer was unhnimpusli
uassed Mayor Barnes said that the
city was surely un against t and faY
ored a Withdrawal Of the suit againq
Palmer criticised By lha city attorney
for bringing The action Councilman
Oyoflpn, the only member To Side wlh
the mayor moved that the dHt be-
Withdrawn, Which was lost f0f want
of second Councllmen uaNgln8
and llarkef favored ihe Immediate fC.
pair of the cracked basin and nalgng
y contract with Cnnlract0r cooper re.
lieVlng him from responsibility for
ihe haalh except as 70 The ten days
test required This was agfaed 90 Yg
Contractor Cooper "A resolution ,A
passed Authorizing The watof commit
toe to aet with the mayor aud uity
engineer Ii having the basin feptigea
at onco, subject 70 approval bg the
water committee.
compromise was effected Oh Me-
acceptance OF lhe detective Fritz
street bridge acr0as the COTTONWOOD
river The Illinois steel caatlapy,
which built the structure, agrees TO
rebuild the faulty concrete nhuimeui9
the city to bear the eSpanRe Ut he
excavation work and learlng down
lhe present pier which Nlll b. halt
81 tho cost 0f making the rcpalfs
One thousand dollars Ul lhu amount
siili due the contractors Is 10 b. held
until the abulment Is rebuilt l'ppn
he tlnal roll cal an acceptance 81 NE
compromise, Kennedy and FFlriud
voted no
k committee from fIhflmufl rusf
No 3. O a. R. presented a patlll0n
asklne that lha naino Of iflHhlaNd
park hp chenEed q Lincoln pafa rlh
ihp ond I'll View qt making lbe deli
cation of he new iluooln park a ulc
Of tho Lincoln aay celebration noN
fflday N the capital city The count
II passed a resolution recommend
as 90 the paris commlaslGnar lrat
me petition De granted
An DrdlHaner Was na aoi Yarul'ng
he allies running east aud Weal ll
FLOCK ID West Guthrie
The action 0f city Attorney fiftfn
81 maglns appearance fnr The ely IA
the telephone test case nov pending
before iha corporation commission Nj.
Yal9ipE the question Of whether lae
eiephone company cam raise lta raioa
nhuge lhe rates specified ~ lia irene
chine was approved
Tho bond Of ~ n po8nF ID ihe
epm 81 s8I00 for ihe construction II
tie main saniiary sewer Oh t9e tVeat
side was approved
city Eugineer Miller @f nlana and
estimates for district A#w Sra Nos i5
ie and "a ID West Capital Heights
wlsleh were intrpNfd aad iks ehik
was ordered w advertise NY iilde fol
their construction Blds were also
ordered advertised on the main sewer
between Fourth street and Second
street cenuectins ihe east and west
( n il sevefs
DlstfiSs server 40. ss tu b. con
etfncted IN pioek 9O. West Guthrie
eed nloeks 5 and 6 capllel llelelIis
addition. W8s ereated by ordinance
4 resolution introduced ~ Council
man Haller reeiling thai 80 fHr O.
practicable contractors an public worh
lAhunld emnloy huInn lahnf IN prefer
lenee 10 cuislders was naHaaa.