The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-08-20
SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES
ALSO GIVEN A BOOST
Local Bank is Relieved Of Pay.
Ing Interest on City'S
Daily Balance

BY a vote of to the city council
last night passed over the mayors
veto the ordinance directing him TO
contract with the Guthrie Light and
Power company for thirty-tWO add
tlonal are lights. seven lights 10 be
placed ON The city bridges, two to
be located in each ward by the
councilmen and one in each ward bj
the mayor The ordinance as pass
ed does Nspecify the price TO be
paid by the city Tor the additional
lights. The city is now paying 81
a month each for 100 arc lights The
gas company offered TO put in gas
lights Tor 81 a month each. The
council in making up the tax esli-
mates for this year made n big levy
Tor the lighting fund, intending TO
divert several thousand dollars OF
the money 10 the salary fund 1t The
end of the present fiscal year. The
levy will bring in $4,000 n year and
some of the aldermen declared that
while the money is available for that
purpose more lights should be in
stalled and let tAe unpaid salary
claims 90 to Judgment Councilman
Douglas, although he favored the To-
cation of the new lights, voted
against the ordinance for the reason
that no estimate had been secured
as to the cost OF The lights. He de
clared that the rate now paid was
exorbitant and that he was in favor
of additional lights at reasonable
price.
Councilman Spurlock agreed with
the mayor that the citizens and tax
payers We're not in favor OF incurring
the additional charge of 1924 "a month
for street lights. He insisted that
but few lights should be installed AT
this time and located by the entire
council 10 the best advantage.
Councilman Higgins declared that
the city needed the extra lights and
that the matter Of the cost being eX
orbitant could be settled by The cor
polution commission later on lie
urged the passage of the ordinance
over the mayors veto. The vote ON
the motion to pass the ordinance over
the mayors veto resulted. as follows:
Ayes Higgins, Hopkins, Kennedy
Beamer, EIoller, Johnson and Mofrl
SON
-Spurlock and Douglas.
Mayor Farquharson S message ac
compansing the ordinance which was
returned without his signature was
as follows:
Il hereby return this ordinance
without my signature for further con
sideration of the council, as ! think
our finances are not in such a condi
tion as to enable us to enter into
this contract calling for SO many
lights. | think we should have some
more lights, but the number should
be very much reduced than the mum
Der called for in this ordinance.
The city council last night unan
imously adopted a resolution OF which
no one would claim the authorship
providing that the Guthrie Najiona
bank hereafter cash all city warrant
at par. the city in consideration there
of to release the bank from It's 0b
LEGATION TO pay interest en- tine city
daily balance in the bank, which vii
relieve the bank of the payment o
between $3.50 and $500 a month ac
cording to the Statement OF Chalr
man Douglas, of the finance commit
tee. The Guthrie National bank ha'
had the city deposits for a number o
years and until this year has pai'
no interest THE bank heretofore ha'
cashed city warrants at par
Salaries of Engineers Boosted.
Upon motion OF Councilman Doug
las Inc prayer Of the employees in th'
CIV engineers Office asking tina
their salaries be raised from 70 +
$50 per month was granted and al
ordinance passed to that effect
Policeman Also Come in for Raise
An ordinance was also passed rails
ing the salaries of the policemen
from $50 to $40 a month and SO
month for assistant chief of polio
and city collector.
Mayor FarquahaIson has threaten
ed TO veto both ordinances, declarinj
he will tru to eurail the expense q
the city and that the council will
have n chance to pass many yetoe
ordinances in the future.
Harry Ardery, Charles II. Martel
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