The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-03
UNLESS THE SANTA fE
MAKES DEFINITE REPLY
Assertion Made That Railroad
Is Imposing on GulhTle's
prOVsIblaI Friendship

Following the filing Of a declaration
signed by property owners on Noble
avenue charging the city council with
being dilatory In the matter OF exped-
iting construction OF the Noble ave
nue. viaduct and alleging breach Of
trust with The owners IN considering
projects to build a viaduct on Cleve-
land or Oklahoma avenues, the city
council last night passed resolution
directing the city attorney to make
application to the state corporation
commission within thirty days for a
hearing to require the Santa Fe to
pay its proportionate shate, if the rail-
road does not give the city a definite
answer by that time as to whether it
would accept the proposition Of per
mitting the city to build the viaduct al
a cost OF $4,000, the railroad TO
pay half the cost or take The $35.000
bond issue voted for the city's part
OF the cost OF construction voted two
years ago, the railroad to build the
siaduct The signers Of the remon-
STRANGE stated that the Santa Fe is
simply abusing Guthrie's friendship IN
delaying matters and declared that
the building of the viaduct would com.I
plele the best 3.mile asphalt thorough
fare ia the state OF Oklahoma
Mayor Farquharson stated that h@
lad been writing the Santa Ne Off
Gals every week or two since last
May trying to gei the matter settled
and that they were now DO neareN
solution than year ago He de-
clared that the Santa Fe was imposing
upon the friendship OF Guthrie aud he
thought Il was time TO make the rail-
road take some action In the matter
Councilnen Beamer and Morrison IN
sisted that the Santa re is playing
horse with the city In the yiaduct
matter and that If something is not
done Immediately gates should be or
dered IN at both the Oklahoma aud
Noble avenue crossings
More Street paving Contemplated
Resolutions OF intention TO pave
more residence streets were passed
They call for the paving Of South Assn
street, from Springer TO Perkins ave
,nue. South Elm street. from Villas TO
Perkins. and South Broad street from
Springer to Perkins avenue, all to be
paved with asphalt
Recauec ~ the Noble avenue yiaducl
proposition being still in the air, the
council directed the city engineer to
hrder the Hill Construciion company
TO pave the street intersections at the
corner of Noble avenue and Second
street and cornor Of Noble avenue and
Fifth street, 50 that the paving on
Noble avenue and Second and Fifth
streets may be connected
The matter of completing the pay
ing on Noble avenue, from Second TO
Fifl street has been held in abey.
ance pending final determination Of
the viadnct proposition
An ordinance was passed turning
over to the Hill Construction company
bonds Ia the sum of Sl7,234.3O for the
paving of North Broad street. from
Washington avenue to oklahoma ave
nue..
The report of the board OF apprais-
ers on the assessment levied on
North Ash street. from Noble 10
Springer avenue, was read and Dc
cember rs set as the day for the
council to hear protests against the
assessments.
An insufficient protest against the
paving OF West Warner avenue was
read and referred to the city attorney
for a formal report