The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-23
STREET PAVING ORDERED
FOR WEST GUTHRIE
Intention TO Let Contracts for
Eighteen Additional
Blocks

Al the city council meeting last
evening Mayor Farquharson aud
Councilman +. +. Beamer, chair
man Of The street and alley commit
tee. had quite lively tilt over the
motion made by the latter calling
for the suspension Of the white wing
system Of cleaning the streets, which
re declared to be a failure In the
manner operated, besides being three
times as expensive as the street
sweeping machines. Some hot words
passed and Councilman Morrison
made The quarrel a three cOrnered
one by getting into the argument
Councilman Beamer rendered his
resignation as chairman of the street
and alley committee, stating that the
mayor was operating the white
wings system without consulting the
street and alley committee. The res
ignation was not accepted and Coun-
Gilman Beamer's motion carried by a
vote Of to / The health commit
tee Is instructed to devise sys
iem hy which the white wing sys
tenn could be successfully operated
and to make a report at the next
meeting
Dig Batch of Claims Allowed.
An appropriation ordinance was
passed for the payment Of sll,lSO.3d
IN claims. of which $9,42796 was paw
ing bonds for the j. + Hill Con
struction company.
The public improvement commit
tee announced that the committee
had authorized the water commits
sioner to meet the present emer
gency In securing funds to complete
laying water mains along residence
streets where street paving has
been ordered by using the collec-
tions made by the water department
with the intent of replacing the
amount in the water fund as soon as
the bonds for the extension Of The
water mains are available.
The committee also reported that
the city attorney had taken steps 10
collect $3,l00 from the Rock Island
Railroad company for the storm sew
er recently completed in the Vine
street ditch
The city engineer was directed to
relay the sanitary sewer between
College and Washington. east OF
Broad street. SO that he property
owners could make connection.
The f. o. Lutz dry goods store
was granted the privilege of the
temporary use Of the sanitary sewer
in the rear of its building for the
carrying off OF water from the roof
The report of the sewer committee
recommending the rejection of the
bid Of w F Power On the construc
tion of the sewer In the Egg" addi
tion for the reason that the property
owners uhought Il too high was
adopted. Contractor Power was the
on'v bidder on the work
TIE final estimate of the city en-
gineer on the Vine street storm
sewer was approved and s1.2a3 A.
the balance due Contractor W +.
Power. was allowed and ordered
paid
The report oF The engineer accept
INK The construction work on sani
tary sewer No ~ was adopted and
an 6vdirsnce passed levying a tas
Of slN.d0 per lot against the prop
eriy IL bioc&s 30. 40. lG, IS and GO
Capitol Hill
The revised apportionment on tb'
cost Of paving West Noble avenue
as reported By The public improve
ment committee was adopted
The city attorney ANNOUNCED iha
property owners living along Wes
Noble. from Fourth 10 Ninth streets
had sixty DAYS under the law 10 iil'
referendum petition on ilhe 5000
taxes against their property for tlf
construction of storm sewer ant
ask for special election on ths
proposition of the CITY voting bondl
10 pay for the sewer The storm
sewer makes an additional cost o
sS3 a lot. besides the paving tax
Eiqhteen More Blocks Ordered Pave
The council passed resolutions o
inteuiion 10 pave eighteen Residence
blocks IN West Guthrie. as follows
West Warner avenue from Fiffl
10 Thirteenth street. width of stree
30 feel. asphalt paving
Thirteenth street, from Cleveland
to Noble. width Of street 40 feet
asphalt paving
Thirteenth street. from Noble Il
Warner width OF street 80 feet, al
phall paving
-. !. 80. -ree.. trrm Sehic :
! Warner. width Of street 30 feet a
phalt paving
/ West Warner avenue, from ThGi