The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-08

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street paving
Voted Chief Mitchell horse and
buggy outfit
Awarded contract to J. r. Hill
Construction company for paving
North Division street with double
course brick at $179 per square yard.
Added $4,000 to proposed $4,000
bond issue by including $4,000 for
Improvement OF eNrks and passed
emergency ordinance authorizing the
MAYOR to call the eIection immedi-
ateiy.
ordered street opened on Eas
Warner avenue along Highland park
Received 3ias for construction OF
sewering Egg addition and for con
strudtion OF crosswaIks.
Recommendation Of city engineer
to prevent Fifth street bridge from
falling into the river ordered carried
out at once.
ordinances declaring for cement
sidewalks only and prohibiting hitch.
ing Of horses In business distrlctt
failed TO pass
Electric Light company bid $i.5c
per month to furnish twenty alley
lights on a tenyear Contract. Gas
company offers lights at 81 per month
one year contract, with reduction foi
longer period.
Appralsements on paving around
Capitol square and ON Mansur ano
Elm streets approved.
Added $1,000 street flusher to list
Of things 10 be purchased out Of fire
bond fund.
Declaring that unless the proposed
bond issue be submitted at once
many miles Of street paving woulo
be completed without the city water
mains having been laid and that al
emergency exists that the city NIGH
use the proposed $4,000 bond issue
for extension OF the city mains, tht
council last night passed an ordi
nance carrying an emergency clause
authorizing Mayor Farquharsop to al
once call special election TO sub
NIT to the taxpayers of the city O
$125,000 bond issue, there being ad
ded to the original proposed ISSUE
$4,000 for Improvement of public
parks ON motion made BY Council
man Beamer.
The bond issue will be submitted
In five separate propositions, as fol
lows:
For the extension of water mains
and purchase Of additional filters for
filtration plant $4,000.
For re-establishment of fire station
on Capital Hill, purchase OF modern
FIRE equipment and street hushini
machine. $4,000,
For Improvement of public parks
including purchase OF additional
ground near Noble park for race
track and fair grounds, $4,000.
For construction of storm sewers
in West Guthrie. $4,000.
For construction OF storm sewers
in East Guthrie. $4,000.
Resolutions OF intention to pave
the following districts We're passed
North Filth street, from Oklahoma
TO Warner avenue. with asphalt,
width of street forty feet.
West Warner avenue. from Fifth
to Eighth street asphalt paving
width Of street forty feet
South Elm street. from Oklahoma
10 Springer avenue. asphalt paving
width Of street forty feet.
West Villas avenue, from Santa Fe
main line tracks to division street
single course brick Sith 5-inch con
crete base. width Of street forty
feet.
The plans and profiles of the city
engineer on each of the streets
named except Villas avenue. were ap-
proved and as time for protests had
expired the city clerk was ordered
to advertise for bids
Monthly Bills Allowed.
The monthly bills. which included
nayment for several Improvement
-~~A~enfs war1 allowed ~ the sum
oi 1885.
The chamnsf of eommefee vas
granted perInission to nse West
Noble lwenue for races next Wednes.