The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-03-04
ASKS MORE
TIME FOR
RAILROAD
GHOST OF VINE STREET
DITCH APPEARS IN
CITY COUNCIL
SHOWS UP IN STREET
PAVING RESOLUTIONS
Mayor Explains That City Isn't
Ready to Perform Its Share
Of The "FIIl"

The city council last night in
quick succession adopted several
resolutions authorizing the city clerk
to advertise for bids for tunther
street paving upon which the time
limit for protest had expired The
districts include First street, from
the south line Of Harrison 10 the
north line Of Grant, Vine, from the
south line of Warner to the north line
of Jackson. and Vine from the north
line of Oklahoma TO the south line OF
Warner
Here the Vine street ditch ghost
again raised It's head and 1t tool, one
of the lengthiest and mos forclble
speeches ever made BY Mayor Far
quharson in the council chamber 10
lay ii in the dust The wording OF
the Vine street resolutions proved
puzzling TO several of the aldermen
and they voted 20 block passage The
intention is To allow the street be
tween Oklahoma and Warner TO be
paved with brick and TO permit the
Rock Island to entef inIo contracts
for the work. IL 1t prefers to, in place
of having the city do So
Mayor Comes 10 Railroads. Rescue.
Three of the aldermen voted nay
ana Mayor Farquharson went into
complete review Of the entire veXed
question for the benefit Of Alderman
Kennedy, who insisted that the road
should be compelled to fill up the
ditch without minutes more de
lay. Mayor Farquharson said he
could not understand why any coun-
Gilman would want to so on record
as opposed 10 progress and llhc pay
ing Of a street which was badly IN
need OF such Improvement.
THE Rock Island Is ready at an
instant's notice to guarantee to flli
this ditch within ten days time, II
we demand Il" he said hut is the
city ready to fulfill It's part OF he
contract which requi.es us to hll
~ per cent Of the ditch simuliane-
ously? do not think we are ready
to do this. The road wants The priv.
ilege of paving part OF the street
with brick 80 that in the event Of
their deciding 10 continue their right
VI Why hlbI5 Niu' ntlttl lnFit VIII
be some salvage. True, there has
been great deal OF delay and cause
for evaporation, but as you all know
the Rock Island and Frisco systems
separated their management the first
OF The year, eleciIng different set
Of officers and the fomer general
manager now has a written order in
his pocket ins.ructng him TO pro-
ceed with filling this excavation II
the city insists up It.
Thinks Street Should Be Paved
Il think we ought 10 have the
street paved and in order 10 get IT,
1t does not appear to me unreason
able to give them a years more time
in which the new officials can famil
iarlze themselves with their track
age and decide upon their future
plans. Furthermore, our origina
agreement read that they should ex
tend their right Of way or fill II with
IN a reasonable lcng.h of time after
January /, 1910. II wolald be rather
difficult to arbitrarily fix what Is Z
reasonable length OF time"
The council, after the mayors talk
reconsldered its vote. the ordinanc,
granting the extension Of time wal
placed upon its second reading an,
would have been passed If sullicl
ent number Of aldermen had beei
present