The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-07
PROCESSING FRIENDSHIP,
GIVE HIM THE HARpOON
Employee Kept Busy Answering
Complaints Of PeeVed
COunCiImen

Dricl,bats literaily aud verbally
! predommatad IN n lreakisl meeting
Of The city couUcil last night Thel
body was noiser than a iaybirds con
Amtion and as pleasant as funeral
| IN February Everybody wanted tol
Jump on tity Emlnoor Hooker eX
itcpt Morrison auu Beamer who con
lessed they hal fought him long ana
inohly but would now support him IN
time OF trouble lloeker got out 4 |
couple Of axes aud deGcd the local
buick company and all critics what.
sooyer
Morrison attained practically his /
old.ime batting average followed
closely by Shortstop Beamer pap
eamc Ia durlug the second inning. |
bui he made q spccches ana took up
zone and quarter honrs Of the hours !
session % council Reamer follow !
o4 with IS speeches Morrlsons ora-
tory was tame, and he forgayo every
t0dy except the Democratic newil |
pnpors.
Resolution Starts Brickfest
The bfiekfest started over q resulu'
ltion by spurlock. calling for use OF
the homemade brick whenever suit
able for sidewalk extensions. storm
sewer or other work The resolution
was much TIE same as one passed
4 two weeks ago. Int the brick people
wanted showdown fight. NJ l..
! West representing the company re
marked after Hooker had been cali
cd up for an explanation, that the
city engineer had given an inference
THAT he was prciudiced against IN"
i brick the engineer said that the
brick were no good IN many IN
4 stancs and that better brick can be
bought for less money. He informed
West that this was an Inference, too,
that he could smoke and ponder on
West and w ". Russcy, for the
company, and Hooker and Beamer for
the city, had a large time The reso
htion was finally left 70 toe finance
committee.
The objection 70 the brick by thel
4 city engineer rs based ON uneven
lquality and he SAYS the company
will have 10 show him before he viii
demand their use He viii only use
them for general purposes on q direct
order Of council
Another Reminder OF Trouble
There came mp summer reminder
II Trouble tetween the finance coip-
,mtiee and the engineering depart
moni II seems that Engineer Hock
err requested that car tlckets be FUR
infhed the employers OF the depart
Iment so that they could get 10 their
work without loss of time They did
Ia great deal Of work IN remote parts
lof town The reqnosi was sent back
lbs The finance committee with the
Recommendation that the engineer
ling employees ret 10 work Oh time
aud pat IN the time from o. m 10
< D. M. Un thoir joins How eamo
tire thing mp last night no one reveal
cd
Morrison demanded passes for the
employces. saying the engineering dc.
lpariment had been lenient with the
railroad. The mayor reminded him
passes are Illegal. Morrison said
that In Oklahoma City the engineer.
Ing force has passes They DO any
thing dogn there" said the mayor.
The city engineer MAS again ub o
: tho matter OF mistakes on part D.
tho West Side sewer work The IN
takes are low and Il seems that some
body careles8ly dumped dirt IN there
Il Is 10 be lcyeled Taln't anybods's
fault SAID Morrison.
Engineer Again Lambasted
Ia the matter OF grades the long
futtffaftn0 auofr4ar usa3 aualu Iaft-
basted by alternating currents IN
city politics In the matter Of T IL.
) ladners petition for change Of grade
the engineer recommended cut 70
G grade. Each alderman said he fay-
| cred standing By the engineer but
hu had lot pj reasons why ne did
not 80 stand SO many grabs have
been changed lately that sidegalk
grade nov causes derisiYe smiles.
Tie engineer has beeu Instructed to
by grade aud every time be calls
fof enl thprA is an enormous yell
3y the councilman from that neighDor
hood Hooker PROPOSES 10 make the
council stalld litched Oh the aues'
ton and sustain his grade OF put him
out OF tae< grading business. The en-
glheer won. getting instructions 10
L put the Lardner walks on grade. lie
: reported instances II violated grade
II orders
! 'I.cteiu III be eaglaeers" said
= atorFi4H I've changed grades IN
s-itsi I'm TRAD an0 hereafter m soll.e
/ 10 stay with the engineer.
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