The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-16
W0RDY WARFARE OVER
PAVING ASSESSMENTS
Extra One Per Cent Interest
Collected By City may
End In Courts

Storm clouds ranging from the size
of the white spot on the politicians
soul TO the size and color of Cimar,
ron township lp a Republican prim.
ary, floated about the city council last
night The lightning broke loose sew
eral times. including the tense occa-
sion when Mike White charged coun-
Gil and w. +. Power with being In
"cahOots' on the sewer business, and
that other interesting period when the
Hill paving company and a lawyer for
the "peepul' gave notice Of lawsuits
on anything the council might TO on
the paving contingent fund
There were three absentees --'Ilig.
gins, Trapnell and Durham, leaving
the Morrison crowd In the majority.
The Morrison braves showed their
teeth but twice. and they made a
couple OF killings.
Claims $1,000 Damages.
b. +. Harris, who owns land on both
sides OF the Cottonwood near the cut.
off at the Santa Fe bridge south OF
the city put In claim for $1,000
because the city had been pumping
water out of the stream or reservoir
there for sale TO citizens OF Guthrie Pc
denied the right OF the city so TO do.
Councilman Beamer made motion TO
refer the thing to the water commits
sloner, water committee and the city
attorney, and Morrison seconded It.
Somebody else wanted the finance
committee and water committee. Nor.
rlson and Beamer acted peevlsh about
II and demanded roll cav on the
difference between putting the water
commissioner on and putting him Off
The Beamer motion carried by the
votes Of Harthorne, Bsamer, Morri.
son an dHopkins. against Spurlock.
Meyer and butcher. The mayor had
refused TO entertain the Beamer mo.
tion because Beamer did not at the
same time make any motion toward
getting up to make IT, Things looked
like a promising row but the cloud
went over.
The Harris claim probably means
that the city will be forced to buy
some land 10 protect It's water sup
ply.
Paving Contingent Fund.
The proposition TO set aside a one
per cent paving contingent fund came
up again. The property owners pay
seven per cent interest on their &C.
counts. running FOR ten years. The
city pays the contractor six per cent.
The proposition OF the council Is TO
put the money In a separate fund
where II can be handled. Harry yeyy,
attorney for the Hill paving company,
said that the fund Is already separate
and that IL does not belong TO any.
body The paving company does not
claim IT, but It remains in the treas.
ury and Is an increasingly valuable
asset back Of the city's obligations TO
pay the principal and interest at the
end of ten years.
Councilman Meyer insisted that the
money belongs to the people who paid
II In, and that the act providing for
the one per cent contingent fund IL
not constitutional. Levy said that be
was talking on the theory that con
tigent fund means contingent fund
one that can be used for almost any
thing
Levy gave notice that II any Of thai
one per cent In any guise was diver
cd the Hill company would hold the
concIlmen individually responsible.
Lawsuit Is Threatened.
w b Herod gave notice that Il
the money Is used for anything ex
cept 10 hand back 70 the people 4
belongs TO the people who pay fol
paving ng-there would be suit. n.
said the ~ per cent penalty does mo-
belong to the county either; ant
would not belong until the suprem,
court said go
Council adopted the resolution OF
dInance setting up the one per cen
fund as proposed The ayes wer'
Spurlock, Hartshorn, Hopkins. Dut
cher and Beamer. and the nays. Mey
er and Morrison. The fund is there
fore, up for contention. II somebod
does non pull IL down by law II vii
| fatten for ten years.