The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-02
DUNHAM DECLARED FOR
MORE SOUND POLICIES
Higgins Asked City Attorney tOT
Opinion on Matters Pend
ing Before Council

Preservation Of asphaltum streets
was one Of the few topics OF public
interest in the city council meeting
last night In several instances re-
Gently heavy machinery has been
run over these surfaces.
Attention was called to the practice
of the weed cutter with his moving
machine in making unnecessary jour
neys on asphalt. Last Sunday trac.
ton engine was deliberately run on a
residence street when brick paved
street was just block away Lack
of control is evident, and the next
time anybody wants to farm the
streets with a freight train or wants
to practice a post machine he will
make for the streets, and not a city
official will say word--until the next
council meeting. This comes from
not having a street commissioner or
a commissioner OF streets and bridges
with authority to look after this
million dollar investment the citizens
have made The irony Of the whole
thing Is that while city officials and
newspapers have vainly yelled about
this abuse of streets people at large
have been paying heavy bills for these
same streets.
Negligence is Explanation.
Councilman Dunham protested
against cutting up of Noble and War
ner avenues. Water services have
recently been put in there and II
seems the streaks OF asphalt have
not been replaced
This Is matter between the city
and the paving company.
This complaint developed an in9'r-
esting state OF affairs. Water Com
missioner Spencer told the council
that the reason these streets were
cut was that people decided to use
water and that no service pipes had
been run from the mains to the curb
lines. At the time the paving was
done it was suggested that these pipes
be laid to the curb, but the finance
of the city would not allow IT, If
the city had put in the pipes II could
have taxed up the improvement 10 the
property but would have waited until
the property owners got ready to con
meet.
Higgins Wants Opinion.
Councilman Higgins put through a
resolution calling on the city attor-
ney for a complete opinion on the
authority of the city, under a new
legislative act to put In water pipes
against lots on streets to be paved,
charging the Improvement immediate
". There IS an act concerning water,
gas and sewer pipes and telephone
and telegraph lines and II is believed
by some that under this act il is pos
sible to introduce a uniform system
of laying water pipes without asking
the city to do the impossible thing
of advancing money for hundreds n
pipes when II has no money TO ad-
vance.
Bad Hole Reported Around.
series Of kicks on bad holes about
town came around in sewing circle
fashion. One sister suggested some
thing that needed darning and another
lntimated as how she would like TO
have her front yard patched, too,
'twixt now and election. The ludie-
rous and ineffective system OF sewing
circle government was never more
fully exposed than last night when
council put in considerable more time
on banalities than on business. using
up public time discussing bad spots,
weeds, dark corners, holes in washed
away streets and other items Of neigh
borhood gossip.