The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-18
PURPOSE TO VOTE BONDS
FOR DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES
Ordinance Presented For An
Election To Vote $4,000
To Sink Prospect Wells

Guthrie lengthened its chains and
strengthened its stakes last night,
taking the Sharlell Boulevard addi-
ton into the city limits. This addi-
tion is on high tract al the south
west corner of the city, rurning the
greater part of the way from the pres
ent city lines tc st. Josephs acad-
emy.
A fine system of boulevards and
streets has been worked out and the
entire addition has been plated.
There are sixteen large blocks, aside
from fractional Blocks and triargles
The scheme is based on Shartel boul-
eya11, running from Oklahoma avenue
at the hill top at Nineteenth street,
in a souohwesternly direction.
The plat has been filed in the Of
flee of the reg ster OF deeds. O. r.
Fegan, A. f. Rankin and associates
compose the West Side Development
company, which is promoting the adj
dition. The city railway touches the
addition and it is inten0ed that the
future irderurban road southward
shall run through it,
Calls for Extensive Improvements.
The additiCn to the city, OF course
calls Tor wafer, sewers, etc. The city
has the dedications Of streets and al
leys.
In connection with the Shartel boul-
oyard addition there is immediate
prospect Of a sewer in the vicinity of
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets and
logan aldI Mansur ayenSles llhe
projects are allied, in that the pro-
posed sewer must be made deep in
order to provide for sewers in the
addition. A f Rankin last night told
the city council the company is will
irg to stand part OF the expense of
the extra dep-h ON account OF the
necessity affecting the company.
Council adopted an ordinance, with
an emergency clause, and the adlition
Immediately became part OF the city
The promoters are selling lots and
they believe the tract viii soon be
settled. A new sewer district, com
prising that included in No, 81, will
be made, so as TO include 81 and the
new territory
Bonds for Development Purposes.
A proposition to bond the city for
S500G0 TO provide for drilling wells
for oil, gas or artesiar water was not
very favorably received by the city
council last night Nose Weinberger
and others presented the petition
With an ordinance, prov. ding there
shall be a cali for an election on the
question OF bonding for $4,000 for
-evelopment purposes the wells to
be under the exclusive control of the
city and on city property.
City Attorney Green submitted an
opinion in which he advised that there
is a close question as to whether the
proposed project would come under
the head of pubrc improvements. If
il should be held to be clearly a pub
lie Improvement it would be allowable
under Section 10 of the constitution.
He was OF the opinion that the bonds
would not sell unless the supreme
cour, should decide On the standing
of the issue.
on motion of Councilman Durham
the ordinance was placed on file.
The council passed an ordinance
creating. sewer district 60, East Side.
1t embraces the territory between
Vine and Walnut streets and Perkins
and Grant avenues.
Several assessment ordinances were
passed covering city work done on
various streets
Any Old Kind of Side Walk Grade.
CITY Engineer Hooker has three
friends on earth. anyway Mayor Far
quaharson, Councilman Beamer and
Jake Douglass. Council lass night
romped over the face of une engineer
for carrying out councils orders.
Spurlock asked for the aDrogation
OF the city grade or a sidewalk in the
lfVHltY of ICag5ital boulevard and
springer avenue A cut OF about
three feet is necessary to conform to
gralSe, but the First Warder said the
people would be willing for an eigh-
teen inch cut. He wanted to com
promise on half the cut Hooker op
posed it, On tile vote onlr Never
IIartshorn and Beamer voted to sus-
tain the grade.
Mayor FarqGharson then said that
lust such voting As that causes trou-
BILE He said. I'VE employ an en-
giaeer who has spent years making
himself an engineer so he can ham
tJle such proRosiitions as this If
he Is worthy Of holding the positions
hie werl shoVll he sustained: # rot
let us get somebody else. Council
oughN not to raise and lower these