The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-03-19

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meters $15,O22.
That as result OF the meter sys-
TEN he had collected an average OF
$1,1S360 per month and had stopped
a waste OF city water amounting to
so, 900, 900 gallons; that when he went
into office he found about 100 people
who were not paying water rent at all
and so far as he could learn had not
paid for the city's water at all. That
at the present time that every person
using water in the city was paying
| for It, and would continue to do so so
| long as he was water commissioner,
and that he had installed a system OF
bookkeeping which he had borrowed
| from the Ardmore Heat & Light Co.
and which he found worked to a per-
fection.
Financial Report.
Mr.. Dawson then proceeded to read
statements covering all disbursements
in his department during the twenty
two months of his incumbency, and
accounted for all funds coming into
his hands. Mr.. Dawson said that
while the reading of such reports
might be tiresome and tedious, he
was there to render accounts to the
people and he would therefore take
tho ,{,,n 10 rooJ than
Septic Tank.
Taking up the various products that
had been carried out during the pres
ent administration he stated that by
reason of the sewage of the city at
both the east and west outlets empt-
ing into creeks looted the water and
thereby caused damage suits, some OF
which were still pending against the
city that 1t had become necessary to
provide some way of rendering the
foul discharges OF these two sewers
harmless, and that after investigating
the matter 1t was determined to in
stall what is known as septic tanks.
That these tanks caught the sewage
as 1t was discharged at the mouths
Of the sewers and through a process
rendered the discharge harmless and
9S per cent pure water.
That bids were called for for the
construction OF these tanks and that
the lowest bidder was =. j. Meridith
& Co., who bid s21 1886 and got the
contract. That subsequent to the let
ting of this contract and on May A.,
1870. the following was incorporated
into the limits by the meeting of the
board:
Moved by Burnitt seconded by
Dawson, that the contract with Mere
dith & Company shall be considered
as made not on units but on the lump
sum bid. And that in no case shah
the city be liable for any amount in
excess of the agreed amount, s2l.-
9994S, regardless of further compli-
cations in the premises.
Dated this, the 4th day of May,
1910.
Agreed to by
"P. j. MEREDITH & COMPANY
"By VIM. j. Erler."
Mr.. Dawson called special attention
to the fact that here was n contract
entered into by the city with the com
pany building the septic tanks which
provided that in no instance would
the city be liable for any sum in eX-
cess of the amount agreed upon and
then stated that upon Nov. 10, 1910, at
meeting of the board he and Com
missioner owens voted against the
the Meredith Company Sl,067.7S in
excess of the amount that the city
agreed to pay and for which the city
was in no way liable. That ttere
had been no satisfactory explanation
of why this additional sum should he
paid to the Meredith people, TINT lie
could not understand why the city
should give away one thousand dol.
lars and he did not now understand
why they should do so. Mr. Dawson
said that he did not consider that it
was good management upon the part
of Mayor Cotner when he united the
vote of the commissioners as IL was
necessary to do, as he Dawson) and
owen voted against it while Burnitt
and Bridgman had voted for it, He
stated that the mayor could not shift
the responsibility of paying out this
money as his vote decided the ques-
ton and that he would like to have
the mayor explain why he caused the
city to lose more than one thousand
dollars which it was not legally or
equitably required to pay.
Filtration Plant
Mr.. Dawson then proceeded with a
discussion OF the condition of the wa
ter in the city lake at the time he