The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-04
MORRISON
WASH 7 ON
THE JOB
AND COUNCIL LAID HIS
PET FIRE STATION MEAS
URE ON THE SHELF

Long, loud fierce warWhoops are
going to be heard in this toWH when
Pap Morrison gets back on the job
and finds ont how his West Side fire
station plans were embalmed in
Wormwood and laid away with the
archives OF hectic past Pap was
out of town last night and council
jumped ON his scheme from who
laid ne chunk The report Of the
city engineer, conforming plans and
specifications was received and
placed oH file" which is eouneilese
for reQuioscat in pace.
Councilman SpWlock oniciated, and
there was only one moWuer present
Councilman butcher. The First
Warder explained in dulcet tones
that he had shown Mr. Durham that
the building Of the West Side station
was impossible under the present
state of finances and that Mr.. Dun
ham gave it up ana went TO bed.
Beamer was not in town Spurlock
said that the building fund contained
only about $1,000 and the station
would cost at least $1,000 He said
Eunham understands it now He
moved that the report he filed Spur
lock, higgins, Meyer, lrapnell and
Hopkins voted aye and butcher and
tlartshune nay Hartshone was for
backing mp Che city engineer in his
labor in drawing that pretty picture
butcher entered a solemn protest,
saying the city would never get so
good price again Men are wiling
to donate work and the contractor
proposes to boss the job without a
dollar compensation
Citizens Present "klcks"
Last night was citizens night in
council Charles Pond led the pro
caedings by Kicking on being charg-
ed $25 for an auctioneers license
while others had been granted licens.
eS for S.. He and Mayor Farquharson
had colloQuy in which the mayor
insisted that the license ordinance
was for The protection Of local mer-
chants against professional selling OF
bankrupt stocks Pond got ne sat
isfaction.
VIM Schultz said he had been
charged for too much dirt taken away
from sidewalks on the West Side.
no action was taken.
Joe Herbert made a Kick about a
sewer between Mansur and Logan ave
rues and Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. II had been ordered but
reyer built 1t was found bids had
been rejected because they We're too
high and because the tax warrants
would not sell
A kick was made by d Doye and
others because they had been charg
ed for cutting weeds they never had.
The amounts will be remitted.
M scel lIaneous Business
On motion Of Councilman Higgins
the Herbert sewer, West Side, and the
sewer between Walnut and Vine and
Perkins and Grant were punched for
advertising purposes 1t is under
stood the tax warrants can now Oe
sold Both Jobs have been ordered
Chairman Spurlock Of the finance
committee reported the following
bills, which were ordered paid and
charged to FUNDS as follows.
Finance $l6G770; public paris
bonds, Sl0G.96; main extension asc
water works, $7S662; contingent
| $31345: fire station and equipment
S45; main tap, sl61 "a street light
ing, $92325, sewer $50; street
sprinkling, $llI50, East Side storm
sewer, s506.32; storm sewer bonds
s27717. salary, $1,206; park, $l2166,
street crossing $SZ17, street and
bridge, $47108; street paving conting
ent $550.93. Total s9,20795