Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-08-10
A MASS Meeting
IS Held TONIGHT
DISCUSSIONS WILL BE ON PRO-
POSED BOND ELECTION
What The BGTJS ARE FOR
What Mayor Martin said Yesterday
In Telling of Need for
Amounts Asked.


What Mayor Martin snid Yesterday
In Telling of Need for
Amounts Asked.
with the day for the special cleo
ton not far distant, the interest in
the bond Issues to bo put before tho
city Of Tulsa on August rs Is lncreas-
Ing daily The city officials declare
that Tulsa Is In better shape now thnn
ever before In the history OF the city
TO handle additional bonded lndebt-
edness The present indebtedness OF
this kind is 100000, and with tho
Increase of k29l,OOO would be S95l,-
600.
In order to make the proposition
clear TO the voters Of Tulsa mass
meeting OF the citizens Of Tulsa has
been called for tonight at s o'clock
sharp In tho hall Of tho Tulsa Com-
meroial Club. Attendance at this
meeting IL especially urged The mat
ter OF placing the city OF Tulsa nearly
three hundred thousand dollars more
I'm dobt ls perhaps not one Of a mo-
ment Tho city officials. Commercial
CLUB and those pushing the matter,
desire the people to look into the
proposition.
At meeting in the Commercial
club rooms tonight Mayor l., j. Mar
tin and others win speak
Mayor Martin has taken decided
stand In tho matter, arguing that the
time Is ripe for tho issue and that It
ls the duty OF the administration to
present the issues TO tho people Ths
| city commissioners have called tha
election, but It Is "up" TO the people
In order that there may be no mis-
understanding as to the amount Of
| tho various issues, the following bonds
are 10 be voted upon;
/ Water works bonds ...,.,,.S 10000
Sewer bonds ..,,,.......,, 100000
Fire station and equipment $4,000
street Improvement bonds. $4,000
Bonds for paving assumed
by tho city ....,......... 1000
Bonds for library site ...,. 1000
Total ,...,..,....., 900
Mayor Martin, In taking up the ne
Of 10000 yesterday said;
"The present water supply Of tho
city Is tho Arkansas River and while
at all times there Is an abundance
Of water, the expense Of treating and
settling II is very great, amounting
last year to SS,05t and oven after tho
treatment tho water Is not such as
the olty wants and should have. For
tho past six years, tho city has been
trying TO got good, olear, pure water
but has mover had tho money 10 go
after IT, 1t has been all talk so far
We have had consulting engineer
Daubney II. Maurey, OF Peoria, H..
to mako an exhaustive examination
OF the gravel beds adjoining the river,
and from his report there Is no ques-
ton that n sufficient supply can be
procured from the gravel beds. This
money will be used for that purpose.
1--WE had on hands on July 7, In the
water works construction fund, SOL
1893. From this we will have 20
pay for the now pumping engine, the
building and cost OF equlpplng and
setting the same, $27,O00i for pipe
and laying tho same Sl0,OO0I balance
due on boilers, $4,000; and water tit-
tings, $1,000. Tho total OF the fore
going items Is $4,000, which Will
leave $4,000 IN the waterworks con-
struotion fund to got wator from tho
gravel beds.
"The cost OF pipe, laying the samo
and installing pumping plants and
10 IN
water from the gravel beds, according
to the experts report now on file, is
n little over $4,000" said tho mayor,
Tho necessary land which tho city
should purchase Will cost $4,000,
I This will leave $4,000 out Of tha
100000, and the $4,000 from tho
old issue, or $4,000 In all, to expend
. in extensions. This amount Of money
will be sufficient TO put extensions into
Bellvlow and intermediate additions
3 and will allow for mains and Are plugs
for fire protection in West Tulsa.
I'm regard 10 tho sewer bond issue
OF 800, 600, wo now have on hand
$4,000. After tho East Side sewer
is paid for and other work now on
hand Is completed, we will have only
| about so. 900 LEFT. II Is estimated
that Il viii take S225,OO0 to complete
the sanitary and storm sewer system
Of tho city OF Tulsa before we can
say that II Is reasonably well severed
, This 100000 viii relieve the present
conditions in a great measure.
Tho main storm sewer running
along tho Frisco railroad should bo
extended at once. Also the sanitary
sewer running along by the side Of II
, must be enlarged, as we'll as a storm
sewer put IN on tho East Side OF the
Midland Valley railroad, and n large
number OF other places IN the CITY,"
Not only IL Mayor Martin, but also
lg every one OF tho city commissioners
strong FOR the bond issue for fire de-
partment equipment.
TN regard to the $4,000 for the
! fire station and equipment about
$4,000 OF this Is expected 30 80 to
buy the corner at Second and Boul-
dor. or another plat of ground close
Into the business center of the city
II may be necessary TO condemn q
corner n II cannot he purchased NJ