The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-01-24
VT ON VIADUCT PROJECT
Statement Made to Correct
Numerous Misstatements
of Facts

mere are numerous mis-statementS
of facts going about the street with
reference TO the proposition to vote
$4,000 OF bonds with the yiaduct ON
Cleveland avenue The city attorney
gives this:
l. That $4,000 have been voted
for yiaduct on Noble avenue, but
these bonds have never been issued,
and there is no money in the city
treasury or in the bank representing
these bonds, and the authority to
issue these bonds will be cancelled ii
the Cleveland avenue yiaduct is built.
2 This proposition has nothing
Whatever to do with the authority to
issue $4,000 in bonds to build a via
duct over the Rock Island right-of-way
on Vine street Negotiations have
been pending for long time with
the Rock Island to fill up the Vine
street ditch, and settle the Villas
avenue yiaduct proposition, and that
will be arranged satisfactorily some
way. but has nothing whatever to do
with the Cleveland avenue proposition
,. The proposition now is to vote
F'i1fAO vi bOtNAD " DuiiN lllG NlduuNl
on Cleveland avenue The Santa Zee
is willing to go ahead with its part
OF the yiaduet, but the street railway
PEOPLE have not joined the Santa Re
and the city authorities in any salts
factory agreement 1t has been sug-
gested, that the street railway com
pany has no money at present to pay
It's part of the viaduct, which wouo
De $4,000, and That if the city would
put the $4,000 in addition to the S35,
600 which was voted for a viaduct
on Noble avenue, the Street Railway
company will pay back to the city
the additional $4,000 with the inter-
est which the city has to pay in six
yearly payments, at $4,000 each, in
consideration of which, the railway
company is TO be given the right to
operate its street car line on the VIA
duct. The street car company will not
be allowed to run its cars over the
vaduct unless it pays this $4,000 per
year for six years and interest and
also maintains it's part OF tne vaductI
with its tracks over the same, and i'll
this is done, the city would not be
out anything beyond the $4,000 al
ready voted for the Viaduct.
4 The benefit of the yiaduct con
sits not only in the very much better
communication between. the East and
West sides, but in getting the Santa
Pc to increase its facilities in Guthrie,
that is, to make more important
division, with a new passenger and
freight depot and new Harvey eating
house, new round house, more tracks
and other Improvements amounting to
over 100000, which will
insure Guthrie as being the most i'm
portant point on the Santa Fe system
IN Oklahoma, and that is the biggest
thing in sight for Guthrie at the pres
ent time The Santa Fes part of
the cost Of the viaduct alone is more
than 100000.
Anybody who votes against the VIA
duct bonds, votes against Guthries
interests and advancement and
against spending all OF this money for
and labor in Guthrie at the
present time II has taken several
years to work this proposition up to
the present successful status. and il
the bonds are beaten, it ends the via
duet and probably the Santa Fe i'm
3. The present plan for building
this yiaduct if these bonds are issued
is to build reinforced concrete via
duct 40 feet wide and 500 feet long,
with an approach from Cleveland
avenue to Oklahoma avenue, and com
ing out on Fourth street across the
river
We have never had proposition
like this until recently to submit, and
ii this one is defeated, it viii take
probably years to get as good a one
again.