The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-22
WILL Be BEGINNING
OF PARK SYSTEM
Engineer will Prepare Plans at
Once Telephone Rates to
Be Investigated on Coff-
mans Request

Chickasha Is to have a real city
park and the block on which the wa
terworks tank is located. which IS
owned by the city, Is to be the nu-
cleus OF a park system, according TO
the action Of the members Of the city
council at the regular meeting Thurs
day afternoon. Mayor Burton proposed
that this block OF ground be convert
cd into a park and the matter re
ceiyed the hearty cooperation ana
support Of the members OF the coun-
cil. c. coifman moved that the mat
ter be turned over to the park com
mittee and the mayor with power %
act.
The block Of ground IS $50 by 300
feet and City Engineer Colby has been
instructed 10 draft landscape plans
for the property. All OF the dead trees
viii be removed. the grounds leveled
and graded and flower beds, shade
trees and shrubbery viii be placed %
the grounds. The block Of ground So
lecied Is on the car line and can be
made one of the prettiest and most at
tractive little residence parks Of any
location in the city. According 70 the
plans discussed At the meeting yes.
terday the grounds viii be made very
pretty this season. L developed dur,
Ing the meeting thar there is $50 on
hand to be used ia park improve
menis. a donation from A S. Gilkey.
secretary Of Tie Old park board
Only a short meeting Of the city
council was held yesterday afternoon
and all OF the members were present
except f. r. Collins. City Attorney
Hammerly made a report on the in.
vestigations he has made in the mat.
ter or the maintenance bond for the
city paving and reported Il gilt edge.
In the matter OF the location OF the
pest house City Attorney Hammerly
was Instructed to Investigate and SEE
n Il is lawful TO place a pest house
or detention hospital On the CITY
dumping grounds east q town The
question arose on account ~ the dis.
tanee from other buildings The pest
house buildings viii be moved to this
location provided the law does not
prohibit Reports as TO the condition
Of The buildings show that the houses
are being torn down and the boards
carried away and that most Of the
furnishings have been stolen. Police
authorities have been notified and are
keeping a close watch for the thieves
Mayor Burton In his report stated
that Il was impossible to make a deal
with Dr. r l. Dawson to leave the
pest houses on the Dawson glounds
and that he believed II economy to
move the houses. According 10 physi
clans statements the small pox germs
can be carried from four to five hun
dreds yards through the air Messrs
Colby. Griffin. Burton and Temple
have surveyed the dumping ground.
and a fence viii At once be erected
and the pest houses moved.
Alderman Coffman brought up the
matter OF calling the Rock lslant
Railway Company's attention TO th'
opening Of the ditch at the east end o
Iowa avenue Mayor Burton reporte,
that W. F. Bennett agent for the com
pany, has the matter in hand and vii
open the ditch at once. 10 is SAT-
that conditions at that point are nov
unsanitary on account Of standing wa
ter. r. j. Colby says that the pool
Of standing water are the result c
sediment from the shop pipes CHOKING
the ditch so that the water viii no
run off to the sanitary sewer in th
section.
HAS the Pioneer Telephone con
pany the right to collect Si75 pc
month for residence phones when th
city franchise calls for rate {
$1.50" is a question propounded b
Alderma- coffman City Attorne
HammerIy was asked to look into th
matter It developed that IN seyerl
Of the additions this rate is CHARGE
=. 3. Summers. the Second stree