The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-05-16


Permit ne 20 use space in your pa
per stating my reasons for wantil!
sewer rental OF course. son
/, will kick, but It is because the
have not acquainted themselves WI,
the situation. Most men want TO .
the right thing when convinced tha
il IS right. / first will give tn
names OF q few men and amount
.ney paid under the aldermanic forr
of city government, 10 show tina
the rentals charged now are small
compared 10 rentals charged theT
uotn outstanding We have a great del
/ more to keep in repair than they ho
;hen.
lsL Ardmoreite, water rent $50
Irer month, sewer $500 quarterly.
End. Ardmore Sanitarium, water ren
$3.50 per month. sewer $500 quar-
rerly.
Bird. Cold Storage, water ren
1850 per month, sewer $500 quar-
terly.
Hh. II. II. Brown, office, water
rent $50 per month, sewer $50
quarterly.
5th. F. Berryhill, water rent sl.j(
per month, sewer $500 quarterly.
6th. Biyens, Corhn & Frensley
water rent $3.50 per month, sewer
$500 quarterly.
7th. J. B. Spragins & Co., waite.
rent $500 per month, sewer $500
quarterly
sth. Dr. W. T Bogie, water rent,
on meter houses; sewer $500
quarterly.
9Th. Ardmore Steam Laundry, wa
ter rent on meter, sewer sl1.5O quar-
terly
10Th. r c. Bridsman, water rent
$3.50 per month, sewer $500 quar-
terly.
I could give hundreds of names
paying the same rates, because |
have the books before me, but |
suppose these are enough to con-
vince anyone that We are not paying
more than half as much now as we
were then. For instance. | pay 90
sewerage and my water bill is from
80 cents to Sl.G0 a month. The Ard
moreite pays no sewer rent and their
water bill last month was only Sl.7j.
The Sanitarium pays no sewer and
their water bill last month was only
$3.50. The Cold Storage pays no
sewer rent and their water bill last
month was only $500, and so on
down the line. SO you see we
Just have to have a little more rev
enue somewhere to keep my depart
ment in any shape at all. Since
cutting off the sewer revenue a
number Of miles of water and sewer
pipe have been installed and we
have to keep them up by mendin4
the breaks and stopping the leaks
besides keeping in repair some SOC
or 800 more meters, and a number
OF fire hydrants have been added
and two septic tanks. The septic
tanks alone have cost us consider
ably over $500 recently to have them
repaired and cleaned out. We have
made some water extensions and
would like to make more had we the
funds, but all these expenses coming
out of water revenue prohibits US
from making any sewer extensions at
all Many citizens now want sewer
extensions, claiming they have a
right to them because they pay their
part of interest on sewer bonds and
uemand that charge sewer rental so
as to give them sewer connection
and they will gladly pay the rent
after they are connected. They are
tired of flies and filthy closets, be-
sides they are paying the scaven-
ger man so cents to $1OO a month
and buy lime extra and then have
a very filthy closet compared to-
those connected with sewer. | dare
say there isn't a man in town that
would disconnect from the sewer III
he had to pay twice as much as the
scayenger man charges. because he
knows it is so much cleaner and
more sanitary. He knows that be
locs not subject himself and family
20 much to sickness, doctors bills
and undertakers' bills. Why not
give the other man the same pro-
ection The mistake was made
when the sewer rental was cut OF.
Il is useless to think Of a bond
ssue for that purpose now, hence
he only solution is to charge a small