The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-29
R|NG[|NG LEAVES
ARDMORE TODAY
HALF DOZEN CONTRACTORS
HERE READY TO BiD-TEAMS
ARE READY.

During the afternoon Saturday
John Ringing the Snowman ana
!ail cad builder smoked nervOusly at
lis cigar j. l.. Hamon, p"e7' iCut CT
the Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pa
cific was busy mixing with the rail-
way bonus committee and Charles
Won Weise, J. b. Moore, Bert Simp-
son, ]. S. Mullen and other generals
of the committee were wearing eX-
pressions of determination to fight
and wint
Mr.. Ringling said 81 will leave
Ardmore Sunday for Saint Louis. Con-
tractors are in the city, my engin-
GERS have everything in readiness for
the awarding of the contract, if the
bonus committee We're ready to re-
port favorably this afternoon the con-
tract on the construction work would
be awarded this evening and work
would begin Immediately"
Mr.. Hamon sad: while nearly all
are taking up their old bonus notes
and making new ones there are some
holding back Mr. Ringing has stay
ed here longer this time than I ever
expected, and l am getting too ner-
vous to stay in one place long. walk
with me down the street and | will
tell you more Here a bunch of
friends met Mr.. Hamon congratulated
him upon his tenacity and nothing
further was learned
J. r. Moore said: II am delighted
with the manner il which Ardmore
people are responding Ii makes me
feel good. Gee, but this is the best
town in the state. We must make
good tonight. Get yolr speech ready
for tonight, old boy, we are going to
build city. Our citizenship Is back
of this thing
Chas. Won Weise sad We lid
more work Friday than we did Sat
urday. We need workers. Saturday
is a busy day with the people and
they have neglected the work of TAX
ing notes. Yes, the people are re-
spending in a manner that makes my
blood tingle. OF course there will be
some guarantees needed We needed
them before we got them. Say, now
truly, did you ever see an emergency
and Ardmore meet face to face that
Ardmore did not come out on top?
That's just what we will do this time
feel victory in my very bones. Wish
you would especially call attention to
railroad headquarters. The location
is in the building next door to the
State National bank. We want every
citizen to come around because Ard
more needs the help of every man"
Engineers Reeder and Hemstitch
have their specifications ready to
submit to their bidders and the bid
ders are here. The latter are Dan
Sweeney, Dan r. Morris and A. Key
of Oklahoma City, W. b. Drake of
Fort Worth, Tom Cannon, represent
ing II. C. Sharp and company of Kan
sas City and j. w. Duncan, repre-
senting the National Lumber and
Creosoting company of Houston. One
other contractor will arrive from Fort
Worth tonight AS one contractor
expressed it: Each shower Of rain
brought another contractor to town"
Dan Sweeney has sixty teams at
Lindsay that can be brought here in
twenty-four hours. Two other con-
tractors have 150-team outfits within
100 miles of town and they can be
gotten here within sixty hours. Men
with their teams stand ready, supply
men are here ready to make imme-
diate shipments of ties and other ma
terial The money is ready to pay
them and when the city is ready to
comply with its part the railroad pro-
moters are ready to begin work.