The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-19
Citizens Ask that Method Of Clean
I ing Streets in Business Sec
tion Be Changed Council
Considers the Question
REPAIRING PAVING
NOW UNDER WAY
City Physician Presents Report :
Asks that Doctors Be Reqdir-
ed TO Report Births and
Deaths Promptly


The city dads are now strugglinp
with a proposition OF he best man
ner Of cleaning the streets In the bus
mess district resulting from petit
tion read at the council meeting last
night asking that the mode Of clean
ing be changed from a sweeper to a
flushing system
The petition was signed by mum.
har of prominent business and profes
aional men Of the city. who declared
ia their petition thar they believed the
flushing system to be more sanitary,
cheaper. more efficient and gar aaner-
ior in every way 70 he present method
d street cleaning and asked as tax
payers Of The city Of Chickasha that
the method be changed.
Discussion OF the proposition Was
brief az the city dads we're all natur-
ally little al sea ais 10 the cost OF
flushing equipment, It's operation. etc.
but the matter was turned over TO the
street committee for minute investiga
tion md with orders 20 report al IN.
next meeting Hence az thefirsi meet
Ing pf me council IN July Messrs I4or
.nson. Dulsose. Carter aud Harbour
wili be expected 10 know about All
there Is 70 know regarding the after
en- methods of cleaning streets Ind
particularly cleaning streets by the
flushing system.
city Attorney Hammerly reported
the arrival of the repair crew Of the |
Heman Construction company, and
stated that the men are now at work |
repairing the paving on South Eighth |
street choosing that location as their
ilrst spot for opy satlons. He also stat-i
"a that Il was the understanding that
the crew We're under orders 10 com
liete tbe repairing Of all paving while
here, with the probability Of Il taking
several months
III order that vital statistics Of
Chickasha's health may be had each
month. Dr. T. L. Dawson, city health
officer, requested the council to ask
physicians OF the city 10 report all
Births and deaths 10 him promptly that
he might furnish q report Of the city
ID the county physician promptly. who
I'd tnrn makes monthly report to the
state health officer.
DR. Dawson stated that he had had
considerable trouble in collecting this
information through the negligence 81
tho physicians He read a report, how
ever. covering four months. January,
February March and April. The re
port was as follows: A total Of "a
births in the city, 40 white males. "
white females and negroes. Deaths,
10 white males, 5 white females, mo-
aroes. Mexican. OF these. six died
from tuberculosis and ~ from other
diseases
The building committee asked for an
extension of time on the removal OF
the two wooden buildings on Kansas
avenue in block As. on lots 1926. civ
ine as their reason that one OF the
buildings was now occupied and thar
i. would seriously Inconvenience the
present tenant to remove the build
ing. An extension Of 30 days was
granted. which viii carry the time over
70 August,
4 property owner on South Fourth,
between Chickasha avenue and Kan
sas. asked permission of the council
To construct building Of pressed steel
over a framework Of wood. The build
ing. he said, would be 25 feet wide by
some so feet long and 10 feet high. BY
II was found that II is IN
violation of city ordinance to con-
s,rnct such i. building within the fire
limits He was SO informed but cold
that in event the framework of the
building Is constructed OF steel and
covered with iron or steel. the strnc-
ture would be in conformity with all
ordinances.