Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-06-01

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Mr.. Stryker suggested that city
hall could be built, with the jail on
the top floor and fire station on the
ground floor
city Attorney John r. Ramsey eX-
pressed the opinion that all Of the
proposed bond issues could he legally
voted 1s the constitution placed no
Emit upon the extent 90 which % nu-
nicIpnlity might go i'm voting public
utility bonds He said that there was
s'uc question about boulevard bonds
being public utilities but he had held
they were, and the attorney general OF
the state had held likewise.
A. +. Ault former president Of the
Commercial club ANA heavy property
owner. was enthusiastically In favor
Of all three projects An three he
said, are public necessities.
"Wth reference 20 the boulevard
bonds he said, Il don't think the
|pCoulc of Tulsa could spend 100000
and get so much good out OF it as the
boulevard will give u.s.
Paul NJ galloway approved the
/ boulevard and sewer bonds, but
| thuught that $4,000 was not enough
! for % city hall He believed Tulsa
lshould have a city hall in keeping
with her other public buildings.
EFF we are To have a high school
city han should not cost a cent less,
! and if we cannot afford IL now we
! should wait until such "A time as We
can"
Mitchell Speaks.
! John o. Mitchell thought everyone
| i'm Tulsa would be for the sewer
bonds, but was In favor Of waiting on
! the city hall proposition until suf-
/ flcient money could be voted To erect
! ,t.,.F...tt,r,t.
| city The boulevard, he said, should
not all be built now, but the Hght-Of-
way ought 10 he acquired Immediately.
| The improvements, he said, could be
made later.
"It is imperative, however" he de-
clared, that we have the Cat Greek
sewer II will give heavy traffic a
route other than through the resi-
dence district and will be an inyalu-
able asset TO the town"
superintendent Of Streets r. T.. LO-
zier was In favor OF all three projects
being submitted at the same time.
He said he thought one OF them would
help the others.
ut is better" he said. ito submit
all of them at once. instead Of ignor-
ing one or two elements"
r. j. Quinn, commissioner of police
and fire, spoke OF the cramped con-
ditlons at the city jail and police
court
"The situation is a disgrace to the
city, said Quinn. "Our cells are in
a basement, with the courtroom
overhead, and we are showed into the
rear Of the fire station. We feel that
If the fire department could be moved
we could move our Jail above ground.
have better quarters for police court
and really make 1t creditable place
all around. 1t is imperative that
something should be done, and city
hall Is probably the solution"
simmons Optimistic.
Commissioner Quinn mentioned the
, fact that st. Louis is to spend $11,-
100000 in building a park adjacent
/ TO Union station, and declared he
, thought the boulevard bonds would
be one of the greatest steps toward
making Tulsa a better and larger city
ever taken.
! G. c. Simmons said he had been for
, every bond isue yet voted upon in
q Tulsa and would work for the sue
/ cess of those about to be proposed.
"If we are to have a city hall" he
S said, lit should, by all means, be Of
, sufficient proportions and a credit to
q the city"
, IF we are going TO stop our growth
t where we are" declared j. NJ, Berry
- Ol INC 'tlJl al NdllOhdl bdIh' an VIZ
! need to vote on this time is the sewer
e bond issue. If we are going forward
e we must have more parks and boul-
{ evards We should build a city han
/ with what money we can afford now,
and add TO It later on If necessary"
s Fred Shaw, autoist and member Of
s the park board, was strong for tha
, boulevard bonds and pledged his sup
1 port to all three propositions,
A Boost for Better Tulsa.
! 81 believe all Of these proposed inn
! provements will help. in a business
= way and make for a larger city" said
, Lee Kunsman merchant. The boule-
wards will increase the value OF
property and be a strong inducement
for newcomers to locate here. The
sewer bonds might be defeated if put
up alone. | will assist financially
and otherwise to put across all three
, projects"
J W r.. Chastain, superintendent Of
the municipal waterworks, pointed out
that Tulsa had never made a mistake
in voting public Improvement bonds.
He thought city hall could be built
e for $4,000 that all citizens would be
; proud Of.
t o. II. Leonard was in favor Of sub
$ hitting the matter TO a vote and eX-
t rpressed confidence in the citizens,
e. whom, ne said, would see 10 il that
nothing was defeated He said he
f thought some sort Of arrangement
2 should be made for additional Jail
d and police court quarters until the
8. city could afford something better.
- Mayor Proposes Site.
+ Mayor Wooden explained that the
/, city owns some valuable property on
# Second street, near Main, with a
- fr,ptapo Of az foot and a deuth Of