The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-04-15
COfman Names Advisory Committee TO Aid
in Purchase Of New Fire Apparatus;
HuIsOn, Cilkey and Humphrey
Selected
PLANNING TO START
TOUR OF INSPECTION
Aldermen Caneman, Caveit and Loren
sen Compose Investigating Committee;
Get Best for Least Money is
Idea Of Mayor

Mayor Coffman this morning an
nounced the appointment of the special
committee which will examine the
different makes of fire fighting ma.
chineFy before making the purchase
as authorized by the voters at the re-
cent city election.
The committee. following their in
vestigation and pending the final ac-
tion, will advise with committee of
citizens, appointed by Mayor Coff-
man this morning to serve as a spe-
cial advisory committee.
The Investigating" committee, ap-
pointes by the mayor, is composed Of
the following members of the city
council: Caneman, Cavett and Lo-
rensen. The citizens committee has
a membership, OF l.. c. Hutson. Myron
Humphrey and Howard Gilkey.
Mayor Coffman will act as chairman
of the special committee and Fire
Chief Gattis will be an ex-officio mem
Der OF the same.
Mayor Coffman stated this morning
that he did not know just when the
committee would get busy" but
thought II would be right away, pos
sibly Sunday night. He will call the
committee together this afternoon, be-
tween four and five O'Clock. for the
purpose of outlining the work to be
done. At this afternoons meeting it
will be decided where and when the
committee will go.
'~he mayor stated this morning that
he did not favor visiting cities where
onlv one kind of fire fighting appa-
ra1us was in use, but thought such
places should be visited wherein two
or more makes Of equipment was in
every-d"y, practical use. BY doing
this Mr.. Coftman thinks that the
best machinery may be bought at the
least possible expense.
The trip Of inspection may lead to
Kansas City and Dallas. In event
this trip is taken. the committee will
go ly Tulsa, stopping off there to in
spect the apparatus Of that city. From
Kansas City the committee may re-
turn by wichita stopping off to in
spect the apparatus at that place and
continuing on to Dallas, where two
different kinds of auto apparatus is In
use. Returning from Dallas stop
NAV be made at Fort Worth, that city
also having two or more kinds OF auto
fire fighting equipment on hands.
The mayor figures that this tn
will be in the interests of economy
and will result In the city obtaining
the maximum service in the auto ma
chinery bought at the minimum OF
cost.
Mavor Coffman stated this morning
that he had appointed the advisory
committee in order that the members
of the council could benefit by the
advice of successful Chickasha busi-
moss men in the matter of the final
purchasa. In the selection OF TINS
committee Mr.. Coffman has eliminat-
cd all ideas Of politics. In speaking
4, This connection this morning, Mr.
coffman said that did not care what
the mans politics was whom he ap-
pointed upon the committee; that his
object was to select men who were
hard headed business men, men
who had handled their own
and their company's money in
such manner as TO sho"
that they we're familiar with all
details of any and every business
transaction.
81 do not want anyone to gain the
impression said Mayor Cofimah
this morning, that favor buying
some cheap. clap-trap piece of fire
Fighting equipment. l want the peo-
nile of this city to understand, how
ever. that the mayor of the city ana
,he members of the city council are
the hired hands of the city and that !
feel, and the different members OF the