Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-07-20
Bond Issue for Erection of
New building Goes
for $2,122.70.
WERE II BIDDERS
Plans Now Are to Erect +
Story Structure to House
All Activities.

Tulsa went onto the bond market
with an issue Cf s125.0OO, to be useC
| in the erection of new city hall, and
when the bids were opened at the
meeting of the city commissioners
yesterday morning it was found that
the highest and successful bidder had
Offered a premium of 81 ,122.70, which
with the accrued interest and pal
value. Will give to the city a fund
of S133,372.7O with which to erect the
new municipal building
I'VE are elated over the way H.
which the bond purchasing interests
OF the east sought to secure the Tulsa
bonds" said Mayor John III. Simmons
yesterday after the commissioners
meeting. 1t shows that the bonds
of Tulsa are considered a good pur-
chase. We will now begin the active
work of preparing for the erection on
the city hall.
Eleven Men Bid.
There were / bidders on the bonds
of $l25, 600. all offering a premium
from $jl2 to that of the successful.
bidder. The Fields Richard company
of Cincinnati bid sl,626, the next
highest, and the others bid as fol-
lows:
c. f. IIomold oklahoma City, pa.
accrued interest and a premium o.
$500.
G. r. Mccullough, Tulsa. par, ac-
crued interest and $1,000.
X. j. Edwards, oklahoma City, par.
accrued interest and $500.
A. J. McMahan, oklahoma City, par,
accrued interest and $625.-
W. A. Brooks, Oklahoma City, PAT,
accrued interest and $500.
w. y. Compton, st. Louis, par, az,
crued interest and $2,122.7O.
Otis a Co, Cleveland. Ohio, pa,
accrued interest and S937.50.
Provident Savings Bank & Trust
company, Cincinnati, Ohio, par, ac-
crued interest and $3375O.
George l. Gilbert, oklahoma City,
par, accrued interest and S512.
g. w. and J. II. Piersul, oklahoma
City, par, accrued interest and SOS.
we will build a great city hall
now" said Mayor simmons. land
one the city will be proud of. 1t
is my personal plan to erect four
story building on the northeast cor
ner of the high school site.
1T would be my plan to have this
place selected because it is the high
est point in the city, except the water
StaTGpipe. site.
-Four Floors Included.
ION the first floor we could have
the offices of the city engineer the
auditor. the finance department and
the water department. These are
most frequently visited by the public
and / believe should .be located on
the first floor.
"On the second floor there could
be the offices of the city attorney,
the board of education and of the
mayor.
The third floor could be equipped
as offices for the Tulsa Chamber of
Commerce. the Traffic bureau and
the Retail Merchants association 1t
could also be arranged to accommo-
date the park board
"On the fourth floor could be a
municipal hall. capable of accommo-
dating six hundred persons, in which
all small conventions could be held.
Here could be held the meetings of
the Ministerial alliance and feder-
atoms of all kinds"
1t is Mayor simmons plan to move
the fire station, now in the city Jail
building, to the central station in the
100 block on West Second and re-
model the building for offices and
courtrooms of the municipal court
and police. The city Jail would be
erected on the second floor of the en-
tire building and thus would save the
installation of a city Jail in the new
municipal building.
1t is probable that the city engineer
and his assistants will be asked for
plans and specifications for a new
city hall building just as soon as the
city commissioners can make an in
vestigation of the kind of building
they want to erect.