The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-03-10
Variety Of Matters Come Up at Meeting;
Reports Of Officers for Month
Submitted; Free Water for
0. C.. W. Annex
M0TORIZING OF FIRE
DEPT. UP TO PEOPLE
Ordinance Asks for Authority to Incul
$4,000 Indebtedness; Mayor
Has Nothing More to Report
on Gas Franchise

The city council met in regular semi
monthly session at the city hall last
evening with Mayor Coffman presiding
ard all members of the council present
Clerk Reynolds, Treasurer Clark
Water Commissioner Scrimager, Street
Commissioner Beets, City Attorney
Grigsby, Police Chief Phillips and Fire
CHIEF Gattis we're also in attendance.
The matter of setting out shade trees
at the pumping station was taken up
and discussed Councilman Caneman
suggested planting peach trees. OBJ
jected to on grounds too far from city
for any cne to benefit. Councilman
Caneman suggested an annual picnic
of city council to be held at pumping
station at time peaches would be ripe
Suggestion died from natural causes
Reports OF city officials filed, read
and approved.
The report of the city physician
showed that during the month of Feb
ruary there had been no deaths iron
contagious diseases and that he had
visited 90 city patients.
Report Of Water Commissioner
Scrimager showed collections, in to-
tai, for month OF February of s2,299.7S.
OF this amount s2,197.75 had been turn
cd over to the city treasurer and S21.'3
expended on emergency disbursements,
The total disbursements for the office
outside the above amount, follows
Expenses, including salaries in office,
s1S2.29; pumping station, including sal
aries, S50S.5S; distributing system, in
cluding repairs, s122.6O; general eX-
penses, including deposits returned,
S95.SS; total disbursements, s9o4.S0.
The report of w. w. Clark, city
treasurer, showed total collections
amounted to s14.42S.7S, with total dis
hursements, amounting to $12,65S.9o.
Teh report of Mayor Coffman, act
ing as police judge. showed total OF
fines imposed during the month OF
February of s4SS.35, with collections
amounting to S373.45. Total fines col
lected since May 4, 1915, SS,91s.70;
amount fines pending on appeal, sl26
Total expenses Of police department
including salaries of officers, board fol-
prisoners and incidentals. S53S.7O; net
deficit Of department for the month
S13S %.
Matter os city furnishing free water
to building known as the ''Stubbs An
mex of the o. w. c. taken up ant
threshed out On motion of Council
man Caneman, seconded by Council
man Cavett, agreed that city should
furnish water free.
Council advised Water Commission
er Scrimager that Rock Island railway
company was anxious to know wher
connection with water main was to b'
made. Commissioners OSi ilio 81 9ee'N~N
he was experiencing trouble in gettins
castiron pipes for the main.
Commissioner Dan Beets OF thu
tsreet department. asked that he be al
lowed to exempt active ministers o
the gospel from payment of stree
tax. Decided council could not act il
matter but that the matter be left en-
tirely in the hands of Mr.. Beets.
On motion of Councilman Caneman
seconded by Linn, the bond OF Chas
Dwyer was approved and ordered Tiled
Report of building committee re
ceived relative to conditions of certail
structures, fences, etc, near Secon
and Kansas and in the rear OF kar
sas between First and Second. Repor
stated same in bad shape. On motio
of Councilman Caneman, seconded %
Councilman Ways. Councilman Cavet
chairman Of the building committee
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