The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-23
Representative Of Bond Company Threatens
Suit Against City in Event OF
Failure TO Comply With
Demand
PURCHASER OF SHARP
LAND SERVES NOTICE
Requests Removal Of Pipes Near Pump
ing Station; Condemnation Suggested;
Slring6eld Succeeds BOles
on Police Force

With Mayor Coffman presiding and
all members except Cavett present
the city council was in session about
an hour yesterday afternoon, adjourn
ing till the first Monday in July at
which time meeting will be held for
the purpose Of making up the city
budget for the coming year
Immediately preceding the adjourn
ment Treasurer Clark appeared before
the council and stated that a repre-
sentative of the Splitter Rorick bond
people had seen him during the after
noon and made threats, in the name OF
his company against the city threat
ening, among other things, to file i'm.
mediate suit against the city as a
whole and against each individual
member of the city council unless the
city, through ( its proper officers,
should turn over to his company the
$4,000 accrued penalty on the paving
tax bonds, said amount being now
held in trust, in the shape Of a war
rant drawn for its payment, until such
time as the courts shall finally adjudi-
cate the matter. Mr. Clark stated that
he had told the representative OF the
bond people that the matter would
probably 20 before the United States
supreme coult, wnereupon the repre-
sentative had stated that unless the
sum collected and held in trust should
he turned over within 60 days, his
people would call together all bond
holders and institute suit against the
city for the interest at the rate of s
per cent until maturity for 10 per cent
after maturity, or from 1910, and for
an additional 10 per cent from 1910
to the present time.
Councilman Hayes stated that it
would possibly be the concensus Of
the opinion Of the council to let them
sue; that the city was holding the
funds in trust; that when the suit
should be finally settled the proper
disposition of these interest collec.
tions would be made.
Councilman Caneman stated that
he agreed with Councilman Hayes;
that rather stringent usury law was
in effect in Oklahoma and that this
law provided a penalty for all who VIC
lated it.
Street Commissioner Dan Beets ap-
peared before the council and stated
the great need of his department for
additional teams. He said that the
unpaved streets should now be work
ed, but he did not have the teams
Several councilmen expressed them
selves as favoring the purchase of a
team of mules and stated that this
should be done at once as the market
price on horses and mules was adj
vancing by leaps and bounds since the
war with Mexico had become immi-
nent. On motion Of Councilman Cane
man, seconded by Councilman Linn,
the matter was turned to the proper
committee with power to act.
Commissioner Beets then informed
the council that the street sweeper
which has been in use several years
seemed to have played its last tune.
He said that he had the greater part
Of its musical equipment now in a
blacksmith shop; that he knew Of a
second hand sweeper now in Chicka-
sha which could be bought at a reason
able price On motion of Councilman
Linn. seconded by Councilman Du-
Bose. Commissioner Beets was in
structed to act in the matter of the
purchase Of the sweeper.
Mayor Coffman stated that he had
been advised that the sharp property,
over part of which the city's intake
and the waste pipes from the settling
plant, passes, had been sold and that
he had been verbally served with no
tice to remove all such pipes and 9th
er city property from the land within
short time. The mayor stated that
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