The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-08-08
WILL TAKE CAR
TRACK FROM {. ST.
PAVING SQUABBLE RESULTS IN
TURMOIL AT COMMISSION
ERS' MEETING.
ORDER FIBRE BRICK
Paving Thirty Feet from Curb to Curb,
Broadway to Twelfth. Northwest, Ap-
proved After Long and Spirited Dis
CussiOn Last Night

Turmoil was triumphant in the coun
Gil chambers of the board of city com
missioners at the regular meeting Of the
commission last night, when owners, OF
property on C street. northwest, and
representatives of the Ardmore Street
Railway company appeared to discuss
the relative merits Of paving for the
street, the desired width of the pave.
ment TO be laid, and other matters per,
tanning to Ardmore's newest paving
project.
AS a result Of the meeting, c street
will be paved with fibre brick, thirty
feet from outside Of curb to outside of
curb, making 80 feet of pavement, from
Broadway to Twelfth avenue, north.
west.
Another result Of the meeting will be
the complete removal Of the I car
company's trackage and other We.
ments from the street, on the q
that II Is absolutely dangerous 10 I.
public safety for a car line to be main.
tained on street only twenty-nine feet
in width. Work Of removing the car
tracks from c street will begin at once.
according to Writ Franklin. member OF
the board of directors of the Ardmore
Street Railway company. II is prob
able that the line will be moved several
blocks west OF c street.
Following receipt by the commission,
last week, Of a petition signed by own.
ers Of more than fifty per cent of prop
erty on c street. northwest. from Broad.
way to Twelfth avenue, asking that the
street be paved the commission last
night devoted most OF the time Of it's
sitting to consideration of the mattek
Several Of the interested property
owners, among them three women. were
present, and voiced loudly their claims
for pavement, as set forth by them in
their petition
I'm our petition we asked the city
commission for fibre brick pavement
thirty feet in width" Mrs. Bessie NJ
Smith. one Of the property owners. said
And we want just what we asked for
a fibre brick pavement. thirty feet in
width. and not an asphalt, pavement.
thirty-five feet wide"
Directly following introduction. by the
mayor, assuming jurisdiction for the
Improvement OF c street northwest.
and ordering the city engineer to pre-
pare complete plans, plats. prohles,
specifications and estimates for the
work, discussion Of the matter was
asked for by Mayor Roberts.
l. VI. Putnamis Statement.
l. NJ. Putnam, general manager OF the
street railway company. was the first
10 speak.
we have been done a rank injus.
tice in this matter" Mr. Putnam said.
When the petition which has been sub
mitted to you was circulated for sig.
natures, we were not consultea In the
matter at all, although we would be
required TO pay one.third OF the cost Of
the pavement We knew nothing Of the
petition until we received notice last
week that II had been presented TO you.
1t is absolutely dangerous to the
public safety and welfare TO make any
street only thirty feet wide. on which
there is a car line. as the clearance on
either side Of the track is barely enough
TO allow passage OF vehicles, without
any real margin of safety"
Mr.. Putnam then read parts OF a
petition which the street railway hau
circulated yesterday afternoon. follow.
ing a meeting OF the board OF directors
This petition asks for the construc.
tion Of an asphalt pavement, thirty.five
feet wide, and is signed by a number OF
property owners who signed the petition
you now have"
Sam A. Apple, president OF the Cham.
her OF Commerce. then made brief
pointed plea for substitution OF asphalt
instead Of the fibre bricks for paving
c street.
"To pave c street, or any street in
the city. with brick or any other mater
ial than Ardmore rock asphalt would be
nothing less than disastrous" said Mr..
Apple. For years we have advertised
this product as one OF this sections
greatest assets. What would visitors
W AlNNlhlf ANlllht ulA'i NfdiAN ~
much, for so long, OF the desirablllty
OF rock asphalt, to find that we are
using other materials for paving our
own streets?"
Property Owners Spokesman.
Tom Norman, local attorney repre-
senting the c street property owners.
who had signed the petition for brick
pavement, then spoke. He told the com.
missioners that Il was up to them. under
the provisions Of the law governing
their positions. TO pass the resolution
and ordering the paving TO proceed as
soon as possible. lie carrietsa copy Of
the revised statutes OF Oklahoma with
which TO support his statements. and
several times read excerpts from the
law volume.
John w, Hoffman also made short
talk. Mr.. Hoffman signed both petit
tions, the one first presented to the
commission, and the later one. circu.
lated by the street railway company
When | signed the first petition. Il
was for the purpose Of getting paving.