The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-05
MOTHER CHAPTER ADDED TO
CITY COMMISSIONS POPULAR
Z. SERIAL STORY.
STI[t ), GRE IS
After Long Drawn Session Last Night
. Revised Specifications Were Ordered
and Middle Is Much the Same As Be
fore.

Another chapter in the city commits
sion's popular serial story, The Paw.
ing of Street, Northwest" was writ
ten at last nights session Of the COM
mission. While as yet the plot is con-
fined TO the disagreement between
some Of the property owners and the
Ardmore Street Railway company as to
the material with which the thorough
fare is to be improved, and the width
of the paving, there was a thrill or
two when an affidavit was filed assert
ing that the original petition had been
altered after several property owners
had signed IT, There was no lack of
humorous vein to the story. and indica-
tions are that the serial" is TO be long
drawn out. The actual transaction of
business relating to c street paving was
an order to City Engineer Watson re-
ferring back to him specifications al.
ready drawn and instructing him to
prepare new data. but not indicating
the choice OF new material and virtual
ly The Paving of c street. northwest,
has made little or no progress I'm the
past week.
II was after the property owners and
representatives Of the traction company
had been patiently awaiting disposal OF
large amount Of street improvement
resolutions. that c street was taken in
hand.
Writ Franklin. vice president Of the
Ardmore Street Railway company, read
and offered for filing the affidavit OF
Dr. L. p. Won Keller. a property owner
citing that after five or six other own
ers had signed their names TO the orig
inal petition. requesting the street tC
be paved with brick 10 a width oi
N twenty-five feet. he, when the peti
tion was offered him. objected to tn,
narrow paving and at the suggestion
of the petitions circular. changed tn,
width 10 thirty feet Mr. Franklin's po
sition was that this action nulhiled TN,
! original petition. He then offered
petition signed by more than fifty per
cent Of the property owners requesting
that the street be paved with Ardmor
rock asphalt
Max Westheimer a property owner
presented a signed statement, from
those whom he claimed had signed tn
original petition ahead Of Doctor vol
Keller. setting out that the chang,
in the width Of the pavement met witt
their approval and that they offered nj
protest TO the alteration
Tom Norman, after Mayor Robert
had offered the suggestion that tn
question then had taken legal form
stated that, in his opinion, the origina
petition is still valid and urged the cour
ell TO give the property owners the +,
lief asked.
Discussed Legal Point.
From this point forward il became
discussion Of the legal phases OF IN
question. What is required Of the ira,
tion company entered largely into tn
discussion While the estimated cost O
the Improvement Is about $4,000 an
the traction company's portion Of thi
amount is estimated at approXimatel
$ll 600, /. NJ. Putnam, It's general mar
ager, pointed out that the car compan
will have to make a base beneath IL
tracks ten inches deeper than that POI
tion Of the Improvement to be paid 10
by the property owners. and that IN
company estimates its share OF the
street Improvement win cost $50 600 an
that he believed that the corporation
entitled to a voice in the selection q
the paving material,
Thereafter came long discussion {
what the city can require OF the tral
ton company The statute provide
that the company shall be required I
b lay paving within its rails and reachin
two feet outside OF each rail. with mi
terial conforming with the same mat
rial as required Of the property owner
The company's franchise, II was state
provides the same requirements, e,
cept that Il specifies one foot on eac
b side OF the tracks instead OF two. I'll
company Is also required to indefi
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