The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-09-12

ilSllt VI way ioI tIlC Pipc iiliV' NV
mayor said, J. r. Pennington, G..
Walls, Westheimer & Daube, and
some others had assured him the
city could go through their land
without charge. He said they had
only their word for it and had not
got it signed up. He said that is not
the law and asked how much right
of-way the city owned. He said
they could start and then go ahead
and condemn the right OF way, He
then asked the city attorney if it
had to go through court first to
condemn land. The city attorney
said he thought that ought to be
done. Commissioner Fraley began
to say something when the mayor
said, II am asking an opinion from
the city attorney and do not want
none from nobody else" He said
he had been working on the rigth OF
way, but it was the city attorneys
duty.
Mr.. Feagin suggested that they
have only seven days in which to
work before the time for action on
bids for the pipeline. The city at
torney said all the office work was
done and he was ready for the field.
Somebody said somebody would
not let us have it. Who was that"
asked the mayor. Suppose someone
refused to give it to us. The court
is not in session.
Mr.. Feagin said he believed there
are enough people in Ardmore who
could get close to the land owners
and secure the right of way with
out trouble.
I'VE started this thing last March
and here it is September and nothing
done yet said the mayor. Can we
accept bids before we have secured
the right Of way?' The city attor-
ney assured him contract could
legally be made to cover future ac
qurements.
Then the mayor said, II have been
trying two months to get the right
OF way and that is why the bids had
TO be put off. II it was not the
law then, it is not the law now. | am
a-goin' to get in no trouble from
this time on. | am banking on the
city attorney but | want to know
what is right and wrong"
Commissioner Gardner tried to
assure the mayor that everything
was we'll in hand toward securing
the right of way but the mayor said:
MIR. Gardner, | have not cent to
buy that right OF way, and you have
none"
A laundryman was present and
wanted to know about the PROPOSE
ton of pumping water into the
mains at one point and taking out an
equal amount at another, when the
mayor said That's up to Mr.. Fra
ley. | have been unloaded on long
enough and am going to change it."
Back to Pipeline.
Referring back to the right of way
proposition, Commissioner Carter
said there was nothing to do but
to go ahead and get it. Engineer
Mcintosh undertook to tell the
mayor the usual proceedings to Sc
cure right OF way while going on
with the work, and the mayor said
he wanted TO know the procedure.
Mr.. Feagin said he had talked with
their former city attorney, Mr.. Bass,
and he believed the way to do was
to get what they could and go ahead.
He said; You are asking your city
attorney questions he naturally
would have to go to the books and
look up and you are fooling your
time away. There is no time like the
present for doing something"
MIR. City Attorney, we have been
since last March trying to get this
started and if we don't get something
done / am going to quit the job,"
the mayor said.
Engineer Mcintosh informed the
mayor and commissioners that he
had made the changes in the speciti-
cations to include A-grade bell and
spigot pipe, in keeping with the
resolution formerly adopted.
The New City Well.
The mayor then said they had
sunk we'll 675 feet deep and Mr..
Fraley corrected him, saying it is
$50 feet and five inches deep. The
said they had struck 'salt
water, plugged that ont and had
about 10000 gallons of good water
every twenty-four hours. Mr.. Stet'
zell has complied with his contract,
and they have that much water in
one well. The city did not buy the
lot on which the we'll was put down,
but Mr.. Hoffman had left the price
to arbitration. The mayor said the
,ity could put down more wells, and |
called attention to the TACT that the |
citizens committee was present and
hat he was glad they were there. as
,uring them they were always well
come.
Mr.. Stetzel said the rig was too big
o pay to move for one well, but to
,ink four or five wells it might pay.
\ statement was submitted show
ng that there had been an extra ex-
,ense Of $7S7.S7 over the $1,000 con-
ract, and that the contractor had
,een paid $4,000 Yesterday. There
; casing on the ground, belonging
o the city, valued at 1888, and if
he contractor will take this, there
will be balance due him OF 81 ,440.-