The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-08-01
PAVING WORK IN CITY
NOT TO Be STOPPED
MAYOR INSISTS THAT ALL
BUILDING AND IMPROVE
MENT GO ON.

The mayor and city commission
ers will not stop the work of street
paving, according 10 a decision
reached last night at recess meet
ing. Commissioner Fraley. brought
up the question, asking if they were
going to allow the paving contrac-
tors to go on with their work dur
ing the scarcity of water. The
mayor said they might as we'll Gu.
OFF building operations as to stop
the work of paving. He said they
did not want to stop progress,
Commissioner Fraley said the trees
are dying for the want of water,
that paving could be done at any
time but it took many years to
grow trees. The mayor said the
trees could die rather than stop the
work. Commissioner Fraley said
laying 50 men off of paving job
was not going to kill the town. The |
mayor said they were not going to
stop either paving or building until
they had to.
Water Pipe Purchased.
The reading of the minutes of
two recess meetings showed that the
mayor and commissioners had on
July Is accepted the proposition of
the Central Foundry Company for
approximately Is miles of cast iron
water pipe at $2.64 1t was also
shown that at the meeting on July
y there had been two bids for
sinking deep well, that of DR.. c.
+. Harlow being $1,000 and that of
K. 5. Sturtzy, $1,000, and that the
contract had been awarded the last
named.
The mayor stated that the city
clerk had been called to Oklahoma
~ity to correct some typographical
errors in the bond transcripts and
hat he had received a telephone ;
Message from the attorney general '
yesterday afternoon that the bonds 1
lad been approved.
Paving Work Approval. :
Resolutions were adopted ap- Z
's'ving the work of paving in dis .
riots 80 and 43 and ordinances ::
'assed authorizing the issuance OF
'onds for the two districts.
A resolution was offered rescind- '
ng former resolution providing {
or the paving of Fifth avenue, G
northwest, from the west line of S
street to the east line {
4 + street. northwest, reciting that
resolution, as adoped. provided
or paving that thoroughfare with
sphalt, wheeras some of the prop
try owners wanted two blocks of !,
paved with brick. Before the G
eading of the resolution was COM
leted it was announced that bids f
DR. the paving were to have been O
last night and that as no f
ids had been Offered, the PROPOSE q
on died automatically. The mavor Z
aid they would just drop that
rect, and it was not necessary to
o any farther with the resembling
solution.
Complaint was made OF an OBJ
oxious box closet on b street.
orthwest between Fourth and Fifth
1enues. 1t was stated that this was
lie only one in the block not con-
,cted with the sewer and that the
rner of the property hal been no.
fled many times to make the con- :.
ection. When the complaint was I"
'esented the mayor said there was
, use to consider the matter. as :,
, had sent a policeman to the place : :.
.sterday morning to tear down ~
c closet.
Ready for Hickory Greek. {,
Engineer Mcintosh presented the .,
ecifications for the pipe and 9th "
material for the pipe line to "a
ickory creek and for digging the III
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