The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-03-22
Hard Surface Street TO College
Must Be Built Sense of Meet
ing; Ways and Means
To Be Worked Out.
SUGGEST CITY HIRE
MAN MAKE ESTIMATE
With Figure Established, Rails
ing Money Comes Next Say
Boosters; Mayor Gives
His Ideas on Project.

The road to the Oklahoma Colleg;
for Women must be constructed and
constructed just as quickly as pos
slble.
That was the sense of a meeting
that was held yesterday at noon in
the Elks home here and which was
attended by G. w. Austin, president
Of the Oklahoma College for Women,
s. G. Durbin, mayor of the city, and
members of the Chamber of Com
merce committee that is handling the
proposition.
The plans by which the road is to
be built are yet in an unfinished
state, but are under advisement. 1t
has been urged by boosters for the
road that the city at once employ
3 city engineer to go over the road
and make an accurate estimate of
the cost according to specifications.
When the definite cost is fully estab-
lished, it will then be the purpose
CT the friends of the road to see
that the necessary amount is raised
in some manner.
L. c. Hutson, who r on active
worker for tn IS morn
ing, "Now is INC tnne Tor us to act
on the road. With the state legisla-
ture having just voted to spend $780,
100000 on the roads of this state,
connecting Chickasha with absolutely
every part of the state, it seems to
me that the least Chickasha can do
is to build that road to the college
and build it now. Hard surface
roads will be constructed by the tax
payers of the state over sand hills
and with the state spending $402,
900 on the o. c. w. for improve
ments, it would be a shame and
disgrace on Chickasha, if people from
other parts of the state travelled
many miles over those good roads
provided for in the S5OOOO000 road
bin should come here to see the
work going ON at the college, to see
where some of the 100000 appro-
pliation is being spent, and then
find no road or street from Seven
teenth street to the college,"
in speaking of the project this
morning, Mayor Durbin said:
CAS- | said in two interviews which
| gave to the Express several weeks
ago, I found upon consulting experts
that the cost of the proposed Sew
enteenth street improvements would
be from fifty to one hundred per
cent more than the amount named
ai the maximum when the resolu-
ton was passed. At that time it was
understood by the property owners
ir that district that the cost should
not be more than the amount then
named 1t was understood by the
mayor and council when the resolu-
ton was passed, that there had been
opposition to the movement but that
q compromise had been arranged
and all protests had been, withdrawn.
"As you recall, l suggested in my
other interviews that a further con-
ference be arranged between the
committee of the Chamber of Com
merce and the property owners in
the proposed district At this con-
ference arrangements may be made
whereby other citizens who are in
tere't ted in having a paved street to
the college would relieve the prop
erty owners of part of the burden.
"It has been suggested by those
ir whom l have confidence that the
city engineer should proceed at once
with his surveys, plans, estimates
and specifications. AS he has now
returned to the city, it may be better
to proceed in this way, though I have
always thought it better policy to
know how project is to be financed
before mourning expense.
ass a loyal friend to the college
from its organization, am strongly
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