The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-01-10
Chamber Of Commerce Commit
tee Present Petition from
Many Property Owners
Asking improvements.
DEFINITE ACTION AT
COUNCIL MEET TONIGHT
Boosters to Land Other Signers
To-day; Want to Make It
Unanimous; City Officers
Report; Durbin on Job.

Last night at the city hall, with
Mayor S. c. Durbin presiding, the
city council went on record as fay
oring the creation of an improve
ment district on Seventeenth street,
the description of that district yet
to be made definite, and the purpose
of it being the construction of a
paved boulevard leading from the
western limit of the pavingg now
down on Minnesota avenue, to the
southern limits of the o. c. w.
campus on Seventeenth street.
Commerce Committee Present
Headed by L. G. Hutson, and
with Alger Melton as legal adviser,
a committee from the Chamber of
Commerce presented petition sign
ed by many properly owners on Sew
enteenth street, and asking council
to create an Improvement district
on Minnesota avenue from Fifteenth
to Seventeenth streets and south on
the latter street to the southern
limits of the college campus
1t was explained by Mr. Hutson
that the committee had not had time
to see all the property owners in
the proposed district, but had re-
ceived practically the unanimous
support of those seen. The chair
man of the committee was not sure
that they had 81 percent of the
property owners signed up, and it
was suggested that the Chamber of
Commerce boosters work today on
the proposition and meet with
committee composed Of Mayor S. c.
Durbin Y. w. Darnell and ]. c.
Neal this afternoon at o'clock in
the office of Mr.. Melton to frame
the required resolutions, giving de-
scriptions Of the proposed district,
which document is to be presented
to the city council at a special
meeting to be held tonight at the
city hall.
Little Opposition
There was little or no opposition
to the proposal to pave the steret.
Henry DuBose, councilman, voiced
the only protest and in explaining
his position, he made it clear that
he was for the Improvement heart
and soul, if it could be made with
out working a hardship on some OF
the property owners, that is, with
cut confiscating the homes of some
who might not be able to pay the
reouired assessments against their
prorerty. Mr.. DuBose declared that
he was willing, if it came to a show
down, to take an inventory of his
belongings and give 25 percent to
the building of the road, but was
against action that would make it
imperative that certain owners lose
their property.
"If the road can be put in without
confiscating the property of some, !
am for it. Otherwise, l will put in
my time fighting it," declared Mr..
DuBose.
Discuss Class of Paving
The class of improvement to be
made was discussed at some length
several opinions being expressed
Alger Melton stated that an estimate
furnished by E. e. Colby shortly be-
fore his death, and which provided
for a gravel road covered with
cement showed a cost OF about
$40 per front foot paving 81
fest wide on Minnesota avenue tC
Seventeenth street and south on the
latter street to where the boulevard
starts. then for IS foot driveway OF
each side of the boulevard to tht