The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-07-11
Council Favors Employment of
City Engineer; to Figure Es-
Inmates of Municipal I'M
provements in City.
BUDGET Is NOT YET
READY BE SUBMITTED J.
May Call Special Session; Reports
of Officers Heard and Ap-
proved; No Contagion in
Chickasha.

Services of the city engineer for
all municipal improvements and es
Inmates will be fre of charge If the
ordinance to be submitted to the city
council at its next regular meeting
is approved.
At the meeting Of tN' "t'v coun-
Gil, held last night IA the city hall,
the council voted to order the city
attorney to draft an ordinance Gre
ating the office of city engineer and
appropriating the sum of one hun
dred dollars per month for the sup
port and maintenance of the office.
II. A. Cranwell, now acting in hte
capacity of city engineer, in pro-
position submitted to the council,
offers to do the city's municipal en-
gineering work for the above sal
airy, providing he will be allowed to
continue his private business.
Improvements NCHlCShNHs
Much Improvement over the city,
such as building of sidewalks and
the putting in of sewers, etc, has
been neglected, due to the fact that
the party or parties wiio desired to
make the improvements were forced
to pay an engineers fee, II was
pointed out by those fAvoring the
maintenance Of city engineer
Property Owners Want Sewer.
A petition, signed by practically
every property owner on Block 266,
and asking that the council construct
or cause to be constructed, sani-
tary sewer, extending north and
south, near the center of the block,
was presented to the council last
night. 1t is understood, the petition
says, that the cost of constructing
the sanitary sewer is to be paid by
the signers of the petition and own
ers of other abutting property.
A similar petition, signed by seven
property owners on block 25l, and
asking that sanitary sewer be con
structed north and south near the
center of the block was also pre-
sented to the council last night
The council voted to order the city
attorney to draft an ordinance max
ing these two block sewer improve
ment districts. This ordinance will
be presented to the council at its
next regular meeting, following
which H. A. Cranwell, city engineer,
will draw up plans and specifications
for the construction Of the sewer
$13,17a.e6 city's June Expenses.
An ordinance appropriating $1S,
1886 for the purpose Of paying the
claims against the city, which claims
were allowed for the month of June
was passed by the council last
night.
Reports of w. W. Clarke, city
treasurer; Frank Shriminger, water
commissioner; Dan w. Beets, stree
commissioner; Samuel G. Durbin
police judge, and E. L. Dawson, city
physician, for the month of June
were approved by the city fathers.
The report of Treasurer Clarke
showed that the amount Of warrants
redeemed during the month amour
to $7,431O4; also, that the city
wealth in the five banks in the city
was $23S,S2650. This is inclusive o
$4,000 in government bonds ant
S25O2OO of War Savings Stamps.
Or. Dawson's Report.
DR.. E. L. Dawson. superintend
ent of health, made the following
report:
One case q chicken pox, thre'
cases of scarlet fever; three case
of typhoid fever, twentyeight visit
to city patients.
Eighteen connections were mad
with the city sewer during tn
month, DIR. Dawson pointed out i
the report. Two samples of waite
were sent to the state health depart
ment
Many instances had been abate,
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