The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-02-25
Chamber Of Commerce and Retail
Merchants Association Approve
Program for Sidewalk System
Fathered by Lions.
BOTH PLEDGE SUPPORT TO
MOVEMENT FOR CHICKASHA
Point Out That More Walks Needed
and Request That Lions Call On
Them for Any Assistance In
Furtherina Project.

That the sidewalk program out.
lined by the Lions club is meeting
with the approval of other organi.
zations Of the city IS indicated by
letters Written today by j. w. Co
mer, secretary OF the Caickasha
Chamber Of Commerce, and ]. S.
Garner, president of the Retail Mer-
chants association, TO T. G. Burton
chairman Of the sidewalks commit
tee of the Lions club.
These letters were in response
to letters written to the organiza-
tons mentioned by Mr. Burton in
which he asked for their support.
The proposition of the Lions club
is for chickasha to build sidewalks
connecting all the city schools and
To fill in with sidewalks that portion
OF the city in prescribed district
comprising tie main residence sec.
tions, where walks only partially
connect
Following is Mr.. Burtons letter:
AT the last meeting Of the Lions
club. the sidewalk committee, of
which | have TIE honor of being
chairman, made a report and sub
nittcd the following recommends
tions:
"a survey Of the sidewalks in
chicklsha developed the fact that
there are no sidewalks to the high
school, west school, north school,
northwest school and southwest
school and taat the walks to the
junior high and south schools are
inadequate.
"That many short sections in the
districts sidewalked have not been
laid thus destroying the value Of
the walks laid.
THE committee recommends that
a definite side walk program be in
augurated for Chickasha, aud that
the Lions club introduce q move
ment looking toward the laying Of
walks to all schools and the filling
in of all unlaid short sections.
1T is our recommendation that
walks belaid either on Ninth OF
Tenth street, beginning at Texas
and running to Arkansas, extending
to the south and southwest schools,
and with an extension from the
southwest school on Seventeenth
street to the Oklahoma College for
Women; all of that territory be-
tween First and Fifteenth streets be
made an improvement district, and
activities be inaugurated looking to-
ward designating that territory as
such, that petitions, resolutions and
preliminary work necessary for leg
islative action by the city council
be at once taken up.
This report was unanimously ac-
ceptad and endorsed by the mem
bership The sidewalk committee.
president and secretary by motion,
were instructed to bring this matter
to the attention of your organiza-
zion. and ask your endorsement OF
tie undertaking and the assistance
of your officers and members in car
rying out the project. Trust we may
have your cooperation.
In replying to Mr.. Burton's letter,
Mr. Conner says for the Chickasha
Chamber of Commerce:
1--WE are in receipt OF your letter
asking the endorsement of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the side
walk program for Chickasda as out
lined by the sidewalk committee act
ing for the Lions club.
~The recommendations have met
with our approval, and we believe
that this work can properly be un
dertaken at this time. The accom-
plishment of tlis program would
give us 100 per cent value for the
sidewalked section many times the
expense of the walks to be laid.
such program, when carried out T
would supply comfort and conven-
dence that at this time are positive
necessity.
we assure you that any assist
ance that this organization can af-