The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-13
City Treasurer Receives Notice from
Freezing That Bond Issue Is Given
o. X. and Bonds Are Sent to
the Bank.
OFFICIALS BELIEVE CASH
WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON
Park Board Plans to Meet Today to
Organize for Immediate Action,
Plans for Hard Surface Road
to mo Mans Land"

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Chickasha now has 100000 avail
able fer the purchase and improve
ment of parks.
That was the gist of the informa-
tion received. yesterday afternoon
by W. w. Clarke, city treasurer
from the office of the attorney gen
eral in Oklahoma City. The letter
Gtated that the ChickasIha park bonds
have been approved by the attorney
general and have been tWned over
TO THE bank. Local officials take
that to mean that the money will
be available Immediately.
Expect Word, Today.
City officials stated this morning
that they had not as yet received
word from r. j. Edwards of Okla
Iona City, purchaser of the bonds,
but were expecting q letter or phone
message from him today stating that
the cash is available
Immediately following no,ice that
the cash is available, steps VIII be
taken by. the park board to put their
plans into execution. The park
board is composed OF j. D. Carnilch-
ael, O. L. Bingham and. M. s. Cralle.
The board is scheduled to hold
meeting today for the purpose OF or
eanizing They will elect a chair
man and secretary and be ready to
start operations at once.
About the Bonds.
The movement that resulted in the
was started during the summer by
ahe Chiekasna Chamber of Conn
merce. The initial step was to
bring landscape gardener here for
the purpose OF looking over the pro
posed sites and, making recommen-
dations. This he did and stated
that the territory between Sixth and
Eleventh streets from Choctaw ave-
nue. to the Frisco railroad furnished
ideal territory for park. Other
sltes were included in the plans,
among them being Shanoan Springs.
The purchase OF a definite site will
depend upon the action OF the park
beard and at this time no selection
has been made.
The bond election was held on
September 80 and on October 23 the
city council opened bids, awarding
ahe bonds to r. j. Edwards of Okla
homa City, who offered a premium
cf $2116 for the bonds. In other
words, the 100000 worth of bonds
brought $1O2,116. The bonds bear
five and one-half per cent interest
and are dated November l, 1919,
from which date they bear interest.
According to 1.-THE provisions, THE
interest is payable semi-annulaly
and the bonds will be retired in
blocks of $4,000 in 10, Is, 20 and
% years.
College Road included.
The action of the city in voting
bands, and the subsequent approval
of the bonds by the attorney general,
means that there will be a road
built to mo Mans Land which is
the Oklahoma College for Women
That project was included in the
provisions for the bonds with the
provision that part of the money
be available for building boulevards
and parkways. The paving project
ia to start at the corner of Fifteenth
street and Minnesota avenue and
cover Minnesota to the Garner of
Seventeenth street, thence south on
Seventeenth street to the southern
line of the o. c. w. campus. Prop
erty owners along the streets men
toned are to assist in the expenses,
according to the plans.
Ultimate plans for Chickasha parks
call for system of parks to be To-
Gated in various sections of the city
and connected by boulevards and
parkways.