The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-02-10
Survey Of City Taken and Report
Made at Meeting of Club; To Sc
cure Endorsement; Present
to City Fathers.
MEANS OVER 10 MILES
OF NEW WALK FOR CITY
Would Give Chckasha Nearly so
Miles Of Sidewalks and Would
Connect All Schools AS Well
As Residence District.

ChicSasha is to have 10 miles O
new sidewalks, which when com
pleted will show practically an un
broken chain of sidewalks skirtins
every block in the business and prin
cipal residence districts of the city
and which will make total of near
ly 30 miles of sidewalks for the en-.
tire city, if plans of the Lions club
materialize.
The plan started with the knowl-
edge of dire need for sidewalks
connecting the residence districts
with the respective schools of the
city. 1t now embraces the building
Of walks that would not only serve
every section Of the city but would
connect every school building in
Chiclcasha, including the oklahoma
College for Women, by sidewalks.
Working in connection with Ithe
Cilickasha Chamber of Commerce,
the Chickasha Lions club has made
a complete survey of every stretch
OF sidewalk in town, noting the
blocks where there are no walks.
The plan is practically ready for
presentation and the Lions will 60
before the city council and mayor,
with the endorsements of the Cham
ber of Commerce, Retail Merchants
association, as we'll as civic organi-
2ations, and ask the ciey fathers TO
take the necessary steps to bring
about, Immediately, the building of
the required walks. Expressions
from property owners secured by THE
Lions club indicate that the major
ity of the people will give their full
support to the proposition.
To Connect Schools.
The plan ls reported at the meet
ing OF the Lions club yesterday by
the committee appointed for that
purpose, recommends the building of
walks on both sides of Tenth street
starting at Frisco avenue and extend
ing south to Arkansas, thus giving
a double walk directly through the
city from north to south.
These walks would pass the North
school, the West school and the
High school. The plans recommends
that an "L' be built on the north
end of this stretch of sidewalk to
connect the Northwest school and a
1T" on the southern end of it, one
branch of which would connect the
South school with the general system
of walks and the other to touch Sew
enteenth street, connecting the
Southwest school. Further, the plan
includes the building of a single
walk from the Southwest school to
the Oklahoma College for Women.
"FilI In" other Walks.
The survey of the Lions club and
Chamber of Commerce shows that in
that portion of the city between Sec
end and Fifteenth streets, east and
west, and between Choctaw and
Florida avenues, north and south,
there are mlny property owners who
have already put their walks down
II is estimated that about so per
cent of the property in this section
is flanked by walks, and that fully
half of the remaining property own
ers are strongly in flvor of taking
this action at the earliest possible
moment. 1t is probable that THE
proposition will be taken up at the
next meeting of the city council.
Officers of the Lions club point
out that with luhis plan completed
Chickasha would have $50 city
blocks flanked on all four sides by
walks, or a total of more than 6CO
blocks of sidewalks, the same being
nearly 60 miles,