The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1920-01-20
Carmichael, Chairman; cralIee, Secre-
tary With Bingham AS Third
Member; Hold Conference
With State Man.
PLAN GET INFORMATION
ON ALL CLASSES ROADS
Finish Details of College Boulevard
Before Starting Actual Work On
Park Sites; viii Call Meeting
of Properly Owners.

leilHlludIleS toward une uCludl
commencing of operations on Chick
asha's system of parks and boule-
wards were started this morning
when the park board met and organ
lied. The organization makes j. d.
Carmichael, chairman; M. S. Cralle,
secretary, with o. L. Bingham as
the third members of the board.
The board this afternoon planned
to go to the state road gang camp
for a conference with Superintend-
ent Buckner. From the superinItend-
ent the board members planned to
get information as to the availability
of various road materials at this
time, the class of material which is
best adapted to road of the pro-
posed character to connect the
Chicklsha pavement with the Okla
homa College for Women.
Mr. Buckner is recognized as an
authority on roads having had
number of years experience in the
construction of roads throughout the
state, his experience dealing with
every class of road and street from
pavement to the country dirt road.
From him the park board expects TO
gather the data necessary for Their
preliminary steps, and it was intimat-
ed that upon this advice would
largely depend the class Of road to
be built In making the selection
of the material, everything will be
considered and before any definite
action is taken the board plans xo
be absolutely familiar with all kinds
OF road surfaces, their durability, the
availability of the various materials
and the length of time and expense
required to work them into an imr
proved boulevard.
Handle Roads First.
1t was pointed out by "a member
OF the board this morning that the
body will handle the proposed road
to the college first, for the re- 5on
that a big start is desired to De made
en- that street before the spring
rains commence. 1t was shown that
in the past, it has been next to inr
possible to get from the pavement
on Minnesota avenue to the college
in an automobile with the street in
its present condition. The promise
given to the state legislature that
q hard surface road would connect
the college and the city pavement in
the event the appropriation for
new dormitory was passed, was. also
pointed to as a reason for the prompt
action of the board.
Mr.. Cralle, secretary of the board,
is at this time compiling a list OF
the property owners from Fifteenth
street on Minnesota avenue to the
corner of Seventeenth and Mime
sofa, then from that corner, south
on Minnesota avenue to the southern
limits OF the o. C. w. campus.
To Call Meeting.
After the board has compiled all
the data possible on roads and
streets. the cost of material, the
availability of material and in fact
everything pertaining to road or
street work of the proposed class,
meeting of all property owners al
fected will be called and the matter
gone into thoroughly and some de-
cision reached as to the nature OF
the road to be built and paid for out
of the 100000 bond issue, plus the
amount owners of the improvement
district affected, will be required to
pay.
Mass of Data Necessary.
The park board has some man
sized job ahead. All members admit
that
After their conference with Mr.
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