The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-04-03
CONTRACT WITH E
STREET CITIZENS
AND CONSTRUCTION
COMPANY CANCELLED

BY unanimous vote. the board Of city
commissioners passed "a resolution at
its regular meeting Friday night, which
provided for the cancellation Of the
paving contract which existed between
The Ardmore Construction Company
and property owners ou T. street, south
west. r. l.. Snclsou presented "a check
10 the board for S6,464.23 which repre-
sents the amount property owners had
paid to the company and whose 'front.'
age had not been paved. The money
also includes six per cent interest, dat
ing from the date of the pavement.
This money will in turn be paid to the
property owners by the city.
The resolution also provides for the
creation Of bonds for payment of the
three blocks Of pavement which had
been completed by the company on the
street. and which had been accepted
by the board at its meeting last Wed
nosday night, after Mr.. SnelsOn had
agreed to present a maintenance bond
on the work for period of five years.
Several residents whose frontage on
| the street had been paved appeared at
! the meeting and again expressed oppo-
| sition to the payment for the work, in
sisting that it was poorly done. II is
generally believed that there will be
| half a dozen or more law suits pend
ing when attempts are made to col
lect the money.
Other Matters Discussed
Mr.. Russell, local photographer
appeared before the board and askeC
that some action be taken on a claim
which has been pending since last Sep
tember and which he had presented
for damages done TO his automobile af
ter he had run into a raised manhol'
casing in the western part Of the city
Mr.. Russell stated that the manhol'
was still in dangerous condition al
heretofore The commissioners unanl
mously passed a motion disallowng tn
claim and invited Mir. Russell to brini
legal action against it for the recover.
of the amount of the damages.
Motion was unanimously passed in
structing the city engineer to ascertain
how much pipe belonging to the cit,
the county had used in road work, ant
also instructing the city attorney I
present "a claim TO the commissioner
for the collection Of the amount due.
Commissioner shores was instructe
p by unanimous vote of the board to hav
a street light installed al the corne
Of X stret and Fifth avenue, northeast
The bond of Chief uf Police Hignigh
l was approved by the commissioners
, Among the signers were u. ;. Joine
and Mike German.
The board acted favorably on a m'
tion for the drawing up of an ord
nance raising the salary of the chic
: Of police Of ArdmOrc to $4,000 pc
e. year. effective the date after chi'
- has been officially elected by the pee
s pie The perseut salary of the CHI
b is 1925 per month. I'm introducing tn
. motion. Commissioner Doak stated tn;
G Ardmorc was fast growing, and prom
a ised to grow much faster after the MAJ
agcrial form OF government was in g
r feet. The present salary Of the chit
8 he said. was wholly inadequate.
j. The board adjourned at about ll:'
d O'Clock and viii reconvene tomorro
o night for passage of an ordinance e
y tablishng board Of censorship f
- movie exhibitions, and other matters
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