The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-10-25
BOND ISSUES Of
CHICKAsHA PASS
BY SAFE MARGIN
Is,enslon of Sewer and Water Mains
and pu ldlnn Of Line Creek
Bridges Approved st Mon
days Election.
ADDS $4,000 TO BIG
PROGRAM AS OUTLINED
Pair Ground. Seventeenth Street
Paving: City Park. Natural Gas
Some Of Projects spon.
sored This Year.

The voters Of chickasha went i'
10 the polls yesterday and approved
tao bond issue propositions. tae
same being for sewer and water
main cStcnslons aud for the con
simciIon Of two bridges over Line
creek.
The first proposition carried by a
vote Of isg for the proposition and
90 against II. This involved $4,000.
The second proposition carried by
vote Of is5 for the proposal and
y against it. This involved $4,000.
with the passage Of the two bord
issue propositions totalilg $4,000
the Improvement program launched
by the City OF chickasha this year
jumped TO aggregate figures Of more
than a quarter Of a million dollars.
The two propositions in question
called for $4,000 bond issue for
the purpose OF extending water and
sewer mains In certain sections OF
the city and $4,000 for the olimlna'
tlon OF the old wooden bridges over
Line Creek on Sixth and Fourth
streets and tie eerction OF rein
forced concrete structures.
City officials pointed out this
morning that the passage OF the
$4,000 proposition for the extension
OF sewer and water mains would
mean tho opening of other improve
ments that would run well into the
tens of thousands of dollars for the
reason that these extensions will
open up very desirable residence
district which formerly were not sup
piled with sufficient sewer and
water conveniences. With these i'm
proyements completed or even start
ed many residences aer sure to
result in the districts tilus improved,
il Is pointed out. Several weeks will
elapse before actual work will start
on these two propositions as the
bonds will have to be issued and
sold and the work awarded by con
tract after the submission of bids.
Eo... Et.-4 DrNtart
The Grady county fair grounds
and athletic field was the first
project put over in the present pro
gram. Early last spring a PROPOSE
tion was started by the baseball fans
of the city for a down town park to
house the Chickasha team of the
Western association The plan even
tuallg eliminated in the purchase by
the city of Chickasha with 100000
worth of park bonds previously
voted, of 40 acres Of land adjoining
Chickasha on the east.
A fair association was formed
under the name of the Grady County
Park association. Stock was issued
and sold to local business men and
the association, operating under a
contract ith the city of Chickasha
the association erected a model
srandstand and fair building, repre-
senting an investment of around
$4,000. In this plant was staged in
September what was conceded to
be among the best county fairs held
in Oklahoma this year.
To Pave Seventeenth.
For several years Chickasha has
been endeavoring to pave Seven
teenth street, the boulevard which
connects theacity with the Oklahoma
College for Women. A few weeks
ago, the city council passed reso-
luton designating the street as i'm
provement district No. % and pro-
viding for the paving of the boule-
ward. No protest as filed within the
time limit by the property owners
and the edict of council is now in
contestable.
The estimate Of the city engineer
names the cost at not more than
S5.77 per lineal foot Bosed on this
figure, the estimated cost Of the
project will be in the neighborhood
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