The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-13
TAXPAYERS UNIT
0KEHS SPAVlNAW
League That Opposed
Pressey Plans to
Boost Project
SURVEY IS CHECKED
Three Former Executives Of
Tulsa, and -Four Civic
Heads for Bonds


After Hh 'Auhu.uf" ..hdy ana ln /
yeatlgbtiuu Of the report of Ems, /.
nccrs w n ttoiv,.y ana D.. /
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survey and project. otter obtaining .
an cxpcu rh,pI. uu ino gravity flow /.
plan advanced hr tuum. and con
Nnocd OF the f,ush,uty of the pro I
icct and horuughly 1u8flsl with /
thu plane that have been made 90
insure i,s proper construction. the .
TaSpsyefs Protective league. which I
actively uppoari fhu SplNlnuw bond
issue iu 1919, has passed resolutions
indursing tho bond lsauu Of ft.BUU.-
600 To- bo voted November 20.
The loaEue's check of the Spau
nav report was made by y. g..
Hughes. prominent local engineer.
who had charge of the vntor pro-
iec. ut Miami. Okla. ana who has
been interested in uuu,rnuH other
important municipal projects iu this
section of the state lie was city
engineer ~ rulRn Tor 10 years from
1906 GO 1919, ana has been a citizen
of Tulaa tor approximately b years
lie has followed Tho ougiuoUr.nE pro-
fession Tor the pant 3i ycara. At
present hc iH hcdd oi the hughes
Engineering company, with otiiccH
In the c. g. Colo hniihing lie - q
member OF thc IuNpnyors Protective
league, ana ms check was made SO
momhcrs OF mat organization might
more intolugchtly ihkn action on
the ,IrpulI , -. 80,
onnns,ti,n 1n 'bc snaytn,S" nro.
ioct t,vn v,nrs ,eo no 10 T.,n,v vo,s
prntcrtivc icagna ,S,s based ~, a
inrgo n,cas,,rr on no ,,,n,.r,icat,p,
lIv of tbc nlon srt for,h hv pross,'s
,cuntt ncrnrdtnp tn ,br r,,,intIc,,
AZ. tcn,-,,c contcndcd t,,t pr,,ac,, ~
man ,yn,iid nrnvc 100 rnsttv "a ,6,
iaxnavers' princlpnIlv bocausc hi.
nian prnvidcd tnr To,,r u,imntrg
stntions. which wound havo be"u rn.
uuirod to uff the unter nnnrovt
nnt,iv a00 foet bcforo doiIverino n
into ruIsa's mNina
n wns niEo the contcntIon of thIs
League thnt n nonpnrtiean water
rom,niasion shnuld hn rrrat,d ana
Tint Tho water uucstton shouid ho
put in this oonmisaion's bauda
rbnrtcr nmendment providing this
oommlssion ,yns nnurovod hv the
votors nj an election sovo,nI montha
ago
The resolution nasscd by tho Tax.
uavers protnrttvo Ion,yno arJ sten.A
hv Tntn nrndv nrcsidcni, 81 II
Lewis cbairmsn nxccntivo co,,mi,.
TOO aud a. 4. itouand 4 4; sim
n,ons ~ a. Itneh,a nra rrca 4
isitchcn ,nc,,hers "a, No evccut,yo
oommittee reads ns fniio,ys,
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Resolved by the Taxpayers Pro-
tectVo lchgue of Tulsa county, Okla
hoina, that,
WHEREAS. this league Is COM
posed of several hundred bona fide
Taxpayers OF tho city OF Tulsa In
cluding four eX-presldonta of the
Chamber OF Commerce and three oN-
mayors Of the city all Of whom are
vitality Interested In the eolution OF
the water problem affecting the
people OF this city, aud.
WHEREAS, the menhership or
this league recognizes the Import
greater Importance OF conducting
the Issue to the end that tho tax
payers and citizens OF the city of
Tulsa VIII enjoy the most OCunomi
chl and satisfactory sclut!oa OF the
problem. and,
WHEREAS, this league opposed
tho Spavlnaw bond issue voted up.
ON In July. 1919. for the reason that
It was tho opinion OF the members
of this league. that the proposed
plan submitted to Mayor uuhbsr nd
by EnEinocr pressey was lmprartic.
nblc aud not feaalhla. That IN,
r-hcad expenses OF operation an,
maintenance OF tho avntam nR proyt
dcd ln eaid plan hy the eaid presee,
would have amounted 10 aeVorn
hundred thousand doilars nor Yea
and would have greatly hurdene,
might have caused a loss OF aevera