The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-07
LOCAL SIDEWALK
CAMPAIGN HELPS J
CH|CKAsHA IDLE
Orders for "a Miles Nsw cenersss
Walk being Carried Out: Many
Property Owners Already
Quay With Building.
PROGRAM IS TO COST
$4,000 Is ESTIMATE
Al 10 Dc inspected By City rnuinser;
Drive 10 ue In Full swing
Here by January I. 10
Mayors Opinion.

Aiding materially IN the solution
Of the cIiy's unemployment problem.
an extensive sidewalk construction
compaign Is being carried on In
chickasha.
This activity was siariad Immc.
diateIy after the passage BY tho city
council Of an ordinance creating a
large sidewalk Improvement district
and declaring a necessity for and
ordering the construction Of more
than II miles Of sidewalk in the
city.
Although tho connecting Of every
public school building win the main
system Of sidewalks ia provided In
the ordinance. the approximate linn.
It's Of improvement district are II.
linols and Idaho avenues and Rail.
road md Fourteenth streets. This
district. according 10 figures COM
liled by John c. MlllIkan. city engi.
neer. embraces fz2 blocks having
% miles OF sidewalk space. so per-
cent OF which Is already covered
With standard concrete sidewalk.
Approximately $4,000 VIII bc
spent in this work II all provisions
Of the ordinance are realized. &C.
cording to the city engineers csti.
mates. Plans and specifications for
the construction of the walks werc .
approved. by the city council. Every
foot OF the concrete will be inspect
cd by the city engineer and must
meet the requirements outlined In
the specifications. which provides
that all sidewalks shall be five feet
wide with three and one.half Inch
base with one.haif inch covering.
Approval has been denied In sew
eral instances because the property
owner failed to comply with the
standard specifications. In these In
stances, the sidewalk had to be Inn
proved or re.installed.
Written notices are being served
on the owners of the property af-
fected by the creation of the side
walk Improvement district. In the
event the property owner fails to
cause the installation Of the side
walk within 30 days, the work will
be done by the city and tax war
rants for the actual cost thereof
will be issued. the notices state.
Tax warrants will be a first lien
against the property which will be
incumbered to the extent of the cost
of the sidewalk construction, ac-
cording to the notices being served.
That a great majority of the prop-
erty owners who have been official
ly served with written notices al
ready are proceeding with the work
and that few are expected to al
low the tax warrants to be issued,
is the information given out in the
mayors office 1t is reported that
several thousand dollars worth of
sidewalk construction is under way
here at the present time. Dozens Of
heretofore idle men have obtained
employment as result of this con-
dition, is is officially reported.
Much Of the work is being done
by contract. Prices have ben in the
neighborhood of $1.00 per square
foot.
For many years the city's side
wolk system has been loosely con-
nected. the reason for this Is not
known, although some say 1t was
because the property, in many in
stances, would not justify the ex-
pense at the time the original side
walk improvement ordinance was
passed. This condition has been eli
minated, however, in recent years.
To connect this system and give
the city a large. unbroken chain OF
sidewalks is the hope of Mayor
Coffman and the city council. The
creation of the sidewalk improve.
ment district was the first step to-
ward this accomplishment, they say.
"Chickasha needs more sidewalks
and she's going to have them" May
or Coffman commented. Every
property owner in the district will
be forced to comply with the ordi.
nance. The greatest sidewalk con-
struction campaign ever conducted
in Oklahoma will be in full swing in
Chickasha before January L.