The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-04
TO ASK s9OO,OOO TO
CONSTRUCT SEVER
Bond Issue in That Sum
Will Be Submitted at
Special Election
10 DRAIN SOUTHWEST
Means Safety for Life and
Property in the District
Subject to Floods

special election will be called as
80, az legally possible TO vote on
,Se issuance of 100000 In bonds to
h,,ld a storm sewer adequate for the
vesas OF the Central park drainage
d,s,rlet The mayor and tommis-
sioners voted to call this election
aoer a halliday session Friday with
nroperty owners from the south side
snd from Kendall. Who attended the
commission meeting.
The report of the Freeborn En-
gineering company. which made an
s,Saus,ive survey OF this proposed
5rInaFe project. advises the voting
ofaSi. 500. 900 bond issue. However.
after the lengthy and at times heated
discussion Friday, city officials and
nroperty owners found that by using
an open ditch for n section of the
sewer the cost could be substantially
redhced,
Durlng the noon hour j. W. Free
born, head of tho engineering COM
pany acting on this suggestion,
made an estimate OF the saving II
the change was made. lie found
the difference to be approximately
100000. Property owners and city
officials expressed doubt whether a
celve favorable attention from vot-
ers al this time. They were conf
dent that bond Issue of $4,000 0
would be passed.
. According to the new speclfica-
tons and estimate, there would be n
Aser 12 to 16 feet in diameter from
Boulder park. near Eighteenth and
Main streets, to Eleventh street (:
from Eleventh street to Central park
an open ditch would be used. There
is no property that would be greatly
damaged by allowing this open ditch
10 exist property owners averred.
WIN Drain $500 Acres.
Plans call for sewer and n ditch
Of sufficient capacity 10 adequately
dispose Of all storm water from this
district OF approximately 2.300 acres
which extends east as far as Kendall
and north to the Frisco tracks. At
present all water from this area
empties into the eight-foot. sewer at
Eighteenth and Baltimore, which Is
mudh too small and which causes ex-
cess water TO back up into base
ments and streets.
When the bond election will be
called has not been decided Friday,
II was first thought best TO hold Il
In connection with the primary elec-
ton in March, hut this plan did not
meet with approval by property
owners In the affected district. who
contended the issue might not re-
ceive the attention due II II II were
combined with another election.
Frequent displays of oratoricaI
pyrotechnics were shown during ehe
meeting Friday Nbefore the dove OF
peace descended and property own
ers from the south and cast sides
shook hands warmly.
Kendallites Want Theirs.
Several south siders suggested tha'
money remaining in the bond issue
voted six months ago be used to en-
large the sewer in their section. Blu
Kendallites, knowing a part of thii
money was voted to improve theil
sewer facilities, balked emphatically
They couldn't see Why they shoult
be left to the mercy OF rains anC
floods while the south siders woul'
not be troubled with excessive mois
ture.
South slders in turn were strenu
ously opposed to allowing Kendall
TO use its portion Of the bond issu'
to build a sewer to Central parl
unless the outlet at Eighteenth an'
Baltimore could be first enlarged I
dispose of it, There was only on
bond issue voted for specific pur
poses. II one section used all IN
money, the other section must suffer
so II was finally agreed the onl
. effective remedy is the voting of
tew bond issue sufficient TO provid