The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-09
'SHACKS MUST CO
SAYS COUNCIL N
NEW ACT PASSED
No More Extension Of Time for Own.
ers Of Wooden Structures Con.
demned by City Fathers, De-
clare Orders Issued.
SELL BONDS FOR FIRE.
DEPARTMENT BUILDING
Oklahoma City Bank Deal Approved;
Audit City Books Passed; Meet
Tonight to Consider Contract
Line Creek Bridge.

Owners OF the old frame buildings
In the fire district will not be grant.
cd nm extension OF time 10 remove
these buildings which were recently
condemned and declared 10 be nuls.
ances, In an ordinance passed by the
council.
This became known last night
when the city council. In regular
session In the city hall. rescnded It's
previous action In granting certain
property owners an extension OF time
In which 10 remove the "shacks."
The action was resclnded on mo.
tion OF Councilman Y. w. Darnell.
seconded by Councilman Berry VIII
hanson. DuBose. Darnell, Dawson.
HendrIck. Thompson and Williamson
voted yes" while CouncIlmen John
II. Duncan and j. A. Hawn voted In
the negative.
Says All Must Go.
Every property owner affected by
the ordinance will be given a rea-
sonable amount Of time TO tear down
or remove his building" said Mayor
Coffman. "But all must 20 within
the next 30 TO 60 days. No one will
be given special privileges as far as
the enforcement OF this ordinance
is concerned" the mayor declared.
The mayor first recommended the
extension of time. but said last night
that he had changed his mind and
asked the council TO take the steps
necessary TO secure the immediate
removal of the. shaclSs. which, he
says. are fire hazards as well as
detrimental to the citys appear
ance.
Some of the buildings which must
go are the old planning mill building
across from fire station; the wooden
structures at the northeast corner
of Fifth street and Chickasha ave
nue.; the buildings occupied by the
Fifth Street Candy Kitchen, the Bon
Ton millinery shop and Carr's Opt
cal parlor; the building occupied by
the Empire Meat company; the fish
market building at the corner of
Third street and Kansas avenue,
across the street from the Early
hotel; the Tolan second hand store
building on Kansas avenue; the
small restaurant building on Kan
sas avenue and the two buildings at
the northwest corner OF Fifth street
and Chckasha avenue.
Fire Bonds Are Sold.
Sale of the $4,000 fire depart
ment bonds, voted for the purpose
of buying a site and constructing a
building for fire station in the
southwestern section of the city,
was confirmed by the council last
night. The bonds were sold to the
American National Bank of Oklaho-
ma City for par and accrued inter
est, plus premium of S2S5. Several
other bids for the bonds were re-
ceived.
Mayor Coffman said this morning
that the site for the new fire station
would be purchased soon after the
money for the bonds Is available
Construction of the building, he said,
will start soon after the site Is pur.
chased.
The council last night approved
the mayors appointment OF J. j.
Clark, city treasurer, as chairman
of the city library board, succeeding
w. w. Clark, who suddenly disap-
peared from his home here March
Z and who has not been heard of
since.
Meet Again This Evening.
For the purpose Of giving further
consideration to the bids for the
construction Of the proposed re-en,
forced concrete bridge over Line
Creek on North Sixth street, the
council recessed last night to mec.
again this evening at o'clock.
The report of the audit OF the
city records which was recently COM
pleted, was submitted to the coun-
Gil last night. The report indicates
that the city's records have been
kept very efficiently during the past
several years. The report of the
audit was accepted by the council
last night:
That the net cost Of the audit to
the city was only $3.50, was shown
in figures compiled today by j. r.
Wellborn, city clerk. While the
actual cost, Mr.. Wellborn says, was
$1,543.99, s1,254.11 was collected as
a result of the audit. This amount.
according to the city clerk. would
never have been collected had the
audit been passed. The s1,25411
the interest on daily bal
ances, collected from local banks,
and money collected from the coun-
ty treasurer's Office representing
taxes due the city.