The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-14
FIRE STATION IN
WEST PART CITY,
PLEA IN COUNCIL
Petition Filed With Fathers For
Station No. 2; Matter In Hands
Of Committee to Make an
investigation.
DEADLOCK COMES OVER
NAMING OF SCAvANCER
Ben HudsIns Appointed BY Mayor
but Council Refuses Concur;
New Sewer District Named;
officers In Reports.

Petitions asking uaat q fire sta.
ticn be erected In that portion OF
the city west OF Fifteenth street
were submitted to the city council
In session last night In the council
chamber OF the city hail. The pc
tions were referred to the fire COM
mittee with instructions 10 investi-
rate the necessity OF establishing
the station, the cost. etc. and to re-
port at the next meeting OF the
council
TIE petitions contained approx.
nately ii7 signatures.
An ordinance repeating ordinance
No $50 which declared necessity
for and created sewer district No.
30 and ordered the construction OF
a lateral sewer therein. was passed
last night. Immediately following
this action, another ordinance Gre
ating new sewer district only
slightly different from the one set
aside and annulled was passed. This
was necessary, according to City
Engineer John MIlliken. 10 elimi-
nate certain vacant lots from the
district The new district, No. 81.
Is between Sixteenth and Seven
teenth streets from $50 feet south
Of Florida avenue to Idaho avenue.
The ordinance instructs the city
engineer to prepare plans, specifi-
cations and estimate of cost Of the
proposed improvement. No bids for
the job of making the Improvement
In district No. 30 we're received.
Deadiocked On Appointment.
A deadlock resulted In the ap-
pointment of city scavenger to
succeed Chas. Bright, resigned.
Fourteen bids for the work were re-
ceived, following which Mayor Coff.
man made the appointment OF Ben
Hudgins. one OF the three lowest
bidders. Councilman Hawn moved
that the appointment be confirmed,
but the motion was lost for want Of
second. Councilmen DuBose, Dar-
nell, Williamson and Roark advo-
Gated the appointment of another
bidder. In an endeavor to thrash
out the difference, short executive
session was held but no agreement
was reached
Mayor Coffman declared this
morning that he will not change his
appointment. Until the appointment
lf confirmed, he said, Mr.. Bright
wili continue as scavenger.
Lowest bids received last night
quoted approximately the same
prices as are contained In Mr..
Brights contract
Reports Are Received.
Reports of city officials for the
month Of January were received
and filed last night.
Report of Dr.. E. L. Dawson, city
superintendent Of health, follows:
"One case of dyptheria, one case OF
smallpox; five taps to sanitary
sewer"
The city has $297579os in the
five Chickasha banks, according to
the report Of Judge W. w. Clark,
city treasurer. In addition to this
amount, the city owns $4,000 In
government bonds and $2,5O2 in gov
ernment war savings stamps, max.
ing grand total Of $350,000.
The amount collected by the water
department during the month OF
January was $3,72f25, says the re-
port of B. B. McBurnett, water COM
missioner.
An ordinance appropriatlng $lO,-
431.29 for the payment OF claims
against the city for the past month
was passed.
Sidewalk construction bonds sub
mitted by v. Il. Taylor and G. w.
Quinn were approved.
One of the reports received by the
council last night was from the
veneral clinic maintained here by
the city, state and national govern
ment, cooperating. That q large
number of visits to the clinic were
made during the month is indicated
in the report, submitted by DR.. J..
c. Ambrister This is one Of the
two clinics Of this nature now be-
ing maintained in the state.
The meeting Of the council last
night was an adjourned session.