The Caddo Herald
April 22, 1910
We Are Assured of Water
When the contract was let for the building of the water system for the town of Caddo various and sundry complications arose and the work of construction was unavoidably delayed. It was originally agreed to have the system installed within ninety days from the date of letting the contract. The contract was originally awarded to Mr. E. E. Lumaden of Oklahoma City and Mr. Lumaden failed to make good. We do not know whose fault it was that Mr. Lumaden did not carry out his contract, but we do know that the matter hung on for about a year without anything much being done toward the completion of the system until Mr. Lumaden’s contract was taken over by the Southern Company, the company furnishing Mr. Lumaden’s bond. Now that the matter is under the direction of the Southern Surety Co. the work is being pushed to completion as fast as men can do the work. The Surety Company is losing no time in completing the contract and the people of Caddo appreciate their efforts for now we have some assurance that by the time the hot sultry days of the summer will have come there will be an ample supply of water in our water mains, and when we think of what we had to contend with last summer, we appreciate this fact all the more. In giving this contract to the Southern Surety people we are patronizing home industry; we feel that since this company is a product of Eastern Oklahoma and having extensive investments in and near Caddo, that it is indeed a home institution.
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