The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-08-25

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Works Question. and New
Plan of Adjustment Is Reported by the
Special COMMITTEES Having That
Matter in Charge.
/ AUGUST, %. 1878 P. NJ.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present, Mayor Eastman and Messrs.
Bay. Lewis. Ireland. Whittlesey, Halieck,
Watson and Thies
Minutes OF meetings held August LIST,
Sd, slh and 14ih read and approved.
The following message from the mayor
was read:
To the Honorable City Council:
GENTLEMEN: l have the following
recommendations TO make:
LIST. That the council adopt what is
known as the Waring system of sewer
age.
ed. That they accept Col. Warnings
| proposition TO furnish plans, specifiea-
| lions and estimates for sewerage for the
| city.
| My reasons for making these recon-
'mendations are, that believe il will be
a necessity for the city To adopt some
| system of sewerage. l don't believe the
city can successfully carry ON its water
works unless this is done. l believe the
| plan of sewerage which only disposes of
the house sewerage, leaving storm waters
10 be mostly disposed of on the surface,
is by far the cheapest plan yet tried,
| equally effectual in sanitary
point of view. and hence the best.
make the second rec ommendation not
with view of putting in the whole sew
erage now, and probably not for some
| years TO come, for I do not believe in the
| present conditIon of the city's finances
that il would be practicable, nor do /
deem it necessary but l believe many
hundred dollars would be saved by hav-
ing comprehensive plan so that when
ever the city finds 1t necessary to put in
| any s ewerage II can be done in per-
manent shape and an intelligent manner
so as TO benefit the whole city, and so
that work once done will not be useless
nor have 10 he done again. l can easily
see, as presume the council can, how a
faulty plan or no plan at all of putting
in pipes here and there as a make-Shift
would very soon cost the city many
times what the plan spoken of would do
and the city have nothing permanent to
show. 1 recommend the acceptance of
Mr.. Warnings proposition, because he
has national reputation and is an nc
knowledged expert in sanitary matters,
as the following from last Fridays tele-
graph dispatches will show:
SANITARY PREcAUTIoN.-Att the invi-
tation of Col. Rockwell, the Commits
siOner of Public Buildings and Grounds,
Col. Waring and his assistant, from
Newport, r. l., acknowledged experts in
sanitary matters. are in the city for the
purpose of making thorough examina-
tiOn of the sewerage and drainage of the
Executive Mansion. with view of as
certaining what Improvements are nee
essary 10 put the house in a perfect san
it1ry condition"
Very respectfully,
ID. w. EASTMAN, Mayor.
Mr. Watson moved that the offer Of
Col. Waring to furnish plans and speci-
ficatiOns for ground sewerage for $500,
and expenses not to exceed $3.50. d. &C
copied, which was adopted, the vote
standing as follows: Ayes-Bay. Ire
land, Halleck, Watson; nays-Whittlesey
and Theis.
Petition of A j. Maxwell for license
to run billiard tables at lot ia Com
mercial street, read and referred to com
mittee on police and license.
Petition of Peter Wielow for license
TO run billiard hall at lot ia Gunner
cial street, was read and not granted.
Committee on water works reported as
correct report of superintendent OF waller
works for July. Report adopted.
Committee on claims reported rs cor
rect police judges report for May, June
and July, and the report was adopted.
The following was read:
Mr.. d. W. Eastman. Chairman Of
Special Committee:
DEAR SIR: The offer through you
by the city council, of the city of EN-
pOria, Kansas, TO hand. Contents con-
sidered. In reply will say, from present
light on the matter, / could not accept
at present. But thanking you and your
committee for your kind consideration,
| remain yours respectfully,
W. II SoDEN
Mr.. Watson moved the adoption of
the following:
WHEREAS, W. T. Soden has declined
TO accept the proposition made by the
council at its meeting held August LIST,
1881, to allow the city to supply its
well where it Is now located, and from
the mill pond above Soden's dam, and
WHEREAS, II is evident that the water
works cannot be maintained where
now located without great and burden
some expense, and therefore that the
water works building, engine and pumps
must be removed; therefore, be il
ReSOLced, That the engine, pumps and
water works building be moved to some
point on the Cottonwood river below
Soden's dam to be hereafter determined,
provided the said w. T. Soden shall
within days from this date bind
himself and his successors and assigns
to the property adjacent TO and above his
mill dam, consenting that the city, in
case that it shall build the water works
building, &c, below the said mil. dam,
may connect its said water works with
the water above said mill dam with q
large main and shall have the right for
ever to draw water from said mill pond
in cases of fire, and in case the water
supply shall at any time be insufficient
to meet the ordinary demands OF the
city for water for any and all purposes.
Motion lost by the following vote:
Aye-Watson; nays-Bay, Lewis, Ire
land, Whittlesey, Theis. Mr.. Halleck de-
clined to vote. The following report of
special committee was read:
To the Hon. City Council:
GENTLEMEN: Your committee 10
whom was referred the matter OF the lo- |
cation of water works would respectfully |
report: That IN their judgment the |
works cannot be moved for less than |
seven thousand dollars ($7,000l If the |
former recommendations of the COM |
mittee are not adopted We recommend |
that proposition be made TO Dir. Soden |
TO keep the works where they now are |
for term of years (not less than five) or |
until the city is in better financial con- |
dition so as TO be able to stand the |
great expense of moving the works.
We would also recommend the imnedi- |
ate purchase and condemnation Ofthe nee
essary land and water on the NeOsho Fiv- |
er at OF near the point where said river |
comes nearest the town site, nearly |
north of Market street, for water works |
purposes when the removal shall be |
made. d. w. EASTMAN
JoHN BAY.
N Fl. IRELASD.
J. B. HAILEcK,
Committee. |