The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-03-11
VOTER AND TAXPAYER
Council ProceedlnCs.

| CulCt. I1cI MIN SPEAK dt OHCc anu HaInt
our next mayor.
| VOTER AND TAXPAYER.
| Council Proceedlncs.
COUNCIL. CHAMBERS. March It'll, 1881.
Regular meeting. Present-Mayoi
Gilmore, Messrs. Taylor, Fox, Louis
Thatcher, Theis, Watson.
Minutes of meetings from January 3rd
inclusive to date, read and approved
| The following veto of the Mayor of
the ordinance fixing license tax on pub
lie halls at $25 per year was read:
To the Hon. Council Of the city Of
EH1p0ria:
GENTLEMEN: Your ordinance fixing
a license upon public halls is hereby
returned without my signature and with
my reasons therefor herein presented.
| In my judgemnt, the ordinance now
in force is not unreasonable so far as
the amount fixed is concerned and the
amount therein stated was, to the best
of my recollection, az the time said Or
dinance was passed, satisfactory to the
owners of public halls in the city.
| Previous to the adoption of said ordi-
| nance the whole subject matter was
| placed in the hands of the mayor, to
| charge such fee upon each performance
as his judgment dictated. Under that
| ordinance there was collected for the
benefit of and placed in the city treasury
for the year Immediately preceding the
| adoption of the ordinance now in force,
the sum of $40 for thirty-six separate
performances, not including matinees.
The average for each performance was
less than $220-in view of what other
/ liannoo 40 rrizy
not u very large sum for travelling show
| men, who pay no other city taxeS-to
have to pay.
| The original owner of Bancroft hall
was perfectly willing to pay the sum of
! $500 per year as license fee, and that,
| too, when the city had less than $500
inhabitants, and it does seem to me that
when we have about 5000 inhabitants
within our borders that to double said
license fee would be eminently just and
in no sense unreasonable. Respectfully
| yours, D. s. GILMORE, Mayor.
February 81, 1881.
Marshals report for December, Janu-
uary and February referred to commit
| tee on claims.
Communication from street commits
sioner stating that culverts on Sixth av-
enue and Mechanics and Congress streets
must be covered with lumber, was refer
red to committee on streets and alleys,
with power to act.
Communication from water works
superintendent concerning extension of
water pipe on NeOsho street, from
Eleventh to Twelfth avenue, referred to
committee on water works.
Police judges report for January and
February, referred to committee on
claims.
others, asking for side walk commencing
| southeast corner of lot 1, Rural street /;
| thence north on west side of street to
southeast corner of lot 90 Rural street;
| thence east on north side of Second
| avenue to southeast corner of lot 90,
Merchants street; also a petition of
John F. Witte and others, for sidewalk
| on east side of Commercial from Cop
ley's avenue to south line of Randolph's
addition. Also petitions of 1. E. Lam
| bert and others, for sidewalk on west
side of Constitution from Tenth to
Twelfth avenue and crossings; also petit
| ton of Hugh Thomas and others. for
sidewalk on south side of First avenue,
| between Merchants and Constitution
| street, were referred to committee on
streets and alleys.
Petition of o. Pfefferle, VIM. Berger,
Frank Davis, N. E. Weaver, Jos. Span
der, Chas. Groth, Franz Falk, VIM. AL
man and ]. I. Mayse, for permission to
reopen their business places for the sale
of intoxicating liquors, and to keep them
open until May 1, proposing in lieu of
license to pay & tax or fine such as the
council might dictate, was read. Mr.
Lewis moved that the petitions be not
granted. Motion carried by a unani-
nous vote.
Petition of several citizens for con-
| struction of drain on Sixth avenue,
from Hotel Coolidge west, was referred
to committee on streets and alleys, with
instructions to construct the drain.
Petition of Michael Maloney and 9TH
ers for construction of culvert on Second
avenue between Cottonwood and Ex-
change streets was referred to committee
on streets and alleys.
| Petition of several citizens asking
permission to lay water pipes from First
avenue and Cottonwood street north to
lot IS, Cottonwood street, said pipe to be
for the use and benefit of the Catholic
building, and asking donation of the
| nipa xuas road and IN Tnotion IF Mr.
Watson the petition was referred to COM
mittee on water works with instructions
to furnish the pipe, the same to be LAID
at the expense of petitioners and under
direction of the water works superln-
tendent, the pipe to be the property and
under the control of the city.
| Committee on ways and means report
as correct the city clerks quarterly
statement for quarter ending December
20, A. D. 1880.
Committee on water works approve
the superintendent of water works re-
port for December and January, except
item of so cents paid l. E. Lambert for
collection, and report was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Watson, the com
mittee on streets and alleys were ordered
to drain alley between Mechanics and
| Commercial streets and Fourth and Fifth
| avenues.
| Mr.. Watson, chairman of committee
| on ordinance, reported a gas ordinance.
After some discussion, all gas ordinances
were referred to special committee of
three, appointed by the mayor, as fol-
lows: Messrs. Fox, Watson and Theis,
to report next Monday evening.
An ordinance amending section 1 of
an ordinance granting certain privileges
to the EmpOria Telephone Exchange
company, so as to give the said compa-
ny exclusive privileges for 81 years, was
adopted by a unanimous vote.
An ordinance providing for payment
of the following claims was adopted: T..
Fleming, marshal, $40; B. F. Romano.
policeman, $40; ]. Taylor, teamster,
$35; D. Hammond, street commissioner
and water works superintendent, $50 /;
E. NJ. Forde, clerk, 1888; Prothero &
Thomas. carpentering, 81 so; T. D. Bra
gunier s. Co., oil, $14.50; G. C. Munger
and son, engineers, $10s.33; John Bay,
oil, &c, $500; BENZ. Sharp, work on
water works pipe, $3.50; Charles Miller,
tapping and plumbing, $1065; A. Batch.
man, work on water works, $3.50; Jor.
dan Carson, same, $3.50; Bruner s. Ho
gan, tapping, 1920.
Bills on clerk ks desk read and referred
Adjourned until Monday evening next
EN-. FoRDE, Clerk.
Wedding At Americas.
Married at the residence of the brides
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