The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-11-17
crrr COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Purchase by the COMMITTEES on Fire De-
partment of 500 Feet Of Hose.
t. johnson Resigns the Position of city
Marshal and j L. w Bell Appointed
Tn Sncresad Him
CouNcrL CHAMBERS, Nos. IS, 1881.

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Marshal and J. L. w Bell Appointed
to Succeed Him.
CouNcTI. CHAMBERS, Noy. IS, 1881.
Regular meeting of the city council.
Present-Mayor Eastman, Messrs. Bay,
Lewis, Ireland, Whittlesey, Halleck,
Theis.
Minutes OF meeting of November 2
read and approved.
The estimate of the city engineer as To
the cost of building sidewalks was read
and filed.
The resignation of T. johnson as mar
shall was read and accepted.
The petition of citizens for side
walk on the east side OF Congress street,
from Seventh to Eighth avenue, was
read and granted.
The committee on fire department re-
ported that they had purchased 500 feet
of rubber hose of the Gutta Pvrcha and
Rubber Manufacturing company for
$3.50, To be delivered in Emporia. and
with the hose is 10 be one expander, one
dozen spanners and one play pipe. The
report was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Theis the following
was adopted:
ReSolped, That the street commission
er is hereby instructed to fill up
Eighth avenue between Market and
Union streets.
On motion, the following was adopt
ed:
ResOlUed, That permission is here
by granted j. B. Halleck TO fence city
lots with high fence to be used for bill
posting and that he have the privilege
of maintaining said fence until other
wise ordered by the council.
On motion the committee on ordi-
nance was instructed to employ CON-
petent attorney to prepare an ordinance
relating to the curing of hides IN the
city, and also an ordinance to provide
for the refunding of the bonded indebt-
edness of the city.
An ordinance to satisfy the following
claims was adopted by a unanimous
vote:
A. Maddox, labor on sidewalks,
$2.62; w. S. Jay, lumber, $5323; r.
Cooper, street labor. So; G. T. Barwick,
pound rent for September, $14S0; II.
w. McCune, printing, S64 As; G. w.
Bragunier, supplies for fire department,
$50. 35; Nathan Jones, street labor, $3.50;
VIM. Reed, same, 1915; VIM. Jackson,
same, 1925; Henry Rogers, special po-
lice, $40; N. Whittlesey, horse feed,
$1O.10; John Sharp, work on cross
walks, $3.50; G. T. Barwick, pound rent
fuI October, $1760; C. S. Evans, street
labor, $2.62; j. L. W. Bell, paving con-
tract, $500; in line of orders on general
fund. Wolf Manufacturing company
corporation stops. $19.
Bids for constructing sidewalks in &C
cordance with advertisement were
opened and found TO be as follows:
G. S. Evans 80 cents per linear foot, j.
L. w. Bell sc cents and privilege of TAX
ing gravel from the city gravel bed at
10 cents yard. S. 8. Gordon, SO cents,
gravel to be taken from city gravel bed
free of cost; N. Brown 80 cents per linear
foot.
OH HlOI1Ou tue Uiu Ol IN. DTOWH Was
accepted provided he entered into con-
tract with committee on streets and al
leys.
Council went into executive session.
The mayor appointed j. l.. w. Bell
as marshal and the appointment was
confirmed by unanimous vote. Exec
utiVe session dissolved.
On motion of Mr.. Lewis the following
was adopted.
ResOIced, That permission is hereby
granted the owner of the Fifth Avenue
hotel to open the streets for the purpose
of draining the cellar thereto into ravine
on Congress street, the same to be done
in such a manner as not 10 endanger
travel on the streets. and the city reserves
the right to close said drain if at any
time the proper authorities of the city
declare the same nuisance Adjourned.
E. NJ. FoRDE. City Clerk.