The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1881-05-13
Council proceedings.

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, May Q. A D., 1881.
Council met pursuant TO adjournment.
Present. Mayor Eastman and all the
ceuncilmen.
Minutes of meeting held May 9, read
and approved.
Committee on streets and alleys re-
ported in favor of granting petition of
Michael Maloney and others for culvert
on Second avenue between Cottonwood
and Exchange streets on line south OF
the alley between said streets Report
| adopted.
The following report OF special COM
lnitiee vas read:
Your committee beg leave TO report
that we went 10 Topeka and had long
conference with General Manager Strong
| and urged as best we could that the pas
senger depot be left where 1t now is We
asked him if the ground south of the
court house could be secured and donat-
ed 10 the company, if that would cause
| the depot 10 be built on that ground.
Mr. Strong replied it would
be impossible to build a
new depot at or near the present loca-
ton on account OF the limited room.
of Fremont Park as would be sufficient
for depot purposes, if they would favor
| that location.
Mr.. Strong said he. had understood
there was some question about getting II
good title TO that property, but that he
would have their solicitor, Mr., Peck
look that matter up and let US know,
and if the title was satisfactory, he
might make as a proposition. On last
Saturday, we received from Mr.. Strong
the following telegram:
TOPEKA, May Z, 1881.
To MdN01. Eastman and committee:
Our solicitor, Mr.. Peck, gave me his
opinion that the title to park cannot be
made satisfactory to US. Hope you will
permit us to locate the depot as our best
interests dictate. Let us work together
tSigned) w. B. STRONG.
After carefully considering the matter,
your committee recommend that the Or
dinance referred to be so amended as,
while guarding to the city all rights she
now holds in Third avenue, to allow the
A, I. & 3. r. II. II. company TO remove
their passenger depot only to such point
as they may desire on Third avenue in
side the corporate limits of the city as
now laid out.
Respectfully submitted,
d. w. EASTMAN.
N. WHTTTLEsEY.
j. S. WATSON.
/. ID. Fox.
On motion of Mr. Fox the following
was adopted:
= ResOtUed, That the committee on wa
ter works be and they are hereby author
lied to take up the three-inch pipe now
laid on Fifth avenue between CONNER
cial street and Mechanics street and lay
the same down on State street, between
Tenth and Eleventh avenues.
An ordinance entitled an ordinance
to amend paragraph two of section two
of an ordinance granting the A. T. s. s.
r. r. Co. the right to lay an additional
track along Third avenue" approved
July Sd, A. D. 1878. was taken up for
consideration and adopted by section,
and the whole ordinance adopted by a
unanimous vote.
Report of city attorney on petition of
L. F. Pruyh and ordinance in relation
TO Chicago lumber company warrants
read and filed.
An ordinance entitled an Ordinance
to amend an ordinance entitled an ordin-
ance in relation to licenses of tipping
shops" approved December z, 1874, was
referred to committee ON ordinances.
An ordinance entitled "An ordinance
TO regulate hotel runners, apple, peanut
and fruit peddlers and loafers in around
the depots within the corporate limits of
Emporia." was considered by sections
under suspension Of the rules and
adopted, all voting for except Mr.. Theis
who voted against.
Matter of fixing rates for water for the
new Catholic building was referred to
the committee on water works.
An ordinance entitled can ordinance
providing for the construction of certain
sidewalks therein named" was introduce
ed, considered by sections under a sus-
pension of the rules and adopted by q
unanimous vote.
An ordinance providing for the pay
ment of the following claims was adopt
ed by a unanimous vote: