The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-09-21
WATER WORKS.

The EAGLE has. in the past. whenever tue
matter was suggested. in quiet way pro-
tested against the rNpeuse of ely water
work.. always giving one reason of our
opposition the fact that Wichita is the best
watered town in the State Of Kansas Its
accessibility. in any quantities, TO rich and
poor, AT a mere nominal expense, il unques.
toned. Those who wanted extra supplies
FOR uiilitarian or other purposes. could em-
ploy the windmill aud tank at their own ex-
peuse. Another reason offered wa. that we
should wait until the city was able 10 own
and operate the works in connection with an
electrical machine for lighting the city. The
two conld he very economically combined
the same engine. h,en and supe intendent
answering Tor both water and light But We
find that we are hopele>sly in the minority
The city council. backed BY the heaviest tax
payers. are in favor Of wster-work-. and that
and at the hands of a private
corporation, and have contracted with
st. Louis firm who are to lay ll-inch main-.
6-inch supply pipes. and furnish the city with
sixty hydrants. Those who have looked in
10 the matter say our authorities have made
4 most excellent contract through Mr.. Jones.
its general agent. who is TO commence work
within thirty days. II seems that The mayor
aud city council are unanimously OF the opin-
ion that we hare secured the most favorable
contract possible
Col. Woodcork and his regiment aud the
Wichita Guard, and their officers covered
themselves with glory At the annual muster
al Topeka Everybody said that The Second
was ~ much better drilled that The
other regiments and bartaiaa> We're I'M
worthy naming the same day. The sham
battle. OF which the Topeka paper, publish
lively accounts. mutt have been rather an
exciting set-io. In giving an account of the
killed and wounded. the Commonwealth says
Major General Anderson wa, struck just
above the belt with IA Goldfish ball.
Col. J. u. IIallowcll had 4 piece of his
check sla>hei OF by sabre. lie has enough
left. and the part Lost will not be missed.)
Adjutant Ask came in with seventeen inch
e, of his right foot gone. la, still has good
Col. Woojcock's Il. John muslachc has re-
turned 10 it, natural color, the dye having
been blown of by passin, canon hall.
A private in the second battalion bad hi,
uniform burned by the premature discharge
OF his gun. And 20 on and so forth.
That was a lively zephyr whose pcnsi,e
- gll> disturbed the quiet of last sabbath and
whose gentle energies tore the leaves from
The trees, stripped the standing corn of its
blades and scattered every religious thought
by turning devou; tendencies into naughty
inclination~. We SAW hut one woman out.
and he a colored sister with all stills set, was
making forty knots an boar in the direction
Of the Frisco depot. her toes touching the
ground only once in every six rods. Nothing
loose at either end remained quiet. We felt
like snatching prayer-book aud rushing
Out and steadily. for five hour, IT peating
the response. Good Lord. deliver u.s. but
our eyes would have been filled with dust
rather than tears, aud the hair OF eur head
would have been stripped of before We could
have found the page. Milton, Dauie. and
other imaginative idealist, missed much by
not living one such day in Kansas.
We stated last week that to NJ. II. Moser
and u. H. Roys was due the honor of max
ing up the >edgwick county display at To-
peka. Ii seems that u number of business
firms contributed towards the expense OF
the more choice display Of fruits
and vegetables exhibited at the farmers
fair; still. bat for the energy and thought
funess OF the gentlemen named Sedgwick
county would have made but poor show at
Topeka In the awards made by the Santa
Fe company Sedgwick took the third prize.
4 very little effort. IL made in time aud sys.
would have carried OF all the
first prizes. But there is no doubt that Sedg-
wick was entitled to the first prize, a. IL
was.
The Hutchinson papers are making no little
ado over the purchase by the Santa Re Of the
Topeka X Southwestern Rail-
road. We are happy TO inform our friends
that there /. no occasion for feeling badly.
In the first place Gen. 7. r. Taylor j. not as
big man in Boston a. he Is in Hutchinson,
and if the road bad not been bought up il
would never have gone through Reno. The
Santa Re has too much brains and money 10
permit any new independent outlets into
this state from their three principal Missouri
river pointe. Hutchinson will never get a
line unless il he from point
north of Atchison or south of Kansas City.
Can't you see it,.
Commodore goldman and wife and daugh-
ter returned frsm the Atlantic States on FRI
day. Mr.. " aud daughter had been East
during the entire summer. Mr.. W. had been
absent only five or six weeks, but during
that time had visited all the great CONNER
eial centers in the course Of business. lie
reports times and financial matters in an as
suiing condition aud the crop, in the Cen.
trail States looking excellent lie SAYS il is
wonderful the way the corn of Ohio, Indiana
aud Illinois has developed in few weeks.
Our future railway interests, be says, he is
satisfied are in the best possible shape.
At Il joint meeting of the board of educa-
ton and the board OF regents of The acade-
my in this city on Monday evening, tue lat
ter body. by unanimous yof-, requested the
former board to locate the building on the
secured for a reasonable price. One acre of
the ground can, under the law. be regularly
condemned by three appraisers. which will
cover all who might feel disposed 10 take adj
vantage by demanding an exorbitant piice.
Several other locations were talked OF aud
one of which can yet Ice chosen, ii neees-
sary.
A blazing comet can be seen at midday.
which appears startling in its brillancy and
proximity TO the sun. II is situated but two
OF three degrees 20 the right of the sun, and
at first sight might De mistaken for a bright
little cloud. When first seen it was all the
talk. IL is probably the same looked Tor last
spring, but which was never seen By the
naked eye, for the reason that its line Of
flight was so close 10 the range Of vision OF
the sun and earth. II il does not fail into
the sun n il goes back into space, il may
become very brilliant object at night.
Rev. W. +. Harper, the popular pastor of
the Baptist society, was surprise to find the
parlor Of his new house, into which he has
not yet moved, laid with fine body Brus-
sells carpet. the other day. He had only
made up his mind TO a new carpet for the
room, which fact being ascertained By his
friends, the pleasant sequel mentioned was
the result.