The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-05
CRY ooUNCIL rKooeEDINcs
Action Taken in Regard TO the Special
Tax for street Improvement
Reports OF Northumberland Pro-
vIding for the Payment Of

Reports OF CoInEntttcos-OfellE FRO Il
viding for the Payment Of
Claims, &c.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Oct. 2, 1882
Council met in regular session, Mayor
Eastman in the chair. Present, Coun-
cilmen Bay. Walkup, Ireland, Lewis,
Halleck, Thatcher and Theis. Minutes
Of September 21st were read and ap-
proved.
Police judges report for September
was referred TO the committee on claims.
Communication of chief Of fire de-
partment asking that gas pipe be put
in the engine house was referred 10 the
committee on city property.
The committee on streets and alleys
reported in favor of granting the petition
for sidewalk on the north side of Sixth
avenue from Constitution street 10 West
street.
The report was adopted, and the COM
nittee on ordinances was instructed to
report an ordinance providing for the
same.
The committee on claims reported dis
approving the bill of J. H. Hibben Of 81
for report of cost of street improvement.
Adopted.
The following resolution was, on mo-
ton of Bay, adopted:
Whereas, The city engineer was in
structed to report the cost of excavation
below the grade for matchmaking,
curling. and guttering on Sixth and
Fifth avenues, between the west side OF
Commercial street and west side of
Merchants, on Commercial street be-
tween Second and Third avenue, and for
graveIing ON Commercial street from
| Second avenue to south side of Ran
dolph's addition, and relying upon his
report being in accordance with in
structions, this council on September
2l, 1882, passed a resolution assessing
| the cost Of excayating as reported by
the city engineer to the property liable
| for the improvements aforesaid and
Whereas, Such report included the en-
tire cost of excavating above as we'll al
below the grade, therefore be it
/ Resolved, That so much of the resolu
ton adopted On September 81, 1882, a
LEVIED q special tax for the foregoing
improvements is hereby rescinded and |
special tax is hereby levied upon thu
property liable according TO Law for tn
improvements above named 10 pay TO
the mscadamiEing, curbing and gutter
ing and graveling, az feposted by the en-
gineer, and for the cost of eKcavating o
follows:
Area Sixth avenue and Merchant
street.. 90
Sixth avenue between Merchants
and Commercial street. 49,. 345 8
Area Fifth avenue and Merchants
street. "a
and Commercial streets 800, e79 6
ond and Third avenues. -. $50 0
Area Second avenue and Com
mercial street. 1900. A l
and South avenues. .......... PIG 0
ciai street. .,,....... 40 5
and South avenues. -. sl6 0
mercisi street. H 40 .
Commercial street between South
and Copley avenues. ......... ZIG .
Area Commercial street and Cop.
| ley avenue. .........s....-. I'D D
Commercial street between Cop
ley and Randolph avenue. PIG 0
Area Commercial street and Ran
| dOIph avenue. 80 D
Commercial street between Ran
dolph avenue and south side of
Randolph's addition. ....... 209 2
And the clerk is hereby directed I
prepare an itemized statement of sucl
special tax upon each piece or parcel c
ground liable for same, and
Resolved, That parties owning prop
ertY liable for such special tax b
permitted to pay the same to the cit
treasurer any time before October II
1882.
On motion the ordinance entitled "Al
ordinance to amend section 8 of an OF
dinance authorizing the Emporia Elec
trio and Gas Light company to opeI
streets, alleys, highways and publ
grounds for the purpose of laying main:
pipe and wires for supplying electric o
gas light to the city Of Emporia and tn
citizens thereof" was reported favOri
bly, by the committee on ordinance;
considered by sections, and on motion
adopted by unanimous vote.
On motion Of Bay an order was di
rected drawn on the general fund to pa.
charges on bonds now in the Wells
Fargo s. Co. express office.
Bay called up the petitions of citizen
living on Neosho street, for the layin
of water pipe from First avenue to Coz
ley avenue, and on motion of Bay, tn
| Detition WA granted
The committee to whom had been rC
ferred the petition of citizens asking tn
appointment of B. T. Romaine as add
tional policeman, reported in favor c
appointing an additional night police
man.
A motion authorizing the mayor to a
point an additional night policeman wa
voted upon and lost.
At this point the mayor requisite
Mr.. Bay to take the chair, and retired.
On motion of ireland the committc
on waterworks was authorized to pul
chase a car load of three inch pipe to b.
used where pipe has been ordered laiC
An ordinance providing for the pay
ment Of the following claims was intro
duced, considered by section under su
? pension of rules, and adopted by unaI
imous vote OF the councilman present:
j. L. w. Bell, stone. 10