The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-30

A Report OF the Location Of the Pipes.
the Number Of Water Gates and
WHARF afeuafed ne

A Report or the Location Of the Pipes. |
the Number OF Water Gates and
Where Situated. &e.
The following interesting communities
ton was submitted by the water works
committee TO the city council at its reg
ular meeting on Tuesday evening:
To tie Honorable Mayor and CITY Coun-
el Of the City Of EmpOrid, Kansas,
GENTLEMEN: The undersigned com
mittee on water works of the city COM
ell have thought il advisable TO prrseRt
to your honorable body, al this time, q
statement containing q hisory OF the
water works Of Emporia, its cost, run
ming expenses to this date, and present
condition.
The first official action taken by the
city In relation TO q system Of water
works was taken on the 2nd day Of June,
A. D., 1879, by the appointment by the
mayor under direction of the city cOun-
ell. of three members Ofthe council to-
wit: I. E. Psrley, N. WhIttlesey and J.
w. Thatcher, 'to investigate the matter
Of supplying the city with water" Al
that time d. 8. Gilmore was mayor Of
the city and the council consisted of the
following named gentlemen: First ward,
/. E. Perley, Jacob Taylor; second wHrd.
Il. B. Lowe, j. II. Davis; third ward,
N. Whittlesey, J. w. Thatcher;
fourth ward, E. BortoD, C. p. Thels.
On September /, 1879, the said special
committee made a written report. On
October o, 1879, Messrs Russell & Alex
ander, of Chicago, were invited by the
committee to attend a meeting of the
council for the purpose OF considering
the matter Of general water works sys-
tenn for Emporia- On October %, 1879,
the council ordered q special election TO
be held in the city of Emporia tO deter
mine the question as 10 whether the city
should vote bonds in the sum of &5O, 900
for water works purposes. Such cleo
ton was held ON November 4, 1879, and
resulted in the proposition TO vote bonds
being carried by q vote of AGA for to 140
against.
In accordance with directions Of the
people As signifed by the result of such
special election, the couscil on the 7th
day of November, 1879, directed the
committee on water works to advertise
for bids for the construction ofa system Of
water works throughout the city. In
accordance with such advertisement,
Russell & Alexander the 27th day OF
November, 1879, made . bid and the bid
was accepted, and work proceeded with
at once.
In the matter of locating the water
works, the special committee on Decem-
Der IS, 1879, reported unanimously in
favor of locating them on the NeOsho
river, and the report was adopted by the
council. Afterwards, and on the Sth day
Of January, A. d. 1880, the city attor-
ney was directed to prepare an Ordi-
nance locating the water works build
ings ON the Cottonwood river, and
"to prepare the necessary papers for con-
demning the right of way for water
works and sufficient ground for build
ing and wells, and all that may be nee
essary for the system ofpurpOsed water
works for the city of Emporia."
On the 12lh day of January, 1880, the
the council adopted the ordinance locat-
ing the waterWOrks on the Cottonwood
river by the following vote:
Aye.-Perley, Lowe, Davis. Thatcher.
Theis: Nay-Taylor, Whittlesey and
Borton.
On January, 10Th 1880, the water
works were located in their present sit
uation by the following vote:
Aye.-Pcrley, Lowe, Davis, Thatcher.
NAy-Taylor Whittleseyn BortOn and
Theis. The vote being tie, the Mayor
gave the casting vote, aye.
The total cost OF the water works TO
the city has been 500. s9S,17, as shown
by the following statement;