The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-11-23
COUNCIL rKocEEDINGs.
The batch OF Business Disposed or by
the City Fathers at the Regular
Meeting Last Night.
An Effort TO be Made TO Compel Tele
phone and Telegraph Companies

Meeting Last Might.
An Effort 10 be Made TO Compel Tele
phone and Telegraph Companies
/ to Pay a License Tax.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, Nov. 81, 80.
The council met in regular session,
Mayor Eastman in the chair. Present.
! Councilmen Bay, Waikup. Ireland.
Thatcher, Moore and Theis.
Minutes of previous meeting read and
approved.
Communication of the chief of the
| fire department, asking the mayor and
councilmen to witness a review of the
fire department December 9th. at p.
M, at the corner of First avenue and
Commercial street, was received and
| filed.
A communication of the school board,
calling the attention of the council to
the need of sidewalks to the new school
houses, was read and referred to the
committee on streets and alleys.
The resignation of John s. Watson,
as member of the board of health, was
read and, on motion, accepted.
Report of city attorney on bill in case
of city VS.. Leslie was read, and on mo-
tion OF Mr. Bay was referred back to the
city attorney with instructions to pro-
coed on the bond in the case as hereto
fore instructed.
Committee on claims reported tue po-
lice judges report for October correct,
and the report was adopted.
The committee on streets aud alleys,
at the suggestion of the street commits
sioner, reported in favor of condeHning
sidewalks abutting lots 1876 and 1913
Commercial street. Ga motion the re-
port was adopted
The following report of the commit
tee on streets and alleys was read and
adopted.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council of
EmpOria, Kansas:
GENTLEMEN: Your committee on
streets and alleys have examined fully |
into the matter of macadamiZing. |
curbing and guttering done by Armor |
j. Brown and j. l.. w. Bell, and from |
the certificates of the engineer and the |
records in the Office of the city clerk, We |
find there is due j. l.. w. Bell $25.27 |
and Armor & Brown, $62S77, As there
are other matters between the city and |
Messsrs. Bell and Armor s. Brown, we |
recommend that the, balances above |
stated be not paid for the present. As |
to Armor & Brown. the macadamiZing
on Fifth avenue, between Commercial |
and Merchant, has not been accepted by
the council, and We recommend that
sufficient be retained to insure the COM
plelion of the work according TO con-
tract Respectfully, T. II. LEWIS,
C. p. THEIs,
j. II. Waikiki.
At this point Councilman Halleck en-
tered and took his seat.
Mr.. Walkup introduced the following
resolutions, which were on motion
adopted.
Resolved, That the committee on
structed to purchase a set of scales and
cause them to be put up at the water
works building.
Resolved, That all coal received for
use at the waterWorks building be first
weighed on said scales by the assistant
engineer, who shall keep a record of the
same, and such weight shall govern this
council in the allowance ofbills for cCal:
also,
Resolved, That the engineer and his
assistants be required to weigh all coal
used, and TO keep a daily record of the
amount of coal consumed.
Mr. Bay introduced the following,
which was, on motion, adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on or
dinances report an ordinance levying
license tax on telephone companies and
telegraph companies.
On motion of Mr.. Walkup the com
mittee on waterworks was authorized to
ascertain the cost of a water meter to
be used at the water works building.
A communication from Thomas Rob
erts was read by the mayor and referred |
to the committee on police and licenses |
Communication of the Missouri Val |
ley Street Light company was referred |
to the committee on gas.
Mr. Lewis here took his seat in the |
council and Mr.. Walkup was excused.
On motion the matter of acceptance |
of the bid of G. Hood for rcfunding
bonds so far as the bonds to refund the |
Normal school bonds are concerned
was referred 10 the city attorney with
instructions TO report to the council his
written opinion as to whether the bid
der, c. Hood. can be required TO take
tue same under his bid.
A motion to open bid for special i'm
provement bonds was lost, there being
but one bid filed.
On motion of Lewis, Armor s. Brown
were allowed $400 on their claim
against the city.
On motion the rules were suspended
for the purpose of considering an ordi-
nance providing for the payment of the
following claims: