The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-24
CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Regular Meeting OF the City Fathers
Last Evening.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
EMpn1Ta Nav d 1892

EAPoRIA, May 81, 1888.
Regular meeting of the city council !;
present: Mayor Warren, Messrs. Walk.
mp, Mccain, Bill, Thatcher, Price, Theis,
Moore.
Minutes of meeting held May 7th,
1888, read and approved.
Petition of D. G. Davis and others for
a sidewalk on the south side of Second
avenue, from Commercial to Merchants
streets, was read, and on motion of Mr..
Walkup the same was granted, and the
city attorney instructed TO prepare an
ordinance.
Petition of Warren Stone for the ex-
tension of the water main on State street
to 100 on State street was referred to the
committee on water works.
Committee ON gas reported IS fol-
lows:
TO the Hon. Mayor and City Council:
Your Committee on gas to whom was
referred petitions for gas lamps on Com
mercial street, from Second avenue to
Kansas avenue, also at southwest corner
OF tue crossing of Rural street and Sew
Merchants street and Fourth avenue, beg
leave TO report as fellows:
Your committee would be glad if they
could, consistently with the interest OF
the city, report In favor of granting each
of these petitions, or any others as we'll
supported by petitioners as these petit
tons are. But we feel that the city is
now o7ertaxed for lighting the streets
when the ability of the city to pay for
the same is considered. The city now
pays oyer $112 q month for gas for
streets, or about 81 $50 year, and every
gas lamp added costs the city $26 so per
year. To grant these petitions would
require fourteen gas lamps or an annual
expense of 1911. We would be glad if
all the streets could be lighted by gas
lamps, but we feel that the present con-
dition of the city finances Will not justi-
iY the extension of the gas lamp district
only in cases of great public necessity,
and unless otherwise directed by this
council we shall for the present so treat
all applications for street gas lamps.
Respectfully submitted.
FRANK MCCAIN,
j. X. WALKUP,
j. a. MOORE,
Committee on Gas.
Committee on claims reported not ap-
proving the claim of W. J. Bowby. and
the report was adopted.
Mr.. Theis moved that q gas lamp be
placed on the corner OF Fourth avenue
and Merchants street. Adopted.
On motion of Walkup the balance in
the building fund was borrowed and
placed to the credit of the general fund.
On motion of Price the city treasurer
was instructed to take $4,000 out of the
general fund to pay the bonds due on
June 1, 1888.
Lewis here took his seat in the coun-
Gil.
On motion, the matter OF city scales
and city weighmaster was laid over until
the next meeting.
On motion of Nj. Bill the matter of
city scsvenger was LAID oyer until an sf-
fort was made to enforce the present or
dinances in relation to nuisances.
On motion of Theis, water from the
water works WAS donated for building
st. Mary's hospital building.
The matter Of extension of water
main to hospital building was referred
to the committee on water works with
power 70 set.
The mayor and clerk were instructed
to make a contract for rebuilding OF
condemned sidewalks in accordance
with the ordinance.
Special committee in matter of Jones
vs.. City were empowered TO employ ad-
ditional counsel If necessary.
An ordinance pending for the pay
ment of the following CLAIMS was adopt
ed by unanimous vote.
The following elaims were allowed: