The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-07-19
The Communication of Mayor Warren on
the Subject.
Petitions Coas.dersd-B Bills Allowed
Report OF CommIttoea. Esc
CouscrL.C HAMnERs.

Ger, was received, and on motion Tho
nomination was confirmed.
The following communication wa
referred to the committee on ways AM
means:
| To the Honorable Mayor and City Council
GENTIEMES:-A After drawing tn
funds from the county treasury, jun
collection OF taxes, and paving the JUL
| / interest. have balance in interes
fund of about $3.50. There will b
81, 410 of interest to pay in the next tw'
months, and would suggest that yoI
iransfeE- 81 800 from general fund to in
terest fund TO meet SAID payments. Thli
condition of the interest fund is causeC
by the refunding of past due bonds OF
which the Interest had not been paid
some of them being over two years pas
due, and for which no levy had beer
made. Very respectfully,
Ii. DUNLAP, City Treasurer.
Petition of James Bass and others fol
sewer on Stste street, from the culver
of railroad on State street to South ave
nue., was referred to the committee or
streets and alleys.
The street commissioner was directed
to give to Austin Nilsson road receipt
for two days work for Charles Lovelace
Petition of E. K. Criley & Co. for
license to run two billiard and one
pool tables at the Hotel Coolidge, was
granted.
Committee on streets and alleys re-
ported in favor of granting petition OF
X. r. Fulmer and others for sidewalk
on the west side of Rural street from the
south side of lot No. 107 to south line
of lot No. 145, and the report of the
committee was adopted and the CON-
mittee on ordinances was instructed TO
report an ordinance for same.
The following recommendation of the
| committee on streets and alleys was
adopted:
| To the City Council of Emporia:
! The undersigned, members Of the
| committee on streets and alleys, recon.
mend that the sidewalk abutting the
| following described lots be condemned
as dangerous and unsafe:
Nos. SO, 80. 60, 62, GA Union street.
Nos. 13l, 1873, 1856, 1877, 139, 141, 143,
| 125, 1913, 121, 119, III, rs, 81, so, and
north side on avenue; Sc north side of
| avenue; 50, 81, II and north side on ave
/ nue.; and 70, rs Exchange street.
No. IS Cottonwood street and avenue.
No. IS Sylvan street and west halt of
| SO on avenue.
No. 73 Congress street on Filth ave
nue..
No. SO NeoshO street on Sixth avenue.
No. SO Constitution street.
No. 70 Merchants street on avenue.
| Nos. 100, 1872, 1914, 1874, 1876, 155 and
| 158; south halt of 119, and go and 26l
on Commercial street on Ninth avenue.
Respectfully, z. J. PRICE,
| j. Il. WALKUP,
ID. 8. BILL.
Committee on Streets and Alleys.
The committee on waterworks report
ed an ordinance entitled IAN ordinance
to amend ub-divIsion first and section
OF an ordinance entitled An ordinance
establishing rules and regulations gov
erning the waterworks of the city OF
Emporia, approved June 4. 1862
which was temporarily postponed. Or
motion of Walkup, the following was
adopted:
Resolved, That the street commission
or is hereby Instructed to have cut i'm
mediately all the weeds in the streets anG
avenues, also in the city parks.
On motion of Walkup the following
was adopted:
Resolved, That the street commission
or Is hereby instructed to grade Com
mercial street, between Seventh anC
Eighth avenues, at the earliest possible
time, In manner to receive the mac
adam.
An ordinance providing for the pay
ment of the following claims wa
adopted:
} R. w. Elstun, rent of police judges Of
| flee for April, May and June. Is o
| W. A. Smith, special police o
n s Whittlssey. orders of street commits.
TSos beers. boarding prisoners,:..:.... %
B. F. Romaine, special police ::i::-.. 90 = =
J. G. Brazier, crosswalks. ..-..-. SO
L. d. Ramsey q Co., waterWOrks sup 90 .
plleS; - I ~, S0 y y
". R. Carlow, Wofk for waterWorks.... 4 i
The ordinance reported by the com
mittee on waterworks was considered
under q suspension of the rules ant
T adopted by a unanimous vote.
F The following was adopted:
Resolved, That the street commission
er be and he is hereby instructed t
commence legal proceedings agains
parties liable for road tax who fail 4
work road tax after legal notice ha
been served.
Council went into executive session
The mayor read the following:
GENTLEMEN: At the last meeting O
this council called TO your attention
the fact that had purchased the prop
erty known as the Old Fifth Avenu
hOtel-fronting on the avenue, 105 fee
by 100 feet deep-and proposed Il
turn it over to the city for the sam
! price s., 500-if, in your judgment
you thought the city ought to but
it. / asked you to consider the mai
ter until this meeting, when actor
would be taken upon the question
4 This was done for the reason that / an
determined that no secret session O
this council shall determine any Ques
} ton of Importance 10 the citizens of thi
? city, and that each and every one of vol
> might vote understandingly upon th,
question.
/ will further say to you tonight tina
al the time canvassed the central Dol
: ton OF the city thoroughly, and ] founs
that this property was by far the cheap
est Of anything that would begin to an
sWeF our purpose. Our property Of
Sixth avenuehas been joined by q diyis
ion last year, and is now not laFg
enough for city uses My judgment i
: for rs to sell the Washington park pro
pefty with the boarding houses, 70
: which no rent has been received, ais
; the Sixth avenue property and in tim
to erect q city building with . full 10
feet frontage. In the meantime we Cal
use it bat with very little repairs-no
} to exceed $500, IS ! am told by on
lI OF our best builders, and thereby saw
ri the city the annual rent Of owe
|. 500 that the city has paid for so man,
! years.
> by actloD In this matter has been crit
icized as expected il would be. Blu
! you viii, trust, understand that ow
no allegiance to any particular section @
8 this city, or 20 any man or set Of meE
and would have purchased this proper
, ty "a quickly on Sixth avenue as o.
= Fifth, If il could have been obtained.
: have advised with no one but yourselTe
ON the matter, and no onehas approach
: ed me on the subject. In fact am NO
!. getting much advice now. / own q
property on either ayehue, and thin
e the owners of property on Fifth avenu
: were as much surprised as anybod
whea il was said the city might poss
! bly, own It. bought the property fc
the city IS any business man would bu
Z property, and do the talking on
q side Afterwards, If any has 70 b
i done. would like to see erected o
that property q building with full Il
fest front, 10 contain room for all Il
q uses that our city villa ever aeed : Il
5 IRE department to require ct least iil
= mea to sleep in the building; TO contai
: the city clerks Office and police heal
y quarters aud jail; the police court an
l. Waterw01ks superintendent, and suC
Al e,flsee, e.,