Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-05-31

Councilman Adams-Your Honor, II the
gentleman will allow the interruption, /
will inform him that he il lsboring under O
misapprehension or slight hallucinstion,
and talks too much with his mouth for
a new member, rs my friend Shak.
speare has it. II is the sinking gas
works and not the sinking hog-pens which
we are called TO consider. My people OF
the Second ward think II the sum of oil vii.
famous that the health committee, headed
by the president Of this council, should
have permitted coterie Of peripatstic and
irresponsible capitalists to ruin the homes,
to depreciate the value Of property, and to
fill the whole surrounding atmosphere with
smoke and gas, consumption and dissatis-
faction, when there are so many places on
the outskirts OF the town which might have
been secured. 1t is an outrage, of which,
Councilman Allen-Mr. Mayor, not wish
ing TO interrupt the gentleman; but, evil
IDENTIFY, somebody is of wrong here to-
night, though ] agree with them both In the
main, touching the hogs and the location of
the gas works. Ii was blunder, but then
anything il preferable to the miserable,
blinking swindles stuck up along our streets
and dignified by the name Of street lamps /;
saddled on to the city by the old council.
II was a steal and job, from first to last.
Sir, we are here tonight to consider an evil
that can yet be cured, and not the old lamp
swiDdle. ! said from the first that we never
should have allowed that street railway to
be laid in the mud, and that, too, without
so much rs a stringer. The idea OF incon.
veniencing the traffic Of an entire city to
benefit men We never saw, by permitting T
rails placed along our streets and on
gauge that fits nothing-simply constructed
to prevent the public from driving on it. A
T rail OF narrow gauge on mud bed, the
whole outfit costing not to exceed 81, 900
per mile, or 5000 for the whole line, in
Guiding sand, ties, rails, cars, horses, and
all, is matter about which the mayor did
well TO call us together tonight. And look
at their curves, and guand rails, from five
inches to two feet above the grade; and
their presumption to charge full fare for
babies in arms, and their cheek In asking
ms TO build them park that their one-hoss,
mud T railroad might be made more profit
able. Sir, and j want to say something
about this park business before
Councilman Zimmerly-Oh, give US rest
on these little jobs. They amount to moth
ing. What are you talking about, anyway
What have We been about all this afternoon!
Has it been sinking hog-pens, stink
ing gas, sinking railroad, and other stink
ing jobs; No, sir! 1t is a bigger stink
than all these put together; and all the side
walk and nail and lamp jobs ever endorsed
by this council or the old. DOn'tthe mayor
know what he called us together for! In
course he does. And who saw more than
five inch-nozzles going at one time, and the
mayors OF Winfield and st. Marx, Yelling
ton and HAysville, Newton and Mt. Hope,
all here looking on? Lord, what fzzle
There wasn't squirt that went higher than
the old sizzle-pots saddled on this city by
the Jim Hope dynasty, before I was elected
councilman from the First ward. Wen
never accept them! Where would you be
in five or ten hours fire, with Dustin plugs,
heaying mains, and such streams of stink
ing water as was thrown this afternooni I
have been charged, sir, with having finger
in every job ever concocted north Of Zim-
merly's addition, but, gentlemen, old Mike
is here TO stand by all the taxpayers of the
First ward except N. A. English. Four
thousand dollars a year, or even two, for
such squirts as were witnessed this after
noony No, never, sir. would rather that
my right arm be severed from
Councilman Dyer-Permitm me! The gen.
tleman, fear, is little fast. Excuse me
for pulling of my coat, but I'm getting q
little warm under the collar. Not, you will
understand, that I have any interest or
stock in these water.works myself, but my
friends of the Kansas Nationsl-I mean Mr..
samuel Houck, q director, OF that institu.
tion, one of whom l am which-that lie to
ssy--men OF means with whom we are all
in n degree, 1 should say-have
come to Wichita and invested their large
fortunes in giving us q water system of
wonderful and unequslled capacity, and
that should not be named on the same day
with Jim Hopes, or anybody else's, stink
ing squirt-w0rks, when the truth is, rs eve-
ry gentleman knows, that all the MOBILES
were going full blast for as much Is four
minutes and half, when ordered three
OF them shut Cd myself, for fear Of exhaust
ing the Little river and getting into trouble
with Commodore Woodmxn-that h we
might exhaust the river IL pipe main had
been connected with the main pipe directly
and that with the main stream, or words to
that effect, which Of course will not be I'M
derstood by any except experts; and, it
hurts my feelings to have the boss bully-I
mean the bully boss-from the First ward
that everything connected with
the public test made this afternoon was not
open, fair and satisfactory TO my friends
who went down In their pockets and
Councilman McAdams-If Splinter Jim
will give way just moment, As president
Of this honorable body will state that
am, and have been for some time, convinced,
Of the fragrant crimes and
In all the matters singly and
severally charged and cited here tonight
en"t whhe WIG oio csAy VA8suA1s"ou eSSto
things blind In the name OF liberty, and
gamblers, saloons and houses
Of "plain sewing" In the name of morality
and religion, still our blunders have proven
crimes Of greater magnitude. And I come
fully prepared to offer remedy. That the
merest street gamin knows that we blum
dered In not providing that the street rail.
way should be ballasted and laid In nat rail
and to ordinary gauge; that We have been
the laughing stock OF even the old women
for permitting cheap, tarred, wooden pipes
TO be substituted far iron mains; that the
hash-slingers OF nith-grade boarding houses
turn mp their red noses at our failure to
sQuelch hog-pens aud renovate streets an 4
alleys, We must all, In humility, confess.
As to those old, played-out, fluid, gas street
lamps, II matters but little, as we get money
enough to pay for the running Of them
out of the easy-virtuous, to cay nothing Of
The sums collected from crippled peddlers
and the like. A intimated In the out
start I come prepared 10 offer remedy
come TO wipe out these blundcrs; to start
anew. therefore move that all the city
together with al inmunities,
'raachises and privileges, heretofore grant |
ID BY this council be and they are hereby
repealed, expunged, annullsd and voided
% be OF no more eject or force forever from
his date, n can get second to my
Councilman snyth- - Great Heavens,
POUNDS and thunderation win the gentle |
nan take his seat and listen 10 little COM
noa sense. This council chamber II full Of |
prominent Taxpayers Of the city who came
here on my personal solicitation and who
win Get NJ oil down - wore than incompe- |
ents. This special meeting was called and |
shess gentlemen are here 70 listen 70 tie
grievances Of the people on Waco street for |
which purpose have employed Mr.. sluss |
whe win make speech. Do you know, |
'irs, that that blsrsted Fort Scott railroad |
proposes 70 run down Waco street With 10 |
rack. Yes, CIR, right down the middle Of