The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-05-08
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COUNCIL CHAMBER, /
Mnu & 1924

COUNCIL CHAMBER,
May 5. 1884. /
Regular meetingof the city council.
Present. Mayor Warren, Messrs. Nc
Cain, Waikup, Bill, DaYIs. Thatcher and
rheis.
Minutes Of meeting held April 21si
1884, read and approved.
Street commissioner report for April |
referred TO committee on streets and
alleys.
Police judges reports for March and |
April were referred to committee on
police and license.
The city engineers propagation 70 es-
tabiish grade IN CoplY's addition west
of Commercial street 10 Congress street,
and making profles, ETC., was referred TO
the committee on streets and alleys with
power to act.
east and west side Of Neosho street from
Second t. Third avenue. and from
Fourth TO SIxth avenue; also from
Third 10 Fourth venue; the latter to
be (6) feet wide, was reported favor
ably by the committee on streets
and alleys and the report was adopt
ed.
Petition Of citizens for sidewalk on
north side OF Tenth avenue from West
to Rural street. and on south side of
Tenth avenue from Rural street to Mer-
chants street, was reported tavorabiY by
the committee on streets and alleys
and the report was adopted.
Petition of citizens for culvert on
First avenue between Cottonwood and
Exchange streets was referred to COM
mittee on streets and alleys.
Petition of citizens for waterworks on
Mechanic street from First avenue 70
Kansas avenue, was referred to commit
tee on waterworks.
j. w. Upton was permitted to run
dray undsr license issued to III. n
Frost, he having purchased such drsy.
Petition of citizens for lamps on the
corner of Eighth and Ninth avenues on
motion granted.
Petition of JordOn Carson for an in
crease of salary of ten (1O) dollars per
month was referred to committee on
streets and alleys.
Committee on streets and alleys made
the following report which was adopted.
To the Mayor and Council OF Emporia:
Your committee on streets and alleys
condemned the sidewalks abuttIng the
following decribed lots on April 23rd,
1884, as being dangerous aud unsafe:
Commercial street-Nos. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10,
| 10, IA, IS, IL. 20. "a, &c, %, 40. A, 46, 4S.
1, 3, ii, IS. 10, 81, %, 25. 81, 80, AZ. 40,
81, So, 80, 81, SO, 81, So, IS, 81, SO, II, 70.
rs, n, SO, 81, 80, "a, lis and lit north
side.
Washington park-229. 231, 233, 235,
237. 239. PAL, 243, 245, PAT, 249, 251, 253,
255, 257, 259, 23O, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240,
242. PA. 246, 24S, $50. 252.
| Merchants sireet-NOs. l, 3, 5, 2, 80
IS, 81, 80, At, 40, As, 80, 81, 90, SO, and
wooden walk on north side so 81, II, 79
SO, So (86 on Sixth avenue). 10l on east
and south sides, 103, 1872, 1874, 1876, 1873
14O, 131, 1873. 135, 1877, 1913, 155, 157.
Copley addItion-Nos. l, 3, 8, z, IL, g.
IL.
Constitution street-Nos. SO, so, 81, Sc
81, So, IS, 81, SO, II, 1T 1l9, 121, 1913
1877, 129 on east and north sides, 1874, 139i
141, 143.
Mechanics street-Nos 1O6, 1Os, 10
101. 103, 105. lot, 100, IA.
Respectfully submitted.
D. s. BILL,
| J. r. WALKUP.
Committee on claims reported the bill
of w. R. Carlow unfsvorably, and on
motion the bill was referred to the com,
mittee on streets and alleys.
Committee on claims reported disap-
proving the bill OF r. w. EIstun fol
Office rent, and the report was adopt
ed.
Walkup was then excused from
further attendance.
An ordinance relieving the Emporif
City railway company from operating
so much of its road as lies between TentI
and Twelfth aN enues on Commercial
except when they had passengers fol
Twelfth avenue, in consideration of thu
company building a street railway OF
Tenth COth) avenue from Commercial
street to Rural street was introduced an(
considered under q suspension of thu
rules and not adopted, the vote being a
follows:
Ayes-McCain, Bill and Theis.
Nsys-Thatcher and Davis.
An ordinance pending for the con
struction of certain sidewalks therein
named was introduced, considered b!
section under suspension of the rule
and adopted by unanimous vote.
An ordinance pending for the pay
ment of the following claims was intro
duced, considered by section under ;
suspension of the rules and adopted b.
q unanimous vote:
Martin & Hoffer, making stairs to city
HSTdcastfe & Kenyon, chairs and cots :
K%p mp r Electric i Gas Light Co.. gas
Emporia Electric 4 Gas Light Co, re-
placing broken lamps. .......... 20
T. j. Fleming, marshal, April $1,000. ~
W. A. Smith. draying acknowledgements. o
Jordan Carson, tearaster, April. 40 Q
II. Dale s. Son, feed ........--........... -
j, G. Egan, transcript of evidence in
suit OF Schmidling VS.. City Of Empo-
D. F. Jones, papering room for fire.
G. c. Williams, policeman. April ...... Il i
! James Farrell, street commissioner.
B. +. Romaine, policeman. April ...... 10 Q
E. NJ Forde, clerK, April 30
Robert Milliken, city engineer II 2
II. McCown, printing brief for city. 10
D. NJ. Butcher, special Policeman-- 3
| Geo. Hubbard, same --..---..-.--...-... 5
| A. Bergen, work on Streets.
| Watson q Grove, lumber .......-...... 80
J j. Carson. work on streets ....-......
, j. G. Vaughn, same ...------.-...-.....-
Chicago Lumber Co., lumber
John Hudson, WORK -.-..---.---.-.--. Z :
3. Wheldon, supplies 20 . 3
Jesse Northington. work. ......-.-... l01
j. Z. Barley, hauling coal. .-..--..-.- 70 ;
| Adam Lewis, Work
VIM Lewis, same
, Jas. Mcfarland, same.
r. W. Jeremy, wOlk. April ...-... -. 60 9
e. ID. Spencer, assistant engineer,
t W. {. Greenway, engineer, April ..... IS
, Humphrey & Ellison. blacksmithing-
: L. Wolf Manufacturing Co., supplies. ~
The clerk was directed to order o
trial one of the BOSS Road Grader an
Jewelers."
The mayor presented copy of resC
. luton adopted by the special agents {
insurance companies, and the Same wa
referred to q special committee consls
l ing of Theis, Bill and Thatcher, in col
nection with the mayor, to communist
! with the insurance companies and to II
port to the council the proper course
pursue.
J, The matter of attaching ten (10) acr'
j of land southwest of the city to the cii
was referred to the committee on We!
and means.
Bills on clerks desk referred.
Adjourned.
EN-. FoRDE, City Clerk.
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