The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-08-27
Cry CLERKS OFFICE, !

August %, 1880, 3 P. m.
Council met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Present.. W. Thatcher. president Of |
the council and acting mayor, in the
chair, MessTs. Mccain, Davis, Bill, and
Adds.
Bids of G. V. Eskridge and Rowland
s. Co. for printing record Of ordinances
were opened, and the bid of Rowland g
Co. was accepted, the 120-pound paper
to be used.
Committee on streets and alleys an
nounced that Truitt and R. r. Hughes
had Withdrawn their bids for paving the
alley between Commercial street and
Merchants street and Third and Fourth
avenue. That Means s. Walkers bid
was the lowest, and the committee were
| instructed to close the contract with
Means & Walker, they to give proper
bond-amount to be fixed by the COM
mittee.
The city attorney reported that all OF
Ruggles' addition, as originally laid out,
was part of the city, and the same in
cluded the railroad round house, etc.
west of the city.
The city attorney also reported as &c
the residence of 81. B. Morse, that it wal
more g question OF fact than of law
! That under his statement of his inten
ton he was still a member Of the council
but the act of Mr.. Morse with references
, to his removal would seem to lndicat'
that he had removed from the city.
/ On motion the following was adopted
> Whereas, II. B. Morse has removes
! from the city of Emporia, therefore be I
. Resolved, That the Office of council
, man from the Third ward, formerly hell
. by q. B. Morse, is hereby declared va
! cant.
s The city attorney vas instructed I
!. prepare an ordinance pending for spe
cial election In the First ana Third war
on the same day the general election
held, to elect one councilman from eac
of said wards to ill the vacancies mad
i by the death of j. II. Walkup, and th
< removal of q. B. Morse from this city.
y Permission was granted to dig ditto
in street TO connect cellar Of Empori
!. National bank building with drain froI
l. jays opera house building.
d Committee on Waterworks was en-
!. powered to make arrangements with ]
# D. Cook OF Toledo, Ohio, to visit the eli
b. and give his opinion as to the city watts
N works system.
y The matter of furnishing drain piI
to drain water from the alley at Ba
. wick's livery stable over Seventh aven'
= was referred to the committee on stree
= and alleys with power TO act.
TheI following report of the speci
IN committee was adopted:
IS To the Honorable Mayor and Council Of &
r city OF EmporIa:
on Your special committee beg leave |
av report the following:
70 On Saturday, August %, the people
he this community were startled by the 8;
no intelligence of the sudden death of o.
an friend and colleague, j. r. WRlkup.
m | the full Vigor of the prime OF life he b
ed been taken from our midst, under G
cumstances of most distressing natul
Only one week ago yesterday, he presi
ed over this council. and as acting ma
I'd or, made recommendation to this boz
a which he deemed of importance to u
a CITY, Who would have ventured Q
AZ prediction on that evening that this cou
INT Gil would attend his funeral in one We
Or. from that days
av For over three years Mr.. Welkup b
* served as q member OF this body, a
Of representative from the First ward.
of services as an official have at all tin
MIA been characterized with zeal and ablll
.se Ever thoughtful of the interests Of
de- CITY and his constituents, he never falt
ed In advocating those measures viii
commended themselves to his best iud
ment. As q member of the several CO
;on mlttees with which he has been come
as ed he was ever attentive and prom
s+i To him, probably more than any otl
one individual, the free library Of z
Gu poria owes its existence.
ay- 1t is with sorrow and sadness that
ice record his death.
g of We recommend the adoption Of
At following resolutions:
vas Resolved, That In the death of J.
the Walkup, this council has lost q yalus
,ck member, public institutions and pull
the charities generous donor and his q
It'll ciates q valued friend.
ock Resolved. That we extend TO the
snts ficted family and aged mother Of the
lius ceased our earnest sympathy and C
set fdence in their bereavement.
sed Resolved, That in respect to his IN
,ck. orv the council chamber be dFaped
TRY mourning for the period Of thirty dl
APP Respectfully submitted,
ect, J.W. THATCHER,
and FRANK MCCAIN,
one D. 8. BILL,
the Adjourned to meet at the Office Of
en- en- city clerk tomorrow morning q