Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-10-27

CITY COUNCIL.

CITY COUNCIL.
Council me; in session, pursuant to ad-
tournament, Mayor Aldrich present and pre-
siding; councilmen present, English, Smyth,
Allen, Hichey. Kenyon, Stone, Mcconnell,
Healy and McAdams.
Minutes of last meeting read and az
proved.
Councilmen Smyth, public improvement
committee, reported petition for sidewalk,
reported back for amendment to fix kind Of
sidewalk asked for; also report progress Of
street work. Asking instructions on re-
naming streets. Also recommend repairs
of crossing and culvert in the fifth ward by
Robert Lawrence. Ordered done by coun-
Gil. Recommend filing on Elm, between
Watts and Wichita streets. Ordered done.
Recommended putting in rough gravel on
streets for test, a. corners Of Douglas and
Main streets. Referred to street committee
with power to act.
Councilman Healv, chairman on gas COM
mittee, reports want Of new burners.
| On motion it was ordered
that new burners pc provided
On motion that lamp be placed on
Fifth avenue and Central street. Carried.
Motion tina. lamp be placed at northeast
corner Lawrence and Douglass avenues,
also corner Topeka and Douglass. Carried.
Richey, chairman health committee, as ked
further time TO purchase land to bury dead
| animals.
Chairman Kenyon, chairman on scales,
reports 81 loads-245 loads weighed in 13
days.
Judiciary committee reccomend that
Sedgwick stree: and the alley east Of Water
street in Turner's addition, be vacated and
opened, also that Water street be opened.
Carried.
Councilman English, chairman fire COM
mittee, reported in reference to removal of
building back of Jackson Bros. Referred
to next meeting.
Councilman Mcconnell, chairman of
library committee, reported that building
had been rented for library at old Beason
rooms for S25 per month. Report adopted.
Carried.
Councilman English moved that Market
street be graded SO as to be pasasble at rail-
road crossings. Carried.
Motion that $50 be appropriated to
Councilman Healy to pay out to fix the said
work on south Market street, and to super
intend the work. Carried.
Councilman English, chairman on COM
mittee for curbs and cutters, report plans
and specifications for constructing curbs
and cutters on certain streets and asking
bids for same in stone and cement on Doug
las and Main avenues. Report adopted.
Motion that city engineer prepare plans
and specifications, and city clerk advertise
for bills on said plans and specifications.
| Carried.
Motion tina; the committee have power to
| act. Carried.
Motion that City Clerk Green be allowed
S25 for past months work, and that the sal
AIRY OF that Office receive 500 per month to
take effect the lst Of November Carried.
City Clerk, w. +. Green, rendered his
resignation to take effec; November 1st.
| Resignation accepted.
On motion of Councilman Richey, that
the city attorneys be allowed S75 per month
as a salary. Carried.
| On motion Of Councilman Healy, that
the city police Judge be allowed S75 per
month as :, salary. Carried.
On motion Of Councilman Smyth, that
the council tender w. +. Green a vote of
thanks for his efficiency as city clerk, and
his uniform courtesy while holding the po-
sition of city clerk in the absence of the
old clerk. Carried.
Petition for reasonable license for the
manager of the opera house. Referred to
license committee.
| Petition of citizens for an ordinance for
the protection of the legitimate retail trade
of the city against auctioneers and transient
traders. Referred to city attorney and IL
cense committee to prepare an ordinance.
| Petition for right TO establish electric
lights. by II. F. Hefferman 4 Co. Referred
to same committee.
Petition asking permission to erect a tenn
porary building on Main street. lot SO, with
sheet-iron roof until spring. Granted.
| Petition for sidewalk on the west side of
Emporia avenue. commencing at Orm street
and extending to Lincoln street. Granted,
with thirty days to build it.
An ordinance regulating salaries of city
officers: City clerk, $1,000 per annum, in
monthly installments; city attorney. $500
per annum in monthly installments; police
Judge, 5000 in monthly installments.
Passed as a whole.
An ordinance to vacate Sedgwick street,
passed.
On appointment by the Mavor of Fred
Schsttner rs city clerk, on motion the ap-
pointment was confirmed.
Bids for sidewalks opened from on
Washington avenue and Wichita streets, on
motion let 10 Mr.. kessler at 263 cents per
foot. Carried.
The regular budget of bills passed and
council adjourned TO next regular meeting.
Mr.. John Exton brought load of apples
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that are hard to beat They consist of
Wine-saps and other varieties. They are
remarkably sound and beautifully colored.
Some Of them are SIS red as cherries. They
were grown on sandy soil, and are remarka-
bly, clean. Mr.. Exton said that tor a time
he thought this piece of land would grow
nothing, but at length be conceived the idea
of planting an apple orchard on ii. and the
result of the experiment convinces him that
sandy soil is superior for that fruit, and a
look at the load seen by q reporter yester-
Hay was convincing evidence of the fact.
| Mr. Abe Hahn. OF Atchison, who will es-
tablish steam sausage factory here in a
few weeks, was the participant in a wrestling
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