Wichita eagle., 1886-10-12
councilmen getting salaries, but wait for the

The reading Of the sections was then COM
pleted and all passed with the five to four
vote. 1t was claimed by some privately that
the proceedings were all out of order, as a
result of the way in which the veto message
was handled
When things had quieted down from the
salary grab ordinance, Healy as chairman OF
the public improvement committee. opened
up with serious complaint about some de
fective sidewalk which caused quite smile
| to pass around. His grave subject being dis
posed of, Hoff as chairman of the gas COM
mittee, reported unfavorable on allowing SIX
gas lights to be placed on Waco street, be
tween Douglas and Central avenues.
Richey-I move that the prayer OF the pc
tition asking those lights be granted.
| Harris-I second the motion.
The motion was lost, and Richey calling
! for names on tie vote. was refused by his
honor who was in favor OF economizinS time
! to say nothing about money.
That part of the report of the gas commit
tee was adopted after lengthy discussion
A bill for over 300 from the Thompson
Houston company was recommended pald.
This introduced the subject Of the time the,
electric lights should burn according to con-
/ tract There was some dissatisfaction eA-
pressed on the part of some as all the lights
went out near midnight which at times left
the city in total darkness. Some seemed to
! think that the city should make some ar
rangement with the moon whereby the cleo
! trio lights and the mellow rays would not be
doing work for the city at the same time.
| Electric lights We're ordered at the corner
of Lewis and Water and Central and Water
streets.
| There was considerable discussion about
| the best method of disposing of rubbish that
accumulates in the alleys near business
houses. Healy moved that the business men
be allowed to burn all rubbish between the
| hours OF 6 and a. m Hof proved his sec
ond but after some discussion the motion
was withdrawn Some thought that city
should haul all rubbish outside the city linn
! its. while others thought that the business
men should clear away all the rubbish them
selves. The latter plan was adopted.
When the railroad committee was called a
stiffness captured the hail, as under this head
some expected batch of dynamite to put on
its fighting rig. There was no cause for
alarm, however, as the chairman OF the COM
mittee-Mr Carey-was absent, and Mr.. Har-
ris stated that the committee desired more
time 10 investigate the questions referred to
them.
The fire committee submitted an
ordinance which was passed, for
bidding any one to erect building
without first obtaining a permit from the
city.
Plans and specifications were submitted
for the new fire station building. The esti-
mated cost is over 1900. The clerk was in
structed to advertise for bids, while the
drawings were left at the Office of Terry q
Dumont for inspection by contractors.
The water works committee re-
ported favorable to extending mains
on Oak street, between Emporia and Wash
ington avenues.
The following gentlemen were appointed as
appraisers for exending Rock Island avenue
to Douglas: W. F. Green, II. G. Toler and
NJ w. Levy.
A petition asking for the abolition OF
wooden awnings on Main street, between
Second street and Douglas avenue was grant
ed. and thirty days allowed the obstruction:
to skip.
A petition from the merchants asking that
they be not compelled to remove their empty
| f, <b<,
| A petition asking for the alley between
Emporia and Topeka avenues, north OF Doug
las. was referred to the public improvement
committee.
| The councilmen of the Fourth ward were
assigned the task of looking into the merits o
petition asking that Ohio avenue be opened
from Oak street to the north line of the city
A petition asking the privilege of laying a
sidewalk on both sides of Usage avenue, be-
tween the Ft Scott and the Wichita & West
ers railroads, was granted.
| The most important petition sub
mitted asked for q sidewalk Oh
both sides of Dauglas avenue,
sixteen feet wide from the bridge to Hy-
draulic avenue the same to be built of stone
1t was granted, but no time set for its com
pletion. 1t is understood that the walk vii
be completed as fast as the curbing and gut
| taring is laid The idea seemed to strike the
councimen favorably. They recalled
the fact that the sidewalk OF State
street Chicago was only eighteen
feet wide and it was the universal opinion
! +bo+ +ta r.barna v-oS a GOOD one and if any
avenue in Kansas needed a 16-fOot sidewalk
| Douglas avenue was the one.
! 1t was ordered that sidewalk ten fee
wide on the south side of First street betweeI
! Main and Water streets be built.
Quite number of bids for naming th'
streets had been sent in They We're opened
and Chany g. Barrett awarded the contract