Wichita eagle., 1888-06-30
TIE CITY GUARDIANS.
Last Night Granted the Paramount Water
Works Company Franchise.

| The city council met last night at an adj
| journed meeting with Mayor Allen in the
chair. Clerk Schattinger, Aldermen
Healy, Pratt, Downing. Buckridge Glaze,
Stone and English were present during
| the session. New business was taken up
! before the revision of the city ordinances.
| Israel Brothers were granted privilege
| of building an area in front of No. q
North Market street in order to get into
the basement Of their new building.
The executive committee Of St. Francis
hospital asked for a donation of SIS per
month toward its support. Mr.. Healy
moved that the prayer be granted. Mr..
Buckridge opposed it on the ground that
! the Benevolent Home only receives so per
month. The prayer was granted. MIR.
Downing then moved that the Benevolent
Home be also given SIS per month. Mr..
Buckridge seconded the motion. The in
crease was unanimously donated.
AS the dog pound is located in his ward
MI Buckridge entered MS vehement pro-
test, saying the bowling was intoler-
able, and he moved that it be
changed to the Fifth ward (West Side.
Mr.. Healy said he did not think it fair to
locate it in that ward when both members
from there were absent. The matter was
allowed to drop and Mr.. Buckeridge still
has the dog pound.
4 petition from the hotel keepers ask
ing that the council reconsider an ordi-
nance, which if enacted would have given
the marshal the right to give omnibuses
the preference and to also assign each hack
definite location at depOts, was read. 1t
was decided to enact such an ordinance
before the existing ordinances are re-
pealed
The Paramount water works franchise
ordinance was next taken up, having been
voted on, section by section, at the last
meeting and the further consideration of
the ordinance as whole deferred until
last night, IN order that the acting city
attorney, Judge Campbell have ample OPP
portunity to investigate, the same. Judge
Campbell gave it as his opinion that
the interests Of the city were suffi-
GENTLY protected and could not seriously
affect the interests Of the residents of that
section Of the city. The ordinance as
a whole was then placed upon its final
passage and was adopted unanimously.
An ordinance in regard to obstructing
and placed upon its passage. The ordi-
nance provides for three feet Of sidewalk
for merchants. whose stores front on the
same, and allows sufficient room for build
ing purposes. This ordinance was amended
so as to prevent lemonade stands from oc-
cupying places upon the sidewalk. This.
it was stated, would prevent merchants and
property holders from leasing privilege
spaces in front OF their establishments,
provided such space encroach on the side
walks. Mr. Healy opposed the amend
ment The vote on the amendment stood
as follOws:EE Ayes English, Buckeridge
and Downing. Those III the negative were
Pratt. Glaze, Healy and Stone. The
amendment was lost. The lemonade
stands remain.
On motion section 5, the location of the
hay market was stricken out.
The ordinance against throwing trash,
water. glass, ETC., into the street, was
passed making the whole city come under
the same.
Section . passed, prohibits railroad
trains engines or cars from the obstruc-
ton OF streets and sidewalks for over five
minutes, at any one time.
AuGGllCE
owners to keep the cutters in front of
their properties so cleaned as to allow
water to flow freely. In case they neglect
the city will have it done and assess the
cost against the owner.
A relic OF the halcyon days when Wichi-
ia was a "cow-town," was stricken from
the books 1t provided that no one should
allow his 'oXen, cattle, horses or other
animals 10 stand III Inc bitches Of the
streets"
The voCiferous auctiOneer was next regu-
lated. He can no longer block up Main
street or Douglas avenue with his crowds
of stick-whittlers and embryo politicians,
but must dilate upon the beauties of flea
bitten bronchos at least one hundred feet
from the two streets named. Mr.. Bucker-
idge wanted to legislate against the auc-
ton bell-ringer, but he was not endorsed
by the others.
The most important controversy of the
evening was upon the height at which
wires and electric lights should be placed.
NIr. Buckeridge HAD elevated notions on
this point and announced thirty feet from
the ground as his distance. Mr.. English
and Mr.. Healy said that was too high.
Mr. Glaze amended Mr.. Buckeridge's mo-
ton by suggesting twenty feet. Mr. Eng
fish furnished a second. There was any
amount of discussion over the question, but
the motion was amended so as to read
twenty feet" and then adopted as
amended Mr. Buckeridge, however,
voted no" 4 section was adopted in re-
gard to notifying the companies to comply
with this ordinance.
An ordinance allowing property owners |
to park five foot plot Of ground set it
trees outside of the sidewalks, but not to
cross any street, sidewalk or street cross
ing, was adopted.
An ordinance compelling persons having |
material, moving houses, tenn
porary Instructions, excavations or any
thingof the sort in the streets or on the |
sidewalks of the city to put red lights on |
The same, was passed.
The council adjourned at little after II !
o'clock until next Wednesday, July 4th, at |
$50 p. II.
PLACE TO REST.
PROVIDENCE, Butler comfy, Kan.
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