Wichita eagle., 1888-10-26
CALL MEETING OF COUNCIL
Agree to Appoint . Man 70 Look After Sew
Construction--A Special Committee Work.


number of blinkers ccommodating bug
in sun flowers and in districts not IRE
quenred by day or night By man.
Some one charged Stone with having 10
Gated many blinkers in the Fourth ware
in out of the way places, and he was not
long in denying the charges. He insisted
| that the Fourth ward was as we'll served
as possible for the number of lights,
The roll call found Councilmen Healey
| Pratt, johnson. Buckridge, Slower, Glaz,
and Stone present. The call was read
showing the meeting to be called to con
slider the question of creating the Office o.
| sewer inspector.
Mr.. Healy stated that be thought ii
would be best to not create an Office but
simply hire man to do that wock. Il
event an Office was created and man ap-
| pointed to I'LL it there, would be some trou-
bic in dismissing him. But if imam wa;
hired TO do ii and he showed himself in
competent, he could easily be bounced He
| closed by offering a resolution empowering
the city engineer, sewer committee and
mayor TO appoint man TO look after the
clty's interest in sewer construction
! Dir. Pratt offered an amendment that a
| work under instructionssof the city en-
/ gineer.
! Mr.. Stone favored hiring a man by the
| day and not by the month as much Of the
/ time during the winter would find nc
work going on at the sewer and be should
not be paid except when at work.
Healy thought each member of the coun-
Gil should frequently visit the sewer con-
struction. The city engineer could not be
expected TO see to the work personally He
favored getting competent man. good
mechanic and well able TO see that the
sewer is being constructed according TO
plans.
The mayor stated that the man ap-
pointed should understand that he is not
higher authority than the city engineer,
committee specially appointed to see TO
I that work and the mayor. This should
also be understood by the contractors.
Mr.. Pratt insisted that the mayors
views correspouded with the. spirit of his
amendment
The mayor insisted that he would rather
have the man appointed by the sewer COM
mittee aud city engineer.
City engineer thought the original reso-
luton should be passed.
The mayor stated he wished Mr. English
was present. a. he seemed TO think no extra
man should be appointed, claiming it
would give chance To change the respon-
sibility.
Mr.. Buckridge stated that the superin-
tendent should be appointed Immediately
to look after the brick sewer, as this was
one OF the most important features in the
sewer construction.
The city engineer stated that when sew
eral squads of men were at work there
should be one man at each squad TO see
that they do the work in & proper manner.
Mr.. Healy stated that two or three hun
dred feet Of the brick sewer was already
complete and it was being given good
coat of cement on the inside and out.
Mr.. Glaze moved the adoption of the
Healy resolution and the vote showed it
carried unanimously. 1t was agreed to
give the inspector not over 81 per day.
Buckridge announced that the Fair
mount water works would be tested today
at ? O'Clock.
There was some discussion about Stein
metz s. Sullivan as it was being reported
that they were giving only eighty cents
per day. Mr. Healy and other members
stated that the contractors We're giving
$50 per day lowest wages and said they
didnot want any man who was worth less
They also stated that they had five hun
dred applications to be time keepers and
sub bosses to one who applied to shovel
sand. The contractors had not
found it necessary to send out
side the city for men. They
have seventy men at work now and would
employ more just as soon as they could
work them to advantage There was Is
5l4 feet of brick sewer which would be in
place before high water.
When council adjourned there was a
general discussion about the appointment
Of a man TO look after the citys interest in
the sewer construction There was no de-
cision aud the matter will be settled prob
ably tomorrow.
The sewer committee held a meeting and
agreed TO recommend that the council al
low the city engineer to rent room for
headquarters, rent not to exceed $50 per
month
Buckeridge thought the plans and speci-
ficatious for curb and guttering, but he
was answered by the city engineer.
SPECIAL LIGHT COMMITTEE
Pratt and Slower member of the special
committee appointed 10 look after the
lights of the city, started out yesterday
morning 10 hunt blinkers in the First
ward. They had Nj Goldberg along as It /
would have been impossible 10 find them.
The forenoon was spent south OF Douglas (
avenue and II was just little amusing TO /
hear them explain the efforts necessary a. /
times TO find light They reported many I
Of them IN corn fields. INSTRUCTED from 4
view By the stalks. IN the sunfowers aud /
20 houses in a quarter miles Dark cor 4
leCs and 5li1kers out on the commons. /
OF the seventy bliakers in the I
ward it was estimated that /
a very large per cent Of that number
whould have 10 be charged or relocated
They took in the Third ward early in
the afternoon and will report favorabIe to
two or three lamps but say il IS
one OF the best lighted wards in the city
The Second ward came in for inspec-
ion in the evening few queer locations
reported.
They VIII take in the Fourth and Fifth
.oday and have the report ready 10 sub
nit by the next meeting OF the council
There seems 10 doubt that the report VIII
,aise merry hell in some quarters.
DIED.
Mrs NJ A Bolts. wife Of Samuel Bolts.
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