Wichita eagle., 1888-06-01
SPECIAL SESSION.
Council Meets to Consider sewerage Again-A
Change of Base.

| Council met in special session last even
ing with Councilmen Healy, Pratt, John,
| son, Simison, Glaze and Stone present and
his honor Mayor Allen in the chair. The
meeting was called to consider the sewer
question. The county commissioners were
allowed the privilege of putting down a
! pipe In the alley north of Second street De-
! tween Main and Walnut streets to relieve
the county Jail of the nuisance They
make connection with the Topeka avenue
sewer which extends at present to the Oc-
cidentel hotel
A motion was made to construct sewer
on Second street from Main to Lawrence
and south to First to connect with the To-
peka avenue sewer, The motion lost on
vote of seven to two.
The vote seemed to be the result
of Mr.. Dyer's remarks that putting
in pieces of sewerage which brought relief
and they would not want to pay for sew
erage by districts.
Mr. Pratt thought that the remarks were
not applicable to the question as the pro
posed extension was for the benefit Of Main
street and not Second street and Lawrence
avenue.
HeaIy thought sewe1ing by small dis
tricts should be stopped and work COM
menced at once on a general system
The mayor stated that some difficulty
had been found in getting right of way in
one of the mains decided upon at the last
meeting To this was added some difficult
ties found by the engineer in fall and flow
of the river.
The city engineer stated that the flow in
the river at the proposed outlet was one
hundred feet in one and one-fourth min
utes. He thought a better outlet could be
gained by going down the Santa Fe right
of way He thought also that the mains
should go down to Levy street, a half mile
south of Harry and then turn east and
join at the Santa Fe right of way
which would give some service to Frank
lin avenue district where there are several
hundred houses desiring sewerage facili-
ties.
Stover moved to reconsider the plan
adopted at the last meeting for rnnning
three main sewers to the river. The mo-
tion carried and Stover moved to adopt Mr..
Herringsiplans and for outlet on Santa Fe
right of way.
Healy opposed the motion, stating that
the outlet would be in Chisholm creek,
which was backed up a half mile every
time there is a rise in the big river, which
would forbid the sewerage being taken
away. By going down west of Main street
the outlet would be in the river at better
point For the east part of the city he
favored going down the right of way to
Hydraulic avenue, then south to the river.
os@l, ~,
right of waG outlet or the Hydraulic ave-
enue main.
Mayor Allen said fall is OF more i'm
portance than money. Fall more i'm
portant by far than money. Better to
adopt the plan to get the most fall.
Dyer-Before council votes on this Her
ring plan they out to take into considera-
ton the legal aspect of the case. 1T is
necessary if this Is adopted to let che con-
tract of the whole system.
The city engineer thought the plan
would call for a great deal of work in his
Healy-The motion don't mean any
thing. We would accomplish nothing by
passing it would we Mr. Dyer?
Dyer-Nothing at all.
Stover-Well, make better one then.
Buckridge-We can't do anything until
the law points are looked up.
Dyer-I don't think So | would like to
know what you want severed, the plan
adopted then / will know what to look up.
Idon't want to look after five hundred differ
ent'plans 1t is necessarily true that some
members will be dissatisfied no matter
what action is taken.
Stover-I think we want to settle on an
outlet, then see about paying for it.
Mayor Allen-Think the most important
thing to know the difference in the fall.
That is the thing first to settle.
Mulvey-Down the Santa Fe we can
have a fall equal to that in the city which
is five and half feet per mile. In three of
the mains we can get the same fall but not
in the other two.
English-It can't be true that we get the
same fall for the water in the river is slug
gish.
Mulyey-The level don't show it.
English-Level or no level | know there
must be less fall. Water runs down hill
and it don't run at that rate from Law
renee to Hydraulic at the river
than any of you for have been over every
foot of the land for twelve years. The
river has good fall.
Stover amended his motion to make
main outlet to run down the Santa Fe
light of way from Harry TO south line of
section three, and thence direct to the river
south.
The amendment was withdrawn after |
some debate and the vote on the original |
notion to run down the right of way to |
iydraulic avenue then go direct south if |
10 recommended by the city engineer. |
showed English in the negative and nine |
II the affirmative.
The city attorney was instructed to
mploy council TO assist him in looking
.fter legal points.
Healy said that the city attorney should |
,ay his assistant but by general consent it
vas decided that the city should pay the
assistant
Mr. Pratt stated that on the 7th OF June
t the trades display the council would be
Xpected to meet at 1920 to join the pro-
esSion in carriages.
At this moment the council again took
Ip the sewer question and Healy thought
hat arrangements should be made for
DING north of Seventeenth street to the
)old packing house. The sewer district
hould be extended to Twenty first street.
The territory WAS extended TO Twenty.
econd street between Lawrence and
'ourth avenues.
THE CHANGE
Last evening the long expected change