Wichita eagle., 1888-05-29
SUPREMELY BUSINESS.
TELLING BLOWS AT THE SEWER
AGE QUESTION.
Said to be On the Main Line for
Sewerage---R0utine Work.
Call on the Fire De-
partment.

session with his honor in the chair, coun-
| cilmen Healy, English, Pratt, Buckeridge,
Simison and Stone present Only few in
the lobby and a tame session predicted.
Downing of the Second ward put in an
appearance before the clerk finished read
| ing the minutes.
His honor said he would reverse the Or
der of business and call on the board of
health for report. DIR. Fabrique was pres
ent and stated that the board had been
making an examination of the city and
| stated that Second street between Main
and Lawrence was not well severed and
also some complaints coming in from the
neighborhood of the county jail, where
the stencil was so great that many could
not allow their windows up. He recon-
mended thaG all alleys be drained as rap
idly as possible so as to protect the citi-
zens. A complaint had also been made
from the corner of Topeka and Douglas
avenues. g
Engiish-One year ago we had
this same question before us and
we attempted to compel people to
cause all garbage removed and move the
city attorney be instructed to draw up an
ordinance giving the city power to protect
itself from these nuisances.
City Attorney Dyer-The ordinance al
ready on record gives power to punish a
man who throws out garbage, if you can
prove it on him. l scarcely know how you
could draw up better one. 1t does seem
to me that policeman wanting to find
violatorS of the ordinances could find them.
Healy-From the report 1 should Judge
not Of
water except from the jail, which has al
ways been nuisance and has been getting
to be a greater nuisance every year, and on
south Emporia avenue is a mud-hole under
a bridge, which is very bad.
Dyer-You can prosecute any man for
putting water in the street or any drainage
which will create nuisance and in regard
to the jail, the party who puts the drain
age in the pipe leading to the street can be
arrested and fined.
The city attorney and board of health
were instructed to look after the matter
Healy moved the city marshal be ordered
to arrest parties creating nuisances and
motion ruled out of order and his honor
stated that the police commission had that
matter in their hands.
Mr.. Pratt reported official records for
April correct, with 81, 600 in the treasury
and S17 900 debts. The committee was not
able to pay all debts with the amount of
money on hand.
Mr.. Glaze stated that the water main on
Douglas passed through the catch box at
Topeka avenue and recommended change
as it was quite dangerous to allow it to re
main there.
Il thA,a h.
above the grade and if lowered to grade
would throw the main below the sewer
pipe.
Healy-Think now would be a good
time to buy ground for hay
market, tool house for street COM
missioner and other houses for the
city. 1t is necessary and / think the pub
lie improvement committee can buy it now
cheaper than it will be able to buy it
again. The law will allow us to buy it,
Move that the public improvement COM
mittee investigate and see what they can
buy ground for.
The motion carried and some thought
the bonds to buy the ground could be is
sued without vote by the people.
When sewerage and drainage committee
was called City Engineer. Mulvey stated
that he had been figuring on cost of sep
arate outlets south of Harry street and one
outlet. The former plan would cost S1S,-
900 and the latter $4,000. A main from
Harry TO Seventeenth street would
cost $4,000 This would give the
cost of the six mains combined below
Harry street cost $4,000 The single
main would be thirty-six inches in diane
ter.
Dyer-It is important to have sewer,
and also important to know how to pay
for it. If the combined system is adopted
there will result two taxations. one for the
main sewer and the other for each leading
main north of Harry street. It is such a
large amount and of so much Importance,
that | want some one to divide the respon-
sibility, some one known for his legal
ability TO help look up the question, so that
there will be no mistake. A mistake would
cause endless litigation and trouble
Healy thought there would be no trouble
in making the assessments as no one would
kick
The grade in the combined outlet
would correspond with the mains
above being five and quarter
feet per mile and with the
mains three could get that fall
and the other two about four and a half
feet
Healy-It would cost So, 900 to put the
mains seperate giving service to the terri
tory south of Harry street. This would be
cheap, and that section should be drained.
Buckridge moved sfor the combined
with Downing a second.
Healy-There are fine residences south
of Harry street and should have some ad-
and can't see why you want to
leave that country unsewered.
Buckridge-lt's not only the $4,000 we |
save, but city attorney says we can't tax
twice for sewerage. It's no saving TO put
the seperate mains down to accommodate |
a sparsley settled country. The main sewer
would come out where Chisholm creek |
joins the river, giving a flow
Healy-As to point of outlet the main |
sewer leads TO back water, while the sep
arate mains lead to the river where it has |
4 good flow.
Mayor Allen-There is one thing to be |
considered, and that is the fall Also. we |
must see about right of way, and indie |
pendent lines would call for more on that |
question than the single main.
The motion showed Buckridge. Dow
ng, Glaze and Stone in the affirma- |
i've and the other six councilmen in the |
negative
Healy-My idea has always been to build |
part OF the sewer at a time.
Stover-We can put in two one year, or |
At least part at time
Mayor Allen-We don't want to attempt |
too much but think we ought to com |
nence work in earnes5i in short time. We !