Wichita eagle., 1888-01-13
oh, SHADES OF WEBSTER
Eloquent Councilmen in Mental
COmbat--.The Bark Hits an
Unsuspected Snag.
The Assistant City Engineer Labered
With For Personal Pay on
City Work.

City council held call meeting yester-
| day with members Healy, English, John
/ son, Brown, Harris, Buckridge and SINH
| son.
An ordinance was submitted creating
the office of city physician and prescribing
his duties. The ordinance was submitted
! by the board of health
| 1t was moved to allow the city physician
an annual salary of 5000. but motion lost,
with negative championed by Mr.. Eng
| lish.
On motion of English. it was decided to
give an annual salary of $500, and in case
of epidemics, not allowed to exceed 1000
annually.
The ordinance passed as whole Oh a
vote of six to one, with Buck
ridge being the one.
Action On a re-diyision of the city into
wards was deferred until next meeting.
On recommendation of the board of
health, the mayor appointed Dr. w H.
Wells city physician. The appointment
was confirmed
communication from the Eagle Rifles
offering the services of the corps to the
city council was accepted
There was some discussion concerning
whether or not the city engineer can charge
individuals for giving levels for sewerage
when ordered by the city council on
changes or any other work ordered by the
council. Mr.. Henderson,, assistant city
engineer, being asked il charges had been
made by them for such work, stated that
they had made charges. The mayor en-
phasized the principle that the city en-
glneer shall charge no private individuals
for work ordered by the city council and
the suggestion of his honor seemed to
meet the approval of the council, and city
engineer and assistants We're instructed to
act accordingly in the future.
1t was suggested by a member of the
council that the parties who have paid the
engineering force for services coming in
the line Of city duties will probably be on
han in due time for collections having
paid out money under the wrong impress
sion.
When the council adjourned Mayor AL
len and Assistant Henderson, gave duet
performance on the subject, some acts of
which were quite interesting. 1t was re-
marked that his honor looked as though,
''1f / could but tale unfold he would
dllO" Lie burning luSe consume 10 the
giant powder.
The council session closed after several
hours of animated work, and it seemed to
be the general opinion that the session
would long be remembered as one distin-
guished more for the vigorous and many
speeches than anything else. The temper
allure seemed to be exactly right to lend a
a peculiar richness to Healy's
thoughts and give physical
animation rarely to be found in speakers.
English was not to be outdone by Healy,
and the two on many vital points for the
nations welfare came at each other with
swords unsheathed. or in infantry Ian
guage ''at a charge bayonet.n The large
bodies move slowly chestnut would not
apply to Harris, for at times he sailed into
Healey, English and everyone else with
vim that helped the imagination TO think
of something of the canine species. The
bob up serenely chestnut caught Buck
ridge exactly. The flow of words was not
exactly smooth, but more like water going
through a rocky canyon with Il steep in
cline plane for a bottom. There were
more than seven words to the line, and the
other members of the council insisted that
he is put up on the hand organ style, and
grinds out the same piece too often,
stretching what ought to he short sessions
into long ones.