Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-13
DOWN TO WORK.
THE COUNCIL PUTS IN ANOTHER
BUSY SESSION.
Routine Business With Regular
Allowance of Kicks--OutgO.
ing Members Careful.

| session W1Un MS nOnOr anu SOuuCllLEcu
| Healy, English, Brown, Buckeridge, Ken
yon, Derby and Stone present. Very few
| in the lobby and little interest in the meet
| ing, some of the members thinking the
| session would be very short one. One or
two proceeded to give what they termed
| a good reason for a short session. The
| hold over members of the board seemed to
| be happy and it was intimated that few Of
| the short term class were not anxious for
an exciting session.
Healy, of the public improvements,
stated he had prepared written report
| and had been fortunate enough to lose it.
He proceeded then to state that the street
force had been doing grand work, but in
his judgment the force IS not large enough.
The force now has one hand, over two hun
dred miles of streets. The force now
| Is running seven teams. According to es-
Inmates of street forces there ought to
be force of two hundred men but really
haye only eleven men. The estimate of
other cities are too large for us as it takes
less work on these streets than in other
cities. would recommend, however that
our street force be increased.
While Mr.. Healy was submitting report
|
Mr.. Derby-Some months ago we We're
given deed to some property by widow
| woman to open Orchard street. We agreed
to open the street but have not as yet done
| it. Market street people are complaining
| of bad street They seem to think that
| their failure to get it improved must be
due to the fact that some councilmen think
| it is out of town.
Several councilmen entertained by nam
ing streets that ought to be improved and
the mayor asked for information how it
| could be done with depleted treasury.
The city having little money on hand
could not employ larger force.
Some of the members seemed quite
anxious for certain improvements even
more anxious than ever before.
Mr. Buckridge submitted a document
stating that seventy-five electric lights
have been doing bad service since last
meeting. The location of each light was
given and time of bad service. The report
was accepted and placed on file.
Mr.. Healy stated the First ward members
had located blinkers, and put the query
when they would be lighted and when the
city would be able to pay for it.
Buckridge, with Harris second, wanted
another gas light in the Second ward
Healy spoke against the motion, saying
that when streets We're in bad condition
and no money to improve them he did not
think it a good plan to increase the light.
Some streets in first ward were poorly
lighted because councilmen from that
ward had endeavored to use economy in
keeping with the finance of the city, and
he did not want to see this voting lights to
go on indiscriminately any longer.
Buckridge had forced blinkers on the city
costing over $1,000.
Buckridge-The blinkers are a good
thing. We could not do better than to
take them.
Healy-By riding around after night you
will see what an unjust distribution of
lights. They pile these lights in bunch,
without any idea of what is the proper
thing. 1t costs to order electric lights
and especially to keep Or move them. The
committee should have tended to this mat
ter more closely.
Mr.. Martin addressed the council, think
ing that light should be put on the cor
ner of Third street and Sherman avenue
The motion carried unanimously, Mr.
Martin seemingly causing the opposition
to withdraw objections.
When the Judiciary committee was called
Mr.. Buckridge moved that the so-called
omnibus ordinance be taken up and
discussed. He favored taking it up and
passing it, in the main, or al least give it
some time.
The vote was taken, showing Healy,
English, Brown and Stone in the negative
wit ~ ~
and Derby in the affirmative.
The ordinance was read by the clerk, and
Mr.. English said it did not seem to him
that there is nothing in the ordinance that
should be a law that is not already in the
city laws. He moved that the ordinance
be postponed indefinitely, with Healy a
second The motion was favored by Healy.
English, Brown, J. Stone and Derby. OPP
posed by Harris, Buckridge, Kenyon and
Simison.
An ordinance was submitted by Brown
which empowered police to remove crowds |
on the streets. The ordinance passed |
unanimously.
On motion of Kenyon the city attorney
was instructed to draw up an ordinance |
making in an offense to put more than |
five cattle on Maple street bridge at once |
Healy spoke against the motion saying !
1t was unjust to cattlemen as it is a diff +
cult matter to cut out punches so small.
The motion carried with Harris fearing |
that another nuisance was put on the |
Second ward by way of Second street |
bridge.
Harris announced that the chemical |
engine had arrived and the city would like |
hor
handle it. The names of H. Clark. W.
NJ. Snyder and J. c. Caldwell were sub
mitted for firemen and accepted.
When sewer committee called Mr. /
Derby said they would venture to report
progress. Mr.. Healy insisted that the
fall in the city is great enough /
to allow the city severed by gravity
and he did not want to leave that idea. He
read from reports on the sewering of Bos- |
ton and neighboring towns, giving infor
nation in point with this city as he
thought.
The city engineer reported sthat Assist
ant Henderson, had run a level on Law
renee avenue from Twenty-Fourth street
to the river south, and the fall is four feet,
1--WE inches per mile.
Mr.. Healy read an estimate made by an !
engineer placing the cost ef system out
side of laterals at Sl660oo.
The special committee on electric lights
reported that from electric light bills the
city deduct for bad service the time lights
JAILED to give service. Sometimes
light out only few minutes should not
be set down as giving no service that
light. Derby and Harris submitted a
majority report stating they had given the
question attention, going TO the electric