Wichita eagle., 1889-09-25
MEETING TONIGHT.
Main Street Property Owners to Consider the
Paving Question Again---Action OF 1 es-
terday's Meeting.

A number Of leading property owners on
Main street held meeting yesterday
morning in one of the board of trade rooms
commencing at 10 o'clock. Ex-Mayor b.
w. Aldrich was made chairman. The
question for consideration was the one OF
the day-the paving matter. The action
of the council on Monday night was refer
red to and some seemed to think 1t doubt
full if majority of the council would act
according to wishes OF the majority OF the
property owners, VINO foot the bills, unless
it happened to be in the direction their
inward monitor directed. Since the kick
against sandstone fecame SO strong that it
was apparent they mad better stand from
under it was alleged with assurance OF
knowing positively that certain members
of the council had held a meeting and de-
cided to unite on the kind of material to
use which in their judgement would be
OF less value and would be more objection
able 20 the property owners. With this In
view the wood action had been taken.
1t was also alleged that number of the
council had said that they wanted to show
the taxpayers that they could vote as they
please without complying with the wishes
of those concerned. He also stated that
the action was not serious and thought it
really funny to create such excitement and
take the time Of men who had business
to attend to outside of pro-
tecting their interests against the
action of the conucil. This
feature of it was not enjoyed by some Of
the leading business men who were pres
ent. They seemed to think that they did
not want to be handled like babies and
played with as they had passed that per-
iod thirty and fifty years ago.
The strength of the petition submitted
was recalled and as an expression of the
feeling of the taxpayers on the question 1t
was decided that the chances to get any
thing more explicit and pointed were very
slim. After some discussion of the matter
1t was decided to call a meeting for tonight
to consider the matter. The meeting will
be held at the council chamber and it is
desired that every property owner on Main
street from Lincoln to Park be present and
have a voice in the meeting
The talk on the street yesterday about
the action Of the council did not seem to
be as animated and earnest on an average
as it has been for some days. The turn of
to as a huge joke than anything else. This
class seemed to consider that the council
wanted to play horse" while, as it was
often put, and after few playful turns
possible to look around little and get
bearings again some action in earnest
would be taken. Some said they were
tired OF going to the council chamber to
see the acting" and feared the council
loved greatly to see it had created so much
interest as to call out large crowd to wit
ness the performance. Others looked on
the matter as the merest pout-
ing child performance, and to
treat the whole matter with silence
would soon find the kid coming around
begging for bread or votes having thrown
aside the movements of a master and taken
more humple position.
1t was stated last evening that the cedar
block people would commence to circulate
petitions in their behalf today as they
were already prepared and would be placed
in the hands of rustlers.