Wichita eagle., 1889-09-17
THE CITY COUNCIL,
LIGHT CONTRACT STILL UNDER
AMUSEMENT.
Main Street is to be Paved With Fort
Collins Sand Stone From
Lewis to Park

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iourned session with Mayor Clement in
the chair ard Messrs: Healy, Carson,
Downing, Schnitzler, Johnson, Barnes,
Glaze, Coffin, Wright, Williams,
| Mercer and Herrig present. The
reading of the minutes was dispensed
| with and the mayor announced
that the unfinished business from the last
meeting would be taken up. In con-
Torrance with this announcement several
sidewalk petitions were read and disposed
of by referring to the representatives of
| the different wards, those having the recon-
mendatien of the aldermen of the ward
were allowed. Other petitions for light
were referred to the committee on light
and water. A petition to grade Central
avenue east from Emporla was read and
placed on file and the engineer instructed
TO prepare estimates for the improvement.
A petition to improve Park street between
| Lawrence and Emporia was referred to the
| public improvement committee. A COM
munication recommending Mr.. Chris Rip
pie as meat inspector was read and placed
on file.
A communication was read from the
! Wichita & Western railway, stating that
the lowering of their grade from the river
west to city limits was a serious matter,
calling for tue most lengthy consideration
| this was ALI. Received and placed on
! file.
! The engineers estimate for gutter and
! curb on Williams street from Lawrence to
! Topeka was $685.. 80, or 81. IS per hneal foot.
! On motion the clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids for curb and gutter on
| both sides of Douglas from Mosely to
! Washington.
A request for sidewalk on Topeka from
( Eleventh to Thirteenth was granted.
! Resolved, That Third street be paved
! between Main and Market. also curbed
and guttered. Carried unanimously. Also
! Central avenue from Main to Market,
with curbing Also Elm from Main to
Market and curling.
On motion the clerk was instructed to
advertise for bidsfor said pavements for
four weeks.
On motion the various street railways
were notified to take up all superfiuous
and unused tracks, and same were declar-
| ed "A nuisance. The clerk was further In
structed to notify all the companies.
Bids for the construction of Hose house
No We're next opened and read and &C
ton deferred.
The bids were as follows: Thomas Gees
81, 05O; \. Hartel 81, 243; W. p. Stem, 1880;
j. \. Nixon 81 1o5; j. L. Leonard "a ,2S3;
Robert NJ. Jack 4,050; Weeks 81 Co. $3.50;
w. H. Sternberg "a, 364; j. j. Barr S4.SS7.
The reason for deferring action was the
hope that the two lowest bidders might
make an arrangement by which one would
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award the contract to the other.
A communication was read from Col.
Taylor asking for the board bill of the
judges of election, which subject had been
under discussion before. AS a last resort
to gain time it was referred to the city at
torney for a report.
An ordinance appropriatirg the
engineers thirteenth estimate of Sc, 445.24
to Sullivan & Steinmetz on account of
the sewer construction was passed.
An ordinance appropriating $50 to Han
nibal & Mercer for damage to horse and
hack by falling in the sewer was allowed.
An attempt was made to bring up the
meat inspector ordinance, but it was found
that a motion had been made which de-
ferred legal action until the regular meet
ing Mondoy next.
An ordinance widening the west side of
Water street south of the Wichita *
Western by condemnation proceedings was
deferred.
An ordinance establishing the grade of
the streets that are likely to be paved was
read and adopted. 1t also establishes the
grade of all streets that are not already
covered by ordinance
An ordinance providing for a contract
between the city and the Wichita Electric
Light and Power company for at least
one-half of the entire lights of the
city at $500 per light per month of
1000 candle power each was read. The
duration OF the contract was five years aud
the ordinance WAS drawn by the city at
torney. An ordinance supposed to cover
the same ground and drawn by the COM
pany was next read. The rate in this Or
dinance is IS per light per month as well,
without relinquishing former claims
against the city and exacts by its phrase
ology that at least fifty-six lights shall be
ordered.
The proposition was read from the
Wichita Electric Light & Power company
to furnish one-half the lights of the city
for IS per light per month.
On motion the first ordinance as drawn
10y the city attorney was placed on its pas
sage The discussion then occurred on the
possibility of the company having any
claim of long standing and it was thought
no such claim could be substantiated.
Mr. Coffin thought no such subject as
as back claims should be brought up.
Nothing OF the sort was in the proposition
accepted by the council and should not be
set in the road of their ordinance.
Mr. Coffin further stated that no such
subject was mentioned when the other
franchise was granted to the Citizens COM
pany. After further discussion Mr.. Healy
stated that the council was mixed ever
since the first proposition for lights was
made by the Citizens Co. He found quite
a number of friends in that statement and
a motion to refer the matter to the judlcl-
ciary committee and city attorney to have
il cleared up was offered and carried.
An ordinance amending the sidwalk or
dinance was read aud placed on the pas
sage The amended ordinance provides
that all sidewalks within the fire limits
shall be the width of the space be-
tween the property line and the curb and
shall be constructed of stone. An ordi-
nance TO repeal the hack ordinance was
offered and motion 10 refer was lost.
The ordinance was then put on its passage
by molion. and afterward referred to the
city attorney and judiciary committee.
The obnoxious part of the hack ordinance
Is the license of 81. 90. Although the origi-
nal ordinance was asked for by the hack
man was found To be inefficient and protect