Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-02-20
a Good NIGHTS WORK.
The Mayors Resignation rendered and d
Promptly Accepted.

GOOD NIGHTS WORK.
The Mayors Resignation rendered and i,
Promptly Accepted.
The vaserworks and Sugar Plant Now As
sursd-And the City Once More IN
a Good Way.
The people of Medicine Lodge, al
most without exception, are determined
to have a sorghum plant established
here this year. and at two mass meet
'ings held lately they have clearly point
ed ont TO the city council their wishes
in plain terms. The first meeting was
ON tie 4th inst, when COL G. H. Eldred
submitted his proposition to the city
1t was accepted, and at a meeting of
the city council, on the 9th, an election
was called to vote the necessary bonds
TO secure the sugar plant and water
works. AT the same meeting, the coun-
Gil appointed a committee to confer
with Col. Eldred as to details for the
waterworks There was slight hitch
as to whether there should be a stand
pipe or not, but Col. Eldred agreed to
build stand-pipe and turn 1t over to
the city when he ceased operating the
waterworks. This was satisfactory to
a majority of the committee, though
1T did not satisfy Councilman Logan.
ana there was some talk about Mayor
Esmond being displeased with the prop
osltlon; but as he was not member of
! the committee his opposition was not
taken into consideration.
Last Saturday night, 10th inst, a
mass meeting of citizens was held in
the courthouse and the proposition of
Col Eldred was again approved with
out dissenting voice. More than one
hundred Taxpayers formed the meet
ing.
Monday night, 18th inst, the council
committee, through its chairman. Mr..
Logan. made it's report.
On motion of Councilman DeIisle.
the following resolution was then adop-
| ted:
That the report of the committee on
waterworks be received and the com
mittee discharged, and that another
committee OF three be appointed to meet
Mr.. e. IL. Eldred and his attorney. and
with the help of the city attorney ar
range details and enter into condition.
al contract for the erection of water
works, said committee to report their
action to the council for it's action at a
special meeting to be held Feb. Dist"
Mayor Esmond thought that the
council should get the opinion of the
city attorney on the legality of the pro-
posed proceedings and that gentleman
was not in the city. but would likely be
home in few weeks.
Councilman Logan said it appear ed
to be the universal sentiment of the
city that the Eldred proposition should
be accepted, and as a city officer he
wanted the majority to rule, and he
was opposed to postponing this matter
further.
At this point, Mayer Esmond an
nounced that as his days of usefulness
as mayor appeared to be over, and as
he could not conscientiouSly sanction
/ the proposed step the council was about
to take, he desired to tender his resig-
nation as mayor.
On motion of Councilman DeLisle
seconded by Councilman Morris, the
resignation was accepted without dis.
senting vote, Councilman Logan, as
president of the council, putting the
motion.
This made Mr.. Logan acting mayor
and under the DeLisle resolution, he
appointed as the committee to get Up
the waterworks contract, Councilmen
Pearson, DeLisle and Hubbard.
The matter of employing water
works engineer was referred to the old
water0itch committee.
The bill for the new city safe for S1O5
and for getting it from the depot, S.,
was allowed.
AT this point, Acting Mayor Logan
requested that he be relieved from the
| position as president of the council. He
explained that he could not see his way
entirely clear in the proposed water
works and sugar plant proposition, and
| he did not want to be stumbling
block to tire clearly expressed wishes of
the people.
On motion of Councilman DeLisle,
Mr.. Logan was relieved and Council
man l.. +. Pearson was unanimously
elected to fill the vacancy.
So in less than thirty minutes Medi-
cine Lodge had three different mayors.
Mr.. Canaan, mill man, representing
| Mr.. Better. of Topeka, was present and
announced that his principal desired to
erect Touring mill at Medicine Lodge
If he could get sufficient inducements
from the city.
a committee composed of Council,
men Pearson, Morris and Hubbard was
appointed to confer with Mr.. Canaan,
and the council adjourned TO meet to-
morrow. Thursday evening, after doing
the best nights work in its history.
The Peake SISTERS.