Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-28
CITY COUNCIL.
SPECIAL MEETING SEWER SCRIP
LEGISLATION.
An Ordinance Regulating Hack Drivers
"A Lot for City Building-The
Bond Of the City Treasurer
to be Raised.

! | declared Ia session. Inc mem DerS preSen
} were Mayor Allen and Councilmen Buck
eridge, English, Pratt, Glaze, English
) Johnson, Stone and Healy
The first business offered for considera.
ton was peJition from numbe
of residents of the Fifth ware
which asked that James Allison b
appointed to fill the vacancy in
the council made by the resignation of Mr.
Slower. Mr.. Glaze moved, and Mr.. En-
giish seconded, that the prayer of the petit
tioners be granted and Mr.. Allison be 40
pointed and confirmed. The law on the
subject was quoted, and the discussion
that ensued ended by Mayor Allen giving
the name of Mr.. Allison to the council.
The appointment was unanimously con-
hrmed, and Mr.. Allison was declared a
councilman for the Fifth.
Mr.. Pratt presented petition signed by
a number of the merchants of the city
which declared that great deal of unnec-
essary discrimination is being used by the
railroads against the mercantile products
industries OF Wichita. The petition is for
the perusal of the railroad commissioners
for the state and is to be forwarded to
| them by Mayor Allen. A motion to that
eAeCG DeiDg carried.
A petition asking that the auctioneers
license be reduced to SIPS per annum was
discussed at ZENITH and finally, on motion
of Mr.. Glaze, the petition was referred to
the license committee.
Mr.. Healy presented a petition for an
electric light On the corner of Waterman
street and Emporia avenue The petition
was handed to the light committee.
A petition was read asking for vapor
| lights in Lawrence's seventh addition.
The pct ion was largely signed and on the
discove y that the addition was in the city
| limits the light committee took charge of
the affair."
An ordinance regulating the hack lice Use
matter was read. 1t provides for the pay
ment of one dollar as a permit for driving
a hack and also for punishment in any
sum not exec ling S25 for any infringe
| ment of the ordinance The punishment
{ a Ises are immoral conduct and extor-
ton in the matter of fees. The permit
holds good with the driver so
long as he behaves himself.
but as soon as he violates any clause
he is to be deprived OF his permit, with lit
tie prospect of obtaining a renewal. On
mously adopted
Next came the sewer scrip ordinance.
The provisions of this much talked of and
much legislated for ordinance are as fol-
lows:
cit is hereby declared necessary to issue
S35, 900 in scrip of the city of Wichita to
pay for work already done for the con-
struction of sewers in sewer district num-
Der one; said scrip shall be issued in sums
of $500 each, payable to bearer, and shall
bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent
per annum, and shall be signed by
the mayor and attested by the
city clerk and the seal of said city shall be
affixed thereto and shall in all respects
compare to an act of the legislature of the
state of Kansas entitled AN act to enable
the city of Wichita. a city of the first
class, to issue scrip for sewer purposes
Section reads that the scrip shall be
denominated series No. l, and each sum
of $500 shall be numbered consecutively.
Section provides that as soon as the
bonds for the construction of the sewers
in district No. are sold the scrip shall be
redeemable out of the money arising from
such sale of said bonds upon ten days
notice by the city treasurer IN the
official paper. At the expiration Of said
ten days notice the scrip shall cease to
bear interest"
Not much discussion was INDUCED in by
the council on the ordinance and 1t was
unanimously carried. Some talk took
place as to whether printing or Autograph
work would be the better for the scrip and
in the end it was ordered that it be printed
by the EAGLE as soon q possible.
The matter of the disposal of the scrip
was placed in the hands of the city attor-
ney and the finance committee with power
TO act.
Mr.. Glaze asked for an expression |
in regard to TO raising the bond |
of the next city treasurer The |
idea of Mr.. Glaze in asking this expression |
was that ii is not right as business pro-
posal for $4,000 or more TO be placed in |
the hands of one man and asking him to |
only give bond for $1,000 An ordinance |
was ordered drawn up 10 cover the propo-
sition to raise the bond of Mr.. Adams sue
cessor.
Mr.. English reported as chairman of
special committee appointed to look up q
piece of land suitable for the erection of a
city building thereon. d. Hays offered a
PLOT 93x163 feet on Douglas avenue two
blocks west of Main for S16, 600, or one-half |
of the same for $4,000. Sites Bros.
offered two lots on the corner of
English and Market for $1,000 and Dill &;
Richey offered two lots on South Fourth
avenue in English's addition for 81. 500.
The committee recommended that the last
named offer be accepted. A motion was
made that the two lots be purchased,
which drew out an animated discussion as
to the best way to pay for the ground if
purchased. 1t was decided that public
bonds could not be issued
and as the parties Were willing to wait for
thirty or sixty or ninety days this diff
,ulty was removed, but a new one arose in
regard 20 the location. This was decided
70 be far from good, but still the members
this matter and motion that
The lots be purchased was carried. The
5wo lots are located just 2o0 feet south of
If the Carey hotel. The city now own
on which some day a municipal
building viii be erected
On motion council adjourned.
THE PALMOLE.
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his city by Sailing s. Gillogy. is grow
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