Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-30
A ROUND UP.
CITY OFFICERS IN MANY DEPART
MEMTS.
Council Meeting. Committee Meetings
Trouble About the Surplus
on Sewer Bonds - APP
pointment of Poll
Tax Collectors.
A ROUND UP.

| ing Yesterday at o'clock but the members
seemed slow to reach the council chamber.
When the hour arrived but two or three
were on hand. After waiting a few
minutes the mayor commenced to use the
| phone in the search of the absent brethren.
Some could be found and some couldn't
After an hour of waiting on the part of
| those present and work after the absent
members an exact quorum was on hand.
Glaze was the last one to put in an ap-
pearance. On reaching the hall he held
up both hands and plead for mercy as he
had been detained by special business and
| could not appear before that time.
The mayor called the council
to order, with Healy, Barnes,
johnson, Schnitzler, Coffin, Glaze,
present. His honor stated that at the pre-
committee on rules and he would do SO by
appointing Coffin, Barnes and Glaze.
From talk with one of the members of
the committee it is thought the rules as
prepared and reported by the committee
will provide that the chairman of each
committee in the council submit his re-
port IN writing when called upon for re
port. 1t will then be read by the clerk and
acted upon. This change will be suggest
ad in the hope it will prove a saving Of
time in the council work, 1t is also
thought it will have tendency to cut off
some of the speech making and in this
way be of great value in the interest of
time.
Mr. Coffin moved that the mayor be in
structed to appoint two members of the
council to act as committee to decide
what papers in the hands of the old city
engineer belong to the newly appointed Of
fetal The motion prevailed, and as such
committee Coffin and Johnson were APP
pointed.
The real object of the meeting was to
act on the new bond submitted by Mr..
Jackman, city engineer. The bond was
presented, bearing names of A. h. Reed,
T. w. Scott and J. A. Mcpherson.
When the bond was read Coffin moved
its acceptance and motion carried by
unanimous vote.
Mr.. johnson said some parties living
near and interested in Hyde park asked
that street running through the park be
vacated. He moved that a special COM
mittee be appointed to investigate the
matter and report at the next regular
meeting.
Healy stated that the city had accepted
the ground for the park under the condl-
tions that certain improvements be made
or it would revert back to the city. Such
improvements had not been made and the
city liable to lose the donation.
Mr. Johnson's motion prevailed and as
committee Healy Coffin and ]. D. Hutch
ings were appointed.
AS was noticed in the proceedings of
the regular meeting, the council voted to
have a special committee investigate the
paving question, visit property owners
and from personal investigation deter
mine if the property of the property own
ers on any street want paving. The COM
mittee was not appointed and the mayor
said that after considering the matter he
had thought it best that committee
should be appointed for each street or av-
enue where the question is being agitated.
The suggestion was accepted and his hon
or said he would make the appointments
of committees at an early date. The COM
mittee doing such work, it is understood
will do it without being paid for services
and it is also understood that some men,
bers of the committees, if not all of them
will be property owners, outside Of the city
council. The appointments will probably
Mr.. Healy stated that a fruit vender
named Wolf wanted to put out another
wagon but did not want to pay six months
license for one month. On motion Mr.
Wolf was allowed to pay license pro rata.
This completed the work
of the session and the
council adjourned when the
SEWER COMMITTEE
was called together by its chairman, Mr..
Healy. The leading question to consider
was locks for the observation hole covers.
The covers are being put on without
covers, and as a result some of the ener-
getic kids are removing them and selling
the same to some secondhand dealers in
that line who act fence" for them for
the covers as well as for any other things
of value they can steal. As a result most
of those that have been put on the observa-
ton holes have been turned into cash by
the enterprising young thieves. The lock
question was discussed when the plans
were being adopted, and price of seventy
five cents per lock was in fit of economy
thought too much and two cents suggested
about the matter at this late day. Some
of the members of the committee seemed
to think the seventy-five cents proposition
little elevated even now, and il was
again suggested that it would me much
cheaper to pay one dollar per lock than to
have nothing of the sort. Mr.. Glaze
favored visiting all the foundries in the
city and finding out the lowest figure that
the work could be done. No one seemed
to think it possible to get along without
the locks, and that they should be secured
at some price. 1t is thought that Stewart,
Coney & Co., who have the contract for
the work, will put on the locks for those
vet to be made for the price submitted be-
fore, but for those that have been stolen
and have been sent out it is
not known what can be done
in relief for that part of the
trouble 1t was decided TO have another
meeting on the question at an early date.
Some of the members inquired for wit
nesses on the great revelations about bad
work on the sewer construction. They
had not seen any tracks of the fellows who
claimed TO have IN store some secrets of
that kind. 1t was suggested that when
any OF those fellows were lOUnu lHeS
would be summoned TO appear before the
committee.
ENGINEER's COMMITTEE.
The committee appointed to decide what
papers in the city engineers Office belong
to Mr.. Mulvey and those to the city met
Mr.. Mulvey and Mr.. Jackman soon after
thecouncil adjourned and all was arranged
amicably. 1t was suggested by some one
that there would be some trouble in max
inc, the division but the report seems TO