Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-19
FRANCHISES.
The Matter Discussed at an Adjourned Ses.
sion of the Council LIST Night--Coun-
Gilman Pratt Resigns.

,r when Mayor Allen called the meeting Il
le ORDER Councilman Healy, Allison, SINH
b son, Stone, Glaze, English, Buckridge ant
it Downing. Counclmen Pratt and John
r son came in later on.
o The ordinance for the heating OF the CITY
II by the Wichita Steam Heating company
IS was introduced by Mr.. Allison. chairman
of committee, and read by the clerk Mr.
S Allison then said that the ordinance was
o copy of that used in the city OF Omaha
d When placed upon its passage it was car
: ried unanimously.
e Another ordinance for the putting down
Y of the steam pipes was then taken up and
Y in the second section the word main was
f inserted before the word pipe"
: An ordinance permitting the Wichita g.
r Suburban Railway company to put up
wires and poles in the streets of Wichita
5 was next taken up. 1t was placed upon its
5 passage by motion of Mr.. Downing and
carried.
} Then followed an ordinance for granting
to the Central Avenue & Eastern Motor
Line company the right to place wires and
poles on the streets of Wichita for propell-
: ing the cars of said company by electricity.
1t was placed upon its passage by mo-
tion of Mr. Buckridge and carried
An ordinance authorizing the Wichita s.
Valley Center Railroad company to place
upon the streets and alleys of the city
wires and poles for operating and propel-
ling their cars, was placed upon its pass
age by motion OF Mr.. Downing An
amendment was made that it be carried
over until the next meeting. Mr.. Glaze
stated in explanation of his action that
| while he was in favor of granting the
| franchise he believed that it ought to be
passed over until the next meeting. Upon
recommendation of the mavor, however,
and motion of Mr.. Downing for reconsid-
| eration it was again taken up. Mr.. Hal
len then arose and said that he hoped that
the matter would be deferred. The Wich-
ita & Suburban, he said. had always fur
nished good service and that they had CIV
en- satisfaction to all along the line. He
said, too it was the intention to make the
improvement asked for and this, he be-
| lieved, was not the intention of the Wich-
ita & Valley Center
| The motion for reconsideration was car
ried. a vote upon the motion to defer ac-
ton was lost and the ordinance placed
| upon its passage upon motion of Mr..
| Downing.
taken placing the Wichita & Valley Center
Motor line franchise on its passage.
The ordinance embodies a privilege as
granted by former franchises and the priv
ilege to erect poles for the purpose of con-
Quoting an electric motor line. The privi-
lege also includes the right to occupy all
streets at present occupied by virtue of
contracts with other companies. The fran
chise was allowed
The switch asked by the Citizens Elec-
trio Light company into their plant on
Third and Waco streets was returned by |
the committee without approval. 1t seems
that Alderman Buckeridge on behalf Of |
his constituents put his foot down |
on that switch, which killed the |
project dead. A former committee |
on appraisement was continued to appraise |
the opening of other new streets.
The report on the extension of Fourth |
avenue by the appraisers placed the dam
ages at s4s2.OS and for extending Emporia
avenue at s., 800. TO- The report was adopt
ed
On resolution the price for the city ordi-
nances in pamphlet form was placed at 81
each.
The city engineer made his report and
estimate of the sewer work up to date as
follows: Brick sewer, $34 522. 90; pipe sew
er and material on hand makes total of
S5S, %; the deductions left balance of
So, 92167
According to contract so per cent of this
amount is due the contractors, making
their balance due SAG, 337 81 to date.
This amount includes the monies al
ready paid the contractors and leaves an
actual balance due them of about $40, OO0
An ordinance providing for the issuance
of script to pay the contractors the
amount due was placed on passage and
carried.
By resolution the amount of $25 900 was
inserted in the ordinance already drafted
1t was estimated that the surplus would
be needed before the bonds could be issued
to carry on the work.
An ordinance aDpropriating $4,000 to
Sullivan and SteinmetZ out OF the sewer
fund created by the issuance Of the script
was placed upou its passage and car
ried. BY resolution the committee
to handle the scrip was continued and the 1
clerk instructed TO have the blanks
printed.
A So foot walk on the east side of ;
Matthewson avenue from Douglas to
Third was allowed with thirty days.
The order of business was dropped for a !
few minutes in order TO make some in
quiries about Young's baby.
Mr. Pratt then in an appropriate address !
rendered his resignation on the ground of
moving out of the Third ward. The resig-
nation was accepted in consideration OF
the grounds.
A motion to appoint Mr.. Oscar Barnes
to fill the unexpired term was offered and :
carried. In compliance with the motion
the mayor submitted the name of Mr.
Barnes ana the council confirmed the ap-
pointment.
Mr.. Glaze referred to the cinder walk :
allowed on College Hill which was after ,
wards covered by a privilege TO build -,
board walk 7
Mr. Johnson explained that the difficulty 9
had been arranged amongst the property
owners.
Mr., Allison asked that Elizabeth street s
De graded from Maple street to the rail- 7
Dad. The matter took the form OF a res
,lUtion and the Wichita & Western rail- :
Dad was requested to put in a crossing. I
Mr.. English suggested it would be good Y
dea to buy the land for a park while
property was cheap. The suggestion was
he result Of very general request from {
he citizens of Wichita for park. q
The Citizens Electric Light company
Notified the council that lights had been
,laced as ordered on Water and Market
md Mead and First o
On motion sidewalk matter on Jeffer- n
on street was referred to the counciImen n
rom the Second Ward with power To act