Wichita eagle., 1889-05-14


to the east side OF Mosley avenue.
Healy moved the adoption of the resolu
ton and Glaze thought it snap judgmen
and amended to condsider it Thursda,
night which passed.
a petition asked that some grading b.
done on Mosley south of Kellogg. HealI
moved the work be ordered which pre-
vailed
Wight, of sewerage and drainage, re
ported favorable to a crossing near Frank
lin school house. The improvement or
dered.
Williams asked for crossing OF
Exposition avenue at the Ft
Scott road. The same was ordered.
Schnitzler stated that the west end OF
Central avenue is very narrow and the
water works company haul their coal that
way and the street is in very bad condi-
ton. The matter was referred TO the pub
lie improvement committee.
AT this time Healy got back to the
finance committee and moved the report
referring to form of bond in sewer bonds
be not concurred IN and Carson proved q
second.
Coffin arose to a point of order. stating
no report about form of bonds had been
made. The point of order was sustained.
Carson, of the license committee, stated
| Tom Mulnix, the auctioheer, had got back
again and wanted to do business the two
months before the semiannual II
cense would run out and wanted
to pay for only two months at the same
rate being $50 instead of $3.50. The motion
to rebate passed.
! The Citizens Electric Lighting company
submitted proposition to light the city
with incandescent lights. The paper was
referred to the committee on light and
water.
The gas company submitted a PROPOSE
/ ton to put in more street lamps which
/ was also referred. The Goldburg vapor
/ lights, have been ordered up to the NUM-
| Der first contracted -400-and
/ q document was read to insure him the
! same price for all additional lights.
| Schuitzler of the light and water COM
mittee reported favorable TO placing a
dozen lights in the suburbs, and the same
was ordered.
Carson asked for an electric light on the
corner of Lewis and Lawrence and an
other on Water and Lewis. The matter
Mr.. Schnitzler for the committee On fire,
jail and police submitted a report prepared
by Fire Chief Walden and referred to the
committee on fire, Jail and police. The re-
port in full is as follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Council.
Gentlemen-I respectfully submit for
your consideration and approval the fol-
lowing report. the contents of which | be-
lieve to be necessary for the better protec-
ton from fires, and to strengthen the fire
department, which in its present condition
Is not adequate to the demands of city of
our proportions.
The number of fires which occurred
within few moments of each other, quite
recently, demonstrated the fact that where
TWO or more fires occur at the same time
we have not sufficient material and appa-
ratus to handle them successfully,
The fire record of the past year shows
that the mum Der of fires are gradually in
creasing. All this must be looked for
and expected with the growth OF a city,
and TO meet it the fire service should be
kept at all times strong and efficient but
should be controlled and handled upon the
basis of giving back to the taxpayer and
property owner full value for every dollar
that it costs.
For community of 45 000 or $4,000 peo-
pie, Wichita has been more than fortunate
In its escape from any sweeping or eX-
tended cOnfiagration, and our fire loss dur
ing the past year was without parallel in
any city of like size in the country.
The resident portion of our city demands
better protection from fire, as the outlying
districts where fire MIGRANTS are located
have practically no protection the dis
lance from our present stations being so
great, renders it a hopeless task to save
anything but adjoining property, and IN
order that better service can be given /
recommend that an additional fire sta
ton be located at point near North Mar
ket and Thirteenth street and that it be
occupied by twO-horSe hose wagon or
reel, with necessary electrical appliances.
That the station iii the Fifth ward be
supplied with a one-horSe hose wagon or
reel, with necessary equipments and cleo
trical appliances. Some repairing Will be
necessary at this station, and deem it adj
vsable that the location of this station 10
changed to point near the center Of the
district, so that the distances be equal to
outlying parts of the ward and much
nearer to the most costly and prominent
buildings. ] believe that the change can
be made without additional expense to
the city.
The thickly settled community of Bur-
ton. North Wichita, requires i'm
mediate attention. The old coun-
ell OfGeFtu tnab Il UUIIOln3 re
erected at that point, but nothing has
as yet been done. Our hand hook and
ladder truck" is there, but we are depend
ing on individuals to furnish shelter fOrit.
One of the old hand chemical engines
can be put in good working condition at
little expense, and it would be valuable to
the people of that vicinity.
The portion Of the city for two blocks
north and south of Douglas avenue can
have service from the hydrants located on
that street east of the Santa te depot as
far as Hydraulic. The distance beyond
that is 50 great that little service could be
rendered, and l think it advisable that the
" hand hose reel, " now located in 9th ward.
be placed at the disposal OF the people in
College hill district, where Il volunteer
company could be organized and do good
service for that community.
In making these Improvements most
every part OF the city where hydrsncS are
located will have much better protection,
aud all that can be done for the extreme
northern part OF the city until water
service" is placed there will have been
done.
Station No. and Station No will at
tend to all alarms in that part OF the city
north of Harry street to Oak street and
from the river east 10 Hydraulic.
The 9th ward station viii answer all
alarms in their district assisted by one
company from stations l or ,.
Station No ), located in vicinity OF
North Market and Thirteenth street, will
attend 10 all alarms north Of Oak street to
northern limits of water mains, and from
the river east to the eastern limits of water
mains, assisted by one company from
station No |. The chemical engine VIII
attend all fires both in and out of the
limits of the water mains when all the
companies of stations No. and No. , are
called out ia the business district and are