Wichita eagle., 1889-12-24
COUNCIL SESSION.


sented with the assertion that the teie-
phone company is placing poles in the city
| wherever its agents here see tit. paying no
| attention to city authorities. A few days
| ago placing poles on Tenth street, where
| they were instructed not to do it owing to
to width of the street. The company was
invited to remove the poles and in case
| they did not the city attorney was invited
to get after them with the law repeater.
The ordinance allowing pay to city OIL
GERS, all, was passed and some parties owed
| for six months who were represented as
needing the money given nothing. Some
| of the members thought it not policy or
right.
| The street car lines were ordered to pave
between the tracks where paving has been
| ordered.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
| Roll call showed members Carson,
Downing, Schnitzler. Barnes, Colin,
Glaze, Williams present and Mayor
Clement in the chair.
The city engineer made estimate OF side
| walk on south side of Douglas avenue
| from the river to Washington, including
various materials. 1t was received and
| approved. The engineer made recon-
mendation to how to locate telephone poles
to reach new hose house. 1t was accom-
panied by a communication stating that
Chipchaser, of the Telephone company.
had said he would not pay any attention to
| the city engineer and would place poles
wherever he pleased in the city. The
| recommendation was adopted and the
| telephone company instructed to remove
poles on Tenth street within six days, and
the city attorney instructed to give some
attention to the aforesaid telephone COM
pany.
B. T. Yoke wanted to compromise suit
between himself and the city, and COM
munication placed On file.
| Side walk wanted on south side of Oak
from Cleveland to Mead. Ninety days
was allowed to put down walk. A petition
was read asking Emporia avenue to be
opened through the Burleigh property
north of Oak street. They asked that
former appraisement be allowed. Coffin
moved the appropriation ordinance be pre-
pared Healy offered substitute that the
petition be placed on file, thinking the APP
prasment too high.
| Carson thought the street ought to be
| opened, and if appraisment too high nave
it appraised again.
| The substitute lost four to five, aud
| Healy said he thought the appraisment
$500 to much. 1t cost too much too open
streets. Down on Rock Island avenue
once $4,000 was allowed and his honor got
half oft. He thought it time to let up on
allowing such fat appraisments.
| Downing amended to appoint pralsers to
| look after the matter
Carson thought it would be difficult to
re-appraise before rejecting first appraise-
menU.
The matter was finally disposed of by
referringit to the councllmen from the
| Fourth ward.
Miscellaneous bills amounting to 81, 40
were read and Healy said to this ought to
be added some "blinker light" His men
| wanted some Christmas money. 1t was
NEW wrinkle'' for city officers to pay
themselves constantly right along and
| Others do without. 1t used to be the
custom to pay other people first but re-
Gently had been paying themselves first
and many others had not been paid for six
months.
Glaze in answer said it was a progress
sive age.
Healy moved to allow Goldberg $1,000.
The CITY treasurer said he had no s., 000
more for Goldberg.
Glaze thought ought to pass the appro-
priation ordinance under consideration
and look to the others afterwards.
The mayor thought the Glaze suggestion
good one.
The city treasurer said he could get no
more money from county treasurer until
18th of January next.
The Straight Office holders appropria-
ton ordinance" passed.
| A petition asked alley opened between
! Campbell and Orchard streets on the west
side and T. T. Allen, j. NJ. Allison and B.
! Stanley were appointed appraisers.
| Councilman Downing, chairman of the
| paving committee, offered resolution
| ordering the Riverside electric railway, on
! Market street, the Central avenue street
railway on First street and the Wichita
street railway on Market, between Will
lam and English, to pave between the
rails of those lines. The resolution was
adopted.
! The city engineer was instructed to pre-
pare an estimate for grading and paving
the alley between Douglas avenue and
| First street from Market street to Fifth
avenue, the material to be used in the
paving Of said alley to consist of either
yitrified brick, cedar blocks or stone
The appraisers appointed TO appraise
property for the opening up of Ida avenue,
near Lincoln street. reported the same
| could be secured for 81.
| Councilman SchnitZler stated that he
had been informed by the health officer
that everything in the pest house had been
stolen except the stove, and the probablli-
ties were that somebody would get the
smallpox in consequence.