Wichita eagle., 1889-05-28
This settled the form in which the bids
would be received.


When Woodbury. & MoQlton bid reach
ed S17.075 premium, others stopped for a
few moments and checks Of the company
was examined. It was said to be all right
and the roll OF bidders was called again
when kean & Co. and Harris & Co, asked
more time to figure, While they were
doing this the reading of the minutes was
dispensed with by motion Of Downing and
by mutual consent recess of four min
utes taken to give time for figuring.
When the roll was called Kean & Co,
raised it S. making 81. $50 and Woodbury.
& Woulton bid SIT, 100. Kean & Co., II.
125. Up to 81, $50 they advanced SIS each
bid then took five and ten dollar steps IN
til they reached 81, 800 when they
stopped to figure few minutes again and
then started out on the five dollar steps.
Reaching 81, 1886 Kean dropped out leav-
ing Woodbury. & Moulton the winners.
and Healy moved the bid be accepted and
Coffin second. The motion carried unani-
mously.
Before the motion was put to vote Mr..
Levy asked if he could bid. The question
was followed by deathly silence. The
mayor replied in the affirmative, evidently
thinking another financial shot would be
fired, but he simply said he wished to
IBID" his gentlemen friends good night"
This created considerable merriment and
the representatives figuring on the bonds
shook hands with the Woodbury. & Moul-
quite relief for moment
but the mayor was not long in resuming
work. He stated that he had some nomi-
nations to make and proceeded to present
the name of W. P. McNair for city clerk.
This caused the Wichita part of the crowd
to become quiet but the others kept talk
ing away on the bond question, as they
had no interest or principal in the clerk
business. The vote showed for confrma-
ton. Barnes, johnson, Downing, Wight,
Coffin, Glaze. Against confirmation,
Healy, Carson, Schnitzler and Williams.
The clerk announced the vote six for and
four against" and the mayor declared the
nomination confirmed. The announce
ment was received with applause.
For city engineer H. II. Jackman who
was again placed in nomination and the
vote for confirmation showed Johnson,
Downing. Williams, Wight. Coffin and
Glaze. and against. Hsaly, Carson, Barnes
and Schnitzler.
The announcement of the vote was
greeted with slight applause.
Joseph E. Hallowell was nominated for
weigher at East Douglas avenue scales
and Healy being first on the roll voted in
the affirmative, creating considerable con-
fusion. He was confirmed by unanimous
vote.
The mayor stated that DR.. W. A. Jordan
had expressed his inability to accept the
appointment as a member of the board of
health and he would appoint DR.. Van
Nuys.
This finished the business of the meet
ing and it was decided to adjourn and
hold an adjourned session tonight, when
the routine work will be attended to.
OUTSIDE CHAT.
When the council adjourned the bond
question seemed to be the one that stood
out before the minds of all. Upon little
figuring it was seen that the premium of
SIT 1856 on S255, 200 bonds was S35 over 7
per cent, or securing the money for AZ per
cent.
No one seemed to doubt the statement
that the auction sale of bonds was by
far better for the city than the
sealed bids. The plan was suggested to
Mr.. Healy, by Mr.. Skinner, of the State
National bank, and it will be remembered
that Mr.. Healy .championed the idea in
the city council. OF the Wichita bidders
it will be seen that Mr.. Skinner bid higher
than any other Wichita man. After the
session he stated his high notch as deter
naA Int in he RI
ment he stayed with the boys some longer.
One of the bond purchasers stated that
the Wichita bonds brought more than
those of any other city in the state. He
was one of average faith in Kansas and
had offered more than had been given any
other city in the state. They will be on
hand today to take in the $4,000 court
house bonds issued by the county.