The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-14
COUNCIL SESSION.
The Railroad Bond Proposition to Come Before
the PeOpIe--Routine Work and Nothing
Heard About Money from
Cpifzar In

= the Dakota, Wichita and Galveston rail
1 road company. There was little discus
/ sion aside from the report of the railroa,
l committee. There were some inquire:
about the bonds sold some months ago t.
Splitter & Co. Some of the councilmer
wanted the money according to the con
tract and protect the city from paying in
terest on the money not received, and also
interest on the amount due the paving
contractors No definite information
could be secured.
THE PROCEEDINGS
Members Caswell, Carson, Schnitzler
Buckeridge, Brown, Mckee, Williams,
Glaze and Martin present, Chairman John
son presiding
The police judge for month of September
submitted report showing $3.50. Schnitz-
Ter moved acceptance of report and money
turned over TO the city, which prevailed.
City physician submitted report from
February to Sept. 20 ult City engineer
submitted report on opening Seventeenth
street from Lawrence to Fourth, which
was referred to public Improvement COM
mittee.
W. A. Smith submitted communication
to sell Wichita Hospital building to the
city for $4,000 On motion of Martin it
was referred to the health committee.
A petition asked that proposition of
| VIM. Grelffenstein to sell the city park
land be accepted.
Schniitzler moved the prayer of the petit
tion be granted with Brown a second.
| Schnitzler said Greiffenstein would take
| $4,000 for forty acres park and if this was
accepted J. 0. Davidson would donate
twenty acres to the city, adjoining. Mar
tin stated that by accepting Davidson's
proposition $4,000 in general improve
ments be made and $1,000 expended by the
city for bridges.
The Davidson proposition was called for
and was read. 1t was discovered that the
proposition bears date of Sept. l and 10 be
left open to the council one month.
Mckee moved TO defer one week when
the chair said there was a motion before
the council. Coffin recalled that motion
to defer was in order, when the chair
allowed the motion to defer and the mega
tive was supported by Brown, Caswell,
Carson, Martin and Schnitzler. There
were six in the affirmative. 1t was then
agreed to have meeting next Monday
if Mr. Davidson would renew
his twenty acre proposition.
Bills on first reading amounting to
s., 900 referred to the committees. Appro-
priated for miscellaneous purpose, 81 1922
For the city building appropriated -, 123;
the thirteenth estimate Internal i'm
provement bond for 81 $50 issued in favor
of 6. w. Sumption. improvement bond
issued to pay J. X. Sawyer for Linwood
park improvement, amounting to 81 $50,
interest Z per cent.
Glaze of finance, reported that improve
ment bond of 81, 300, issued to Anawalt,
could not be disposed of so readily and |
wanted 500 bonds. The change was or
dered
Buckeridge said he had understood that |
Splitter q Co. had not taken up the paw
ing bonds issued some time ago. They |
had agreed to take up the bonds by Sep !
TENDER %, and they had not done so.
The city attorney said he guessed Splitter |
81 Co. were not fooling the city. They had |
been a little slow and claimed that they |
had been delayed in getting bonds litho
graphed.
Glaze suggested that Wichita could have |
a big pile of bonds by this
time and Splitter g. Co. had better have
that work done here
Carson moved city attorney notify
Splitter & Co. to take bonds.
The motion prevailed after some general
discussion.
Glaze said workmen grading on the
Jocelyn paving contract had not been paid
for four months, and were threatened to
bring suit tomorrow. He suggested that
message be sent for some money after the
meeting.
The committee on prisons was instructed
to look up the question of purchasing
horse and patrol wagon for the police.
Carson, of the committee, Immediately
said he was opposed to it, when the chair
man said Carson could bring in his report
1t the next meeting, according to action of
he council.
The contract for constructing Douglas
avenue bridge at Chisholm creek was
awarded to j. X. Sawyer for Sl494 He
vas the only bidder, and the city engi-
leers estimate was 81. 497
Williams wanted the city to do the
cavanger business for all business houses.
His experience in keeping alleys near him
lean was not very satisfactory. He wanted
he city to do that work
Mosbacher thought every business man
n the city should clean up his own
anch 1t would be costly experiment !
or the city, as a city.
Chairman johnson suggested Mckee | '
you'd be a good man to do the work for /
he city There was smile as it was re-
allied johnson was decidedly personal on l
lckee who once upon time caught a
og without a collar. The matter was
OF settled definitely.
The railroad committee reported on the
dakota, Wichita 81 Galveston bond propo- G
tion. The proposition be amended to
all for s, 900 depot
Carson moved to adopt the report and r
D a call vote two went aye and one
no" The motion was declared carried i
nd no roll call.
Williams moved an election be called TO
ote the $780, 900 bonds for the road.
The roll call showed:
Affirmative-Browu, Carson. Caswell, J
offin, Glaze, Martin, Mossbacher,
chnitzler, Williams.
Negative-Buckridge, Mckee. 7
Mckee inquired what had been done in
gard TO cutting down grade of street rail
ay on the West Side. Williams reported
lat Fitch said he wanted more time
Carson reported Black, the coal man on !,
lie West Side, wanted the city 10 pay his =
lephone rent. Carson thought the city .
1t to help Black out to that extent, as the =
,lice sometimes used Blacks telephone "
be matter was referred :
Carson offered a resolution to allow F. =
Smith SS5 per month for assistant clerk :
rmerly receiving So. The motion pre-