Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-07
FUN ON THE RUN.
City Building and Paving Contracts Aw1Pded-
Zg-Zag in Reaching Conclusion
on Paving.

The council last night awarded contrac
for erection of the city building to r
Rogers for s61, 965. The material to b
used Augusta stone. The bid on Toward.
stone was $50, 965. and city engineer saic
Towanda stone was better than the Au
gusta but the latter was taken at higher
price. It was a zig-zag effort over paving
II was at first decided not to pave any o.
the streets for which bids had been received
except the block on the north side of the
public square. The paving companies
said they did not submit bids for a single
| block and would withdraw bids. After
| some inquiry as TO the scheme for not
| opening bids the crowd commenced tc
| cheer the inquiries and the council de-
cided to open bids. The contract was
awarded to J. W Riley & Co. for vitrified
brick al 81 02j5 per square yard, grading
at Is cents. The lobby was well filed and
watched the proceedings with considerable
| interest.
THE PROCEEDINGS.
| The roll call was answered by members
/ Healy, Carson, Downing, Schnitzler,
! Barnes, Coffin, Herrig and Johnson. Be-
| fore the minutes had been read Council
/ man Glaze arrived.
| Under the head Of communications
! from the mayor" his honor submitted the
/ following:
To the Honorable Council Of the City Of Wichita:
! At the last regular meeting of the coun-
| ell statement was made by member of
the council, Mr.. Healy, that $4,000 had
been allowed for right-of..way on Rock
Island avenue, and that the mayor had
got s., coo of it. l wish to say that never
received 5000, or any other sum, from the
city, or from any individual, for right-of-
way. never sold the right-of-way over
any property in this city. The city never
paid $4,000 for right-of-way on Rock
Island avenue.
This caused Healy to explain that he
did not mean to say that the city had paid
5000 to the present mayor for
right-of-way, but that the same
amount had been paid Mr. Clement
from another source.
The mayor again insisted that he had
not received that amount or any amount
for right Of way.
Heally replied that the lot for which q
part Of $4,000 was paid belonged to.Mr.
Clement, when the latter stated that Mr..
Heally if he would try, might recall the
facts of the entire transaction.
The city engineer submitted estimates
of cost for the different materials adver-
tised to be used in paving on streets under
consideration.
The report OF city weighers was sub
mitted and referred to the scale commit
tee.
Defective electric light service as re-
ported by the police was read, showing alb
sence of light on many occasions and in
many places.
Carson moved that report be received
and deduction N de For the Citizens
company, the deduction was made at three
cents per hour according to contract. For
the Thompson-Houston company, the rate
to be decided. The motion prevailed and
the finance committee was instructed to
make the caIcution.
The Z. B. church on Washington and
Prince, asked to be released from sewer
tax for the first year.
The city attorney said that the tax could
not be RENTED legally.
Mercer said it was not his church but in
his ward and he would like to have it re-
mitted. Had commenced to remit for
churches-a bad start and had better be
continued.
The mayor said it would mean to remit
the taxes for ten years and bad start did
not mean that it should be continued.
Glaze substituted that the judiciary
committee investigate how much all the
tax on church property.
Mercer thought some churches would
not ask to have taxes RENTED.
Carson thought most everything would
be church property if there was any chance
10 get sewer tax RENTED.
Coffin was opposed to the substitute and
would object to being called upon to go
around looking for churches. He did not
think it would be legal to remit taxes. He
thought to come out even on the sewer
fund would be as much as could be ex-
pected of the surplus,
The substitute was lost and the original
motion prevailed.
Healey moved the city treasurer report
at the next meeting the sewer fund-pre-
vailed.
The German Lutheran church asked to
be released of the sewer tax, when Schuitz-
Ter moved the prayer Of the petition be
granted.
Carson thought it was wrong in princi
pie to tax the city to pay church expenses.
The mayor said he hated TO proceed on
thing he knew to be Illegal.
HeaIy said the mayor was not RESPONSE
bic.
The mayor replied that the council
would have to pass it by nine votes.
The roll call showed seven for and three
against and the mayor declared the motion
carried.
The First Presbyterian church wanted
taxes remitted and the petition was placed
on file as the amount was not stated in the
petition.
The City railway submitted s communi-
cation stating that they could not pave
track on Market from Douglas to English
until litigation over the track there was
settled.
The water company informed the coun-
ell they had no plumbing department and
hence they could not obey instructions to
connect West Side hose house with the
water mains. There was smile, but no
one suggested the presence of irony.
Bills amounting to 81, 900 were read and
referred to the finance committee.
Healy moved hose house bonds be run
ten years instead OF three years, which
prevailed.
Glaze, Of finance committee, said for ISIS
police brought in SIS, 600, licenses 5000 and
a number Of other sources of revenue, the
taxes bringing S1O0, 900. The expenses
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