The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-02
COUNCIL MEETING.
4 Kick on Douglas Avenue Appraisement-
Payment for the Main Street Paving
Routine Work.

The council met as board of equalizers
on the appraisement of Douglas avenue
property for paving and improve
| ments, and members Carson, Caswell,
Schnitzler, Buckridge, Glaze, Martin,
Mossbacker present.
Ruban Roys said that in the appraise-
ment of the Douglas avenue property,
enough difference between the south and
| north sides had not been made. He
| thought the basis of the valuations was
| wrong.
Carson thought while formerly there had
been difference in values north and south
of Douglas, that in thefuture values would
be the same, owing TO depots and govern
ment buildings.
Buckridge thought there was difference
ofvalues and it should so appear in the basis
of taxation for the paving, the latitude
being given by the law.
1t was announced that the appraisement
made difference from 800 to 500 per lot
1t was suggested that there should be a
difference of at least $1,000. 1t was OBJ
served that the difference for sewer tax
! basis was nearly one-third. There was a
| general hand TO hand discussion for half
hour. when Carson moved TO adopt the
report as submitted by the appraisers,
with Schnitzler a second.
! Mr.. Roys said he could not see why the
discrepancy he had referred to should be
! ignored.
Glaze moved reduction of 5 per cent on
the south side of the avenue, with Buck
ridge a second.
The mayor said no such difference was
asked by any excepting Roys and Sheets.
Glaze withdrew his resolution and the
Carson resolution passed with Buckeridge,
MOsbacher and Mckee in the negative.
Mr. Roys intimated strongly that he
would aim to get change through the
courts.
The Barber Asphalt Paving company, by
communication, stated they had finished
paving May % and had not received pay
and wanted interest on amount due from
time pavement completed. The communi-
cation was placed on file.
An ordinance was read requiring $50 per
year of all who have wagon scales and do
public weighing 1t was passed by cutting
the license down to S25 annually.
Mulvane & Kepley was allowed s., 800. 26
for North Main curb and gutter work.
They were also allowed 5 per cent interest
from time work had been completed. The
ordinance was placed on its passage by
motion from Johnson.
The Barber Asphalt company was al
lowed $4,000 as part payment for Main
ttreet paving and ) per interest allowed
from time contract was completed. The
question of acceptance and time of accept
ance was raised. The clerk said the coun-
Gil had never accepted curb and gutter or
pavement.
Buckeridge said that he would not favor
accepting alphalt pavement on Main from
Oak to Park streets. Wheels had often
reached the concrete.
The city engineer said the pavement was
all right. 1t was better for Asphalt to be
soft than hard. The man who said it was
not all right did not known what he was
talking about.
In order to get at the matter legally the
final estimate of the city engineer was
adopted. Buckridge in the negative.
The ordinance making the appropriation
of $63, 600 was again read including the in
terest cIausecut out allowing interest from
date. The ordinance was passed with
Buckridge and Caswell in the negative.
Schnitzler offered resolution to in
struct city engineer to submit
estimate of cost of dam at the mouth of
the Little river to raise the water from
eighteen to twenty-four inches. The
resolution prevailed and the council adj
journed johnson and two or three others
wanted to attend to some other business
but they were knocked out. johnson has
| been working for a year or two TO get side
walks on Douglas avenue and thought he
was about ready to have contract awarded
for all the unfinished walk last night but
he failed again and he claimed to be in a
bad humor. Mossbacher had also been
trying to get some small things through
for a few meetings but the majority of the
fellows getting their matters disposed Of
had always run in an adjournment. He
claimed some lawn ice cream somewhere
had forced an adjournment which IN his
opinion was not exactly business on the
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