The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-22

allowed to put down pavement in block.
three feet wide extending half way acros;
the street
The PROCEEDINGS.
Members present: CasweH, Carson
Buckeridge, Glaze, Mckee, Williams, Mos
bacher, Brown and Johnson, with Mayor
Clement presiding. The mayor read q
communication thanking the Chisholm
creek arbitration board for their diligen;
work, and recommended a committee OF
! three TO confer with the milling company
| The report of the arbitration committee
was then read
Glaze moved that the report be received
and placed on file, also communication
/ from the mayor be placed on file and that
| the recommendation Of the mayor be com
| piled with The motion prevailed unani-
/ mously.
/ The mayor then read another communi-
| cation advising acceptance Of proposition
! OF VIM. Grieffenstein TO allow part Of the
| park of the name to come into the city and
/ be controlled and owned by the city. The
consideration being $1,000 and allow time
for bonds to that amount to be voted or
rejected at the November election.
Carson moved 70 refer the matter 10 the
park committee which prevailed.
Appraisers to open Eighteenth street
from Topeka to Fourth, B. H Campbell,
Geo. H. Blackwelder. Geo. T. Buckner. re-
ported remuneration TO property owners
SLIGO. The appraisement was
adopted and when the ordinance
70 comply with the award he'd been read,
Mr.. Glaze said that the city engineer
knew nothing Of the street, not knowing
whether the street as opened went any
where or whether east of the Santa Fe
street had an outlet. Action deferred
until city engineer could report.
An ordinance was read to prevent the
moving Of dead animals along the street
before 10 p. m, or after a n.
The police commissioners reported an
appointment of assistant sanitary police
man out side Of the present force.
Mr.. Glaze moved to request the board to
not increase the force as there are more
policemen now than the law allows in
city of this size
The topic was disposed of by referring it
to the committee on police.
4 communication from Mr.. 4. N. Oliver,
chairman Of the ways and means commit
tee of the board Of trade was referred I
TO the advertising committee
CasweIl wanted TO know if the council
could regulate the size of the police force
and was answered in the negative.
First estimate of paving on Douglas
avenue reported by city engineer 81, 900
was disposed of in regular manner.
The city engineer on motion of Glaze
was instructed TO submit estimate for
paving north side of Douglas avenue.
This done to include the Improvement in
the levy to be reported by August 20 next. /
The mayor inquired when sewer work
would be completed when city engineer
replied that work was delayed by failure 70
get right of way. Buckridge on right of
way said they were in the courts and doing
the best they could.
Sullivan & Steimmitz, sewer contractors,
allowed =, 100 sewer work.
The mayor announced having failed so
far to sign contract with water company !
about flush tank construction on east /
main owing to inability TO find out how /
much money in the sewer fund The sewer /
was instructed TO find out the /
condition Of the fund.
Some sidewalk circumstances were read !
and favorable action taken.
The public improvement committee was
to inquire into the sidewalk /
business of R. Taylor.
Buckridge wanted an ordinance TO cover
asphalt payment to protect it from citizens
who burn papers on the pavement.
The duplication light question
came up again and Glaze NOV
I'd the committee report all places
where lights duplicated, which prevailed.
Mr.. Glaze reported that in the pubIica-
ion of the ordinance legalizing the Main
md Douglas bonds and that work should
De done over again. He moved that the
council meet Thursday evening TO attend
o the bond question
Carson said there was a fearful mud
lole on Third and Waco, and while the
second ward councilman in his Judgment
vas holding off to be reelected on that
mud hole, the people thought that was
Waiting too long. and he moved the street
be instructed TO I'LL the
mud hole
Buckridge said he did not have to be re-
lected next spring, and thanked Mr.. Car
on for his election scheme.
The motion prevailed and Mr. Martin
aid Mr.. Arnold desired a hearing, who
aid he had "a map Of the Cherokee outlet
howing the position OF Wichita TO the
"trip and had a corner on the map for the
nap of Wichita and Wichita advertising
natter. He would charge $50 for the
pace.
Martin moved the matter be referred to
he advertising committee with authority
o act, which prevailed Il
The mayor announced the presence of
oil Drake. of St Paul. and inquired if be
ad word of cheer. The colonel respond
d that he had scarcely a word of cheer as
a had considerable trouble crushing /
lsper for Douglas avenue. y number Of
rusher heads had been worn out before
hey had found a crusher that would stand |
he work. He regretted the fact that there
-as tar paper both ways being used
q making the pavement as it was not 50
God as the seam only one way. The speci-
cations called for two inches of jasper
nd they were putting down three. The
-ork would be- done better than the speci-
cations called for and already be was re-
srrinS 10 Wichita at other points
nd would leave for Boston today
. close contract IN Boston
II putting IN pavement and had already
scured a number Of contracts.
The city engineer recalled the agitation
the joint question with the jasperite
avement and said longitudinal blocks 4
Ould certainly injure the pavement and
/ this respect the specifications inferior 70
lie first work He had also noticed that '
sfore the change the contractors put 7
own three inches Of jasper and since two {
ld half inches while the Specifications
Ill for On LIZ tn ir,chaS