The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-03-18
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Considerable Interest Shown in Routine Work
Bond of Contractor for Paving Doug
las Avenue Accepted.


portant questions which, as supposed,
would be considered, but owing to inabil-
ity to attend to all the preliminary work
on some Of the questions pending probably
| the most interesting topic was not dis
cussed. The meeting was scarcely above
the average in importance, routine work
only being attended to-
THE PROCEEDINGS.
Members present, HeaIy, Carson,
! Schnitzler, Downing, Barnes, Glaze, Her
| rig, Mercer, Williams, Wight and Mayor
! Clement in the chair. An appropriation
! for sundry purposes amounting to 81, 800
made. From sewer fund for right of way
5000 appropriated. r. Rogers allowed $500
| first estimate on city building.
| An ordinance regulating making con
nection with sewer was read. On motion
| Of Mercer placed on its passage. The ordi-
| nance provides that no one shall tap he
sewer except on permission of the council
The mayor thought the ordinance should
allow the city engineer control over work
| of plumbers in making connections. After
| some general discussion the ordinance was
referred to Judiciary committee and city
attorney.
! The postal telegraph franchise ordinance
was read by title and referred to the license
committee
| The financial committee reported favora-
| bic to borrowing $4,000 from the city
/ building fund for the general revenue
! fund. The report was adopted.
The city engineer was instructed to sub
NIT plans for bridge across Little river at
Eleventh street.
The sewer committee reported contract
with water company for water to flush
sewers which was adopted.
The light and water committee recon-
mended two electric lights and twenty va
por lights on the West side. Glaze amend
ed by putting some electric lights in
Fourth ward and Mercer amended by add
ing vapor light Oh Hunter avenue near
Chisholm creek.
Healy referred TO the recommendation
and amendments by saying it was calling
for too much. Already the light expense
was about $4,000 and the council should
aim to cut down expenses.
Glaze said the Fourth ward had not
been very modest indeed. Lawrence ave
nue. was the darkest avenue in the city and
poorly lighted.
Carson said a committee some time ago
had been appointed to report on lights and
nothing heard from it. Thought it best TO
wait for the committee.
Coffin thought Healy was for retrench-
ment and reform on referring to any part
of the city north of Douglas avenue. He
was not so careful about conforming to his
theory when referring to south of Douglas
avenue
laul oSI h., 1,,I Id -,
mend an electric light in the Fourth ward.
He had never tried to act hog on lights.
He wanted lights adjusted and not so many
gas lights under electric lights
The motion TO defer action one week was
received six for and six against and de
clared lost
johnson recalled that Healy had always
been trying to remove lights east of Fifth
avenue but never in favor of giving that
section of town any lights. Personally he
had no objection to Healy removing lights
from the First ward.
The report as ameded by Glaze and
Mercer was adopted.
The mad dog question was introduced
by Williams, of health committee. Healy
moved to instruct dog catcher to go to
work. The motion prevailed. Carson
thought some rebate should be allowed
on fellows who are compelled to pay a
years tax for one month.
Downing moved to reScind action of cOun-
Gil in awarding contract to Mulvane &
keply for paving alley between Main and
Market from Douglas to Central; and
alley between Douglas and Williams
from Water to Fourth avenue
CCffir, ,.aco11a1 +bo+ brioI- no,,TJ
be made in Wichita and did not want
brick shipped in. The motion to rescind
prevailed.
1t was decided to advertise for bids to
pave the two alleys referred to.
By resolution the water company was
instructed to put iron mains on Main street |
from Central to Park and on Douglas from |
Water to Washington.
Carson moved bids for steam heating city |
building be opened at next meeting.
Mercer amended to open bids immediate |
~. which failed in d second The motion /
TO defer prevailed.
Glaze announced that the dog pound had |
had been completed and was ready for use. |
The mayor suggested that the building !
make arrangements for corner |
stone ceremony at the city building.
johnson moved it be the judgment of /
the council TO hold a ceremony, which pre-
vailed.
The park committee reported on bridges /
for Linwood park, and that a tenement /
house costing not over 81 600 be built near
the southwest corner of the park. Themo-
ton 10 defer action on the report prevailed, /
seven to five
On motion of Downing the bill of cleo
ton commissioner and election bills were
to be ready TO act upon the first meeting
after the election.
r. F. Wilson's bond of 81. 600 for paving
Douglas avenue was presented and ac-
,epted.
Contract for grading alley between Doug
las and First. from Market to Fifth, was
awarded to NUlvane and Kepley, at 81
cents per cubic yard.
Coffin moved 10 reScind the action of the
council on public printing, which was
voted down.
Glaze moved the public printing question
De deferred for thirty days
Mercer amended that bids he opened for
printing on the second Monday of April.
which was received, seven for and five
against.
\ dozen vapor lights were located on
sixteenth and Seventeenth streets
WICHITA CHURCHES.
Sunday was a bright if breezy day and