The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-22

| the session naQ passed. Inc IeduInB lea
ture of the meeting was a long discussion
on the city building stone question. The
| building committees report was finally de-
cided to be based on sand instead of solid
rock, and the whole matter, including
much speech-making, set aside for begin
ming, considered legal and logical, to be
made.
THE PROCEEDINGS:
When Mayor Clements gaveI fell there
were only present Carson, Caswell, Schnit-
zler, Coffin, Mckee, Williams and Martin;
Buckeridge, Mosbacker and Brown and
johnson appearing later.
A petition was presented, signed by most
of the grocers and fruit men, asking that
an ordinance be passed taxing street
vendors of fruit and vegetables
and setting forth that legitimate mer
chants, with all their expenses, could not
compete with peddlers. On motion of
Carson the ordinance was ordered drawn
up.
The merchants of Douglas avenue prayed
for an ordinance appointing certain loca-
ton for hacks, drays aud express wagons.
Carson moved it be granted. Carried.
The Postal Telegraph and Cable COM
pany accepted the terms of the ordinance
recently enacted granting them a fran
chise.
A communication from the water com
pany, relating to mains and plugs put IN
as ordered, was read.
The News-Beacon's contract for the city
printing was presented, and the mayor an
nounced that he had signedi it.
Proudfoot & Bird, architects of the city
building, certified that Contractor r.
Rogers had beed allowed 81 100 in addi-
ton the original contract for the change
of specification from Alma to Augusta
stone
An ordinance was passed appropriating
| s., 349. 80 to the seven contractors.
An ordinance was adopted relating to
street peddlers, prohibiting them from
| selling fruits and vegetables on Douglas
avenue between the Arkansas river and
| Hydraulic avenue and on Main street from
| English to Oak streets or on any street
within a block of said portions of Douglas
and Main, provided they shall not be dis
! posing of any product of their own rails
| ing.
Carson's name was to an ordinance 10
| eating hacks and drays. There was some
placed upon its passage.
Buckeridge thought the ordinance should
! be considered and give time to get an ex-
preston from those engaged in that bust
ness. He moved it be referred to a com
mittee. Mckee was a second. The mo-
ton by vive voce vote was declared lost
| and asked for roll call There was more
discussion and roll call on motion agreed
| to. showing six for and five against, when
the ordinance went to the license COM
mittee.
| An ordinance appointing appraisers for
| Douglas avenue property liable to assess
ment for paving was read. TWAS a rather
| long document and was placed on its pass
! age, when the second reading commenced
according ''to de law" The ordinance
| passed unanimously.
! An ordinance was read appointing ap-
praisers for making assessments on prop
erty concerned in alley paving and recent
curb and guttering contracts. AS such
| appraisers were appointed Perry Crosson,
! V. X. Stanley, C. NJ. Reed. The ordinance
! passed as'read.
! The Wichita electric railway franchise
was amended to make the life of the fran
chise twenty years instead of twenty-one
/ years in order to comply with the state
/ law The amendment passed unanimously.
johnson, of public improvements sub
mitted a resolution to adopt estimate Of
! engineer on improvements for Park Place
| avenue.
! Buckridge. on sewer and drainage com
mittee, submitted communication of city
| engineer, which reported misunderstand-
I ing of sewer contractors and the city on
! the contract for reaching flush tanks
with water The misunderstanding was a
matter of about $4,000.
! johnson moved to refer to sewer com
mittee and city engineer, with power to
act.
Coffin amended to have the committee
report to the council.
| The amendment was accepted and
/ motion prevailed.
! Buckridge reported four miles of sewer
main yet to put in and a quarter mile of
right of way to secure. He suggested the
committee meet on Thursday evening
with city engineer on the questions relat-
! ing to the sewer work.
| Coffin, of Judiciary, reported favorable
! on bill of J. a Foy for S125, and rejected
a damage bill for s., 800. Report adopted.
! Schnitzler, of light committee, reported
/ favorable to moving vapOr light to Mar
/ ket and Fifteenth streets, and from
! some place -four miles east"
! johnson wanted to know where it was to
he removed from, fearing ii came from the
! Third ward. There was considerable dis
cussion of an off hand character, the mem
/ beers being afraid the lights were to come
| from their respective wards
/ Ii was finally discovered that the lights
were to be removed from the Sixth ward,
wherein Martin objected and the matter
was referred to the councilmen from the
/ Sixth ward.
Carson wanted an electric light on the
/ corner of Market and Orme street.
Buckridge moved as an amendment
electric lights on corner Of Main ana Cen
! trail. Main and Elm, Main and Pine streets.
Johnson wanted a light on Douglas and
/ Chisholm. and Mosbacher wanted a light
on kellogg. near Fifth avenue.
Schnitzler referred 10 finances on light
question. and opposed the lights.
Coffin moved to refer the question OF
lights to the proper committee. The
motion prevailed.
! Martin recommended city engineer to
make plot of Linwood and Hyde parks
The city engineer suggested that park
improvements be made according to a gen
eral plan.
Under the head Of public Improvements,
! Carson observed that I'VE have struck a
snag." He referred TO stone for city build
inc. The committee reported that The
Alma stone was inferior to sample OF
which contract was awarded.
Pnrrars the conf rscfnr on city huildinC