The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-04-05
VOTE CANVASSING.
One Precinct Absent and not Accounted For
Special Business at Special Session.

| returns OF TUESDAY election OF members
of the'counciI They had nothing TO do
with the school board returns but simply
looked over the vote for members of the
council. Members present, Healy, Carson,
Downing, Coffin, Glaze, Wight, Williams,
| Mercer. Herrig, Barnes and Johnson with
| Mayor Clement presiding The lobby was
fairly well filed the only new member
elect present being Mr. Charles Mosbacker
The clerk after getting the envelope con-
tanning tally sheets arranged so they could
be handled with dispatch observed that
| the returns of tally sheets for the first
! precinct in the Fourth ward were not on
hand. He announced the fact, when Elec-
| ton Commissioner Colonel H. L. Taylor
| took another look in the room where they
! had been left and the board proceeded to
make the canvass. The result as announc-
| ed was as follows:
FIRST WARD.
First precinct, for council, Caswell, 131:
Healy, 81; Second precinct, Caswell 81;
Healy 142; Third precinct, CasweIl 191 and
Healy 90.
SECOND WARD.
First precinct-Buckeridg ia; Down
ing, 81; Richey, 13. Second precinct
Buckeridge, 101: Downing, 80; Richey, 10.
Third misunderstanding 1j6; Downing,
35; Richey, Is.
THIRD WARD.
First precinct-Brown, rs; Howe, 81;
Mahany, t Second precinct-Brown, 81;
Howe, 63; Mahany, ). Third precinct
Brown, l43: Howe, 138; Mahany, 20.
FOURTH WARD.
When this ward was reached, Colonel
Taylor reported that he was unable to
find the returns from the first precinct.
He had received them from the judges on
Tuesday night and the result announced
by one Of the judges. He had left all the
returns with the city clerk shortly
after midnight Tuesday night and
had not seen them since, supposing they
were all right, at least safe No one else
offered any explanation and no questions
asked. The other two precincts were eX-
amined. the Second giving Glaze $50, with
S scattering; Third precinct, Glaze 1913,
scattering; Fourth precinct, Glaze %, Rob
ert MacNair %, scattering Is.
FIFTH WARD.
First precinct, Mckee 105 Coleman 80,
Bennett %; Second precinct, Mckee lis,
Coleman ll9, Bennett II.
SIXTH WARD.
First precinct, long term, Mosbacher al,
Mercer IS; short term, Martin lob, Herrig
1l2; Second precinct, long term, Mosbacher
1874, Mercer 103; short term, Martin 1876,
Herrg g.
A resolution was offered declaring the
following elected: CaswelI, Buckridge,
Brown, Glaze, Mckee, Mosbacher and
Martin. 1t passed unanimously. On mo-
ton of Coffin the canvassing board add
journed
The mayor announced the council
would meet in special session to
give attention to the alley paving contract
with Mulvane & Keply; stone concrete
work for asphalt paving; paving of inter
section of Main and Douglas; appraising
of property for basis of paving taxes.
\ remOnstrance was read asking that the !
alley paving contracts between Main and /
Market and Douglas and First, awarded |
to Mulvane & Keply, be rescinded. 1t /
represented five thousand six hundred and |
thirty-eight feet. When it had been read |
Downing moved it be received and placed |
on file.
Barnes amended to recind the action of I
the council in awarding the contract, with !
Glaze a second.
Mr.. J. NJ. Allen, being present repre-
senting the petition, said the petition had .
been presented to no one who failed to sign /
it, and more time would have resulted in
many more names. He thought it was
large enough to give some expression on /
the question. The property owners thought /
the price was eXhorbitant and they would
prefer brick, which cost less and in their
judgment equally as good.
Downing said the work had been adver-
tised for and everything done regularly
and he was in favor of allowing it to re-
main as it was.
Barnes called for price of brick and the
same alleys where contracts awarded and
action reconsidered, and it was found to
be 81 80
Healy said he had heard the object was
TO get jasperite in the alleys but if the plan
was to get brick, he would be in favor of
it, Mulvane q Kepley had at one time
offered to do stone work at $40 per yard
and the contract price as allowed was
s.. 90.
Coffin recalled the history Of the paving
question as concerned the alleys assuring
that stone and brick had been cutting
pr!cas and neither one wanted the contract
unless could get more work at a regular
figure.
Mr.. Allen stated that the petition was
not in the interest of jasperite. Did not
want anything in the alleys to cost so
much. The property owners in his Judge
nent would be satisfied TO pay 8. 40 per
yard.
The roll call showed for the motion to
'escind. Barnes, Glaze and Healy with
.he other eight present in the negative.
An ordinance was passed providing for
he appointment of appraisers for the
paving improvement in the alleys to be
paved
The question what material should be
lsed to pave intersection of Main and I
Douglas was considered and it was recalled
hat at one time a petition had been pre-
,ented asking that intersections of Doug
a. be paved with same material as the
blocks on the avenue and in response to
he petition a resolution covering the mat 1
er had been passed. No additional action /
vas taken. which leaves the intersection to
De paved with jasperite.
Downing offered a resolution instructing
Asphalt company TO use any stone for 1
cement base as would meet the require
neuts desised
Coffin objected 10 having anything TO do
With the matter and the resolution failed
o passover to four.
About this time Healy inquired if the
pecial meeting was legal He stated ]
n explanation that he did not think ]
;chnitzler had been notified and ]
according to his way Of thinking all mem ,
~ .kn,,ll h ,,ntifinA or the r,,aatircr ,