The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-07-03
A LITTLE MIXED
Trouble Over Alley Paving At the Zfmmerly
Block--Several Bouts Between City En-
gineer and Others--The Property
Line Chestnut.

There was considerable excitement
around the Zimmerly block corner yester-
day over the measurement for paving the
alley adjoining the block on the east. 1t
may be recalled that some time ago the
| city engineer concluded that the Zimmerly
! block, according TO his measurement. was
| two or three feet too far east and en-
croached to that extent on the alley. Not
| being able to cut a slice off the building
! promptly he had represented it as his duty
to remove the fagstone walk in front of
the building for the two or three feet and
! have it paved the same as the alley. Ac-
| cording to his instructions an assistant
proceeded to scratch around on the stone,
making marks to beobserved in putting in
the alley paving. Attorney Osborne and c.
A. Walker succeeded in getting the engin-
eer to hold on until the matter could be
brought before the council and over one
week ago the council passed a resolution
offered by Councilman Johnson not TO dis
turb the walk in front of the block in put
ting down the alley paving but to pave
even with the building.
Yesterday morning the city engineer
again commenced to mark for alley paw
ing, and observed what he claimed was the
resolution. He made the line even with
the wall of the building, but this is eight
inches in front of the granite column on
the corner, which extends eight inches
east of the wall.
Messrs. Osborne and Walker maintained
the resolution was intended to make the
curb and paving line even with the east
line of the granite column, but the en-
gineer thought different. Mr. John
son, who submitted the resolution, was
sent for and claimed he intended
to have no alley paving in front of the
granite column but Jackman maintained
the resolution did not read that way and
he could not act according to the wishes
of those interested The mayor was sent
for and held that the sidewalk and paving
line should be even with the east line of
the granite column but this went for moth
ing also. The eight-inch flag stone was
cut out in front of the granite column all
the same and according TO the engineer
the cObble stone or Fort Collins sand stone
Will take its place. There was consider
able feeling manifested about the matter
yesterday. Some insisted that the city en-
gineer had bad liver and was trying to
bear everything for some cause ornO cause.
1t brought up the survey question
again which means that every new
city engineer finds a new starting point
and some have blocks out in the street at
one end and back on the alley at the other
Some have Douglas and Main showed off
to one side and Billy Harry is to pay every
time any improvement is to be made. The
city engineer officially alive when the Zim-
merly block was constructed, gave the |
lines. He was depended upon for it and
the block so constructed being superin- !
tended by Thomas Jewell. In fact, all the |
leading blocks in the city were located by |
city engineers, and, in any given block |
every engineer not having located said !
block, claims it Is not located properly. !
While this is quite chestnut it is "a very
interesting one to those who own brick /
blocks and contemplate making such i'm |
prOvements. The Waco avenue question |
is again being considered by some of the |
property owners on the avenue, who are |
anxious to have straight sidewalks and |
a property line somewhat different from |
crOSscut saw.