The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-12
THE CITY COUNCIL.
A Short Spirited Session-Reports Of Commit
tees and Routine Work Disposed of in
Short Order-Ordinances and
RemOnstrances.

time last night. On account OF the alb
sence from the city of Mayor Clement,
President johnson occupied the chair with
becoming dignity. At the conclusion Of
the meeting several of the members con-
graduated President Johnson on his tact
and adroitness in his rulings and the des-
patch which characterized the transaction
of the business. As several matters Of i'm
portance came up which could not be i'm
mediately disposed of resolution was in
PRODUCED and prevailed unanimously by
which the meeting adjourned until Mon
dav evening next The special committee
appointed to sell the Main street and
Douglas avenue bonds stated through
their chairman that a sale had been closed
with Splitter & Co., of Toledo, o., but re-
auested further time in which to make
their report, which was granted. 1t Is
their intention to make detailed report
citing their authorities and making
comparative statement between the
nrice of the bonds at the
| last sale and the former sale and referring
at length to the change in the date of issue
which involves an important item in In
terest.
! Packing houses were discussed at length
and the committee on public improvements
was requested to make definite report
with regard to the matter as soon as prac-
ticable. 1t did not appear just why con-
nection had not been already made with
the sewers and this will be Incorporated
| in the committee report.
! The Lewis dam question of course came
up and the mediating committee re ported
| good progress (smiles) and asked for fur
! ther time.
PROCEEDINGS.
| The city council met last night in regu-
| lar session with President johnson in the
| chair and Messrs. Caswell, Carson, Coffin,
! Schnitzler, Buckeridge, B rown, Glaze,
Mosbacher, Williams and Martin present.
! The minutes of the last meeting were
read and passed.
The reports of the city officers were read
and received without discussion.
Messrs. Niederlander and Basley came
before the council with a request that
they be given six months time in which
to put in stone walk in front of their prop
erty on north side of Douglas from Wich-
| tia street Mr.. Buckeridge spoke in favor
of allowing the time \ motion to refer
to public improvement committee was
offered and lost. 4 motion to include all
Ill6 sue VAIN Oll Ullc IOL III oiNtC VI bONoAe"'
from Main to Wichita and that part of
the sidewalk on the south side opposite
the Douglas avenue hotel making the eX-
tension of time one year, was offered ana
carried Mr. Martin wanted to include all
the walk east of the Santa Re depot in the
motion but he failed to get any support.
A communication from the Electric
Railway company was read and referred
to the Judiciary committee and city at
! tOrney.
A remonstrance against the opening OF
a part of Lincoln street was read and re-
ferred to the committee on public improve
ment and city engineer,
A communication was read from the
owners of the Occidental hotel requesting
that they be relieved from removing
several small buildings projecting on the
alley on the east. The communication was
received and the request granted for the
present.
A proposition was read from Mr.. j. l..
Black to do the city weighing on the west
side for half the receipts and scale book
to be furnished by the city. On motion
the proposition was accepted.
Original bills were presented and read
and referred to proper committees for
report.
An ordinance providing for the issuance
of bonds to pay for the paving OF lntersec-
tions on Main street from Park to Lewis,
out of the general fund was read, placed
upon its passage and carried.
An ordinance regulating the sale of in
toxicating liquors and arranging for fine
not TO exceed 800 was presented at the re-
quest of the police commissioners and
passed.
On motion the clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids to pave the alley between
Main and Market from Douglas to First.
Mr. Buckeridge moved the reconsideration
of former motion TO pave the continual
ton of this alley as far north as Second
street. After some discussion the motion
was withdrawn.
Under the head of sewers Mr.. Buckle
ridge reported a condemnation committee
was needed to attend to two or three little
pieces of right-of-way that the council had
already taken action on. On motion the
city engineer was instructed to render all
possible assistance at once to the packing
houses in order to get them to make CON
nection with the sewer.
Mr.. Martin moved that the public i'm
|. provement committee be instructed to Sc
cure the right-of-way from the Frisco to
the mill, carried.
Mr.. Martin suggested that the foregoing
, resolution would be conducive toward q
settlement of the Lewis dam problem.
Mr.. Buckeridge moved the street com
! missioner be instructed TO spend not more
than SIS on filling in the west end OF Third
!, and Henry streets. Carried.
: Mr. Buckeridge said the matter had
= been put off pending low river so that
, sand could be got easily. He continued
r the time was particularly opportune fortht
q reason that the water was by actual meas
a urement eight feet below the natural bed
= of the river
Two requests for permissiOe to build
. frame buildings within the fire limits
were referred to the committee on flre and
, | and water for report.
On motion the public improvement
( committee was instructed to investigate
i the advisability of substituting some OF
y the thing at street crossings at the Burton
! Car works with bridges for the reason the
t thing was small and reduced the capacity
: of the drain.
} a complaint from the fire department
! thatthe street railway company placed rail
too near the center Of the street was re
ferred to the proper committee. The rea
son Of the complaint i that the engines
NAV be hampered for room in making
9 run.
: Bids for curb and gutter on the ives
e side OF Water street, from First TO Doug
G las were opened and contract awsrded 70