The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-10-20
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| Tuesday Evsssss.
Monday night was The rsGula
meeting night Of the city council
but the meeting was not held. I
you were out Of doors Monday eve
ming you know why. Tuesday eve
ming the council got together with
the exception of Mr.. Lyter. Mr.
Crsvens was not feeling we'll and
| Mr.. Miller wss kept away from hear.
Ing the candidate for congress Who
10 not going TO be elected. Mr.. Tru.
man didn't seem 10 care rap wheth.
or school remained In session or not.
Added to this the moon was In the
wrong quarter for . successful coun.
ell meeting, and the city attorney
hadn't received . proposal Of mar.
rage for four weeks.
After stroking his billy goat
whiskers for Q spell the mayor sue.
ceeded In calming the members
enough 30 that the minutes could be
read. The ways aud means com.
mi,tee didn't report, but the claims
committee said the city owed S92s.s5,
which was ordered paid In due
form.
The trustees Of Smoky Hill town
ship proposed through the street and
alley committee TO grade South
Ninth street and bear half the ex-
pense u the city would assume the
other half, but the proposition was
not accepted owing to the fact that
there are many other places In town
that need grading more than South
Ninth.
Then the side walk committee was
put on the rack, and IL took the COM
bined efforts OF q house full OF dis
Interested people to preserve the
peace. Mr.. Miller 10 chairman OF
this committee and he wants the bad
sidewalks Of the city fixed up. 30
does Mr.. Cravens, only the latter
wants the street commissioner to do
the work and tax the cost up to the
property owners, so that the city will
lose nothing by the operation. Mr..
Miller thought the property owners
should be given one more chance 70
tx up the walks themselves. Mr..
Cravens said that man who had .
hole or O bad break In his walk and
didn't fix II up at once deserved no
more time, and then the mayor put
the grand kibssh on the sidewalk
committee by calling out the cor.
poration committee. Mr.. Benfield
the chairman, said that inssmuch ~
the contract between the city aud
the water company expired next
March they deemed IL inexpedient
to order an extension Of the Main on
South Santa Fe at present. Mr..
Dedman moved that one Of the cleo
trio lights be moved from south
street to Eigth and Walnut, but no
one becOuucu tue iuOtiou. Ahcu fnt.
Cravens fired In q motion to adjourn,
but the mayor wouldn't have 1t.
Then everybody who wanted 1t was
granted the privilege Of talking.
Finally Mr.. Dedman moved to have
q new light put In at Eighth and
Walnut and 1t carried by vote Of
4 to 2, (Mr. Trumsn) not voting.
This made Mr.. Crsvens . little
hot, he called for the city treasurer's
report aud read the council . sound
lesson on economy, and asked them
how they expected to pay for the
light. Mr.. Benfield doubted the
ability Of the company to furnish
another light, and Q general uproar
ensued insomuch that the sanitary
committee did not report, albeit
Uncle George White was on the
ground ready to make . speech. In
the shuttle an adjournment WAS car
ried, and Mr.. Crsvens put on his
surtout and made tracks across the
bridge. Mr.. Miller offered to bet
dollar on the election, some gentle
man registered and then all was
still.