The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-24
THREE BEER KEGS
THAT Is WHAT THE COUNCIL FIRST
DISCUSSED LAST NIGHT.
Some Fine Eulogies on the Evils of
Beer Drinking Made by the City
Fathers-No Drunkenness Or
Disorderly Conduct Among
Wichita Fire Laddie5-
Seven Year Bonds
for Gas Agreed
UpoD-Proceed-
ings in Brief

It all arose over three kegs of beer,
which the foreman Of hose house No. 3
had on tap IN an adjoining lot. This Is
why some citizens wished that the fire
department of the city be inve stigated
The city council instructed the fire and
water committee to do so and last right
the committee reported to the council
through its chairman. DIR. Min nick.
They said that they had made a careful
investigation and that three four-gallon
kegs had been placed in lot adjoining
Hose house No. 2 aud that the flremea
were accustomed to visit the kegs. They
further found that there had been no
drunkenness or disorderly conduct and
commended the good order in which the
department was run.
They condemned the presenting or
selling of liquor to the firemeG or their
buying such aud recommended that any
one found doing so be Immediately dis
missed from the employ of the city.
Thomas Bolts resigned from hose house
No. aud Robert futile was appointed to
I'LL the vacancy.
Fire boxes were ordered placed at the
corner of Waco aud Central avenues, Waco
street. The fire-marshal was ordered to
procure 100 keys for boxes.
Otto Eckstein and Tim Lane were again
on hand aud fought to have the council
allow the repairing of the old Douglas
avenue house and after hard struggle
the council granted Mr.. Lane permission
to repair the old building as high as the
second story.
The question OF voting for bonds to bore
for coal was reconsidered and the council
decided that the bonds should he
issued to the amount of $1,000
The bonds are TO be paid in seven years.
This, it was thought, would be we'll as by
that time the sewerage of the city would
be paid for.
Mayor Cox appointed Joseph Maxwell
to fill the vacancy made by DIR. Minick
OF the board of health. DIR. Minick is
still on the board but was holding mem
bershlp both as a councilman as in other
capacity. Mr.. Maxwell takes the council
mans capacity.
A petition was made to have the side
walk set back on the lots between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets on Lawrence
avenue, thus making that street straight
Quite number of citizens in the south
part OF town requested the council to
have the old Packer barn moved TO the
alley line. The barn faces on Topeka
avenue just south of Lewis street.
Martha Ferguson claimed that the city
owed her S5,075 because she tripped on A
wire fastened TO the sidewalk, fell and
bruised herself considerably She said
her head was bruised, her elbow disloca-
ted and one OF her ribs broken.
Councilman Hill who was absent owing
TO a severely sprained ankle recently, from
stepping on a loose brick, created a great
deal of amusement by sending a commu-
nlca tlOn cDunrI i'm the Shana of "A
burlesque petition for damages 1t was
great joke aud was well gotten mp,
Rather early in the evening the council
the least interesting meeting
of ihe year. Five members We're absent
from the meeting