The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-01-11
PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL
[OFFICIAL.I

PROCEEDINGS OF CITY COUNCIL
[oFFICIAL.
| WICHITA. Kan, Jan. s, 1898.
| Council met i'll regular session. Mayor
| Cox in the chair and all councilmen pres
ent except Sawyer.
| Minutes of last regular and all interven-
| ing meetings were read and approved as
read
His honor the mayor stated ne had a
communication vetoing the action of the
council in the matter OF laying permanens
| sidewalks on Main and Market streets,
which he would ask the clerk to read.
! To the Honorable Council Of the City of Wichita:
| l herewith communicate to your honor
| able body my objection to the contract
| awarded to r. b. keply, on the 18th day
of December. 1893 for building Of the per-
manent sidewalks now unbuIlt on the
west side of Main street from First street
| to Elm street.
! Before we can award contract for the
| construction of sidewalks aud charge the
cost of building said walks to the abut-
| ting property owners by special assess
| meuts. certain provisions of the statutes
must bs strictly complied with. will not
mention in detail the statutes bearing on
the subject, as the city attorney has set
| them out in full in an opinion OF
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clerk In the present case we have not
| followed the statutes in every particular
and should l approve said contract and the
! sidewalks be built by reason OF the same,
| the abutting property owners could en-
| Join the collection OF the taxes levied to
| pay for the same, and thereby entail upon
the CITY useless litigation and finally
| throw the burden of paying for said walk
| upon the taxpayers of the entire city. l
am confident that no member of your hon.
orabis body would desire to have the said
sidewalks constructed IN such manner
! that the assessments made to pay for the
same would probably be declared illegal
| by the courts.
/ therefore feel it my duty to withhold
my signature from said contract, and in
terpose u veto against the same.
Most respectfully submitted.
l.. n. Cox, Mayor.
On motion of Councilman FAIRIES the
| action of the mayor was sustained.
Councilman Schad OF the finance COM
mittee asked for and WAS granted further
time to report on the claim OF ex-Treas-
| urer ThrockmOrtOn.
Chairman FAIRIES of the fire committee
recommended that the rubber coats for
the fire department be purchased OF AIR,
Cole of this city, as he had agreed to fur
nisn them at s.. 80, the same coat that Is
sold regularly at So On motion of Coun-
Gilman Mccall the matter was referred to
fire marshal and fire committee.
Chairman Kenyon of the light commit
tee submitted u report on the bids for
lighting the city building, recommending
that the contract be awarded the Wichita
Electric Railway and Light company, on
their bid for iucandescent lights provided
they substitute the Ampier meter III place
of the Watt meter, and furnish the three
arc lights at So per month
On motion OF Councilman Ochao the
! report was adopted.
On motion of Councilman Kenyon the
| city attorney and light committee were
| Instructed to draw contract in ac-
| cordance with the report Of the light CON-
mittee.
On motion of Councilman Caswell the
blinker ct the corner of Water and Orme
| was ordered moved to the corner OF Harry
| and Topeka avenues
On motion of Councilman Caswell the
city attorney was instructed to bring
action against tho Wichita and Western
railroad to compel them to lower their
road bed to the city grade.
On motion of Councilman Caswell the
public Improvement committee were in
structed to have crossing placed on east
side of Park Place avenue across Thir-
teenth street.
On motion of Councilman Schad the
sidewalk tax charged against the property
of w. S. Rogers WAS related.
On motion of Councilman johnson the
street commissioner wos instructed to
maks crossing over Washington avenue
on the north side of Douglas avenue.
The petition of the Olivet Congregation
al church and the German Lutheran for
rebate of tax was referred to the Judiciary
committee with power to act.
The report of the judiciary committee
on the claims Of Mrs. Stallings, Mrs.
I.usha aud Mrs. OBrian, amounting to
81, 500, WAS submitted, recommending
that the claims be not allowed, Was read,
and on motion of Councilman johnson.
the report was adopted.
Chairman Millinger of the franchise and
| license committee asked for, and WAS
granted, further time TO report on the
prepared ordinance entitled An ordin-
ance TO levy and collect n license tax from
persons engaged in selling clothing by
patterns or samples.
All bills against the city filed to date
| were read and referred to the proper com
mittees-
A communication from the directors of
the transmssissippi commercial congress
was read, and on motion Of Councim man
Johnson referred to the mayor with power
to act.
petition from H. c. Buck, asking to
have Bucks Second addition set out of
Councilman Horner, referred to the
judiciary committee and city attorney.
A petition from Susan Miller asking
that certain tract OF ground belug a
part of Park street, also certain
tract OF grouad dedicated to the
public as an alley, situated lm-
medjately north of lot No I29 on Law
renee avenue. Hilton's addition, be va
Gated. was. on motion of Councilman
johnson, referred TO the Judiciary commit
tee and city attorney.
On motion Of Councilman johnson a
petition from Mr.. 4. b. Allen TO have a
certain tract of land situated south of the
Frisco railroad set ovt of the corporate
limits. was referred TO Judiciary commit
tee and city attorney
On motion of Councilman Horner the
petition of Clark kiakade for permission
TO lay cnder sidewalk Ia front OF lots Nos.
II IA, 10 and IS was granted.
On motion of Councilman Kenyon the
resignation Of J. I. Hooker as city scav-
enger was referred TO the health commit
tee with power 20 act.
His honor appointed a committee On re-
trenchment consisting Of CouuGiimeu Cas-
well, Johnson and Meilinger.
The report police judge. also OF weigh
master OF Oak street scales for the month
of December. was read aud referred to the
finance and scales committees respect
lively.
Ordinance No. -, entitled an ordinance
making appropriations for miscellaneous
purposes, was read and, on motion OF
Councilman Sehad, placed on its passage
and adopted.
Ordinance No -, entitled an ordinance
making appropriations to pay certain per-
sous the damages awarded them in open
ing aud extending Washington avenue
from Douglas avenue to Central avenue,
and to par certain persons the damages
awarded them 10 opening and extending
Market street from Thirteenth 20 Four
tenth streets. was read and, Oh motion OF
Cnnnriln,.n Schad piac-S On liz nzssase