The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-03-24
THEY HAVE AGREED
CITY AND TELEPHONE COMPANY
ARE AT PEACE AGAIN.

Ordinance Passed Diminishing All Suits and
Giving the Hello Company a Franchise
for Five Yesrs-In Return the Company
has Made Substantial Reduction of
Rates to Their Patrons-AIl Voted for
the Proposition But Councilman Burton
of the Sixth ward-Ordinance to Take
Effect When Mayor Cox Signs 1t.
The telephone agitation has followed
the prohibition war. the trubadour. the
crusader and the mound builder, off the
stage of action.
Everybody seemed to have been tired
of it in the council but Jim Burton. and
the indications were that he wanted It
kept up for little while longer.
Some time ago a war was inaugural
ed for lower rates and the company not
making satisfactory compliance TO the
request of the council a license tax was
placed on each instrument equal in
amount TO the rates charged and the
rates requested. After that the man.
ager was arrested for not paying the IL
cense tax and what seemed to be end
less litigation COMMENCED. All this was
squared up last night by proposition
submitted by Superintendent Mcdaniel
of the company offering a reduction OF
rates for new franchise to extend for
five years. An ordinance covering the
points in the proposition was read and
passed all voting in the affirmative but
Burton the Democratic member from
the Sixth ward.
The ordinance, in substance, gives the
company five years franchise and the
company, in consideration thereof, re-
duces the rates to S36 per year for bus
mess telephones and $50 per year for
residence telephones. In addition there
is a stipulat ton that when a certain
number of telephones are on the same
line they will be put in at the rate OF
$24 and SIS per year.
Very few of the councilmen seemed to
like the ordinance but they claimed that
the patrons of the telephone company
urged them to vote for il. Besides that
a special committee of the commercial
club sent in a communication urging the
council TO end the trouble and adopt
the ordinance.
All that is to be done now is to pro-
vide for contract including a schedule
signature both to the contract and the
ordinance. There seemed to be no doubt
but what the mayor favored the or
dinance and, of course, he will sign it.
All the councilmen were present but
Minnick.
Judge Tucker as police judge reported
the collection of fines amounting to S9J
for the month of March up to the 14tn
when he went out of office.
An ordinance was read providing for
sidewalk on the east side of Emporia
avenue in Ferrells second addition. IL
went over under the rules.
An ordinance was passed providing
for the building of a sidewalk on north
side Of Third street from Main to Water
street. Under a suspension of the rules
it was passed and the mayor laid down
a proposition which was agreed to that
hereafter a bond to run one year shall
be issued for all sidewalks built. This
is for the purpose of giving the owner
of abbutting property time TO pay for
the improvement without drawing on
the city treasury.
On suspension of the rules an ordin-
ance was also passed imposing an occu-
patton tax of $50 per year on stock, grain
and provision brokers.
An ordinance was also introduced i'm
posing a license tax of $40 per year on
sprinkling wagons. This ordinance was
referred TO the usual committee under
the rules.
An ordinance was also introduced i'm
posing a fine 800 on every person plow-
ing in the streets without the authority
of the city engineer.
After the appointment of judges and
clerks the council went into executive
oil i'm fOr q ma
The following judges and clerks were
appointed and confirmed to act as such
at the next city election:
FIRST WARD.
First precint-C. II. Beckwith. A. c.
Young, ]. T. McMillen. Judges; Roy
Sohn, ]. A. Arbogast, Clerks.
Second precinct-C. f. Jones, II. Ow-
ems and Joe Christman, judges; Paul
Brown, George Parham, clerks.
Third precinct-G. W. Crawford, D.
". Skinner and Bruce Griffith. judges;
H. Hamilton, H. T. Andrews, clerks.
SECOND WARD.
First precinct-G. Z. Harris, ]. H
Bruce. Peter Getto, judges; c. L. Ad-
ans, Geo. B. Kessler, clerks.
Second precinot-J. T. Hooker, j. c.
Shoots, NJ. McAvoy, judges; NJ. S. Jones
Monte Jacks, clerks.
Third precinct-H. T. Camien, Edwin
Beach, Joseph Elliott judges; r. c.
Jackman, J. K. Alberts, clerk
THIRD WARD.
First precinct-W. T. Burgess, J. T.
Bailey, W. F. Lee, judges; ]. S. AK
man, Ray Taylor, clerks.
Second precinct-H. T. DERRICK, A. H.
Mckee. Geo. E. Campbell. judges; ]. B.
Burgette, ]. D. Dorsey, clerks.
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