Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-07
AT THE CITY HALL.
MisceIIaneous Matters of Interest to
Taxpayers and the Muntc-
iDnI Officers

A complication has arisen i'll the con-.
struction of Gooseneck intercepting sew
er that may result in q law suit, with
Contractor r. j. Boyd as plaintiff and the
city as defendant. According to the con-
tract, Boyd was to build the sewer for
$C,c0G, for which money was appropriated
out of the general fund, and was to fur
nish the right of way free of cost to the
city. The sewer was to extend from the
city limits and Fourteenth street to Fair
view avenue and Ninth street. 1t was
planned to have il parallel the Belt line
railway and occupy part of that COM
panys right of way, but here arose the
first trouble. The company refused to al
low the contractor that privilege. The
next thing was to buy a right of way
from abutting property owners. This went
well enough until the estate of Frank Ed
wards, brick manufacturer, was reached.
He refused to allow the sewer to be put
down on his premises because the contract
or had bought brick from competing
firm. AS a result the sewer had to be
laid around Edwards property, involving
an unexpected cost to the contractor OF
S52% The board of public works has o.
KID this bill for the extra amount, but
Auditor Bishop refuses to do so on ac-
count of the terms of the contract.
dressed and armed with shotguns, called
at the mayors office at an early nour yes
tefday morning and demanded of Miss
Georgia Coleman acting private score
tary, to see his honor, AN dat purity dud-
dent, toon' Few people were in the hall.
The mayor had not yet arrived. Miss
ColcmanS mind reverted to Miss Minnie
FL eeman, the heroine schoolma'a am of Ne
hraska. who saved her pupils from the
great blizzard. She assumed a calmness
and demanded their business. While they
were explaining. Impounder Rodgers ar
rived. like the hero in the play, and from
his conversation with her callers Miss
Coleman learned that there had been an
attempt to capture the bandits " dog,
which had been resented, and that they
wanted an order from the mayor for the
dogs release The impounder pacified
them and they went away, taking with
them string of dead rabbits they had
dropped outside the door.
The park board met yesterday, but die
little business beyond the auditing of last
months bills. Park Engineer Kesser was
asked concerning the progress being made
in the way of removing buildings from
Holmes square. He reported that all those
save few near the northeast corner Of
Nineteenth and Cherry streets had beer
either razed or moved away. Those re
naming belong to Mrs. Almena A. Archer
and will be moved within few weeks. As
soon as the weather will permit the wori
of improving the park will begin and by
early spring it will be ready for occupancy
The auditing committee has refused t.
80. X" Superintendent Longwell's bill fol
SO for board of his horse and storage of hi:
buggy during the month OF December, al
leging first that he should keep the prop
| only about 81 a month; and second, that thu
| price is excessive The facts of the case are
| that there is no room in the city barn fo
| the superintendent horse and buggy anC
that Liveryman James Nichols, 80 Wes
| Ninth street, is charging him but SO
month for what costs other customers SIS.