The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-23
THEY MUST BUILD
CITY COUNCIL REBATES PENALTIES
WITH A PROVIS0.

Building on the Corner of Market and
Douglas Avenue is Far Behind in Taxes
They Asked for a Rebate of the Penal
ties and Interest Thereon Some Time
Ago and the Council Grants Their Re
quest IL They VIII Complete the Build
ing Chicken Ordinance is Extended
Two Months-other Council Doings.
The city council last night passed sew,
eral ordinances and transacted quite &
little business. One thing was the rebate
Of the penalties and interest on taxes or
the building on the corner of Market
and Douglas, provided the owners CON-
plete the building and pay all the back
taxes within ninetl days. Another was
the extension of the chicken ordinance
two months. The details Of the meeting
were as follows:
Council met in regular session at tbs
usual hour, with Mr. Burton in the chair
IN the absence of Mayor Cox. The min
ates were read and approved.
The reports Of standing committees
were then asked for, and the committee
men answered that they had no report
in a manner suggestive of spring fever
Mr.. Throckmorton of the committee on
public improvements and parks made a
motion ordering the city engineer to re-
port AT the next meeting as TO what side
walks in the city had been ordered built
and as yet not built The motion was
carried.
Mr.. Handley of the committee on fran
chise and license presented a report Of the
committee recommending the appointing
Of new city officer TO collect the city IL
censes and that his duties be the collect
Ing OF licenses assisted by the police.
Messrs. Minick and Throckmorton made
speeches against such a move. DR..
Shuts talked against it at first, and then
thought it a good move, as everybody S
business is nobodys business. Dr. Min
lex amended the motion by laying il over
for week, which amendment carried.
DR.. Minick of the judiciary committee
made report concerning the rebate on
the taxes upon the building on the corner
of Market street and Douglas avenue,
which recommended that if the back
taxes were paid within the next ninety
days all penalties and interest would be
rebated. DR.. Shuts asked the city attor-
ney If that would be legal. He answered
that he did not know any law upon the
subject. Messrs. Smith and Throckmor-
ton and the city attorney thought that il
would be good move provided they went
on and completed the building. Dr..
Shuts did not care TO appear as kicker,
but he did not see how it could be done
If it was not legal. Mr.. Throckmorton
further spoke about the advantages to be
gained even if. it was not exactly legal
He made good, business-like, pointed
illustration of the business of the affair
Mr.. Smith moved the adoption of the re-
port of the committee, with Dr. Minick
as second. Mr.. Miller spoke against the
move. and II was necessary to call the
roll, which resulted in a vote of five for
the motion and four against Messrs.
Francis. Minick, Smith Throckmorton
and Young voting for it, and Handley,
Miller, Knoblauch and Shuts against.
A communication was read asking for
lights 10 be placed out on Paramount.
the petitioners offering to furnish the OIL
Mr. Francis thought it should be held
over one week. Mr.. Throckmorton made
a brief talk in favor, of the granting of
the prayer of the petitioners, which was
done.
A petition was read asking for a ce-
ment sidewalk to be ordered constructed
on the east side of Lawrence avenue from
First to Second streets. On motion the
prayer Of the petitioners was granted.
A petition was presented asking that
the chicken ordinance prohibiting chick
ems from running at large be altered so
as to read from March L to November /.
instead Of from April 1 to October 1. On
motion Of DR.. Minick, the prayer of the
petitioners was granted.
\ board walk was asked 10 be ordered
completed on the east side of Ohio from
First to Second street. This was to get
the walk completed. nearly all OF it being
already in. Not enough residents Of the
ward who were taxpayers also having
signed the petition, it was referred back
to the petitioners for this alteration.
An ordinance was passed which i'm
poses a tax of $50 per year upon dealers
city and sell at retail, for less than car
load lots, and who do not have any estab-
lished place of business. This ordinance.
1t was explained, was not intended to shut
OF the market gardeners and farmers but
according to the reading of the ordinance
it could be easily construed that way.
The tax is to be declared due semi-annu-
ally on January l and July l. The ordin-
ance was placed upon its passage and the
form OF taking il up section by section
some through, it passing unanimously.
The ordinance to reduce the speed of
trains from six 70 four mics per hour
within The city limits was lost.
Under miscellaneous business. Mr..
Handley called attention to the Stanton
block, on the West Side. and asked that
the fire marshal inspect it. Mr. Walden
ives present ana reported at once that
ne had already inspected the building.
and that il was dangerous. The building
is a long brick block, from the center OF
which two store rooms have been remov-
ed. According to the action OF the coun-
Gil. il must be either strengthened or torn
down.
Mr.. Burton called attention to the fact
that the e.ectric light on the corner. of
Lincoln and Main had not been burning
for Two weeks.
Mr.. Miller called the attention Of the
public imDrovement committee to few
dangerous places along the Little river
where the current had cut IN.
Mr. Smith desired to call the attention |