The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-26
CONTRACT IS LET
NEW STREET CAB COMPANY GETS
TO LIGHT THE CITY.

for the City for Period of Ten Years
at $50 Per Lamp-Au Bids for Gas
Lights and Blinkers are Rejected and
Only Enough Will be Continued to
Light Most Important Places in the
Suburbs of the City.
The city council met last night. all
members being present but Smith.
Under regular committees the fire
committee made report TO the effect
that it had called upon Mr.. George Dold
and had from him a proposition 10 pay
to the city the sum OF 500 for each time
| the fire department was called out until
such time as the arrangements which
were contemplated by the committee
and discussed by the committee and Mr..
Dold could be eliminated.
The committee recommended that the
chief OF the fire department be instruct
ed 10 answer all alarms from the Dold
company and also from the Whitaker
company IL the latter should conclude to
come INFO the arrangement Of the otser
packing company.
Councilman Miller requested that six
fire alarms be placed in the Sixth ward,
but on the objection OF the mayor he
made il FIVE An amendment was carried
that the matter be left TO the committee
of fire and water and the chief.
The lighting committee made their re-
port in several special recommendations.
First, that the bids Of the Wichita Elec-
trio Light and Railway company be ac-
cepted as they were the lowest bidders.
A supplementary report was shown from
this company that they would put in 175
arc lights for $50 per annum, $50 of these
lights 10 DE placed and located at once
and the other % to be placed within one
year. This report was unanimously
adopted.
The recommendation of the committee
contained the proviso that the company
should be required 10 place bond OF
$4,000 in some reliable surety company
or else place the sum Of 100000 in some
bank or banks in the city as an indem-
nifty 10 the city in case of failure TO COM
ply with the contract. II was moved 10
give the company thirty days TO procure
such bond. An amendment was made
by DR.. Minnick 10 make il fifteen days,
and Mr. Gates was APPEALED to and he
he replied that proviso should be made
that the city attorney should make this
bond in a day or two since the mails
would take a few days to go and come
from New York The city attorney mere
made the statement that he could draft
the bond in one forenoon as son as he
ohad the necessary data. The amend
ment of Minick for fifteen days was
carried.
II was further recommended that all
bids for vapor lights be rejected and
also gas lights. The committee declared
that after careful examination they had
determined that these bids were all TOO
high and that the city could get this
kind Of service cheaper. 1t was further
recommended that the present COM
pany's contract be discontinued on No
TENDER 1st, except 200 lights, these to
run 80 days. from the 1st OF November
TO the LIST OF December, the light COM
mittee and the city engineer to locate
the lights. COUNCILMAN Miller thought
this meant virtually renewal of the
old contract, but the mayor denied this,
saying that no change at all was con-
templated in the present location Of
lights but these 10 be left where they
We're until bids for new ones could be
let
1t was further recommended that II
vapor lights be furnished Fairmount and
the college, the city 10 furnish the gas
oline and the lamps and the college 10
furnish the help and see they were kept
in proper trim.
All these recommendations were
adopted by the council.
Councilman Daniels desired to know IL
the city would De left in darkness il the
old companies should quit and the new
ones were not ready for business. He
was treasured by the mayor that this
emergency had been provided for.
Under the report of the committee OF
street railways Mr.. Gates was called
upon and ne said that IN two weeks ties
would be shipped in for them, and 800
men az work. The cars would be ready
by the LIST of January and the lights as
soon as located. The power house. en-
CINE and boiler by the 18th OF January
and al that time everything would De
finished. Some OF the very finest cars
would be ready for use soon and they
proposed 10 go right a, work and in
three weeks.
Committee on public Improvements
made a statement by Councilman Reese