The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-22
PLANS BROUGHT IN
Electric Lights Will be Placed
Where Councilmen Say.
$50 LIGHTS IN ALL
BIinkerS Will be Used in the
Extreme Outskirts.

Last night there assembled in the once
af City Clerk Kramer promptly al
o'clock the mayor and city council Ihey
arrived with a look of gravity and serl-
pusness upon their faces and in some IN
stances there was 10 be detected little
blood in their eye. Long, round bundles
Of what appeared to be gegal documents
we're held tightly in The grasp Of their
right hands and before Jhe members were
settled down TO the business of submitting
heir well made plans for the placing Of
me polls for arch lights under the new
eomuanys contract, there was seen lit
lie pairing of ia few of the councilmen
and secret sessions were in order.
Mayor Ross was sitting leasurely in his
large easy chair. tipped back slightly,
while the smoke from fragrant cigar
was seen curling upward in rings and
clouds. He did not seem 20 be giving very
much attention to what was going on
around him; but it was found out later
that he had been a very attentive listener
and had committed to memory almost
every location for the cify's new arch
light system that had been discussed in
the open session of the councilmen who
had finally come together with their
plans, and after a few clashes on ooUn-
dairy light olcatiOns a general pande-
monium reigned. There mas never been
a time since this council mas been in Of
flee that so much free discussion mas been
entered into by the body. Some of the
members were in earnest and at one time
things looked quite seriously complicated.
Each one was jealousy guarding the best
interests OF his ward constituency and was
determined to fulfill every obligation and
promise that had been made as to where
the lights should be located in other cases
where they should not The aalotting OF
80 lights is even more difficult than had
IT been 1900, as the great difficulty was
altogether in the scarcity Of the number
and yet the number is larger than Is
now used in the present ctty's service
and 1t is expected that the 2000 candle
power viii be furnished in fun, compared
with the poor service and lower candle
lights that is now being paid for at the
rate Of Sc per Camp a month.
Mr.. Church and Bradley, representing
the new company were present and en-
tered into the discussion of closing VI
the details of a long agitaIted question OF
the city's street lighting contract. After
the councilmen had spared back and
forth for over an hour, the situation had
begun to get settled down to a more
amicalble basis and the question of bound
airy lights (which are located on Douglas
east and west, North Main, East Central
and South Fourth were agreeably ar
ranged, the mayor moved that matters be
fixed UP as they were and a map of the
csty's streets were brought out and spread
upon large table and Councilman GuIh-
RE began making out the locations as
they were presented to slim 10y wards.
The locations are selected for the plac-
Ing OF arch lights in the several wards
as follows:
First Ward-Walter and English, Water
and Lewis. Water and Orma, Main and
English. Main and Lewis. Main and Kel-
logg Main and Gilbert Main and lincoln
Market and Williams. Market and Water
man. Market ana Morris. north. Law
renee and English, Lawrence and Lewis
Lawrence and kellogg, Lawrence and
Gilbert, Lawrence and Lincoln. Topeka
and English, Topeka and Lewis, Topeka
and Kellogg, Topeka and Indianapolis
Topeka and Morris soouth, Emporia and
Williams En1peria and Waterman. En-
poria and Morris. north. Emporia and
Orma, Fmporia and Gilbert.
Second Ward-Water and Second
Water and Pine, Water and Walnut
Water and Tenth, Water and Eighteenth
Park and Thirteenth. Park and Seven
teenth, Fairview and Fourteenth, Wichi
IA and Third. Wichita and Park, Waco
and First, Waco and Second, Waco anC
Central, Waco and Oak. Waco and Ninth
Waco and Eleventh. Waco and Avenue
4, River and Third, Central and Sherman
Central and James. Tenth and Lewellen
Jefferson and Eleventh, Pearce anC
Eleventh, Franklin and Buffun, Riversid,