The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-16
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
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Wichita, Feb


Council met in regular session, Mayor
Ross in the chair. All councilmen pres
ent except Young.
Minutes of last regular and adjourned
meeting were read and approved as cor
rected. showing Dickson appointed park
| commissioner for two years and J. p.
Allen one year.
A written report of the health commit
tee recommending the acceptance OF
| Thomas Forests proposition to do scav-
enger work. On motion of Councilman
Schel the report was adopted.
! Councilman Minick moved that the city
engineer give notice to the property own
ers on northwest corner of Lawrence and
Oak street TO raise walk up TO grade. Car
| ried.
On motion of Councilman Mclean, the
| chairman of the license committee was
empowered to dispose of all matters in
reference to license.
Claims and accounts were read and re-
ferred TO proper committees.
A petition for a four-foot permanent
walk on north side of First Morris street
was read and on motion of Councilman
| Schell referred to public improvement
| committee.
a petition for six-foot cement walk on
| south side of Second street from Main to
Market street was read. On motion tbs
petition was granted and &c property
owners given thirty days in which TO con-
struct the same.
A petition for cement walk five feet
wide on north side of Park or Ninth street
| from Lawrence to Main street was read.
| On motion the petition was granted and
| the property owners given thirty days in
which to construct the same.
| A petition for cement walk five feet
wide on south side of Eleventh street
| from Lawrence avenue to Main street
was read. On motion the petition was
| granted and the property owners given
thirty days in which to construct the
! same.
Petition to curb and gutter the east side
of Topeka avenue from Douglas avenue
to south side of lot three. Mead's add.
| and on west side of Topeka avenue from
| Douglas avenue to south side of lot six
Mead's add, was read, and on motion the
| petition was granted and the property
| owners given thirty days to build the
same.
A petition asking that Mead avenue.
| north of Oak street, be graded four blocks.
On motion the petition was referred to
the public Improvement committee.
Councilman Herbig moved that the city
clerk advertise for bids for cinder walks
on Kellogg from Emporia to Main. Car
ried.
Report of the sewer committee was read
nd nd rla IN
file.
Hon. e. B. Jewett addressed the council
on matter pertaining to the taking OF
water from the Arkansas river, also ask
ing the mayor and council to meet with
the association recently organized to pro-
tect the interest Of the people on the 18th
at the court house. On motion of Coun-
Gilman Minick the invitation was ac-
cepted.
Reports on Douglas avenue scales and
Fourth avenue scales showed receipts for
January $3.50.
City treasurer's report read and ordered
placed on file.
An ordinance providing for the taking
into the city limits certain property re-
Gently purchased for park purposes, was
read. On motion of Councilman Minick
the rules were suspended and the ordi-
nance placed on it's passage and adopted.
An ordinance for miscellaneous pur-
poses was read and on motion of Council
man Mclean the rules were suspended.
the ordinance was placed on its passage
and adopted.
An ordinance making appropriation for
park improvements was read and on mo-
ton of Councilman Schell the rules were
suspended, the ordinance placed on its
passage and adopted.
On motion of Councilman Mclean the
bids for cinder walks were opened. They
were as follows:
J. P. Furlong. s 30 cents per lineaI foot.
r. L. Babbitt, S cents per lineal foot.
S. s. Kensley. ia cents per IineaI foot.
A L. Laird, cents per lineaI foot.
On motion Of Councilman AIinick the
contract was awarded to \. L. Laird az
cents.
No further business. council adjourned.
F. ROSS. Mayor.
Attest:-H. T. KRAMER, City Clerk
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