The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-24
NO SUNDAY BASEBALL
ordnance is Submitted
Against 1t.
BIG FINE TO BE IMPOSED
For Driving Engines on the
Paved Streets.

The only matter that promises future
interest that came up in last nights
council meeting was baseball ordinance
When the ordinance given below was pro-
posed Gerald volk read ordinance
HI, which prohibits all sorts of athletic
exhibitions, circuses. theaters. etc, on
Sunday, and added that athletic perform
ances would cover the matter of baseball
and that there was scarcely any need of
| passing an ordinance TO prohibit some
/ thing that was already prohibited.
| Mr.. Adams gave it as his opinion that
the state law prohibited baseball and the
| council could do as it pleased in the mat
ter of passing an ordinance prohibiting
| it here. The following ordinance was
| proposed:
NO person or persons shall play base
ball within the corporate limits Of the city
of Wichita on the first day Of the week
commonly called Sunday.
amy person violating this ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be fined not less
than ten dollars and not more than one
hundred"
After some discussion, it was referrel to
the city attorney and judiciary committee
and will come up at the next meeting.
Petitions were also submitted asking
that an ordinance be passed making a
heavy fine for allowing cattle 90 trample
upon lawns or TO get on to private prem
ises without the owners consent. Here
again Mr.. Vol& read ordinance GIL, which
imposes a fine of 500 upon any person
convicted OF negligence in letting cattle
Of the town herd or other cattle get upon
the yards or lawns or private premises
along any OF the incorporate streets. The
petition submitted was signed by num-
Der OF prominent citizens and requested
that an ordinance be passed requiring that
all cattle or horses taken through the
street be led by halter or rope. The COM
munication was referred TO the police de-
partment.
Committee on police and prisons re-
quested that ordinance 1919, prohibiting
the posting OF advertising matter on poles
in the streets or alleys, also the ordinance
against riding wheels upon the sidewalks
be enforced.
Chairman Volk Of the lighting commit
tee submitted the following, which was
adopted;
Your committee desires to report that
from August 1. 1885, to June l, 1897, the
Citizens Electris Light company over
charged the city for fighting the city
building in the sum of $334.5S and we rec
ommend that the city attorney be in
structed to commence proceedings to col
lect the amount while the electric light
hos ort1y IN tba PifV -
A communication was read from Divis-
ion Superintendent Webb stating that the
Swift Packing company of Kansas City
desired to ship two cars of fresh meat TO
Wichita every day and that 1t would be
allowed to stand on the track on WEhita
street until it was sold. Permission was
asked for Swift to build a shed over the
cars to protect them from the sun and
an office to be occupied by a salesman.
Upon motion of Volk the communication
was placed on file.
An ordinance was passed making It a
hundred dollar fine for persons TO drive or
propel or pull a steam engine or thresher
on any OF the paved streets Of the city.
This was by a unanimous vote Of the |
council.
PGtltlonS were SuDE1FLIeu IOI LhS lOi4V"-
ing sidewalks and granted: North side |
of Tenth from Topeka 20 Enporia- East |
side of Fourth from Douglas to First and |
west side of Emporfa from Douglas to |
First West sile Of Waco from Second |
to Third. North side OF Second from |
Main to Waco. West side Of Emporja |
from Second to Central. East side of |
Lawrence from Lincoln to Douglas. West |
side OF Main from Elm to Ninth. East /
side Of Ida from Douglas TO Gilbert.