The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-26
OFFICIAL
CoUNcIL PRocEEDIxas.

(CAHSAA met IN regular session. 014yo1
Ross in the chair. All couucilmen pres
ent except Guthrie.
Minutes OF last regular meeting were
read ana approved as read.
Chairman volk Of health committee
moved That finance COMMITTEES be instruct-
ed to purchase three lots 20 be used b.
city as depository OF refuae. offal. gar.
1ages etc. An amendment oy Councftmau
Burton to Increase size Of purchase to
three acres was lost. Original motion
then prevailed.
Committee on police and prisons asked
further time for consideration of petition
pertaining TO appointment OF police ma
iron. pending arrival OF Chief Of Police
Jones, who IL a member OF committee.
Granted
On motion city clerk was instructed to
advertise for the following walks:
Permanent walk on west side of Topeka
avenue, from Oak to Thirteenth street
Permanent walk on west side Of Fourth
avenue, from 100 feet north of Elm street.
Permanent walk on north side of Elm.
from Fourth avenue to Emporia.
Cinder walk on east side OF Market
street, between Eighteenth and Nine
teenth streets.
AL unfinished permanent walk on west
side of Market street, from First street
to Third street Amended by Herbig to
include from Third to Central avenue.
Carried.
Permanent walk on west side OF WIch-
ita, from Eleventh to Thirteenth.
Cinder walk on west side OF Volutsta,
from Douglas avenue to Cedar street.
Cinder walk on west side Of Poplar
street. from Douglas to Maple street
Cinder walk on west side of Market
street, from Lincoln 20 Harry.
Permanent walk on east side Of South
Mosley, from Douglas avenue to Division
street
Cinder walk on South Glenn, from UNI
versity street 175.~feet south.
On motion Of Councilman volk, J. g.
McAEahan was awarded contract to put In
cinder walk on lots q, q. Al and 4s on
South Washington avenue at s cents per
foot.
On motion of Councilman .Cubbon. per-
manent walk on north side Of Pine, from
Lawrence to Main, was eliminated from
contract and awarded to o. T. Wilder, Jr.
Councilman Cubbon moved that water
main be extended from Oak stree1 to
Ninth street on Fourth avenue.
Councilman Cubbon moved that public
improvement committee be instructed to
purchase another grader at not to exceed
$500.
Councilman Smith opposed the motion.
owing to depleted condition Of cityAtreas-
ury. Roll call was had and motion pre-
vailed by following vote: Yeas-Burton.
Cubbon, Herbig. Mclean, Parkhurst.
Schell, Sutton. Nays-Dewey, HiH, Smith
and VoIk.
Councilman Smith moved that street
commissioner be instructed to have old
grader repaired. Carried
Councilman Herbig Of the finance COM
mIttee recommended that the PROPOSE
ton of the city clerk to save the city
$21996 per year by collecting city licenses
be rejected. Motion prevailed by follow
ing vote: Yeas-Cubbon, Dewey, Herbig.
Hill, Mclean, Parkhurst, Schen, Smith
and Sutton. Nays-Burton and Volk.
Councilman Herbig moved that the re-
quest of hotel proprietors for reduction
of license be not granted. Carried.
Councilman Sutton of judiciary commit
tee, recommended that claim Of Sarah G.
Mariager for damages against the city be
not allowed. Carried.
Councilmon Volk moved that a fund of
500 be added to miscellaneous hppropria-
ton and placed TO credit OF city clerk to
be used by him in cashing time checks
for employees OF street department. Car
ried.
]. d. Caldwell addressed the council.
asking that penalty and interest amount
ing to about so be related he proposing
to pay fat tax. Councilman Smith moved
to remit. Motion was lost and Mr.. Cald-
wells proposition rejected by following
vote: Yeas-Burton. Mclean. scheIl and
Smith. Nays-Cubbon, Dewey. Herbig.
Hill, Parkhurst, Sutton and Volk.
The report of appraisers Tor the opening
of alley between Fourth and Fifth ave-
nues was read Appraisers recommended
the payment of q, 800 in payment for land
condemned. Councilman Cubbon moved to
accept report and a warrant be drawn
for the amount. Motion was lost by fol-
lowing vote: Yeas-Cubbon, Dewey, Her.
big, Mclean. Sutton and Volk Nays
Burton, Hill, Parkhurst, ScheH and
Smith.
Report of appraisers for opening Of Pat
tie avenue was read Appraisers recon-
mended payment of s1.6Ss.5O for con-
man Schell, report was received and
placed on file.
Report of appraisers for opening, widen
ing and extending indianapolis avenue
was read. Appraisers recommended pay
ment Of $3.50 for the property condemned.
Communications were also read from Fin
ley Sims and William F. Smith. asking
that Indianapolis street be widened. A
petition demonstrating against the con-
templated widening OF Indianapolis street
to 80 feet was also read, together with
a communication from Henry Schoenfild.
proposing and offering to donate sufficient
ground to open said street to a width of
IS feet in consideration that the city
vacate and convey to him strip OF
ground from Wichita street to alley and
on the south side of proposed opening.
On motion OF Councilman Herbig the re-
port Of appraisers was received and
placed on file and the proposition Of Mr..
Schoenfi,d was accepted by the following
vote: Yeas-Cubbon, Dewey. Herbig. Hin.
Mclean, Parkhurst, ScheIl. Smith and
Sutton. Nays-Burton ard Volk.
Councilman Mclean moved that city en-
gihSr notify y. F. Frayier to remove OBJ
stacies from alley between Fourth and
Fifth avenues. Carried.
Councilman Hill moved that the west
and north doors OF city building be re-
paired. Carried
Communication from Mrs. Cadwaiiadsr.
demanding damages in the sum OF SOLD
for injuries sustained by falling upon de-
fective sidewalk was read. On motion re-
ferred TO judiciary committee and city at
togney.