The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-09-25
COUNCIL REJECTS It
Proposed Gas Franchise Voted
Down Last Night.
MATTER WILL BE DROPPED
Proposition for 18th Street
Bicycle Road Accepted.

Of the council by Mr.. S. L. Nelson, OF
the street car company, came to vote
and the ordinance failed to pass.
The ordinance for the franchise had
been read number Of times before the
council and the members were thorough
ly familiar with its provisions. Should
it have been passed the price of gas
would have been lowered, according TO
It's provisions, to price lower than the
price now paid by the residents Of the
city.
When the first sections Of the ordin-
ance were read they were passed with
out dissenting vote Until the fourth
section Of the ordinance was reached it
looked as though the franchise would be
granted When the vote was called there
was change in the opinion of some Of
the councilmen and when the vote was
announced the section was lost. The
next section after it was read, and met
the same fate The knitting Of the sec
tons continued until the end Of the or
dinance was reached. The vote on the
adoption Of the ordinance was taken and
the matter was lost.
Mr.. Nelson, when seen after the coun-
Gil meeting, had not decided just what
he would do in regard TO the matter,
but his opinion was that the matter
would be dropped for the present
When the session Of the council was
called together last night there were
seven Of the twelve present, and a little
later another can in, making eight, the
total for the evening. Hill, Luling, SUIT
ton and Van Duyn were absent
The regular business of the session was
called for after the reading and approval
Of the minutes. Davidson. for the pub
lie Improvement committee. made the an
nouncement concerning the cinder walk
on Fifteenth street between Paramount
and St Francis. The roposed walk is to
be on the grade Of the old Fairmount car
line and is to be made Of cinders The
matter has been agitated for some time
and several meetings have been called
for the purpose Of securing the walk. The
committee in charge Of the matter sub
mftted proposition TO the improvement
conittee Of the council that the citizens
living along the proposed walk would
guarantee one-half Of the expense of
putting 1t IN and would also secure the
right Of way across the private property
which would be crossed by the walk. The
public improvement committee after the
proposition was submitted looked into the
matter and found that walk as pro
posed would cost something like 500 for
the building of It. II was decided TO ac-
cept the proposition and Mr.. Davidson.
for the committee. announced that they
would report favorahly on the matter
The discussion which arose when the an
nouncement was made brought out a
number Of questions which were answer
ed satisfactorily When the vote was
made on the question the proposition for
one-half OF the expense had carried. The
walk viii be a benefit TO the children who
attend the Irving school and also the
college people who attend Fairsount
Mr.. Dewey stated that Mr. B 3. Heru-
don owned property on First street be-
tween Washington and Wabash, and that
IN the block there was no alley. Mr.
Dewey said that Mr.. Herndon would deed
enough ground from his property provid-
ing the city would have the balance. of
the alley in the block opened Up. When
the motion was voted on, il carried.
Mr.. Burton asked that a report OF the |
appraising committee appointed for the
appraisiug Of the property necessary for
the opening Of Patde avenue report. The |
report after discussion, was deferred.
Mr.. Caswell made a motion to the eff
feet that the city engineer give the street
com missioner the grade of Harry and |
Main streets where the car loon IS in /
order that the streets might be put in
condition TO cause the proper drainage. !
The motion carried
A communication from the city engin- /
eer announced that the sewer in District !
Ne. had been connected up and that II /
was recommended that the sewer be ac- |
eepted- The report was signed by the /
proper committee and on motion was /
adopted
The question Of the crossing Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific at Sixteenth street was
brought up by Mr.. Davidson. and on mo-
ton the proposition OF the Missouri Pa
cine 10 put in crossing at q fixed price I
was accepted.
Mr- schell for the committee on license
and franchise. reported that the Carnival 1
association had asked for the privilege Of /
selling all permits within the confines Of 4
the street fair for next week. providing I
that iJ did not conflict with all police
regulations or the city ordinances. On /
motion the privilege was granted.
A number OF accounts for miscellaneous
matter came up and AL were passed un-
der motion 20 that effect.
An application for the position Of fire
man al the city building for the winter
was read The applicant was c. r. VII /
son and had the signatures Of the COM
mittee- The matter was deferred until
another meeting.
a petition for walk on the south sid,
q Elm street from St. Francis 10 En-
poria was read. and on motion the nati-
ton was granted and the propertv own
ers given thirty days TO construct The
same.
A permanent walk was petitioned for
to be on TIE south side Of Elm street
from Santa Fe 20 Emporia, which vas
also granted and the property owners
We're given thirty days in which 10 con
strUct the sans.
a petition fer walk on the east side
q Cherry from AIur5ock avenue n Ninth
street was read. and on motion granted.
with the privilege of putting + in dur
Ing the following thirty DAYS.
A main tenance bond gfven BY "
koontz was adopted by the council
The report Of the city officers was
called for. The report OF ,he city treas
arer was read and adopted il being the
quarterly report At the time the quar-
ter closed there was 3 - - in the gen
erai fund; a balance 81 1881 IN the park
fund; s balance OF s542sS in the police
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