The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-24

QUICK LAW MAKING
Council Puts Measure Through
in a Hurry.
RELATES TO BUILDINGS
New Telephone Franchise
Matter Referred.


night. After the reading Of the minutes
Councilman Schel moved that vote Of
thanks be extended to the retiring MEM
| bers and that this vote be added to the
minutes Just read.
The report Of standing committees was
then in order. The street railway COM
mittee presented the following resolution:
Resolved, That the Wichita Railroad
and Light company, as the successors and
assigns of Edward Woodman be given un-
til June to comply with the provisions
and requirements contained in section 3
of ordinance No. 1911 of the city Of Wich-
| tia, and that the time within which said
company shall complete the improve
ments and repairs mentioned in said sec
ton be and is hereby extended until the
| 1st of June, 1907
Tbe resolution was passed by a unani-
nous vote of the council. Another reso-
luton was then introduced by the same
committee which authorized the mayor
and the committee on railroads and street
| railways to refund the $4,000 deposited by
the railway people whenever they were
satisfied that the street railway people
had complied with the conditions of their
franchise. This resolution was also passed
by unanimous vote
Two petitions, against the building of
sidewalks that had been ordered by the
council were then introduced Both these
petitions were signed by a majority Of
the owners Of the property which frcnted
where the proposed sidewalks were to be
built There is a state law on this sub
ject, which prohibits the building of side
walks when a majority of the property
holders have signed a petition But there
IS saving clause in this law which al
lows cities of the first GLASS to make such
regulations as they may deem fit and ig-
more the state law. This city now has
an ordinance of it's own, but it is ident-
cal with the state law. The council did
not like the idea of not being able to
build sidewalks where it wished, and so
instructed the city attorney to draw up
such an amendment to the present ordi-
nance as would allow them to overrule
the petitions of the property holders. The
petitions could not be rejected under the
present law, but were laid on the table
until the amendment should be passed.
Two other petitions came up which had
to be treated in the same manner. They
were in regard to the building of frame
buildings within the fire limits The
point was brought up in roundabout
way. 1t seems that it is necessary to
move the city scales on West Douglas,
and, after considerable search, the COM
mittee obtained the consent of Mrs
Black, who owns the property on the
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nue., to put the scales in front of her
property, provided the council would al
low her TO put up frame building. The
city attorney held that the council had
nothing to do with it, as the ordinance
prohibited the erection of frame buildings
within the fire limits. The council then
ordered the city attorney to draw up an
amendment to the ordinance, making it
discretionary with the council to allow
such building to be erected. The attor-
ney went to work and in thirty minutes
had gotten the amendment in shape 1t
was read the rules suspended, and the
amendment placed on its passage, passed
and will be in effect as soon as published
in the Eagle. The petitions were laid on
the table until the next meeting, when
they can be granted.
An ordinance was then introduced
granting franchise to c. W. Penniman
to construct and maintain a local tele-
phone system in the city. The company
agreed to put all wires in the business
district underground and all poles be-
tween Thirteenth and Lewis and between
st. Francis and fremont avenues and the
river are to be painted. They also agreed
to furnish twelve phones to the city free
of charge. The matter was referred to
the franchise committee The council
then went into executive session.
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