The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-02-14

COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
Office of City Clerk.
Wichita, Kan, Feb. u. 1900.

| Office of City Clerk.
Wichita, Kan, Feb. L. 1900.
| Council met in regular session. Mayor
Ross in the chair, all couneilmen present
except Burton, Parkhurst and Sutton.
Minutes of last regular session were
read and approved.
communication was read from the
| fire marshal requesting that city pun chase
q No. Babcock arial hook and ladder
truck. to cost $500. On motion. council
man Davidson Of ire committee the FIRE
marshal and fire committee were in
structed to purchase same.
Councilman Hill of public improvement
committee moved that mayor and clerks
offices be papered and fixed up. Carried
Claims and accounts were read ara ie-
ferred to proper committees,
Councilman Volk read a communicate
from labor union asking why members Of
labor unions were not given preference
on city work. On motion OF Volk same
was referred to public Improvement COM
mfttee with Instructions TO report at next
| meeting
| On motion of Councilman Smith water
company was instructed TO extend water
main from corner OF Central and Wabash
south on Wabash TO Second street.
On motion clerk was instructed TO ad-
yertise for construction OF following
walks:
A 5-foot cinder walk on east side Grove
street, from Second TO Central
AZ 5-foot cinder walk on east side Ire
mont street, from Kellogg to Lincoln.
The claim Of E. Catherine Andris. de-
handing $4,000 damages for injuries al
legged TO have been sustained by falling
upon a defective sidewalk, was read. on
motion same was referred to judiciary
committee and city attorney.
The acceptance by w. 3. Mckinley Of
ordinance No 1913. granting franchise for
electric light system. was read and on
motion ordered fled.
The bond of Bosworth. Hahn & Co,
plumbers, was read and approved by
council.
A communication from the Van Dyck-
Horrallne Contracting company. asking
permission TO deposit check on Dies
Moines bank with sewer bid, was read.
On motion clerk was instructed 70 notify
them check must be on a Wichita bank.
A petition for a cinder walk on west
side Paramount avenue from Thirteenth
to Fourteenth was read. and on motion
granted. and property owners given
thirty days TO construct same
A petition from hack owners was read
requesting abolition OF license on hacks.
On motion referred TO license committee.
A petition signed by residents in north
eastern part Of city asking city 70 buy q
fourteen-acre tract Of ground lying north
Of Fifteenth and east OF Chisholm, at SIS
per acre, FOR park purposes. was read and
on motion referred 10 public improve
ment committee.
Reports Of West Douglas avenue scales.
St Francis avenue scales, wichita hos
pitaI, police Judge and city treasurer were
read and ordered fled
Report Of appraisers f0r condsn ling
lot No. 1914. Pierce avenue Greiffen-
STEMS Thirteenth addition. fixing value u
same a. sils. was read. On motion report
was accepted and e warrant ordered
drawn for the amount awarded
Ordinance vacsting portion Of Wlch-
ita street and the alley between Douglas
avenue and First street, in WATERWAYS
addition 70 the city OF Wichita. was read.
On motion rules were saspsudsd. 0rdi-
nance placed on its passage and adopted
By sections Final vote on adoption Of
ordinance as a whole: Tess-Davi8son.
Dewey. Luing. Herbig ISL. Mclean.
Schen. Smith and voh-
An ordinances granting right-of-0sT q
Atehison. Topeka and Santa re eser an
along Macon street from D.yi~f1ri e. Xxi
iogg was read On motion ruies wee
Suspended. ordinance placed On "a rss-
sage and. adopted ~ sections Fina1 vie
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HI. Mclean. schsll. Smith and vosN
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