The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-06
It WAS RESCIHDED
Special Council Meeting Acl8
on Gutter Contract.
NEW ORDER Is ADOPTED
And Entirely New Specifca-
tons Drawn.

The council met in special session last
night 20 reconsider the curling and gut
rerng contract let Tuesday night. All
the members were present Tie city
engineer had the specifications for the
curbs and this was read. They are a.
follows for residence streets. A fourteen
inch gutter six inches triek at base and
i've inches AT top. with a che inch lace
on TOP ard extending three inches down
ward. tac @ace made OF enc part cement
TO Two parts sand Balance OF curb one
part cement TO six parts sand The
Specifications under 9hich the BIDS were
received Iast Monday night were for q
twenty inch curb, SIX and three quarter
inches at the bottom and I've inches at
the TOP. 7ich a base II one 70 six 10 bot
ton OF curb ard thirteen inches extern
tion frorl base 10 bottom OF face. made
one % three. A three inch face On top
and TWO inches on front 10 bottom Ct
gutter. OF one part sand 70 one part
cement.
ar Luling moved fhaC ire city adopt
the specifications which called for not
more tnan twenty-five cents per foot
without gutteriug and 10 be used only or
residence streets
Tho question was brought UP that If the
council contracted for guttering and the
clustering was found 20 be not Of a good
gusuty ard tLat the suttertug proved
worthless then the city should have 10
rebuild IT, The city attorney read from
the laws Of 1897, which said the city
should have the curling reconstructed
by the ciry and paid FOR by special
assessment
Inc members of the council called for
the opinion OF the city attorney In regard
20 the property owners putting in their
OWL curbing- Mr Helm said: The
streets belong 70 the city ard no one has
any right 20 Guild anything in them
There is no law or ordinance which
allows . person 20 construct their own
cuTbs. and they are breaking the law
when they DO IT, TIE council nay pass
q 1or5inance that would alow. property
owners TO construct their own cJrb
under the supervision Of The city engineer
the same IS If the city had ordered the
same. But an ordnance viii have to be
passed 70 allow this
1Tr Giles Smith moved that the public
Improvement committee and the city en-
giERer prepare an ordinance and present
IL 81 the next meeting that would allow
property owners To construct curbs and
guttenng themselves under the same
regulations as If the city contracted and
paid 10r same The motion was carried
without a dissenting vote.
The specification fer the construction Of
cur5s ana cutters on Topeka ard Law
renee avenues. Mr. Burton stated thar
the curts on those streets we're 70 be
Constructed the same as on business
streets AR Burton wanted the Old
specifications 70 remain the same for
business streets. bat have = new one for
residence streets, which would not De too
expensive.
3Ir. Davidson wanted Incorporated in
the ordinance that the property owners
In one block or on one side Of the block
BE- buIt al ore time, and not slow just
enc property owner builG his euro This
prevents the building OF q good curb. ~
the different sections could not be &c
mented together N The best shape and
the c1rhs might leak ard besides there
were SO many STYLES OF curling that
each ow-ar Of abuttiag property would
have different style Of curb. He wanted
this 77rr in the ordnance 10 insure the
uniform sidewalk.
Sir. Davidson moved that the action of
the council In letting g contract for the
construction Of cures az seventy-two
cents per foot he recorsidered
A molten was made thar the city clerk .
as vertlse for bids for the construction OF .
curls III -he same district as in the for
me- alv =rtisemeHt The motion was car
RED
ar Luling moved that The council re-
SEND its action il .nstruct-Dg the city
engineer nor % sive the property owners .
she I1cs Tor che construction OF side