The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-04
BUYS ZOO GAS LAMPS
M. & NJ Oxygen Company
Gels the Contract.
IN PLACE BY CARNIVAL
Council Passes Several I'M
portant Ordinances,

lily. 1he CITY purchased TIE lamps out
Tight and VIII maintain them The con
tract price is 81 each The lamps have
Iron posts and as far as appearance gees,
they are an ornament TO any town.
The following were the three bids for
the lamps. The Economy Gas Lamp com
rany offered TO furnish the lamps. with
wood posts and iron brackets for 81 each.
and the iron posts at 81 each They
rouId also rent The lamps TO the city for
= Per month each
The HFeIshbach Street Lighting com
pany Of America offered TO rent the lamps
with iron posts under a hve year con
tract for two hundred lamps at $3.50
zach per year. That company would not
sell their lamps under any condition
The Maud ". Oxygen company OF Kan
sss CITY. offered 70 furnish two hundred
lamps with iron posts at s27 each. The
company would not rent the lamps and
only sold them TO cities or private con
Germs.
At first the members OF the council were
not decided on the number Of lamps tC
purchase Mr.. Isley wanted 70 buy only
70. WHALE most Of the other members
wanted At least zoo. and some wanted
more than that number. mr. Smith moved
that 200 lamps Of the N. and II. com
panv's lamps be purchased The advo-
Gates OF the other lights moved amend
Ineats 10 this, so that their company
would come in, but all were voted down
When the vote came on the main ques-
toin. It was carried, with only two dis
seating votes.
The committee on lighting was ordered
70 meet with the city attorney and the
representative OF the company and make
the contract for the lamps The coun-
Gil desires that the lamps be IL place
and Ia working order before the street
fair. and the men who have charge Of
the lamps were OF the opinion that this
could be done.
Each Of the three companies who Of
fered bids had q man direct from the fac
tsry or an attorney TO represent them
before the council. George Adams was
the attorney for the Welshbach company,
Otto Eckstein had charge Of the inter
ests Of the n. ana N company while
the Economy company had two Of its own
uen 1T the meeting
Nearly All the couuciimen took sides
AAtEAA @l-E tt--tt l--e -AAt ----f ----- $500
Supported their favorite to the end After
Il vas found that the Welshbach COM
many would not sell their lamps. the fight
settled down to between rhe two firms
The NJ and II company IS the older, and
this seemed TO have some effect on the
members.
When the council was called % order BIZ
8Favor Mclean and the minutes approve4
81
ness and listening TO the reports Of stand
ir- committees The committee that was
APPOINTED az the special meeting last
week to see after the telephone company.
reuorted and the company ordered 70
place its poles in the alley between Ire
mont street and santa Fe avenue be-
tween Douglas and kellogg
man wants % haul swirl through the
streets in day tine. He agrees TO use an
irrIosad steel tank. The members Of
the council INDUCED in considerable argu-
rnenr about the matter; nearly all were
IN favor az it. The tank IS very t1gentIs
affair. the doors ar SO built that when
thav are closed. absolutely no odor can
esczne All wanted some way that would
6o away with the present system The
present ordinance says that sTIl can not
b. hauled in the day time, but is very
often substituted The matter was re-
fer--f 20 the health committee and city
attorney. with Instructions 70 prepare
amendment TO the present ordinance that
would allow the hauling Of slops ia a
steel tank during the day time.
The city engineer reported that the peo-
NE fs me south end Of town were asking
for The grade and lire OF curbing for the
streets 10 their part o. town Mt David
SO n-oved that the city engineer be IN
sr-4rre5 u not give any one lines until
after the date Of the protests had ex-
PRED.
Tne cirv clerk was instructed % adj
va-tse for bids 10 furnish fuel for The
civ. the bids 10 De opened az the next
reE-lar meeting
N- herman moved that the bill for
ravfr- the band for its concerts he with
hsla There has been 20 CONCERT IN Sam
Hroa 0rs since july g. Mr herman
withdrew his motion on condition THAI
there be band music In tie Hamilton park
az least twice each nonth-
The people aIons Partie avenue want
The water mains extended en- that street
from Douglas avenue 20 EeLogg street.
The people had petition before The
co1.rI reauestiuE the water company 20
extend their mains there- This vas
granted
he onoving petition for sidewalks
were granted
en- che east side az water street. from
1f,r5ocE avenue 70 Nlnth street
Oe the west side o. 4latn street, from
Ni1th street % Tenth
10 walnut Er-e1E.