Hutchinson gazette., 1901-04-18
Counoll,a polnas

CounolIS DolnBS
The council meeting Monday night
developed considerable that Is interest
ing The old mayor and council me
in regular session and transacted busn
eJs pertaining to the old council, allowing
bills for election expenses etc. There
came hitch over the bill for printing
the ballots and they were referred IC
the city attorney and laid over till the
next meeting. Two sets Of ballots were
printed One set was given by the act
ing city clerk through COUNCILMAN c
L. Vaughan to the Saturday Bee. The
other was aiterward given by the city
clerk who was in Kansas city and hao
been there attending dental college
for many months, by wire. The ballots
of the Saturday Bee were printed in thi;
office.
l.. A, Bunker made generous propo'
siton, which is to fence the city park on
First Avenue between Main and Walnut
streets at his own expense with fence
as good or better than that of the Santa
Fe around its park at the depot,
The light bill was treated the same as
II has been treated FOR several months
now, and referred to the finance COM
mittee. No bills for lighting the city
have been allowed for several months.
Councilman Vaughan stated that the
lights were many Of them not of the re-
quired contract power and were not
burned according to contract as to
hours. However, he said the real rea-
son for thus treating their bills was that
the company was owing the city about
So, 900 and had been for long time and
that he did not favor allowing their
bills while the company was refusing to
pay the city what it owed. After the
bills were allowed the new mayor and
council were sworn in and Mayor Martin
read several sections relating to the du-
ties Of the mayor 10 give information
from time to time concerning the cty's
finances, and to see that all ordinances
are enforced, He stated that
no appointments had been yet
made and that he wished to hold meet
ing of the council to consult on these
questions, saying that no one would be
appointed who did not receive the APP
proval Of a majority Of the council,
He then issued an order to all officials
now holding, to see that all the ordi'
nances are enforced, and not to overlook
the prohibitory law. If they knew oi
any violations of the same they were TO
report to him and the county attorney
as the law provides.
Bonds Of several Of the officers were
approved, and a discussion arose which
seems to indicate the council will desig'
nate a city depository for the city funds
and will ask that interest will be
paid on the daily balances. Or
at least will ask that the city shall re-
ceive some compensation for the use Of
city money,
The sharpest fight Of the session came
when Mr. Vaughan re.opened his fight
on the ordinance passed at the last meet
ing to grant right Of way to the Mis-
souri, Pacific on Ave. c. from the new
depot to some point of connection with
the old track, AT the time the ordn-
ance was pending he contended that the
council should compel the railway to
agree TO recompence the owners OF prop
erty abutting on this street for the loss
occassoned by the railroad passing in
front of their houses He said Mr..
Williams as attorney for the railroad
had assured the council that under the
laws these people were to be recon-
pensed He had since found that there
was nothing in the law Of this kind Af-
After considerable discussion the
city attorney drafted an ordinance
to repeal the ordinance granting
the right ofway entirely which was intro
duced by Mr.. Vaughan and carried. OF
course the attorneys for the railroad claim
that such an ordinance connot be re-
pealed. The purpose Of the repeal was
to frame new ordinance that would
protect the property owners
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