The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-04-22
CITY CONTRACTS
FOR LIGHTS
Bays Bros, VIII Furnish l50
IIiUminatOrS
AT S23 EACH PER YEAR
Many Sidewalk Petitions Were
Granted by Council.

The city council. at its meeting last
night, let the contract for furnishing
lights TO the city for the next three years
to the Bays Bros. company Of this city.
Their bid. al hough not the lowest, was
considered the best by the councilmen.
They agreed u furnish the city 80 lights
with WeIsh5ach burners, iron posts ana
boulevard globes for Sc per lamp per
year.
The other bid were: The sun Vapor
Street Light co npany, lamps Of sixty
candle power az So per lamp per year.
The yelsnbach 3 treet Lighting company
Of America at s23470 per lamp per year.
This settles for three years the street
lighting question, which has been dis
cussed by the me- nbers Of the council
for the past six m onths and has never
been satisfactorily settled. Several
months ago the co ltract was awarded
70 "A Kansas City con ipany, but the mayor
refused to syn the &C ntract
The advertisement called for 80 lights.
but 1t was thought be st to use but 100 at
present time, anu ttlt IiLtALtaNL W Al lt-
signed with the provlion 10 use but 100
lights during the summer aad that fifty
more lights are to be taken the first Of
October
The uehts are to be lighted twenty
nights per month. They are TO be Of
sixtv-candle power They are TO be in
stalled within sixty days. An viii be Of
the latest pattern with iron posts and
boulevard globes and VIII not only be
useful but an ornament to the streets Of
the city The latest patent of Welsh
bach burners viii be used
There were seven petitions before the
council last night for opening streets. as
follows:
GILBERT street from Lawrence avenue to
Lincoln street
Wabash avenue from lEurdoclz avenue
10 the first alley north OF Aiurdock.
Mentor avenue from Campbell avenue
TO Sycamore street.
Zimmcrly street from Lawrence ave
nue to Water street
Cedar street from Fern avenue to SEN
&C. street
The members Of the council listened
u few of these petitions and then il
WAS learned that the public Improvement
committee had not seen the petitions
and viewed the ground. As the council
did not want 10 grant the petitions until,
Tbs committee had d chance TO investi-
gate the matter all OF The petitions
Were referred 20 the public Improvement
committee
Last winter the council passed resolu-
ton declaring that no sidewalks or curbs
should he laid until after the first OF
May That date is getting pretty close
and a number Of petitions for sidewalks
and curhs have been pres Snted and grant
ed. and last night four more were dis
posed Of There were a number of others
but these VIII have To- go before the coun-
riinen of the wards in which they are
located before they can be constructed.
Ahose granted were:
on both sides Of Maple avenue from
Sycamore street 90 Hiram avenue.
0n TIE west side OF Washington ave
nue. from Lincoln 70 Douglas.
on the east side of Fsirview between
EiNtecnth street and Seventeenth street.
on The west side Of Carlos avenue be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets.
There was e remonsgrance presented
ngainqt putting in the Sidewalk on the
north side Of Douglas avenue from Hy-
xiraulic and Mosiey avenues
This walk is 9 mile and half In length
ard extends from Hydraulic avenue To
the top az College Hin. At present there
s. a cinder walk most of the way. but
curing Che lest year or two thCre have
been q number of residences bult in that
section OF town and The new residents
asked for better walk 50 the business
center. some % the property owners OH
5ected to tlis expense. but petition has
been granted several weeks ago Tor a
cement walk the entire distance NJ.
Van Dawn made a motion 20 reconsider
the granting ~ the petition, hut this was
lost on q tie vote and the walk VIII hoe
Construoted-
There ygere eiEht petitions before the