The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-07
CITY COUNCIL
HELD MEET ING
Surprised Everybody by Not
mentioning the Orient.
WANTED TO HEAR DEBATE
Voted Pay to Employees and
Mayor Named Clerks.
WANTED TO HEAR DEBATE

The city council held its regular ses-
sion last night and surprised the spec
tators by adjouornins without any men
ton whatever of the Orients location OF
a depot
Before the council met it was the gen
eral belief that the Orient matter would
come up again in some shape People
refused TO believe that the matter was
| settled and many OF them claimed 10
! have some inside information TO tbs eff
feet that the Orient people were not go
ing to accept the Wichita street route.
1t was generally known that Nh Frank
| Wood was working TO have the read To-
Gated on fremont street and they consid-
cred that evidence that he had some en-
couragement from the Orient authorities
The representatives of the Missouri Pa
| citic were talking yesterday that they
were looking out for their own interests
but they wanted it distinctly understood
that they were not fighting the Orient
They even went to the extent of predict
ing that the Missouri Pacific would let
the Orient run over their tracks through
the north part of the city and to the
stockyards and all the joint tracks in
that part Of the city.
Mayor Mclean, Councilman Charles /.
Davidson and Schwartz Bros. were sup
posed to have been the prime movers in
working up the route for the Orient along
the east bank OF the Arkansas river and
up Wichita street to Douglas avenue and
they all claimed that the matter was ac-
cepted by the Orient already. Charles L.
Davidson said they knew what they were
doing when they went into this thing. and
to prove that the Orient people were in
favor of that route he produced a letter
from John 4. Eaton, attorney for the
Orient, in which he said:
The Orient company takes this posi-
tion-that when a proposition is made
and is accepted and acted upon, as the
one presented by yourself and Mr.. Nc
Lean has been, that we are bound in
good faith to carry out all promises and
agreements made concerning such prop,
osition. It Is a contractual relation into
which we are willing to enter upon the
terms proposed and we agreed to- If the
present proposition is not definitely Ger
tain, We are ready and willing TO make
it so 10 the extent of our ability and
autohrity in the premises, and If our au-
thority is not sufficient, we VIII take it
TO the highest authority in the company
and have ii made definite and distinct
1t occurs to use that the way 10 handle
the entire matter is TO go ahead along
the lines discussed, and I am satisfied,
beyond any doubt that an acceptance Of
the grant will speedily follow
When Mayor Mclean called the coun-
ell TO order last evening, Burton, Davi-
son. Davidson, Pearce, Smith. Luling
and Herman were present and Reynolds
and Schell came in later. Mayor Nc
Lean stated that a majority of the mem
bers of the council had expressed a de-
sire TO attend the joint debate OF the can
didates for governor and that they would
pass the regular appropriation ordinance
and then adjourn.
The appropriation ordinance was read
and passed. after which Mayor Mclean
stated that there was one urgent matter
that he had forgotten and that was the
appointment of clerks to assist in the reg
istration of voters.
The city clerk said the law allowed the
mayor to appoint the necessary assistant
clerks Mayor Mclean asked if that
would be satisfactory to the council. when
several members answered, Go ahead.
The council then adjourned until next
Monday night at $50 p. m.
After the adjournment of the coun-
ell. Mayor Mclean was asked whom he
intended to appoint as registration clerks
when he said he intended to appoint Geo
E. Harris and Al Halloweu.