The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-07-22
NO ACTION
WAS TAKEN
In Regard to the South Topeka
Avenue Car Line
HARD ON STREET FAKIRS
License Tax Was Raised on
All Glasses
COMMITTEE GIVEN TIME
In Which to Report on Orient
Depot Matter.
COMMITTEE GIVEN TIME

The council chamber was Crowded with
men last night Most Of them live On
South Topeka or Emporia avenues, and
they wanted to see what action the eoun-
Gil would take in regard 10 the building
Of street car line on either of those
streets But he council did not sct.
When the mayor called for report OF
the franchise and license committee.
every one in the room Strengthened up
and glanced at his neighbor to see if
all were listening. Mr.. Schell rose from
his chair and said:
Your honor. the committee asks for
further time to consider the matter W.
have communication from the street
car company asking that we give them
time to confer with their board of direc-
tors, and this We desire to do"
Mr.. Schell sat down and five minutes
afterward there were not more than
ten people outside of the councilmen
and city officers in the room.
The council last night passed an ordi-
nance that will entirely do away with all
OF the fellows who have made such 4
nuisance of themselves by getting a Ii
cense and then putting a stand on some
prominent street corner and there crying
their wares OF prowess and collecting a
crowd and blockading the streets. Sec
ton one OF Ordinance No. 1915 was
amended so that the license was made
prohibitive in the matter of street fakirs.
The class Of people who caught it the
worst are the street exhibitions. For
merly a man who thought he had a
gift for sleight of hand performances or
could tumble a little and always took
up a collection after his exhibition could
go down to the city clerk and get IL
cense for S.00 per day. He then went
10 the chief of police, who was competed
to give him location on some prominent
stre1t torner. Now chat fellow will
have to pay SIS per day. The museums
which rent empty store buildings and
show sometimes these shows are not
30 very, very NICE, paid 5000 week,
but from now on the manager musl
put up $50 before he can show. Small
tent shows that have a capacity of 500
people or less formerly had to pay S3e0
for the privilege of showing. Now they
will pay SIS for the same privilege. The
same class Of shows. but with a capac-
fly Of 1000, viii now pay $50 instead
of 500
The children will no doubt regret the
action of the council when they raised
the license on merry o-rounds. The old
license was $500 for the first day and
800 for each succeeding day. The bust
ness men near where the machines were
located have registered big kick and
the council said that hereafter the mer-
ry-go-rounds must pay $500 for every
day they run in the city Shooting sal
leries also came in for a raise They
have been paying So for six months. but
from now on they must put up $25 to
run in Wichita for the same length of
time. All games of chance not generally
known as gambling have been taxed
500 per day. but they must pay 5000
per Gay for the some privileges. The
tax on circuses remains the same. but
IN another resolution offered the city
clerk was instructed 10 see that the
circuses put up the fun amount of the
license before they were allowed TO pa
rade. The price is $50 for each ring,
but the license is not TO exceed $50 for
each day.
The councilmen grinncd when the city
clerk read the raise in the tax on Chi
Topodists. palmists. clalrvoyants fortune
tellers and the like. These people" said
the mayor. have been swindling peo-
PIE ont OF their hard earned cash and
we promise TO put stop 10 this" The
chiropodists viii pay SO a month. but
she used to pay but 500; the clair
voyant AID fortune teller Will pay $50.
while she paid but SO before. When
this section was read. Councilman Luling
said That's right" and Councilman
Smith chimed in with Soak il TO EN-
The committee on railroads and street
railways reported that these seemed to
be some objection to the Orient coming
up fremont street and they asked for
more time TO consider the matter.
The ordinances were passed for the
opening OF Wabash avenue TO Murdoch
and for the widening Of Fannie avenue
from Douglas TO Prince. and II. VI. Graf
ton, Hiram ImbodeR and NJ \. McClel-
Ian were appointed as appraisers. Wa
bash avenue does not go through to Muir
dock avenue by about 100 feet and this
viii be condemned and opened Fannie
avenue VIII be widened ten and nine
tenths feet Tor one block There is 70