The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-17
MRS. critics
SUES THE CITY
She Asks $4,000 Damages
for Injuries.
FROM FALLING INTO CELLAR
Council Transacted Consider
able Routine Business.
FROM FALLING INTO CELLAR

the city for $4,000 for injuries she al
leges she received from falling into the
cellar under the south end Of the scheetz
building. Mrs. Critics sent a notice to tbs
council at it's meeting last night that she
intended TO bring suit for damages for
| $1,000. Ray & Keith are her attorneys.
She alleges that one evening as she was
walking down Market street she fell into
the coal cellar under Jos South Market
street, and was severely injured. and
| Ter physician told her that some Of her
injuries are permanent She sues the
city because il allowed the cellar 10 be
constructed under the sidewalk and al
lowed it TO be opened at the option of the
occupants of the building. and thus made
| It dangerous to passers-by.
The members of the council are getting
| tired of seeing the "fakirs." as Mr..
Iseley called them. standing on the street
corners and shouting all of the time. Mr..
1 Isely introduced a resolution to the effect
! that the city attorney prepare an amend
ment TO the license ordinance, making the
license high enough TO prohibit these
'fakirs' from using the streets of this
| city. 1T is unnetropolitan, said Mr..
| Isely, and gives people a bad impress
sion of our city, and We should take
steps to stop it."
The city is going to open another street
What its name will be has not been de-
cided on. 1t viii be but one block long,
and will be forty feet wide. The blocks
east Of Wabash avenue and north OF
Douglas are very long, so the people have
I m hGU
way between First street and Douglas
avenue and running between Wabash and
Ohio avenues The petition was granted
several weeks ago. and last night an ordi-
nance was passed and l. T. West. F. II.
Robertson and ". H. Walker were APP
pointed appraisers TO assess the damages
and benefits
In some sections of the city the weeds
have grown considerable during the past
few weeks, and al the efforts of the
street department could not cut them
down fast enough with the machinery
now at hand. Mr.. Allen asked that he be
allowed TO purchase a new mower. 1t
would cost about $40 and the one the city
owns now is old and pretty badly worn.
and one mower is not enough TO keep the
weeds in all parts of the city down. so
the new machine was ordered purchased.
Soon after the council was called 10
order the mayor asked Mr.. Davidson TO
take the chair. The mayor was sick. He
stayed during the meeting, however, but
d.d not take an active part in the bust
ness.
Several weeks ago DR.. Jordan was
ordered to vaccinate all the people for
the first five or six blocks on fremont
avenue. A case of smallpox had de-
veloped in that section of the city and
as the people visit around a good deal
and the greater number OF them had
been exposed, the police and health
departments ordered the doctor to vac
cinate all the people he could find in the
houses and the doctor vaccinated 155
people and presented bill for 800. The
bill was allowed. but on motion OF Mr..
Luling the heads of the various depart
ments were emphatically instructed not
to incur any more debts in this man
ner. but should first receive the permits
sion of the council.
The dog house north Of Second street,
is built Of stone and the city has been
offered 1926 per perch for it on the
ground. This was pretty good price
for the stone, but the street commits
si0ner stated that he could use the stone
and it would be worth more than s2.2S a
perch to the city. Some one has been
stealing the stone, so the commissioner
was ordered TO bring the stone TO the
lot east Of the city building and let the
fellows who get locked in the city jail.
break up the stone so they can be used
on the streets.
Wichita has a pest-house and Mr..
Dawson, Of the health department,
stated that the city was not using II 10
any great extent but that the towns
south Of here have been making good
use OF IL Every patient in the house at
the present time was from some other
town. The towns who have no pest
house send every person who have the
least resemblance OF a contagious disease
10 Wichita 10 be taken care OF At the
expense OF the Wichita health board.
This has been found very expensive and
the members OF the council were very
indignant and by unanimous vote. ths
city attorney. health officers in conjunc-
ton with the county commits
sioners we're instructed 10 perfect
some plan TO prevent the smallpox
patients from coming to Wichita from
other cities. Although there IS a law
against the railroads hauling people IN
der suspicion OF having smallpox or other
conta gious disease. # is alleged that
the railroads violate this law many times
each year and ii is probable from the
ideas advanced By the members last
night. that an ordinance VIII oe pre-
pared imposing d fine on the railroad
companies for every case they bring In
Sycamore street IS eighty feet wide
from Douglas avenue to Pine street ard
south Of ths, Il IS sixty feet Mr.. Chas.
Payne owns Al Of the land on the east
side OF the street. Mr Payne offers %
make some arrangement with the city
whereby shc street all be made the
same width as Tar south as Maple ave
nue.. He will give The Land necessary 10
accomplish this end II the city win give
him some cnuse3 land alonE the river.
The city attorney and COMMITTEES on
public improvements were Instructed 20
complete the deal with Mr.. Payne
The tract ~ land known as Walnut
street. from Lawrence avenue 20 the
alley. was leased 10 sIr. I = West and
Geo. Meta sSart- The titse q this land
is in controversy and IS L stands ~
present il s an syesore 70 TIE people
along the street 50 Il vas leased 50 tat
Il could be Improved