The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-18
CONTRACTS TO PAVE
Four Streets Were Let Last
Night by Council.
TAX LEVY IS "a MILLS
Council Handled Great Batch
of Business.

contracts IOf nearly eisnty thouSalu
dollars worth of paving were let by the
city council last night, the Barber As
phalt company getting the work. The
only other bidder was the Sumption Side
walk company who bid for The Federal
Rock Asphalt company. While the BID
for rock asphalt was lower than that of
the Barber people the council decided
that they did not want to try an expert
ment and several property owners in
terested in the paving expressed pre-
ference for the sheet asphalt.
The contract price for paving Seneca
street from Douglas avenue TO University
is $2.05 per square yard with p cents
per cubic yard extra for excavating. The
Sumption company bid sL15 per yard wi b
the same price for excavatiag. Mr.. Lul-
ing made the motion TO give tn cont act
TO the Barber company and AIR. Mckee
amended to give the cont act TO Mr..
Sumption. The amen iment was lost and
The contract awarded to the sheet as
phalt company.
The bid for paving University avenue
was the same as for Seneca rect and
the contract went to- the Barber Asphalt
company.
The Barber Asphalt company bid S2.23h
Per square yard for paving First street
from Main to Water streets with % cents
extra for excavating. The bid of ths
Sumption Paving company was $40 per
yard with the same charge for excavat-
ing. The contract went to the Barber
company.
The Barber Asphalt company was the
only bidder for paving fremont st. eft
from Douglas avenue to William street
and got the contract at $2.25 per square
yard with the extra quarter per cubic
yard for the excavations
The council passed the ordinance fixing
the tax levy as follows:
General fund five mills
improvements six mills.
Bonds and interests nine mills.
Paving intersections two mills.
Water supply two mills.
Total levy aside from sewer, sidewalk
and curbing assessments. twentyfour
mills, one mill higher than last year.
An ordinance was presented regulating
plumbers and drain layers in this city
and authorizing board of examiners to
inquire into the qualifica tons of men
wishing TO do plumbing and drain laying.
BY the terms of the ordinance a board
of examiners is to be formed consisting
of one member of the board of health
who shall be ex-ofico chairman of the
examining board, one master plumber,
one journeyman plumber and one ez-
aminer apSointed BY the council. Each
cf these are TO draw fifty dollars a year
salary. They are to examine the plum
bers who wish TO work in the city and
give them a certificate for which fee
of five dollars viii be exacted \ plumb
ing inspector is TO be appointed at
salary of $3.50 a year to examine all of
the work done by the plumbers and sive
q certificate of acceptance before the
property owner can pay the bill. For this
he is to charge fee of two dollars
when the job is over one hundred dollars
and all other jobs he inspects he viii
charge fifty cents The fees of the ex-
aminers and also the inspector are to
be turned into the city treasurer The or
dinance was referred to the sewer and
drainage committee to examine and re-
port.
The petitions signed by twenty-nine
hundred taxpayers Of this city asking
the council to can a special election t.
vote thirty thousand dollars in bonds 10
aid the Arkansas Valley Interurban was
presented TO the council last nj hit Ac
cording to the terms Of the petition the
company is 10 begin work by the first
of next May and have the entire line
completed with n two years. Their gen
eral Offices and principle shops are to
be in this CITY When the AZ miles of
line is completed the city is to turn the
bonds over to the company. The bonds
are - be in denomina tons of S5a0 each
and bear ~ per cent interest The cleo
tion was to be called September Is but
when the ordinance came up the council
voted TO refer the ordinance and petitions
10 the committee on railroads and street
railways 10 report At the next meeting.
The election viii be held about the first
of October.
The Dold Packing company offered the
city cinders enough to pave Lawrence
avenue from Eleventh 10 Twl nty-fifst
streets if the city would haul them TWO
years ago this was done and the street
was very good one until the cnders
became Sc worn that the sand worked
through il. The proposition was accepted
and the street commissioner ordered TO