The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-20
BIDS FOR PARK
IMPROVE NE NTS
Were Opened at Council Meet
ing Last Night.
WORK WILL BEGIN SOON
To Prevent Recurrence of
Damage by Floods.

At the regular session Of the city coun-
Gil last night the bids for removing the
islands in Little river and raising the
drive liz the parks Were opened. The
bids were as follows: A. L. Laird & Co,
Is cents per cubic yard; J. P. Furlong.
% cents per cubic yard; w. F. Bangert,
"a cents per cubic yard; and ]. W. koontz
IS cents per cubic yard.
The contract was not awarded The
bids were referred TO the park commits
syioners who will report at the next
meeting. The bids were opened last
night that the work in the PARK would
be delayed longer. The lumber and
s. ne is OF the ground for widening the
.ntral avenue dam and every thing Is III
eaoiness TO do the work necessary 10
prevent any repetition of the damage
bv floods that were experienced last year
The islands have really been an eyesore
in the river. The commissioners were
unable TO keep them in shape and they
grew up in weeds. The channel OF the
river was narrowed By them
In the park the high water of last
spring flowed over the drives and covered
the grass with silt and washed out IN
flower beds. The grass had TO be sown
over again and it was hard TO get 1t
started growing.
The islands are TO be removed, the
channel OF the river Strengthened, the
dam wideRed and the roadway facing on
the river raised to a level that only an
unprecedented flow could overflow and
cause so much damage as last summer
This work will all be completed before
spring AS fast as the roadway is com
pleted crushed shale viii be placed on it
anu by the time the driving season opens
there Will be several miles of fine drives
ready for use
An ordinance was passed vacating ten
feet off the east side OF Sycamore street
from Pine street to Douglas avenue.
This is in accordance With a deal made
some months ago with Charles Payne for
making Sycamore street from Douglas
avenue south TO Maple street uniform in
width. From Douglas avenue 10 Pine
street the street is 80 feet wide, and from
Pine to Maple it is 90 feet wide. Mr..
Payne has given q deed 10 the city for
I ten feet along his property from
Pine street south and the city has vacat-
ed the section north of Pine street, thus
completing the deal
The matter of widening Avenue 3 eight
feet was taken up and discussed, but
owing to some failure on the part of
property owners to make the deeds the
ordinance was not passed. The property
owners have agreed to give the land nee
essary 70 widen the street to the city if
they were not required TO put down the
walk until this year. but they have not
signed the deeds yet. so the matter was
referred to the public improvement COM
mittee with instructions TO straighten
the matter out as quickly as possible.
Mr.. Herman moved that the public
buildings committee be allowed to sell the
little old frame building back eff hose
house No. on South Topeka avenue
The people have been carrying away
parts of this building, and a fireman had
offered S. for it
on motion of Mr.. Bellew Of the public
buildings committee. the city clerk was
Instructed TO notify the Wichita Bridge
company to complete the iron doors in
the addition to the city jail, as the po-
lice department would like to Use the
rooms but cannot owing TO the doors not
being put in satisfactorily
Mrs H 3. RobertsOa's notice of appeal
from the appraisers report for the wild
ening of Lawrence avenue WAS read and
placed on file.
T. l. Throckmorton resigned as weigh
master of the Pine street scales and
James Beard was appointed to the posi-
ton. Ine council confirmed the appoint
n.ent.
Mr.. George Spencer found that he
could not serve as an appraiser for open
lHs AZ alleS Det"Sen olio anu y ap1Sii'
ard Z. I. Spencer was appointed to the
position. The appointment was con
firme0.
The following bids We're opened for the
buiiuIng of the bridge across Chisholm
creek on Seventeenth street: 9 II. Saw
yer. s425; Canton Bridge company, 1919.
The contract was awarded 10 the Can
ton Bridge company OF Canton. O.. sub
ject to the acceptance Of TIE township
trustees. The bridge is TO be 81 feet long
and 46 feet wide. with four wings.