The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-04
FLOOD COST sl10o
City Council Appropriated
Money to Pay Men
WHO PROTECTED CITY
Much Business Was Trans
acted at Meeting Last Night

The city council met in adjourned ses-
sion last night. Mayor Mclean presiding.
All councilmen except Isely and Dawson
were present. The principal interest in
the session centered in the ordinance ap-
propriating money to pay the men hired
10 hold the food water in the Little
Arkansas river from running down the
streets Of the city.
The members of the council smoked
and talked, while Assistant City Clerk
Knoblaucn read the names Of the men
employed and the amount of money re-
quired to pay each one. Councilman
Davidson nnally asked the clerk If he
was reading the city directory. The
amount which it took to pay each man
employed, was small but n made a pretty
considerable sum when added together.
Mayor Mclean said the regular city
force was employed on the levies and in
addition to paying them, about $500
would be required TO pay the extra ex-
pense of the work on the levies. Not 4
member of the council nor a citizen pres
ent offered any objection 10 the amount
Of money spent for the protection of the
city against food. People seemed TO think
that Wichita had escaped a great calam-
ity and many times the question was
asked what would have been the damage
if the work of holding back the flood had
been neglected. Many Of the property
holders complimented Mayor Mclean on
The good work that had been done on the
levies of the Little Arkansas river.
There was blood on the moon when an
ordinance giving the Missouri * Kansas
Telephone company a new franchise. was
read. 1t was evident that the ordinance
could not be passed without d scrap.
Schell made a motion that the ordinance
be put on its passage. Luling moved 70
amend by laying il on the table. The fell
lows who wanted it to pass and the ones
who wanted a chance to get whack at
it, voted against Lulings amendment and
IL was lost. Burton came 10 the rescue
and offered substitute 20 refer the ordi-
nance to the license and franchise COM
mittee This was carried by unanimous
vote and the members seemed to breathe
easier when they had laid it away for the
present. Mr.. Luling said after the vote
was taken that the council had offered
to give the Missouri & Kansas Telephone
company new franchise, and il had re-
fused to accept ii. and every member OF
the council had promised to stand by the
new company if il would put in its
phones, and he was in favor Of keeping
faith with the men who had invested
their money in the new plant.
The city has $4,000 of bonds maturing
on the first day of July that will have to
be paid. President Jobes, of the National
Bank of Commerce and President Naftz-
ger of the Fourth National bank, sub
mitted proposition to the council to fur
nish the money to pay the bonds and take
in return funding bonds drawing four
,ag Mt nj ha bonds
20 run for twenty years. the bankers to
pay all expenses of printing the bonds.
The bonds are now drawing six per cent
interest and the proposition of the Wich-
ita bankers being much better than could
be obtained in New York. was promptly
accepted. Hereafter the interest on these
bonds will be kept at home, instead of
being sent east.
From this time on the city of Wichita
will be a prohibition city one day in the
week An ordinance was passed by unan-
irnous vote prohibiting the sale of malt.
Spurious or vinous liquors on the first
day of the week. commonly called Sun
day The penalty for the violation of this
ordinance is a fine Of one hundred dollars
or Imprisonment in the city jail for term
of thirty days or both such fine and i'm
prisonment.
A petition was presented by property
city council to have it paved from the
south line of Douglas to William street.
THE city attorney was instructed 10 raw
The ordinance declaring it necessary 10
pave that street as requested by The petl-
ticrers. As asphalt was named in the
petition. that material win DG use l.
city CLERK Lo.anu ard NsN's1ali City
Clerk Knoblauch presented their official
bonds. Endorsed by the National Surety
! Min I'D the
company was all right and he moved that
the bonds be approved. but the city at
tornev held the bonds were not legaI lie
said the bonds were for $1,000 each. and
The city ordinance required the clerk an
hi= a sistant TO each Sive a bond Tor $o'n
He said a bord for $50 - ls 10 gid,
when the law required one for $500 The
council mended that by amending the ord
nance. fixing the bonds of these two
officials al 81. eco
Burton precipitated lively discussion
by a motion 10 accent the bid of W.
Kiersted of Kansas City. for furnishing
plans and specifications for a system Of
storm sewers in this city. The bid was
for the central part OF the city. and Luz
ling and Freeman made a kick to have
the Ea st and West Sile included Burton
and Davidson explained that the East ana
West Sides were not Vet ready 70 pay f"r
storm sewers and that systems for those
sections OF the city would have 70 be in
dependent of the central section. and the
plans could he prepared when they were
ready for the storm sewers burton
motion was carried ny vote OF six 70
four. Iuling claimed that IT was lost and
could not he arried without a majority
II the city council. which was seven votes
The matter was appealed to the city at
tornev by Luling. ard that official said
seven votes We're required 10 pass an
ordinance. but that he would have 70 look
thu matter up before saying whether
matter Of this kind could be passed by 4
majority Of the CounCilmeu preser-
MaNnt Mel can said he would take the re-