The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-12-08
ghe aatitha nau gagle Tuesday ornine eeeber eos.

winch mad been used for 10, these many
years, but the man who owned the next
! building had closed I'd his half of the
stairway and that made the passage so
narrow that he could not get up stairs.
he said there were tig telegraph poles
IN the alley in four feet of his building
and teams could not drive between the
building and the poles and his stairway
would come inside the poles and not dis
| commode the public. Mr. Schnitzler's re-
| guest was granted.
The storm sewer business was brought
| up by the statement of the city clerk that
ne had petition signed by r. P. Muir
! dock and thirty-one others, asking for
the building OF the sDrm sewer and he
also had a remonstrahce about ten feet
tonE against the building of the sewer.
! lsely offered a motion TO table the whole
! storm sewer business His motion re-
| ceived second and the unanimous vote
Of the council. The members then drew
in long breath and looked at one
| another as much as 70 say, that is the
last Of the storm sewer
The; matter OF the railroads putting the
electric lights at the street crossings in
the city is like the poor ever presnt,
! II came up again last night and some OF
| the councilmen seemed to think that the
railroads could not be compelled TO put
in these lights, but Luling put the matter
in new light when he stated 10 the
council that he was in favor of passing
the ordinance. He said that Superintend-
ent Webb of the Missouri Pacific had told
him that his road would contest the or
Girance If II was passed and an effort
maNe to enforce il but he said that Mr..
Webb admitted that the supreme court
of Ohio had held an ordinance of that
kind legal because the lights were de-
manded at danger points and the rail
road had created the danger points This
put the matter in a new shape and all
the street eros sings will be inserted in
the ordinance and it will come up for
passage at the next council meeting.
BY request OF Agent Rodoiph, Arthur
Mcknight was appointed special police
man at the Frisco depots without pay
and similar request on the part of A. s
Parks resulted in the appointment of
John Leefer as special policeman at the
United Sash and Door factory, presided
over by Mr.. Parks.
Mayor Mclean said tina; ne wanted to
make a suggestion to the council about
the sweeping Of the streets He said
he had figured out that the city was
paying out a good deal of money fer
sweeping the streets and except that part
presided over by the whitewings they
were only swept two nights in tn week.
He said the city could buy a sweeper
90
referred to the public improvement COM
mittee to look the matter up further
after which some action will probably
be taken.
The estimates. of sever number three
were approved. The cost Of the sewer
was S5.ole.56
Police Judge Stanley handed in his
report. which showed that the number
of arrests made in the month OF No
vember was i4l and the amount of col
Iections and forfeitures was S2.7i2.
The Kansas National bank submitted
its bond for the safe keeping of the city
funds, which was approved.
The bids for the construction of the
bridge over Chisholm creek on Hunter
avenue were opened. The bridge is about
a sixty foot span and the bid of the
Wichita Bri.ge and Iron company was
$780,. and that of the Canton Bridge COM
pany was s397. The council promptly
turned down both bids and instructed
the clerk to re-advertise for bids.
A proposition was received from the
property holders along the east side of
the Little river from Riverside park 10
Pine street to siSe the city the right To
construct a dyke on their land. 1t was
referred TO the public Improvement COM
mittee and city attorney.
The matter of entertaining the mu-
nicipaI league which WIZ meet here next
Friday was discussed ard Mayor Nc
Lean appointed Councilman Luling. Bur-
ton. Reynolds and Herman TO make the
necessary arrangements. Burton sug-
gested that a committee ought to be APP
pointed to make the arrangements for
banquet but the council evidently thought
one committee was enough as Mr.. Bur-
tons suggestions brought no response.
II was learned that some of the Orient
graders wanted to bid on the construction
of the driveway from Eleventh street
to Jefferson and the bids handed in last
night were not opened and the city clerk
was instructed to re-advertise for bids to
be handed in at the next meeting of the
Among the ordinances passed was one
to open an alley between Division street
and Hunters addition; one to pave Wa
ter street from Douglas avenue to First
street: one to pave Peck Island avenue
from Douglas avenue to Division street.
Mayer Mclean appointed the following
appraisers, which were confirmed by the
council to appraise the property subject
10 tax for the paving OF First street. P.
Y. Healy. John D. Dresser and S. j.
Slower. To appraise property subject -
tax for the paving of fremont avenue
II. NJ Grafton. II. II. Richards and c.
$. Smith. To sppraise ground for alley in
Hunters addition. Joe Downey, Frank
Harris and W s. Shaw. To appraise
property in sewer district number four
John Territer, John Farmer and C. s.
Smith
Councilman Reynolds wanted the Geiser
company to repair the
sidewalk on Division street, which it had
worn out drawing heavy machines across
il and do ii quick The company will
receive an order TO that effect.