The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-06


all courtesies extended Respectfully sub
mitted
H. ]. HARDING. City Engineer.
An amended petition was presented for
paving West Douglas avenue from Wich-
ita street TO Seneca avenue. A petition
was presented. last fall asking for the
paving, but the street west of the river
was to be but sixty feet wide.
Since the filing of the original petition
the property owners on the street have
since reconsidered the matter and desire
that the paving be made seventy feet
wide west of the river.
There was some objection made to paw
ing the street with asphalt, and in the
amended petition vitirfied brick was in
Guided, but the majority of the property
owners seem to wish asphalt paving and
this will be put in.
A resolution was passed ordering the
paving put in at cost of not to exceed
$40 per square yard. This resolution
must be published for twenty days in
the official city paper. and the advertise
ments for bids will be placed. 1t is hoped
to have this work commenced by the first
OF April or sooner.
Mr.. Reynolds of the sewer and drain
age committee reported that his COM
mittee had thoroughly investigated the
propositions made by civil engineers re-
garding plans for general storm wa
ter sewer for the city.
The plan which was offered by Mr..
Kiersted of Kansas City only included
a plan for building a sewer that would
drain the district bounded by Fifteenth
and Thirteenth streets on the north, Hy-
draulic avenue on the east Lincoln street
on the south and Rochester, Sherman,
aNlc nd at - az
The plans for this district contemplated
the entire city, but there was no plan
for any OF the outlying districts, some
of which are as badly troubled with
storm water as the more thickly settled
portions.
The contract as proposed by Kier-
sted included only the district named
above and the council wanted the plan
made to include the entire city, even if
it was decided to build a sewer cover
ing only a part of the city at this time.
The city wants to build this sewer, but
cannot build one to include the entire
city at one time. The councilmen wanted
d plan made for the entire city at one
time so that there would not be any
changes to made in the part of the sewer
constructed if additional districts Were
covered and connected with the main
sewes.
Mr. Davidson offered substitute to
ask Mr.. Kiersted to make his proposal
more definite and to include more terri
tory. The substitute motion was car
ried.
Immediately on the calling of the coun-
ell to order last night Mr.. Burton, IS
chairman of the fire and water commit
tee, stated that Mr.. Butts. prominent
lumber merchant of Missouri, wanted to
establish lumber yard at the corner
of st. Francis avenue and First street
if the council and fire marshal would
allow him to build the sheds on this prop
erty. He will build a two-story brick
office building and the necessary lumber
sheds. The council decided that another
lumber yard at this time was a good
thing and it was voted to allow the sheds
to be built.
Mr.. Dawson was granite" permission to
move a 12xI4 frame building from 526
East Douglas avenue to his property on
North Emporia avenue.
Mr. Duncan. the keeper OF the Sulli-
van DAM in his report. stated that in or
der to keep up the dam he must have
some more rock, and the city engineer
was instructed to purchase a car load
of rock to be put in al the dam.
The owner of the building occupied by
the Royal restaurant on North Main
street was notified to repair the walk
The mayor appointed the following city
ofncials TO go to Topeka and work for
the passage of the new city charter bill.
which will come up at this session of
the legislature: City Attorney a. T.
Helm. Councilman c. l.. Davidson. Coun-
Gilman C. H. Luling.
The bill is the one prepared by the Mu-
nicipal League of Kansas cities OF the first
class and viii combine all laws now on
nj
first class and giving them more power
in their own local government.
on motions by several of the council
men the street commissioner was in
structed to use the grader on Green.
Mona. Sycamore, jackson and Morris
streets. Some OF these streets are al
most impassa bic at present and some
WORK on them is necessary. Some of
the streets have not been graded or used
drainage is very bad and they need
grading
he matter Of opening an alley between
Washington and Mosiey avenues and
north of Central TO the railroad was re-
ferred to the public Improvement COM
mites.
The appraisers for widening Lawrence
avenue from Eleventh 30 Thirteenth
streets made their report which was
Of Mr. Davidson the city clerk was in
struc;ed To advertise for bids for curb
ing and guttering this sion OF the
street The resolution declaring II nee
essary to curb and gutter this part Z
The street was passed and published some
time ago and the work is TO be done
IS soon as the street is opened and the
weather VIII permit Of the improvement
The secretary Of the board OF health re-
ported as follows fo- the month of De
ccTuher-
Diseases Cases. Deaths.
Typhoid fever .-.....-...-----is
Scarlet fever .--.-...--.------
plpEtnerlz .-------------.----
Consumption ---..---.---.-----
TCfaE
Deaths from all causes ---.-..------..---sl
Births ----------@
On the recommends ton OF the a-t mar
shall The mayor appointed and the ccun
ii following -~ErreV-