The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-17
fNlCHITA Will HAVE
fine BOULEVARD
City Council Declared 1t Nee
eSSary Last Night.
PAVING CONTRACT LET
Large Amount of Rentory Is
Annexed to City.
PAVING CONTRACT LET

The city council last night settled the
matter of a driveway along the east bank
Of the Little Arkansas river It let the
contract for paving Rock Island avenue
and filed the acceptance of a franchise
that promises the people of this city
natural gas to burn next winter.
The meeting was more than ordinarily
interesting on account of the nature of
the business transacted Mayor Mclean
presided and ali the courcilmeut were
present except Bellew Of the first ward.
Councilman Davidson opened the LalI
On the driveway by offering a reso-
luton to accept the donation of prop
erty holders along the east bank of the
Little Arkansas river of thirty feet W de
from Eleventh street TO jefferson street,
a distance OF one mile. except three lots.
One lot win have TO be condemned enc
will cost sixty dollars TO get the de d
and another wanted twenty dollars 10
move his barn from the ground.
! The resolution was adopted and then
Mr.. Davidson offered an ordinance de-
{ elaring it necessary to guard the street
from Eleventh 10 jefferson Some #
the people on West Central avenue We're
present to know what the city was goicg
to do 10 protect them against the over
flow OF the Little river. If there was
going TO be street graded along the
east bank Of the river TO keep the water
In the channel the question was sked
what was to be done with it near the
mouth of the river.
{ Both councilmen from the second ward
ifTere opposed TO doing anything at pr s
l,ant Mr. Luling said If they would give
the people along The river time they
would donate the ground for dyke tie
said they did not want a driveway below
Pine street"
Mr.. Davidson said he had tried to do
something to please these people but the
trouble was that they did not agree. He
offered a resolution declaring it neces airy
70 open Il street along the cast bank OF
the river from Riverside park to Pine
street LUlng and Scheil opposed and
Burton offered motion to lay it on
the table, which was lost. The resolut on
was then carried. the councilmen Of the
second ward voting against it.
In the discussion on this resolution Mr..
Davidson said if the people did not want
the driveway they could give the city
the right to maintain the dyke and tbs
proceeding could be stopped. Mr.. Luing
in answer to this asked if any of hem
had even known Il condemnation pro-
ceeding to be stopped af' er it was once
started. If any Of the city fathers ever
knew of such hing they failed II state
it.
Councilman Davirson has done good
deal of work on this driveway and some
of the councilmen say it ought 10 be
named Davidson boulevard. 1t is pretty
generally conceded that the driveway will
add good deal to the beauty Of River
side park besides furnishing a levy that
will confiue the water If the Little river
to- its channel. Just exactly what the
cost is going to be has not been given.
There were two bids on the paving of
Rock Island avenue. one was by the
Sumption Paving company and the other
by T. e. Burton. The bid Of the stump
fion Paving company was one dollar ANA
Seventy-five cents per square yard for the
having; twenty-five cents per cubic yard
for the excavation and 1ifty-five cents
running foot for the business curb. Bur
toms bid was one dollar and sixty cents
: Tor the paving ana the same as the Sump-
( ton b;;i fer the cXcaVaung and the curb
ing The contract was let 70 Ar Bur
ton. he being The lowest bidder The ma
terial TO be used for the paving is Wit
rified brick and the curbing to be ce-
ment.
Frank p Casey and Henry Ke;ser
filed their acceptance Of the franchise 10
pipe natural gas to this city and Mr..
Davidson said me letter accompanying
the acceptance was very encouraging.
THE men who were accepting the fran
Chise had written chat they would Ger
1ainly nave the gas here 50 that the o.
pie Of this city could burn il next win
ter MIR. Davidson said he thought mat
would go 4 long way toward solving the
fuel question for the people OF Wichita.
on motion of -.ir. Burton The plans for
sewer prepared 10y Kiersted We're ac-
cepted Mr.. Freeman said these storm
sewers were to re erected in large Fart
of the central portion of the city and
they were going TO cost a good deal u
money. He moved that n petition be cir
clllated to ascertain whether the people
who have 10 pay for them desired to
have them built This motion was carried
and Mayor Mclean appointed J. G. Will
lian4s and H. II Richards To make tho
canvas. They viii b. instructed 90 take
a petition and remonstrance ana after
explaining it to allow the property hold
ers to sign which ever they prefer.
On motion of Mr. Luling some lax
levied on property belonging To Lew :
academy was related
The city clerk w:S instructed to no
tify property holders on III" south side
OF Douglas avenue from Main To Water
street so raise their Size walk grade.
\ -cinder walk was ordered on the west
eide of Lawrence avenue from Twenty
first street 10 about Twenty Second street
That is from Loopvil II / rdervil.
The Second Baptist church. cOi9red.
wants to have order and have appointed
F W. Lee special policeman. The church
\ wanted him vested with the necos q 3
dignity Of an officer and by request Mayor
Mclean appointed him special policeman
for the church
An ordinance as passed taking into
passage designating at what streets tie
railroads sh ould keep electric heh's. but
che councilmen offered 50 many amend