The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-07-21

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| Barber Asphalt company tearing up boil
| sides of Douglas avenue, thus biockadint
! the street, and it is said that it has in
| jured the business of the merchants con
| siderably. The contract with the com
| pany states that the street must b'
! paved by the middle Of next month. Or
| motion of Mr. Isley the city clerk was in
| structed TO notify the company that they
| must have the pavement completed ac
| cording to contract, and must keep a free
| passageway on the unfinished part of the
| street. The company viii also be notified
that the fslfllment clause of the con-
tract viii be enforced TO the letter The
| ing that they would have the street
paved from Wichita street to Seneca
street by the 18th of August.
The plat Of Haymaher's addition to the
city of Wichita was presented and ap-
proved by the council and the necessary
ordinances opening the street leading to
the addition were passed.
The ladies Of the children's home ap-
peared before the council asking for an
additional appropriation Of 50 per month.
The home took care of 33S children last
year and there is an average of SO chill
dren a month. About 80 of these children
paid for all or part of their care. There
has been a great increase of children
during the past year which has increased
the expense. On motion of Mr.. Isley
the council appropriated s25 a month for
the home dating from October1, but the
appropriation will not be made until jan
uary l.
The new license ordinance was present
ed. This is simply an amendment to the
present ordinance, and the new features
are that license of s. for six months is
to be charged bootblacks for operating
stands in the alleys and then they must
have the written consent of the owners
or tenants of adjoining buildings. Elec-
tricians are to be licensed at go for six
months instead Of having to pay fees
according 10 the work. They have to get
a permit from the city electrician. Hotel
runners are TO be taxed $6.25 for six
months. The ordnance was quite
lengthy one and there was some objec-
ton to the electrician license Not all
of the cOuncilInen were present and on
roll call the ayes had but six votes and it
requires seven 10 pass an ordinance.
The city attorney was instructed to
prepare an ordinance declaring it neces-
sary to cut the weeds on vacant property
during the summer and the cost is to be
taxed to the property owners.
The following bids were opened:
For moving and resetting curbs-Mc-
Cabe & Kensler, 121@ cents per foot; T.
e. Burton, 10 cents per foot. The con-
tract was awarded to e. f. Burton.
Residence curbs-T. z. Burton. 20 cents
per lineal foot; BuIla & Co, % cents;
Sumption Sidewalk Co. q cents: H. E.
Miltner, % cents; McCabe & Kensler.
2112 cents. This contract was awarded to
T. f. Burton.
Business curbs-T E. Burton, 40 cents
per lineal foot; II. F. Miltner 45 cents;
McCabe & Kensler, 40 cents. The con-
tract was awarded to McCabe & Kensler.
On Sidewalks-McCabe & Kensler. 9 ga
cents per yard, sand filling 20 cents per
cubic yard; H. F. Miltner, 10 cents per
yard, sand % cents per yard; Bulla &
Co., 9l2 cents per yard; sand Is cents;
T. E Burton, 10 cents per yard. sand 20
90 cents per yard; Sumption Sidewalk
Co, IS cents per yard, sand "a cents. The
contract was awarded to the Sumption
Sidewalk company.
The bids for re-roofing Hose House No.
and part of Hose House No. were
opened as follows: w. n. Caswell. man
ager Eagle Cornice Works. s214.55; Fol-
lett & Co. S1S7 for Hose House No l and
S65 for House House No. 2 The con-
tract was awarded to Eagle Cornice
Warks
Mayor Mclean was not present and
President Herman held the gavel. City
first part of the meeting and John Knob
laugh had really busy time writing the
minutes and reading petitions, claims
and ordinances.
The street commissioner was instructed
TO fiji the ditch along Lulu avenue. The
ditch was made last spring during the
high water under orders of the board of
health There is no further use for the
ditch this year and it is very inconven-
lent
The members OF the First Methodist
church want an arc light in front of the
church on North Lawrence avenue as the
building is in the middle OF the block and
surrounded by trees. The light was or
dered put in as soon as possible.
petition was presented asking for
a permanent curb on the east and west
sides of Park Place avenue from Fifteenth
10 Sixteenth streets. The prayers of the
petitioners were granted and a resolution
ordered declaring it necessary to curb.
Petitions for sidewalk We're presented as
follows:
on the west side of Locust street from
Douglas to First streets
On the west SIDE Of Spencer street froIs
Douglas to Second streets.
On the north side of Fifteenth from
Park Place 10 airview avenue
on the west side of Topeka from Zim-
merry TO Harry.
Three claims for damages were pre-
scented
Mrs. ]. J. Coats asks $500 damages for
injuries on account of fall she received
on July Il al the wooden steps just north
Of Surgeons livery barn on Topeka
avenue.
c. w Winants cla m Tor Slo5 because
Of his horse becoming frightened BY the
deer in Riverside park on July 5th and
jumping into the river. The animal was
drowned and Mr. winants claim on ae-
count Of the city not maintaining a
barrier along the river.
Mrs. Mary Peters asks $500 damages