The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-20

feet; lot IA; house number. 200 Market
| street
Wichita Wholesale Grocery Co., i55 feet;
lot IA. Fifth avenue.
| Jett & Wood, 155 feet; lot No. II. Fifth
! avenue
A. J. Saur. 14o. and one-fourth interest in
40 front feet; lots 1i-16-1s Emporia-
| Engiish's addition; Is and Is Emporia;
house number. 20s South Emporia.
! n. j. Murphy. one-fourth in 40 front
feet; lots 10 and Is Emporia-
W. W. Pearce, 40 front feet; lots and
| IL, Topeka.
o. c. Daisy. 40 front feet; lot No. L.
Topeka.
Amusement Syndicate Co, by E. L. Mart
ling. 40 front feet: lot II Topeka.
| Chas. s. Daniels, 40 front feet; lot II
/ Fourth avenue.
Isely moved that prayer of petitioners
| be granted Motion carried
IseIy introduced a resolution declaring
! Unnecessary to pave William street as
| follows:
Be il resolved. by the mayor and coun-
cilmen of the city of Wichita:
! That whereas, a petition signed by the
residents of the city of wichita. Sedgwick
crty upon William street in said city
and who own more than 80 per cent or
| the front feet abutting on the portion Of
said street to be improved. belonging 10
residents of the city of Wichita, NOR
specifically hereinafter described, mas
been presented 10 this council and by It
ordered spread upon the journal, asking
that a portion of said street hereinafter
4 -
Now. therefore, be is resolved, That 1t
is necessary to pave William street IN
said city from the east side of Market
street 10 the east side of lots Il and IA
in Fifth avenue, in \. A. English's addl
ton to wichita. with the necessary curbs
so as to make the roadway of said street
40 feet wide from Market 10 Lawrence
and 46 fee twide from Lawrence to east
end of proposed pavement: said curb 10
be made OF good cement according to
specifications to be furnished by the city
engineer. and said street to be paved
with vitrifed brick of the best quality;
said brick must stand the standard test
and said brick to be laid upon hydraullc
cement concrete base of not less than
six (6) inches in thickness, upon Whlcn
shall be spread IL to inches of sand
upon which the brick must be set on enoe.
end to end in straight courses, with the
best side up, all of said work to be con-
structed according to plans and specln-
cations to be furnished by the city en-
gineer; said pavement not to cost to eX-
coed $1.65 per square yard; all of said
work to be constructed as soon as same
can conveniently be done.
Isely moved adoption of resolution.
Motion carried.
On motion resolution was adopted and
city clerk instructed to cause the neces
sary publication.
The Wichita Rug company requested
permission to erect an addition in the
rear of 223 South Main street. On motion
same was referred TO fire and water COM
mittee with power to act.
c. D. Philips requested permission 10
construct dwelling. Same was referred
to fire and water committee with power
to act.
petition requesting that the mayor
represent the residents of the Sixth ward
and request the Wichita Railway and
Light company TO extend their proposed
Pattie avenue line to Linwood Park, was
read and granted.
A petition that a wooden bridge'be put
in across the Arkansas river at the foot |
of Morris street was read and referred to |
the public Improvement committee.
communication from J. +. Hollicke in |
regard to a strip of land extending into /
Cleveland avenue and making PROPOSE |
ton to sell same to the city was referred |
to the judiciary committee and city at |
81 han Ok
Street commissioner reported Eleventh |
street badly in need of repairs. Luling /
moved that city clerk advertise for bids /
for the widening and repairing of the |
Eleventh street bridge. Motion carried.
Reynolds moved that the city clerk re-
advertise for bids for the construction
of bridge on Hunter avenue over Chisholm /
creek Motion carried.
Bellew moved that $4,000 be placed up /
on the appropriation ordinance to pay !
costs of survey for South McAlister rail |
road, in the name of Chas. Southwark. !
Motion carried.
Reports of the city treasurer, police /
judge and city weighmaster were read /
and ordered placed on file.
Ordinance No 2159: An ordinance au- I
thorizing she issuance of internal improve
ment bond in the sum or s159.H to pay 4
for the construction Of cinder sidewalks,
was read on motion the rules were sus-
pended and ordinance placed on its pas
sage and adopted by sections. Final vote /
on adoption as a whore: yeas, Burton.
Bellew. Davidson Dawson. Freeman, !
Isely Herman. Luling. Mckee. Pearce. /
Reynolds and Schell.
Ordinance No 1850: An ordinance de-
ciaring IL necessary to grade certain
streets in the city of Wichita. was read.
On motion the rules were suspended and
ordinance placed 'on its passage and
adopted by sections. Final vote on adop-
ton as a whole: yeas. Burton, Bellew,
Davidson. Dawson. Freeman, Isely. Ker-
nan. Luling, Mckee. Pearce. Reynolds
and ScheIl.
Ordinance No. 21s1: An ordinance pro-
viding for the issuance Of bonds to pay
for the construction OF pavement on Doug
las avenue from Wichita street to Seneca J
street. was read. on motion the rules
were suspended and ordinance placed on
its passage and adopted by sections. Final
vote on adoption as a whole: yeas Bur
ton. Bellew. Davidson. Dawson. Freeman.
Isely. Herman. Luling. Mckee, Pearce.
Reynolds and Scheil.
Date for the completion of pavement 10
be constructed on Rock Island avenue was
inserted in contract and contract as
amended approved.
Ordinance No. 2ls2: An ordinance ap-
uroviuS contract for paving and Curbing