The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-25
OFFICIAL COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS


The council met In regular session In
the absence of Mayor Mclean, S. B. Ker-
nan. president of the council. presided, all
councilmen present except Bellew. Davi-
son and Schell.
The minutes of the last regular and
| special meetings were read and approved.
| Luling moved that council pass the ap-
preparation ordinance and petition to pave
! Williams street and adjourn until the
next Monday evening. Motion carried
| Ordinance No. 2l76: An ordinance max
| ing appropriations for miscellaneous pur-
poses, 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, Davidson, Freeman, Isely, Herman.
Luling, Mckee, Pearce and Reynolds
Ordinance No 2177: An ordinance max
ing appropriations out OF the firemen' s
relief fund 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,
Burton. Davidson. Freeman, Isely, Ker-
nan, Luling. Mckee, Pearce and Reynolds.
= petition TO pave Williams street was
read as follows:
To the Hon Mayor and Council of the
City of Wichita. Kan.
Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned petit
TONERS, residents of the City of Wichita.
Kansas. who are owners of property upon
the street hereinafter named TO be i'm
proved and who own more than 90 per-
cent Of the front feet abutting on SAID
street belonging TO residents OF said city,
hereby petition your honorable body TO
cause William street in said city to De
paved from the east side of lots i and
IA Fifth avenue in n. A. English Ad-
dition to the City of Wichita. TO the west
side of Wichita street. excepting block
from east side of Market street to west
side of Main street. with the necessary
curb so as to make the roadway of said
street 46 feet wide from the east side Of
lots A<and IA, Fifth avenue. n. A. Eng
lish's Addition. TO the east curb line Of
Lawrence avenue and 40 feet wide
from the west curb line of Lawrence
avenue to the east curb line
of Market street and 40 feet wide from
the west curb line of Main street to the
west side of Wichita street; said curbing
10 be made of good cement according to
specifications to be furnished by the City
Engineer, and said street to be paved with
vitrified brick of the best quality. such
as may be placed in the machinery known
as a RATHER, twenty eighth (2S inches In
diameter making thirty revolutions per
minute, the number of revolutions for a
standard test to be 1900, and the loss in
weight by abrasion or impact during
such test not to exceed % per cent of the
original weight of said bricks; said brick
crete base of not less than six Co inches
in thickness upon which shall be spread
~ to inches of sand. upon which the
brick must be set on edge, end to end in
straight courses, with the best side up.
lapse of joints to be broke by lap of at
least 2 inch joints to be filled with the
best Portland cement or some cement
equally as good where the city engineer
may order il, a spread of six 90 inches
wide along curb line, and at such dist
ance as the City Engineer may direct, all
to be constructed according to the speci-
fications 10 be furnished by the City En-
gneer said pavement to cost not to ex-
coed s1.65 per square yard. and TO be con-
structed of such material and in such
manner that same will endure for period
of ten 00) years without the need of re-
pairs. Signed:
Wichita Who Gro. Co. 155 front foot.
Lot No 14-16-1S-20.
Jet & Wood 155 front feet.
E. T. Allen 14O front feet.
The Schwartz Lumber & Coal Co. G.
A. Schwartz. Tres. As front feet
E. l. Spencer $50 2sC1a 140 front feet.
NJ. r. Clark 140 front feet.
o. c. Daisy $50 front feet.
Cone & Cornell 2S4 front feet.
Davidson & Case 1i0 front feet.
w. w Pearce 40 front feet
a ]. Saur 175 front feet.
n. ]. Murphy 30 front feet.
NJ A Mcclellan 1891 front feet
Amusement Syndicate Co. E L. Martl-
ing. V. P. 40 front feet
Ray Daniels 40 front feet.
P. W. Hall 40 front feet.
IseIy moved that prayer of petitioners
be granted and that same be spread upon
the records. All councilmen present vot-
ing yea.
Isely introduced a resolution declar-
ing it necessary to pave William street,
as follows:
Be is Resolved by the Mayor and Coun-
cilmen of the City of Wichita:
That it is necessary TO pave William
street in the City of Wichita, Sedgwick
county. Kansas, from the east side of lots
twelve Q2) and fourteen OD on Fifth
avenue, in n. \. English's Addition 70
the City of Wichita. 10 the west side Of
Wichita street in said city excepting block
from the east side of Market street to
the west side OF Main street, with the
necessary Grub so as TO make the road
way of said street forty six (4s) feet wide
from the east side of lots Il and II TO the
east curb line Of Lawrence avenue and
forty nine 4s) feet wide from the west
curb line of Lawrence avenue 70 the east
curb line Of Market street. and forty nine
t;9) feet wide from the west curb line OF
Main street to the west side Of Wichita
street. said curb 10 be made Of good ce-
ment and said pavement 10 be Of vitri-
fled brick in accordance with petition
therefor and plans and specifications to
De furnished b. the city engineer.
Isely moved the adoption OF the re-
solution. Motion carried. All councilmen
present voting yea.
Council adjourned to meet Monday
evening March Il, 1884.
p F MLEAN. Mayor.
Attest: J. L. LELAND, City Clerk.
Wichita Kansas March T. 1894.
Council ret in adjourned meeting from
March = 1914. Mayor Mclean in the chair.
all councilmen present except Davidson
and Pearce.
Frcd Israel appointed appraiser TO ap-
praise the real estate liable for special
assessment for curbins and paving OF