The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-02
WILLIAMS Street
Will Be PAVED
Improvements to Extend from
Market to Santa Fe.
TRADE STAMPS PROHIBITED
Council Awards Dam Contract
: TO 7. {. Burton.
TRADE STAMPS PROHIBITED


An ordinance providing for the paving
of William street from Market to Santa
he avenue, and one to prohibit the giving
or selling OF trading stamps in the city
If Wihcita without license were passed
at regular meeting Of the city council
held last night T Z. Burton was award
ed the contract for the work OF huiidng
q new bridge over the Arkansas river
at Central avenue TO cost 1853 and the
contract for repairing and extending the
dam at d cost of $500
For the first time in several weeks the
members gathered in the city council
chamber. The Improvements consisting
Of painting. vanishing and the installa-
ton Of new ceiling are now finished
"A chandelier which has been ordered
from Chicago Is expected to arrive short
ly and will be installed over the center
Of The room
The first matter of business taken up
by the council was the granting Of an
appropriation Of 5000 to the Highland
cemetery association. The ladies Of that
Organization were present in a body and
when the ordinance was passed allow
ing tie appropriation The mayor and
members Of the council were presented
with a magnificent bouquet.
A report Of the fire ard water commit
tee to allow an extension to be built to
the team sheds ON the west side of st.
Francis avenue was adopted by the coun-
Gil.
BY motion of Councilman Burton
vote was rendered the chief Of police for
the work of improving the council
chamber and other parts of the city
hall
The occupants of the building situated
on the city haymarhet grounds VIII have
TO vacate the premises. Councilman Nc
Kee called the attention of The council
to the fact that the tenants are in arrears
with rent and the city attorney was
given power TO make an ejectment
motion was made and carried that the
salaries of the members of the board of
health be increased. Hereafter the chair
plan VIII receive S25 monthly, the secre-
ry 50 and the treasurerS2.
petition signed by the residents along
The Arkansas river near Morris street
REQUESTING that q bridge be built at that
place was read. The matter will be- taken
up again at the next session of the city
council.
A man by the name of Fouts. who ap-
r AIRED before the council at he last regu-
i.r meeting of that body and objected
to his tract of land consisting OF four
acres of ground and situated beyond
College Hill, near the old Country Golf
club house being taken into the city
limits will have his wish granted. The
city attorney was instructed To take the
proper steps i'm having Air Fouts' prop
erty excluded from the limits.
\ committee composed of Isely. Schell
and Burton was appointed TO inspect the
sewer system in the vicinity of The stock
yards and see that steps are taken to
avoid food in that locality like that
Of last spring
\ motion by Councilman Bellew TO
have the street commissioner finish the
grading Of Wichita street in the south
part of the city was referred 60 the com
.@ittee on railroads
on motion the street commissioner
was instructed 30 inspect the railroad
bridges over Chisholm creek and TO make
a report at the next regular meeting
Councilman Mckee introduced "A mo-
ton to have a pole removed from in
front OF 1144 University avenue. 1t car
RED The city engineer was instructed to
move the pole
Councilman Reynolds. a member of the
Judiciary committee. after investigating
the various claims by different people for
damages from the city due to the recent
high water IN the north part of the city,
recommended that al be rejected. BY
roll call the motion carried. all voting in
favor Of it with the exception of Coun-
Gilman Schell.
A motion 10 advertise for bids for the
work of paving William street from Mar
ket TO Santa Re avenue was carried.
The paving is not 20 cost more than
s1.65 per cubic yard.
The Wichita Rug company was granted
the privilege Of building a corrugated
iron addition TO its quarters at 223 South
Main street
A petition signed by the residents of
Patti avenue asking that the street car
SefbPdiiS "N lit7'' "a 80 Az '''IiN 'ii'h I'i''
as far south as Linwood park was read.
On motion it was carried and the street
car company Will bc So Instructed.
The city clerk was instructed to ad-
veTtise for bids for the work of making
r.ssairs to the Eleventh sire bridge over
the Arkansas river. He was also in
structed to advertise for more bids ON
a bridge 10 be built over the Chisholm
creek at Hunter avenue Some were re-
ceived a short time back but all exceed
ed the estimate
TIE police judges report was read ard