Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-02-08
CAPITAL NOTES.

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Topeks's mills turned out as much
-four. last year. as Great Britain ex-
ported from the United States.
Governor Humphrey has on file the
designations of State Treasurer Hamil-
ton, and J. B. Clogston, supreme
court commissioner.
A number of men are engaged on the
capitol building, placing roof plates
More or less work is being prosecuted
npon all parts of the structure.
The Office of the secretary of state is
just now shipping the first volumes OF
the Kansas compiled statutes. The
counties are entitled to receive from
sixteen volumes to sixty. Each volume
weighs five pounds. So it will be seen
that weight and bulk are involved, and
at times the Office looks like an amateur
carpenter shop. A furnace is lighted
and branding iron is branding every
volume Estate" Up to Yesterday,
1854 volumes of the statutes had been
received from the printers.
Hiram P. Dillon has been appointed
master in chancery in the case of the
Metropolitan Trust company against
the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska, and
Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific railway
companies. Judge Foster in the
United States circuit court made
the appointment. Mr.. Dillon will take
testimony in the case, completing that
for the compliments on April list, and
for the defendants on May LIST, and
filing a complete report in the clerks
Office at the opening of the June term
of court.
Attorney General Kellogg has re-
ceived information and complaint that
number of incorporated companies
uuder the laws of Kansas, supposed to
have their principal offices at Kansas
City, Kan, have them across the line
in Kansas City, Mo. The attorney
| general has instructed the county at
torney of Wyandotte county, Mr..
Fellman, to investigate the matter, and
if the facts are as stated, to institute
proceedings to compel them to keep
their Offices where required by their
charters.
Secretary William Higgins has re-
ceived communication from the GEN.
sus Office asking him to supply desired
information regarding towns, cities and
municipalities in Kansas having finan-
cial responsibility of over $500 people.
The document is quite voluminous. and
will take several weeks work to supply
the desired information. Mr. Higgins
says he devoted forty full days last year
to the work of responding to Washington
inquiries. The census department COM
plains of some of the county officials
not responding to inquiries.
Visitors to the state treasury do not
see the precautions taken to guard
against raid on the treasury, but they
are there. The visitor notices that the
cashier is pretty securely fenced in
against the entrance to the money
vault. but they do not discover the little
button near his feet, which, when
pressed, locks everything securely. An
other button, in another part of the
rallied enclosure, also performs the same
Office In addition, there are seven 9th
err buttons in different parts of the state
treasurer's Office which accomplish
the same result when touched, so that
gang of burglars would find it diff
cnlt to surprise the office and catch it
off its guard.
The electric light men have now in
vaded the state treasurer's Office, and
the beautiful futed porcelain cups
hang like flowers from the chandeliers.
It is thought all the work will be COM
pleted by February 10, when the lights
will be turned on. The public will be
notified aud the occasion made one to
be remembered. Every burner in the
east and west wings will be tested at
that time. When it is remembered
that $50 electric lights will be in place,
the capitol will be blaze of light. |
Over 10000 feet OF wire is being used, |
of the best kind thoroughly insulated.
The system is Edison's, technically |
called the triple wire incandescent;
one wire is positive, one negative and |
one neutral. The cost to the state of |
placing the lights will be $4,000. After |
the lights are once turned on. the state |
must pay for its own renewals. The
cost of burner is So cents, and they |
will burn 600 hours. The charge for |
electricity is one cent per hour for
each burner. In the hall of the house
of representatives there are $50 burners,
forty being in the main chandelier.
In the senate chamber there are about |
ITO lights. The company doing the
work is the Kansas Electric company,
of which 4. B. Gemmell is president,
s. ]. Rear is secretary and treasurer,
and George j. Bayless general super
intendent.
BELONGS To THE STATE.
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