The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-09

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Judgment fund INSTRUMENTATION 1,12O "A
Interest fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. So ~
Twelfth street opening fund. $50 90
Sewer. district No. Is, fund. 299 80
$12.9Js 81
On motion the report of the committee
was adopted.
The claim Of n. T. North for services
in the commissioner of elections office. as
balance due HIM of $40 per month for
April, May, June. July, August, Septem-
Der. October and December, 1898, amount
ing to $50, was ordered paid by the
council. Also bill Of The Smith Co., Of
$I5, for truss for Ii. Kennedy, fire de-
parment. was ordered paid.
The bond of John Richie; for the con-
struction of sidewalks, signed by him
self as principal and Hale Ritchie and
John Whitson as sureties. was presented
and the blank filed in the sum of two
thousand dollars ($2,O00l The bond was
then approved by the following vote:
Ayes: Holman, Pattison, Stevens, Ste
phenson, Ettlinger, Bradford, Burgess,
Fellows, Fulton and Griggs-10.
Mr.. Fellows offered the following:
Resolved, by the mayor and council,
That the city engineer be aud is hereby
instructed to authorize the contractor of
sidewalks to build any intersections that
in his judgment should be found neces-
sary, at same price Of contract for side
walks
On motion the resolution was adopted.
Mr.. Holman moved that the time for
the construction of new sidewalks com
mence August 10. 1894 and end Decem-
Der 10, 1894 Mr.. John Richie accepted
the time as being satisfactory to him and
the motion was adopted.
Petition of II. II. Bair and nine others
for sidewalk on the east side of West
street. from Tenth avenue to Eleventh
street, WAS presented. On motion the
prayer of the petitioners was granted.
Petition of Samuel T. Howe and nine
others for sidewalk on west side of Lin
coin street. commencing at the south
west corner Of Eighth avenue and Lin
coin street, running thence south 371S
feet. Gu motion the prayer Of the petl-
TONERS was granted.
Petition Of ]. s. Mum and others for
sidewalk in front of lots CO. 81 and "a
Madison street was presented, and on
motion the prayer of the petitioner be
granted
Communication of F. II. Traver and 76
others. protest against employing outside
farm labor or farm teams the streets
ia the First ward. Referred to commit
tee on streets and walks.
Petition of Samuel T. Howe and 70
others. requesting that the balance of the
money now in the city treasury from sale
Of bonds issued for prospecting for coal
be used in sinking another hole. Re
ferred to committee on ways and means,
to report al next meeting. DR.. Roby was
present aud rendered ground upon which
to SINK for coal.
Communication Of John L. Guy and 10
others in reference a nuisance caused
by drain from BENEFITS barn, was read.
On motion of Mr.. Fellows the vote by
which the resolution WAS adopted July
10, 1924 authoriz ng the drain from the
barn 10 be connected with drain in dis
frict No. l be recOnsidered, which motion
prevailed.
Mr. Fellows moved that the street COM
missioner be Instructed TO abate the nuis-
ance under the rectiOn of the board of
health. which motion prevailed.
The city engineer submitted the second
for work on sewer in district No.
IS amounting to $x15, which was ap-
proved, and ordered placed on file.
The city engineer made report of his
examination Of the viaduct on Ninth
pairing the same and the viaduct will be
reasonably safe for some time to come
Report ordered placed on file.
Request Of Hugh Kennedy for permits
sion to peddle as d hucAster free of IL
cease On motion the matter was re-
ferred to the committee on license with
power 10 act
Request of Mrs. Mary E. Hughes TO
peddle from house to house free of
license, was referred TO committee on
license with power TO act Same dispo-
sition made of request Of Charles Nc
Murray.
Permission was granted to P. Price, on
behalf of the colOred people, 10 occupy
the city park september %, 1894, to Gel
ebrare the anniversary of the emancipa-
ton Of the slaves
Permission was also given to the New
Hope church to occupy the city park /
August 18th, 18th and 18th.
Permission was granted A Barton and /
W. T. Mcknight, committee, to occupy |
the city park August IL, 1884, in which /
10 have a celebration
Petition of Z. B. Merriam and nine 1
others for street lamps at corner of Eff /
.eenth aud Sixteenth streets and College /
avenue, was referred to committee on /
gas and electric lights.
Request of DR.. Roby for a light to be
placed at corner Twenty street
ard Kansas avenue, referred to same
Petition of Charles Cremer and thirty
line others, requesting that the sidewalk
De raised on north side of Tenth avenue.
jefferson and Adams streets.
to committee on streets and
walks.
james Fusion was granted permission
o peddIe soap, etc, for one week, free Of
license.
Mr.. Burgess moved that the license
ordinance be referred to the committee
n license to report at next meeting of /
he council. which motion prevailed.
Communication of Mrs A. ID. Matson
vas presented and referred to committee
a streets and walks.
Geo. Hulburt, files affidavit in regard
0 fees Of one GeO. L. Hill and encloses