The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-05-10

ing payment follows:
General revenue fund. $1.563 ~
Fire department fund ,. 2,170 II
Metropolitan police fund. 1871 70
General improvement fund 3,073 20
Harrison street paving fund. II %
Laurent street paving fund 1T 81
Third street paving fund. 49,. 121 %
Ninth street paving fund.-. IL
Library fund OIL 90
Drain district fund (No. l.. 80. 116 %
Drain district bond fund (No. II 1868 70
On motion the bill of NJ. E
Lowe for burying dead All
mails was ordered paid. $500. 49 50
Total. > 2,4S4 %
On motion the report of the committee
was adopted
Bill Of 6. States of s4071O Same as
bill of Feb. 5, 1894) for extra work on
drain in drainage district No. 1, was pre-
scented and referred to the committee on
claims and accounts.
Also bill of Topeka Roofing company
of $19815 was presented and referred to
same committee.
The bill of E Alexander of $50 for
repairing the city scales, ETC.. while in
charge of same, was presented and re-
ferred to committee on claims and ac-
counts, who reported the same back re-
commencing that it be rejected The
report was adopted
Petition of Simon 8. OFT and George
Il. Tewks bury was presented, requesting
permission to connect lots No. 526 and
52s, Fillmore street, OFT s. Tewksbury's
addition, with sewer No. IA.
Mr.. Holman moved to refer to COM
mittee sewers and water works with
power to act. Lost.
MIR. Griggs moved that the prayer of
the petitioners be granted providing that
they be assessed $50 per lot for each
lot connected with sewer district No. IA,
and that the city attorney be instructed
to prepare an ordinance to cover the
case. motion adopted.
Mr.. Fellows came in and took his seat.
Petition of William II. Rollins, trustee
requesting permission to construct a pri-
vate sewer to connect with main sewer
of the city on Buchanan street, between
Fifth and Sixth streets.
Mr.. Fellows moved that the prayer OF
the petitioner be granted, upon the filing
of bond conditioned that the party will
pay sewer tax without protest when put
in a sewer district. The motion pre-
vailed.
Petition of Henry Ruth and eighteen
others, requesting that the tracks of the
East Side Circle railway, from Lawrence
street to the cemetery, be removed, and
that Tenth avenue be graded. was pre-
sented and referred to committee on
streets and walks.
Communication of Frank White and
others, calling attention to the bad con-
dition of the bitches on both sides of
Washington street, Newman's addition,
was presented and referred to the COM
mittee on streets and walks.
Petition of j. w. Twedeu and ten
others, requesting that a sidewalk be
ordered built on the east side of Chand-
Ter street, f. m Third to Fourth streets.
Referred to committee on streets and
walks.
Petition of John P. Nevils and twelve
others. for sidewalk on north side of Fiji
teenth street, from the corner of Quincy
street east to the alley, was presented
and referred to committee on streets and
walks.
Petition of ]. j. Harter and forty-seven
others, requesting that an electric light
be placed on the corner of Eighth av-
enue and Chestnut street, was presented
and referred to the committee on gas,
electric and vapor lights.
OWesley Woodland requested per-
mission to peddle small articles free of
license; on motion the request was
granted Mr.. Woodland is an old soldier
and partially paralyZed.
J. B. Hibben. city physician submitted
communication in relation to com
plants made to the board of health in re-
gard to dead animals, ETC., being thrown
in creeks and ravines and requested that
the matter be referred to a~special com
mittee, and it was SO referred to Council
men Fellows, Holman and Bradford.
Bond of The Topeka Odorless Sanitary
.
the sum of one thousand dollars, signed
by him as principal and {. .. Knowles
and 7. j. Kellam as sureties was pre-
scented and approved by the following
vote, ayes: Holman, Pattison, Stevens,
Stephenson, Fellows. Fulton and Griggs,
-.
Bond of W. A. Mcdowell and A.
Spangler, in the sum of one hundred dol
lars. on hay contract, signed by them as
principals and III. w. Seery and A. s.
CrOyle, as sureties, was presented and
! approved by the following vote, ayes:
Holman, Pattison, Stevens, Stephenson.
Fellows, Fulton and Griggs-z
Communication of Chris. States in re-
| lation to drain No. 1, was read and re-
ferred to committee on claims and ac-
\ counts.
The estimate of the city engineer al
| lowing S. P. Hawkins $4,000 on his con-
tract of March Ii, 1894, on electrict light
| building, was presented and approved
Communication from L. T. Yount, Sec
rotary police commissioners, stating that
on January IL, 1894 "a motion prevailed
requesting Mr.. Frank Herald to pay his
| deputy, n. 7. North, the sum of 500 per
| month as deputy commissioners of cleo
tions;" ordered placed on file.
| G. o. Wilmarth, fire marshal. submit
| ted report in relation to fire escapes at
the Dennis-Ewart building on jackson
street and attached correspondence, and
requested that some action be taken to
make the buildings safe in case of fire.
! The matter was referred to the city at
| torney for the action deemed necessary
by him.
The committee on streets and walks