The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-08

payment, VIZ:
General revenue fund. S., 300 81
ire department fund. .... 1888 26
Metropolitan police fund ... 1,546 %
General improvement fund .... 5,3S7 60
Topeka avenue paving fund. 165 O2
Opening alley between Western
avenue and Fillmore street.. 65 90
$15,e17 OF
On motion the report of the committee
was adopted.
The committee also reported back the
claim of ]. Gandion of 70 cents, recon-
mending that it be rejected, which report
was adopted:
The following claims were presented
and referred to the city attorney, viz. /;
John @. Cowee, $4,000, for opening
18th street and Western avenue.
II. NJ. Steele, $86.66 balance claimed
| as police sergeant from January /, 1894,
to January 81, 1895.
Columbus GOosey, 1900 for damages
alleged to have been sustained March 8,
1895, by breaking through sidewalk
on Kansas avenue, near Second street
]. W. Smith, $5,00O for damages al
| legged to have been sustained February
3, 1895, on North side of West Laurent
street, by reason of a defective sidewalk.
The acceptance of Ordinance No. IT'S
Co., was presented. Mr.. Bradford moved
that the matter be laid on the table Mr..
Pattison moved to amend by passing it
and placing the same on file. Mr.. Pat
tison's amendment on roll call was lost.
Mr.. Bradford's motion on roll call was
| also lost.
A resolution from the school board.
requesting the mayor and council to
pave the alley running east and west and
north of Eighth avenue, at its intersec-
ton with Harrison street, was presented
| and referred to committee on streets and
walks.
James W. Phillips requested that he
be allowed to peddle mineral water from
his we'll free OF license. Referred to
committee on licenses.
| Petition of F. II. Holt and twenty five
others for sidewalk and grading on
north side of Eleventh street, from
Brooks avenue to Woodward avenue;
also on east side of Woodward avenue,
from Eleventh street 10 join the present
walk, was read and referred to commit
| tee on streets and walks.
Petition of 0. H. Danes and thirty
four others for sidewalk on west side of
Lincoln street between Thirteenth and
! Fourteenth streets, was read and refer
red to committee on streets and walks.
Petition of j Joshua NJ arJin and others ask
ing that the bridge at Buchanan andNine-
teenth streets be improved to let the wat
er pass away more freely, was red and
referred to committee on streets and
walks.
Also petition of Joshua Martin and
others requesting that an ordinance be
passed to prevent wires of any kind be-
| ing thrown in the streets or ALLEYS, was
read and referred to committee on ways
and means.
Estimate of city engineer of $175.0O
for cleaning and painting the Kansas
avenue bridge across the river, was read
and placed on file. also specifications
| connected Herewith.
Estimate of city engineer of $3.50 in
favor of Joseph Brornich on contract for
boiler, etc, at the electric light plant
was read and on roll call approved by
| the unanimous vote of the council
Bond of j. J. Hash as city scavenger
4 in the sum of 81 900, signed by him as
principal and A. F. Chesney and Joseph
Reed, was presented and laid over.
Bond of W. G. Tandy, house mover, in
the sum of $500, signed by him as prin-
cipal and George w. Parkhurst as sure
ty. was presented and on roll call ap-
| proved.
The annual reports of the city clerk
and city treasurer were presented and
referred to the finance committee.
The quarterly report of the city clerk
80. ''~o presented and referred to same
committee.
&c 4onowing reports for April, 1895,
were presented and filed, viz: City
treasurer, city physician, food inspector
superintendent electric lights, tax col
lector, dump-master and weigh-master
Committee on water works reported
back the report of the city attorney and
| fro boT I'D 4
was placed on file.
Committee on ways and means re-
| ported back the resolution and ordinance
! proposing a change in the ward lines of
| the city, recommending that it be passed.
The report was adopted
Committee on streets and walks re-
| ported back the resolution for stone
crossing on Fourteenth street and Chand-
Ter, recommending that 1t be ord cred
The report was adopted.
The committee on ways and means
reported back the communications of C.
| E. Faulkner and others in reference tc
National Conference of Charities and
Corrections, without recommendation
The report was laid over
The city engineer made report on
Fourth street drain from Branner tc
Shunganunga, recommending that catch
basins be built or grating be placed in
front of the pipes. Ordered filed He
also made report of needed repairs on
the ironwork of the Kansas river bridge
The report was ordered fled and the
engineer instructed to make the neces
sary repairs.
City engineer also made report of the
condition of the Van Buren, street bridge
and recommended that it be refoored
| The rpnOrt was a00Dfad