The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-04-13
BOOST THE NEW DAM.
The City Council Passes the New
Dam Ordinance
AND COMPLETES The CONTRACT.

Provisions OF the Ordinance-Other
Matters Disposed OF by the City
Council.
At last the new dam ordinance and con-
tract have been passed and the talk and
paper work super structure is completed
That portion of other dams has often
been built before, but somehow the peo-
pie have never seen any tangible evil
dence of dam. The city wants a dam
and the people of the city have SO often
been dsluded by the idea that they were
about to have one that the least skepti-
cal have almost lost faith.
The franchise granted to this new COM
pany is a last resort, and the next dam
company which is given franchise by
the council will not have such clear sail
ing. The city fathers are growing tired
of dams, for have they not been kept up
many a night until midnight just be-
cause some one had to tell the council all
he knew about dams?
In the language of Councilman Skin
ner of the First ward, ut is time for
some one to play ball or lay down the
bat"
The dam ordinance passed last night
has bond provision which would prob
ably not have been there but for the per-
sistent fight made by Councilmen Brad
ford and STEPHENSON. The company want
ed the bond put in the contract, but
Councilman Bradford insisted that it
should be put in the ordinance, and as
this did not seem unreasonable to the
friends of the measure, an amendment
was made which makes one bond of $780,
600 do for both the contract and the or
dinance.
The contract does not 60 into effect un-
til after June 4, when the contract with
the other company expires.
Work is to commence within ninety
days, but David Fitzgerald, manager of
the new company, says that they will
commence active operations on the con-
struction of the dam within thirty days.
He also says they will accept the ordi-
nance and contract at once, and
that means that they will give
$4,000 bond to build a
dam aud furnish the city with
600 horse power within eighteen months.
For the first time in the history of the
city a corporation must give bond that
not build the dam the city will be $780,
600 richer
An effort was made last night to make
the payments to the company monthly,
but this was voted down and it was
| agreed that the payments for power
should be made quarterly. If the dam
is built it means that the city must pay
the company $4,000 every quarter for ten
years for the use of 600 horse power.
Councilman Burgess proposed an
amendment to the contract requiring the
racsway to empty into the river above
the sewers and this was adopted.
! Councilman Burgess proposed the re-
duction of the number of horse power to
be contracted for by the city from 900 to
800 because he said the city could not
use 600, but it was defeated by the fol-
lowing vote;
Ayes-Burgess, Bradford, Elliott,
Stephenson. Nays-Drew, Fulton. Pat
tison, Roundtree, Stevens, Skinner.
The vote on the final passage of the
contract and of the ordinance was the
same. 1t was as follows:
Ayes-Burgess, Drew, Elliott, Fulton,
Pattison, Roundtrse, Stevens, Skinner.
Nays-BradfOrd, Stephenson.
just before the final vote on the adop-
tion of the contract was taken, Simon
| Greenspan told the council that they
should not make contract until tina t
made with the Bartholomew company
had expired. The council did not mind
Simon and he seemed very much put out
about it
When the vote was announced and the
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considerable excitement and members of
the council shook hands with each other
and with the members of the new COM
pany.
c. P. Bolmar said: "In the interest OF
large rural constituency, who pay the
taxes imposed without a murmur, wish
to thank the council for piece of legis-
lation which will, l am sure result in
untold good to the city" This state
ment was greeted with applause from
the large crowd present in the council
| cha mber.
The mayor will sign the new ordi-
nance.
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