The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-23
THERE WAS NO RIOT.
The People Who Don't Want to
Repair Sidewalks
WERE PRESENT At THE MEETING

OF the Sidewalk Committee Last
Night, But They Were Not Demon
strative and Most OF Them Were
Given Time.
The councilmen who attended the
meeting of the streets and walks com
mittee at the council chamber last night
and took rocks in their pockets to defend
themselves with, were much surprised to
find tARt they had very peaceful meet
ing. 1t was a meeting to give property
owners an opportunity to object 10 the
cOndemnat alton of their sidewalks or for
ever hold their peace. The kicks were
very few. Not more than ten or twelve
people appeared to object and none were
bloodthirsty after they had been disarmed
By Mr. Fulton's cheerful innocence Of
expression.
Dir. Fulton is chairman of the commit
tee. The other members are Council
men Stevens, Elliott, Drew and Skinner.
Mr. Skinner had evidently taken to the
brush, for he was not there.
The general plea was poverty, though
few claimed their walks were good
enough.
L d. Crawford declared that it was a
shame to condemn such nice pretty
on Jackson street 1t had been fixed
anyway to last another year and if the
committee would let that particular walk
go for another year, wild horses could
not keep him from building q perfectly
elegant brick walk there next year. The
committee will think it over.
DR.. Ashmore of North Topeka is not
altogether to blame if his walk does ap-
pear little out of repair some times. It
is good board walk, he said, but some
| unthinking fellow has lately fallen into
the disgraceful habit of stealing a board
of it about every night. He desired the
! council committee to pray for the fellow
and grant another years time on the
! sidewalk. The committee has it under
consideration.
| Eugene Woodruff said his walk on
| Jackson street would now be able to
carry its burden another year without a
| falter and asked for that lease of life.
VIM. R Hazen said all that was the
| matter with his asphalt walk on Tenth
/ street was that it needed fixing and he
| Attorney General Ives was there to help
| Nj. Hazen
Albert Knowles desired the release of
| the sidewalk in front of some lois on
Jackson street owned by the City Real
Estate and Trust company.
! Police Captain John Gardiner also
appeared with his happiest smile and
said his walk had been unjustIy con-
demned and that if committee came
OFT thsre to tear it up he would be there
with shot gun and inaugurate a border
war along Mr.. Fulton's frontier that
would at least be dangerous to buttons.
All these requests will be looked into
| more fully by the committee and acted
on at the next meeting of the committee
| next Monday evening.
Compared with the large amount of
sidewalks condemned by Sidewalk In
| spector Withers the complaints were un-
usually few. On occasions of this kind
in years gone by whole neigh borhoods
used to arise and howl in protest Good
judgment seems to have been exercised
This year most of the sidewalks con-
demned are in the central portion of the
city. The practice of building miles
and miles of brick walk in suburbs and
out on the prairies where the farmers
might use them in patching chimneyE
seems to have ceased.
When the work of condemnation is
complete the council will advertise for
bids for the work of building severa
miles of brick sidewalk at a price which
will probably be between seven and II
cents square foot