The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-07-08
HAVE A GRADER NOW.
The Potwin Council Finally De-
cides the MOmentOus Question.
Light Problem Became So Com
pick 1T Was Postponed.
The New Dog Tax Ordinance was No
introduced and the Tax Conforms
With That Levied in Topeka

Potwin has at last bought a road
grader and the discussion of the money
question may now go on without fear
of further interruption. For nearly
three months the POtwin council has
been wrestling with road grader agents
of different sorts and sizes, but she set
tied it last night.
AT the June meeting of the council
COuncilmen Pierce, Hicks and OgilVy
were made a committee to buy road
grader.
The committee reported last night
that it liked the Fort Wayne grader
best. Mr.. Pierce was the only one OF
the committee against the report
Mr.. Perceive have made no con-
tract because I have heard that the
Fort Wayne people have gone out of
the. grader combine and are now sell
ing their graders in the east at $125 to
$15e. I also understand that there is
another grader that would like to get
into competition.
Mr.. Hicks-I thought this matter was
left with this committee with power to
buy, and I kind O. thought we had
bought a road grader.
COnsidera BILE jangle about the power
of the committee followed here and it
was finally decided that the committee
had plenty of power to buy any grader
it wanted to.
Mr.. Griffith would like to see the
new grader work.
Mr.. Booth-We've tried graders till
were tired of them. say either let's
Mr.. Hicks-It won't do any good to
look at another grader, so far as am
concerned: I'm tired of graders
Mr.. Griffith move then that we
take the Fort Wayne grader.
This carried, Mr.. Pierce voting alone
against it, and the city will have a
new grader.
The light question at POtwin has not
yet been settled.
It was talked over some by the coun-
ell last night and a committee appoint
ed to look into it, which will be hard
thing to do in the present darkness,
and that was all.
The city's contract with the Sun
Vapor company has expired and the
company submitted a proposition that
it would furnish % lights for S1.75 per
month each and keep them in repair,
furnishing gasoline, etc, or it would
furnish everything and let the city do
the work for 40 cents per light less
The Sun VapOF cOmpany'S PROPOSE
tions hitherto have all hinged on the
continuance of it's contract with the
city of Topeka. 1t now hopes to be
able to make a new contract with To-
peka, and if it does its present prOpO-
sition will be void.
Mr.. Grifith-We don't know whether
any agreement we may make with the
company will be fulfilled. I move
that the proposition be laid on the
table.
EIr. Griffith move that the lights
committee be instructed to see what
lamps and poles will cost new and let
these people take out their lamps if
they want to. Also that the committee
get any other information that will
tend to the best lighting of the streets
and report at the next meeting.
The resolution was adopted.
The council allowed the following
bills last night and ordered them paid:
c. w. Douglass, for printing blanks,
So; A. Bunker, salary as marshal for
June, 500: Bert Hill. for moving the
street parks. $12: James Booth for
June salary as street commissioner. $50;
f. p. Ewart, for lumber. 1888: State
Journal. for printing, SL1O; sun Tapor
company, for lights for June, SZS. IS;
Kitchen & Marburg, for hardware,
S5.65.
Bills referred to the sidewalk com
mittee were: Those of James Booth
for $16.S7 and J. E. Wilson for S18.57,
both for work
The dog ordinance was not passed
last night by the POtwin council. City
Attorney Vance had drawn it up for
passage and then lost it. A resolution
was adopted. however, authorizing the
| city marshall to collect 81 and 50 dog
tax until the ordinance could be PASSED.
I The Potwin tax now conforms with the
/ Topeka dog tax.
The matter of the grade of Judge
( Clarle's sidewalk and park grade was
again referred to the streets commit
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