The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-25
With Wide Parkings-This VIII
Soon Be All the Rage.
TOPEKA PRETTY
Whole City Can Be Paved In
This Way
With Very Little Expense, and
Mud and Dust
Made Practically a Thing of the
Past.

Another block viii be paved with wide
parkings before December 1. The city
council Monday evening awarded the
contract for the paving of the block on
Monroe street, between Fifth and Sixth.
A pavement with a 80 foot roadway
is new in Topeka. Only a few days ago
the first block of such pavement was
completed on Madison street. The eff
feet was pleasing and a roadway of 80
feet is wide enough for residence
STREETS. The parking of 25 feet on each
side makes a street of beautiful appear
ance. If continued, the whole residence
part of the city will soon look like a
magnificent park.
The cheapness of the pavement is not
the smallest thing in it's favor and city
officials predict a revival in pavement
next season and that the narrow road
way will find universal favor with the
owners of property and others.
The bidding for the new pavement
last night was spirited and the contract
was awarded at an unheard of low
price. The pavement will be made for
S1161z per square yard, the curbfne will
be put in for SIS cents a IineaI foot and
the grading will be done for 21sz cents
per cubic yard. 1t cost property owners
on Kansas avenue, Jackson and Quincy
streets $3.50 per square yard for the
paving alone.
The successful bidders were the fol-
lowing:
Paving-H. K. Winans.
Grading-Baker & Bradbury.
Curbing-POtter H. Gill.
The bids were as follows:
Paving John Ritchie, $1.18 per square
yard; H. K Winans, S1.1615.
Curbing-Potter H. Gill, 80 cents per
foot and 10 cents for resetting old curb
ing; H. Schroeder, 6072 cents per foot;
kepley x Lucas, 58A cents per foot.
Grading-B Baker & Bradbury, 21%
cents per cubic yard.
There is still one block more of paving
on jackson street north of Park
street in North Topeka. The advertise
ment has not yet been made. All the
new paving is vitrified brick.
The Excelsior Coke and Gas company
asked to have the alley between their
present plant on Monroe street and the
property just purchased, upon which the
new holder viii be located, vacated. The
matter was referred to the committee
on streets and walks.
T. d. Fitzpatrick was given permits
sion to connect lots 381 to 391 on Madi-
son street with the sewer.
George H. HapgOod notified the coun-
Gil that he will abandon the work of
disposing of dead animals in the city on
November 1.
John Richie was granted an extern
sion OF 80 days to complete his contract
for building new sidewalks. The time
was to expire on November L
Attorneys for the premium stamp con-
Germ asked the council to act on the
premium stamp ordinance. This COM
pany does not even employ Topeka at
torneys. The letter was written by a
Kansas City, Mo. firm.
The council has finally adjusted the
trouble over the action of PatroIman
Charles Smith, by ordering him rein
stated
The committee on judiciary reported
that Smith was only obeying orders
when he made the mistake of stopping
three Santa Fe shop men and inQuiring
their business on the supposition that
they were men for whom the police
We're searching.
While Smith was exonorated the COM
mittee "held up" the charges against
Chief Strauss who gave the order and
the matter was referred to the commit
tee of the whole council for further
consideration