The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-04-07
GOING AHEAD.
City Council to Extend All the
Aid Necessary
To Make Clear Sailing For the
Auditorium.
BIDS NOW ASKED FOR
From Contractors For Con.
structiOn of the Building.
Gleed, Ware g. Gleed and Turn
er Society Give 500 Apiece.

An ordinance extending the time of
depositing the $12,500 cash for the au-
d1torium fund from II to Is months,
and the time of the completion of the
building from Is to 81 months, amenda-
tory to the ordinance passed by the
council year ago, will be introduced
at an adjourned meeting of the city
council tomorrow evening. The entire
council is in favor of the amendatory
measure, and its passage will be simply
matter of form.
The ordinance will be prepared to-
day by City Attorney Bird, and imme-
diately after it's passage the city engi-
neer viii be instructed to prepare eSti-
mates and advertise for bids for the
building In the meantime, while the
work OF preparing estimates and adver-
Using for bids is going on, the audito-
rum association will be engaged in col
lecting the subscriptions to the audi
torium fund 1t is hoped to have prac-
tically all the notes now in the hands or
the association converted into cash by
the time the city engineer is ready to
award the contract for the building.
A meeting of a committee from the
auditorium association and a committee
from the council was held at the coun-
Gil chamber last night to agree upon an
ordinance for an extension of the time
of depOSiting cash to the amount of
s12. 500, as provided for in the original
ordinance, and of completing the build
ing City Attorney Bird was present,
and after short discussion he agreed
to prepare the necessary amendment
for introduction tomorrow night.
In explaining what was wanted by
the auditorium association Mr. Edward
Wilder said:
There are two or three points that
if attended to will help the project
along. The ordinance provides that
within II months after its passage
S12 500 in cash must be deposited in
hank hanks fO secure the SlQ. OtD
coal hole money. 1 assume that TINS
limit of II months is not an essential
point. no interests are jeopardized
by the extension of time. As to the
question of depositing cash, we have
gone on in good faith and secured
notes, and think it is practically con-
coded that these notes are as good as
cash 1 feel that the council will be
satisfied to set at rest any doubts that
might be entertained about these ques-
lions, and pass such an ordinance that
Then let the city engineer be instructed
to advertise for bids for the bu1Ic1ng,
and in the meantime the association
will continue to raise funds, because we
know we can't build the auditorium for
500 500 The city will run absolutely no
risk, as the ordinance provides that the
contract for the building can not pc let
until the notes have been converted into
cash We simply want the Subscr1p-
lions treated as cash now to comply
with the preliminary provisions OF the
ordinance and in this way save delay,
as by the time everything is in readl-
ness for the awarding of the contract
the notes will have been converted into
cash"
City Attorney Bird-My idea is for the
council to pass an ordinance aneEda-
tory to the original ordinance, extend
ing the time. The city engineer can
then go ahead and advertise for bids
and get everything in readiness Tor let |
ting the contract
Mr. Chas ElIiot-SOme of the dates |
on the notes will have to be changed II !
we get all the money in at once, as the !
dates run all the way from April to Sep |
TENDER.
Mr.. Wilder-I think the majority of |
the subscribers can be induced to |
change the dates of their notes, or IL |
not the association can easily arrange |
a guarantee We can convert the !
notes into cash in some manner
Mr. J. s Warner-What per cent OF |
the subscriptions do you think can be !
collected at once, Mr. Wilder2
Mr. Wilder-I believe that we could |
collect 10 per cent OF the SUBSCRIPTIONS !
inside of a week
CITY Attorney Bird-It's my opinion, |
gentlemen. that you can raise every /
dollar represented by these notes by |
the time the city is in readiness to let /
the contract
The auditorium association will now |
meet and take steps for the collection |
of the subscriptions by the time the /
city engineer is ready to let the con-
tract for the building. 1t is believed |
that practically all the money can be
raised almost Immediately, as the ma
jority of the notes are dated not later
than June l.
At the meeting last night it was an
that Messrs. Gleed, Ware &
Gleed and the Turner society had each
500 to the fund.