The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-03-09

recommending payment as TOllOWS-
General Revenue fund ........ 81 O93. So
Fire Department fund ........ 2140. IS
Metropolitan Police fund ..... 434 So
General Improvement fund. 2,629. OF
Sixth Ave Viaduct fund. 134 IS
Drain District No. 3 fund.-. 400
$7.487. %
On motion the report of the commit
tee was adopted.
The claim of Mrs. Alice Lannan of
S129.S0 for medical attendance and ad-
ditional help for twenty weeks total dis
ability on account of injuries sustained
by fall on icy sidewalk was read and
referred to committee of ways and
means.
Claim of D. K Grimes of 81 200 dam
ages alleged to have been sustained by
a fall on icy sidewalk January 81, 1898,
was read and referred to committee
on claims and accounts.
Claim of W. H. Wilson of S120 for
medicines furnished fremen at station
No. 8 was read and referred to the COM
mittee on claims and accounts. who re-
ported the same back and recommended
that it be rejected. On motion the re-
port was adopted The same commit
tee reported back two claims of DR..
J. A. 9. Sample Of $500 for medical
attendance upon prisoners at the city
prison in January Is, 1896, and Feb
ruary 10, 1897, recommending that the
same be rejected, on motion the report
was adopted
Mr.. Nettels moved that Richard Boyd
be paid at the rate of $4,000 per month
from January II, 1888, to February 1st,
1898. being the time he was ordered to
guard prisoners at the stone pile, which
motion was adopted
The following petitions for sidewalks
were read and referred to the committee
on streets and walks: John f Frost
and 80 others for sidewalk on north
side of Tenth avenue, from Polk to
Western avenue; ]. D. Salmons and %
others for sidewalk on south side Of
Thirteenth street, from Topeka avenue
to Fillmore street; NJ ]. Mercer and 50
others for sidewalk in front of lots :, 9.
II. Is, Is, II, 19, q and % Tenth avenue
east; NJ. L. Thomas and 40 others for
sidewalk on north side of Eighth ave-
nue. west from Lane street to intersect
with sidewalk on Morris avenue, also
on north side of Eighth avenue west
from Lincoln street to the alley west of
Lincoln street, also on the west of Brig
ham avenue from Eighth avenue to
Seventh street, thence from the end of
walk now laid On the south side Of Sew
eEth street to the east side of Horn
street; z. ChilsOn and IS others for
sidewalk on the west side of Vail ave-
nue. from Eighth avenue to Tenth ave-
nue.; R B Ford and % others for side
walk on the west side of Ash street
from Seward avenue to Chase avenue
Petition Of a. NJ Wentworth and Sc
others for a watering trough at the hay
market on Jackson street read and re-
feFred to the committee Of ways and
means.
Estimate of the city engineer of
S427.35 for sidewalks constructed in 1897
being the final estimate in favor of
Charles Lane-was approved and fled
Estimate of the city engineer of
1853. 76 in favor of Baker and Bradbury
for driving piles at the Kansas avenue
bridge, was approved and filed
Bond Of William Wells, plumber, of
81, 10000, signed by him as principal and
the American Surety company of New
York as security, was presented and
approved.
Statement of the Excelsior Coke &
Gas company. showing receipts and ex-
penditures for the six months ending
December 81, 1897. was presented and
read.
Mr.. Nertels moved that it be returned
to the company to be made in accord
ance with the law, which motion pre-
vailed
Mr.. Stephenson moved that the re-
port of the appraisers made under or
dinance No 1762, approved December
10. 1894 for the widening of Western
avenue or Taylor street, and all the
proceedings under said ordinance be
rejected and disapproved, which motion
prevailed.
The following reports for February,
1898, were presented and filed: City
treasurer, food inspector, superintend-
ent electric lights, license collector,
weighmasters, dumpmaster and police
judge.
The mayor came in and presided.
The committee of streets and walks
Mrs. Windsor and recommended that it
be rejected, and that the street COM
missioner be instructed to open the gut
tiers on Lane. street, between Seven
teenth and Eighteenth streets and re-
pair the park in front of lots 623 and
625 Lane street.
On motion the report was adopted.
The same committee reported back
the petition Of Henry NJ. Steele and
others for sidewalk on east side of Mon
roe street, and recommended that the
request be granted.
on motion the report was adopted
Same committee reported back petit
ton of H. c. Lindsay and others in re-
gard to opening alley between Fifth
and Sixth streets. and recommended
that it be referred to the city attOr-
ney.
Report was adopted.
Mr.. Roundtree introduced ordinance
No. $50. being an ordinance to aPpro-
pirate money etc. which was read the
first time. On motion of Mr. ROundtree