The Topeka state journal., 1899-01-12
To HEAT
ALL THREE.
An $4,000 Heating and Light
ing Plant
Proposed For Heating Insane
Asylum, Reform School
AND STATE CAPITOL
To Be Situated Near the Rock
Island s'Y."
Other Business Considered by
the Commercial Club.
AND STATE CAPITOL

heating and lighting plant VIII pe pullI
in this city this year at a cost OF about
$4,000 to heat and light the capitol
building, the state reform school ana
the state insane asylum.
An effort will be made, which 1t is
thought will be successful to secure an
appropriation from the legislature for
the construction of the plant. The mat
ter was brought up before the Topeka
Commercial club last night by Senator
Anderson, who said in reference to it:
There seems to be sentiment among
the legislators that the heating ana
lighting plant should be taken out of the
state house, thereby guarding against
fire and the preventing further damage
to the masonry by the coal smoke. In
this connection it has been suggested
that plant might be established in the
vicinity of the Rock Island ''Y' and
heat and light supplied not only TO the
capitol building but the insane asylum
and reform school as well. The sugges-
tion seems to be meeting with consider
able favor, and think with the proper
amount of work an appropriation Tor
such plant can be secured. In ms
message Governor Stanley has urged
economy and he has also recommended
an additional insane asylum, and for
these reasons I think it is doubtful II
an appropriation Tor the asylum mere
can be secured from the present legls-
lature. However, if there is nothing
done for the asylum, believe an appro-
piration for the needed improvements
at the reform school will meet with no
opposition"
Prior to Senator Anderson's talk
special committee consisting OF a. W.
Dana, D. J. Greenwald and NJ. w. Van
Valkenburg, appointed to look into the
recommendation for improvements at
the state insane asylum made by DIR.
Mckinley in his paper read at the last
meeting fthe club, had made report
stating that to make the improvements
it would be necessary to secure add
tional land. DR.. Mckinley recommend
ed the building of administration
building and a hospital The committee
in it's report stated that the SO acres ad-
joining the asylum grounds on the west
could be secured at a very reaSona Die
price, and that a building now on that
land could be fitted up as a hospital at
an expense of but $4,000. The recon-
mendation was for an appropriation of
$45, 600 for the land, 100000 for the ad-
ministration building and $4,000 for fit
ting up the present buildings as hos
pital
the paper of Superintendent Hart on
the needs of the reform school, was not
| ready to report last night, but will re
commend that the improvements be
secured if possible.
The result of Senator Anderson's re-
| marks was an instruction for the ap-
pointment of a committee of nine to
! look after the desired appropriations.
| President Green will appoint the COM
/ mittee this week
In addition to working for improve
| ments in the line of buildings, the COM
| Ilittee will endeavor to secure an appro-
| priation for the paving of Sixth street
| from West street to the asylum. This
I would greatly facilitate traffic to and
! from the asylum and would be apprec-
| lated by the people living west of the
| city.
NEW DIRECTORY ELECTED.
| Last nights meeting was the annual
| meeting of the Commercial club. new
| directory was elected and the reports of
| the president, secretary and treasurer
| were read.
| Messrs. William Green, Edward Will
| der, Otto Kuehne, w. H. Davis, r. S..
| Brigham, Charles Wolff, w. NJ. Forbes.
D. J. Greenwald and w. l. Miller COM
| pose the new directory. They were
| nominated by a committee consisting of
| P. I. Bonebrake, S. B. Brett and F. p.
Bacon, and elected unanimously.
In his report President Green com
| plimented Secretary Anderson on the
J growth, and Vice President Brigham
| on the efficient assistance rendered him.
! Referring to matters of interest to the
| 1.-The work undertaken along the line
| of inaugurating a system of parks for
| the city should be continued, and during
| the year upon which we are about to
| enter gotten well under way.
| 1T will, I am inclined to think, fall
| to this organization to oversee the sue
| cessful elimination of the effort to con-
| purposes, a project that is perhaps the
| most important, and the one requiring
/ the earliest attention and the best en-
| ergy of this club.
i'The work of collecting statistics
| showing the extent of the manufactur-
! ing and business interests of Topeka,
| it was expected, would be completed be-
| fore this time, but it is a task involving
| so great an expenditure of labor that it
| has been found impossible to finish it
| within this years work. 1t is, however
| for publication at an early date"
| MEMBERSHIP OF THE CLUB.
The report made by Secretary Ander-
son shows that the present membership
of the Commercial club is 164. When
| he took the Secretaryship OF the club
on January II, 1898, there were but 4e
members on the rolls. During the year
100 additional members We're elected
Four of these members failed to COM
plete their membership, three were
| dropped because of arrears in dues, and
five resigned Twenty-six of the new
members We're members of the Mer-
A gratifying showing is made in the
report of Treasurer Popenoe. In full
it is as follows:
RECEIPTS
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1898. S....$ %. .Oe
! Received fees during year,. 430. .0(
Received dues during year.. 1900. IS
Received in subscription for
grounds United States troops. 21s. OF
DISBURsEAiENTs
salary secretary ..--......---.$ 81, 10 D
Stationery and printing ......... 81 81
Llght ,.------.-------..-.. 19 6l
| Rent Observation-Disclosures. 24O OF
Janitor Observation-Disclosures. SO 81
| Bell s. Mccurdy II.