The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-06
Location of the New City Hall
Being Discussed.
There Is No Lack Of Available
Sites.
COUNCIL WILL DECIDE
Auditorium Should Be Ready
For Use Next Spring.
Will Require Active Work to
Do So.

How can Topeka be provided with an
auditorium with the least possible de
Iay2 Is the question that Is row agiIa-
ting the public spirited people Of To-
peka
Within q year several state couveD-
tions VIII have been called for the pur-
pose Of eIectins delegates To national
conventions and the Topeka auditorium
ought 70 be ready for use Maj T J
Anderson secretary OF the Commercial
club said today
There IS no time 10 lose The coun-
Gil ought 10 try 10 make ARA ugemeuCs
at once 10 get the project On is feet
The first essential has been secured by
hearing from the people al the polls
and now We should get the auditorium
The building should be completed
within A year I know that It VIII De
necessary 10 rush matters somewhat 10
accomplish that object. but I believe II
can be done. IF the walls can be put
up before cold weather that VIII afford
an opportunity for doing work on the
interior n the winter
I think that the city council should
advertise for bids for the old city build
ing at once. 50 that il can De asCerrained
whether It can be sold OF not"
The question Of location Of the new
the city council but one thing
VIII b= Insisted upon above everything
else and that l. that the new building
must be in an accessible location This
IS necessary. not only because the audi
tOrIum should o. near the hotels. but
because the city Offices should De where
they can easily be reached
TGe location VIII Tot be determined
for some time. II viii be necessary TO
receive propositions from the owners
and agents Of property An effort VIII
probably be made 10 hold up the city
Tor z dig pr-ce Tor Z LOCATION FOR the city
hall but there VIII De 50 many sites Of
tsrad that the council Will be able 10
secure a good location al reasonable
price
Among the sites already on the mar
kzt are the following
The old court house at Fourth and
Kansas avenue II Is proposed 10 have
the city hall proper where the old court
house now stands and the auditorium
across the alley, but the whole made
into q single building The plan con
templates having the fire department
n che new city hall. but II the part
which IS to be set aside for the council
chamber and for Offices The county
owns the court house corner and II
would not be sold until the people Of
the county voted on the question \
proposition TO sell the property was sub
rltred and defeated two years ago.
The A X Rodgers homestead al the
southwest corner Of Fifth and Monroe
VIII De offered vith the adIoIufng Drop
erty- making tract $50 feet square
The southeast corner OF Sixth and
Quiney- now occupied by an Implement
firm : another place that viii Be Of
r=red- This was proposed as & location
Tor the new court house \ tract at
least 200 feet vide by 80 deep could
b. secured here
On the opposite s5ds OF the same block
Is another location which VIII De pro
posed This il just one block from the
present city building on the Quincy
2 81 rr7zr7
intersection
one block still farther south on the
same street Is another site II Is known
as the Masonic property al the north
east corner Of Eighth ana Oufncv
streets II IS understood that the
Mssnns would sell but il would ba rac
sssary 70 buy additional property TO
have room enough
The J0uu Guthrie homestead on +ba
east side Of Quincy street between
Elsh5h and Ninth streets will BE- offer
ec- Il comprises a frOutaEa Of 2GO feet
Win depth OF 150 but * not on a
The northeast corner OF Seventh and
Jackson streets known a. the Errx
pFo party VIII Be in the list Of sites Of
Lered- MS place IS just back Of the
Nal15 nal Motel and there is pavement
On al sides
The Giles corner al Eighth and lack
son StEeets "a hich also has a pavement
or pocn sides will De considered IT *
l4ESeE TRAN the sites which would be
too large
The John Martin property across
rom the high school and next - re
- tr@soytsrtan church was one OF
= > i-I=lEloned The great test OBJ
J=cllon 10 this property viii be the fact
en4t II : locaCed outside the business
center out II has the ADVANTAGE 81 fac-
inS state House Square
ne old street car barns on Tenth
s1ESVL WITH the Jackson school D-oDa-rZ-
~ Prooaoly o offered in some shape-
elIneF separately or together. The srrsa-
car company Is aCTfous 10 sal ar4 -
s5-o7L otaru would Ike 70 get nd of the
old jackson street building and b47f7l5
new one IN its place
= 3 Qulntou makes Z UNIQUE sug-
9Se-3n Win reference to the city han
H- proposes To locate ft in - - - n
. Kansas avenue At the Tenth ava-7-a
Intersection It would be necessarv -
$50 property on either side He
- -5ld of street ike Kansas avzrT7a
~S-A1 give the street q fine appearance