The Topeka state journal., 1899-10-12
Commercial Organization Pro
greSsiYe In All Things.
Makes a Contribution to TWen-
tieth Kansas Fund.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED
Club on Record Against Prem
ium Stamp Scheme.
VIII Keep Out of the Bridge
MuddIe.

The Commercial club opened it's heart
and it's pocket book at it's meeting
Wednesday evening and gave all the
money which it had available to the
Twentieth Kansas reception commit
tee. The amount was 5000. The mat
ter was brought up by F. P. MacLen-
nan, of the finance committee, after the
regular business had been dispensed
with.
The club has passed handsome reso-
lutions about the Twentieth Kansas
said Mr. MacLennan, but the finance
committee fails to find a subscription
by the club on it's list. The club has
just made an appropriation for a coun-
try circus that never came off, and the
committee thinks it should now appro-
pirate something for the real thing, the
reception to the Twentieth"
w. H. Davis moved that 5000 be ap-
propriated for that purpose.
D. J. Greenwald said: Il would like
to have this appropriation made just
as large as possible and still leave US
money enough to pay our bills for the
month. If we could make 1t $3.50 or
$500 I would be in favor of doing it.
The treasurer's report showed that
there was 1887 in the treasury, and Ma
jOr Anderson stated that there was
about $3.50 back on dues, but it was
doubtful if a very great amount of it
could be collected in time to pay the
bills of the club for the present month.
He said that the club would be safe in
apprOpriating 5000, however, and Mr..
Davis motion passed unanimously in
the form of a suspension of the rules to
ObViate any difficulty which might arise
on account of the appropriation being
IN opposition to the rules of the club.
WILL KEEP OUT OF THE BRIDGE
MIDDLE.
The Commercial club has decided that
it has nothing to do, as an organization,
with the proposed new bridge across
the KaW east of the city, either for or
against it. The matter was brought up
at the meeting of the club last even
ing, and President Brigham introduced
it by saying:
''This bridge is a matter that has
been taken up by individual parties in
the city, but the impression has gone
out that it is a Commercial club affair,
! and that the good roads committee is
working it up. o. L. Hill, chairman of
the good roads committee, tells me
that he knew nothing of it. So the mat
ter has been brought up here for con-
I do not think the matter should be
acted on one way or the other by this
club said William Green. 1T is not in
the province of the Commercial club to
take up a project unless it is in. the in
terest of the city as a whole. This
! bridge would not in reality be worth
nickel to Topeka. I do not want to be
considered as opposing the bridge, but
/ don't think the club should take it up.
1t would bring a few people in k3.W
township, jefferson county, closer to the
city, but they already have a good road
around the north side of the river. The
citizens of the north side have subscrib-
ed literally to the maintenance of that
road and the people of Granville and
Kaw township will acknowledge that it
is a good road. Everybody who will
come to Topeka over that bridges comes
here now. While it might add a little
to the trade of the south side, it would
be a corresponding detriment to the
north side. The people over there have
an impression that this club is working
for the interest of the south side against
the north side, and we want to do away
with that impression
J. S. Warner-This bridge is an as
sured thing whether this club gives it
its endorsement or not. jefferson coun-
ty has given $4,000 towards it, Kaw
township has voted So ,000 Shawnee
county has given $4,000 and the old
bridge, which leaves So 900 to be raised
by subscriptions. OF this amount the
citizens have already subscribed 81, 500,
and it will be an easy matter to raise
the balance.
S. H. Downs, a. member of the good
roads committee, explained the position
] of his committee in the matter. He
endorsed the bridge project as a good
I thing, and said that a delegation from
| KaW township had conferred with the
| good roads committee and presented
| their plans for raising the money, some
| Of which the committee had not en-
| couraged, until Tecumseh and Topeka
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