The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-08-21
COUNCIL WILL ATTEND
Decide to Participate in the Bryan
Reception.


The city council will attend the Bryan
reception at 100 p. m. Thursday. They
will meet in the council chambers at 1:15
and will go in a body. They go at the
invitation of Chairman Rldgely, the fol-
lowing having been read ana accepted
at the meeting last night:
In appreciation of the nOnpartiSan
and. patriotic spirit manifested by the
citizens of Topeka, in aiding this COM
mittee in providing for the Bryan nOtif-
cation ceremnoies which will take place
in the city August %, and the liberal
preparation made by the citizens OF To-
peka to welcome and entertain all peo-
pie who come to the state capital on
that day, the Peoples party state COM
mittee invites you and all your city
officers and the members OF your cOun-
Gil to act as a Bryan reception commit
tee in behalf of your city. You VIII
please meet Mr.. Bryan in a body at
1880 p m. Thursday, 2Srd. at the Ma Ma,
tional hotel or at some convenient hall
nearby which we hope to secure for this
purpose. The members OF your city's
Commercial club viii be invited to JOIN
you in this reception through President
Holman. E. r. RIDGELEY,
Chairman
The following protest was filed by H.
I. Cook:
the next lowest bidder 1 desire to pro-
test against your body entering into
contract with the firm of Richie &
Ramsey for the paving and curbing or
Fillmore street from Sixth to Tenth and
Tyler street from Fourth TO Fifth, Tor
the reason that in bidding said firm did
not comply with paragraph 10 OF the
proposals for bids first published in the
Topeka Daily Capital August Ia, 1900,
and calling for bids on said work, to-
wit: Samples of the paving brick and
curbing and all other materials shall
accompany each bid. Every sample
shall be plainly labeled with date of bid,
name of bidder and place from which 1t
is brought. Such samples will not be
~ T,t1t dor oil Oil
curnstances will be retained by the city
whether bids are accepted or not. No
proposals for paving and curblng Will be
considered unless accompanied by sam
ples' And for the reason that 1 am
therefore the lowest legal bidder" The
matter was referred to the committee on
judiciary
An annexation ordinance was passed
which is the last of the series which
have been passed during the past two
weeks The land included in the
ordinance was in the strip" and is
about five acres in extent.
A resolution was adopted directing the
city clerk to advertise for bids for coal
for the electric light plant, police station
and other city buildings. A resolution
taking side lots No. 376 Spruce street
and No. 1852 Tyler street from the list
of sidewalks to be constructed was
adopted.
Tie Mccoy Mercantile company was
granted permission to place a gasoline
tank on the side of their store at north
west corner OF Tenth and Kansas ave
nue..
The bonds of Richie and Ramsey for
$4,000 to secure the paving of Fillmore
street from Sixth to Tenth and Tyler
street from Fourth to Fifth, and of John
H Maxwell for $3.50 for grading the
same were both approved. The use of the
auditorium for September 20 was grant
ed to the Republican central committee
who will hold a political meeting on that
date.
A petition was received asking that
College avenue between Walnut street
and Euclid avenue be paved. It was re-
ferred to the committee on streets and
walks.
A protest against the building of a
sidewalk on the west side of Lincoln
street between Twelfth and Huntoon
streets was received and the walk or
dered not built
Councilman Hughes introduced a reso-
luton Just as the council was about to
adjourn making compulsory that each
councilman make d five minute speech
at the ceremonies of the dedication of
the new city building. The failure to
comply was to be punishable by a fine of
So Mr.. Morgan objected because the
time was too limited, to which Mayor
Drew replied that it would seem long
enough to the audience Counciimen
Warner and Myers said they We're in
favor of the resolution providing their
time could be turned over to Mr.. Hughes
as they considered the five minute limit
too binding for him.
The council will meet again Thursday
night.