The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-14
CLUB WILL SIGN.
Authority Is Given Santa Fe
Shop Committee.
Authorized to Sign Contract
Which Ihsures Shops.
STREET FAIR FUND.
Amount Melted, 81 900, is Made
Available to Committee.
Important Matters Disposed of
by Commercial Club.

Commercial club for the summer, held
last night, the committee in charge of
the Santa Fe shop extensions was en-
powered to complete all transactions
with the property owners and Santa Fe
company in securing the four acres
needed for the immediate construction
OF blacksmith shop and frog factory.
The committee will secure the land with
the $4,000 raised by subscription and
the $500 per acre to be paid by the COM
pany, and turn it over to the Santa F'e
people.
The club authorized the officers to
sign the agreement, drawn up yesterday
under instructions from General Man
ager Nudge. In this the Santa Fe COM
pany promises to construct at once a,
blacksmith shop and frog factory this
year and to build a locomotive erecting
shop at an early date and within II
months after notice has been given the
Commercial club. In this connection it
is stated that the locomotive shops will
in all likelihood be built next year In
return the Commercial club agrees to
secure the II acres lying east of the
present Santa he car shops to Branner
street, and between the Santa Fe tracks
and Seward avenue for $500 per acre.
1t was explained that modern loco
motive erecting shop could not be built
for less than several hundred thousand
dollars, and that the company had al
ready appropriated for immediate i'm
provements the sum of $107 600.
adopted
previous meeting of the club, the bal
ance in the street fair fund, amounting
to about 81 600, was declared to be in
the hands of the committee for such
expenses as might be met with. The
money will remain in the hands of the
treasurer of the club, to be drawn out
on order of the finance committee.
The matter of securing abstracts for
the land was left entirely with the COM
rnittee. Options have been secured on
practically all of the property included
in the four acres to be purchased at
once. and no time will be lost in closing
UP the work of securing the land.
KANSAS MI-CENTE1N NAL.
Captain H. NJ Phillips, chairman of
the committee on the semi-c centennial
exposition in 1904, submitted a report
to the Commercial club last night, tell
ing what had been accomplished at the
recent meeting of representatives of
different sections of the state in this
city. In concluding his report he said:
The exposition scheme is now launch
ed. 1t may be obliged to buffet adverse
waves, but by all standing together we
viii land it safe in the harbor at To-
peka and all the world win call US
blessed. 1t is a great pleasure to your
committee to know that every one who
was here went home determined to en-
/ list the support of their respective COM
| munities."
1 John W. Breidenthal stated that about
! $50 would be needed for expenses Incl
| dental to the securing of a charter for
/ THE Kansas Exposition Association"
/ and suggested that the club appropriate
! the money. The suggestion was favor
| ably acted upon Mr.. Breidenthal said
that it was desired to arrange for the
| sale of stock at once, and declared that
| there would be no trouble in placing
/ 100000 of this stock.
| COMMITTEE REPORTS.
/ Reports We're made by the Fall Fes-
/ tival committee, the committee on seat
f1,. 1cs mi %
on immigration. The Fall Festival com
mittee declared that the street fair had
| superseded all festivals for the year
except something in connection with
the opening of the auditorium The
committee on seating the auditorium
announced that the following entertain
| ment was considered for the onentng
week of the auditorium: The oratoriO
/ of Elijah" for one evening, one matt
nee with Busch's orchestra, one grand
concert, one comic entertainment with
/ contest and one minstrel entertain
/ ment by home talent. It is proposed
to employ for the oratOriO and concert
professional quartette OF singers of
note, assisted by large chorus of
/ home talent singers. which is now prac-
! ticing regularly under the direction of
! Professor Won Dahlen.
The report of the committee on i'm
| migration was a review Of the recent
meeting Of commercial clubs in this
city.
ST. MARYS PASSENGERS.
4 communication from the CONNER
cial club of St. Marys was read, ask
| ing that the Topeka Commercial club
| make an effort to induce the Union Pa
ciiic railway to attach passenger
coach to the west bound freight train
| which leaves Topeka about II O'Clock
/ at night. The communication explained
that if this was arranged people of St
Marys could come to Topeka for shop
ping purposes and entertainment with
tn I11re al
The matter was referred to the com
mittee on transportation with instruc-
tons to see what could be done
OVER 81 900 LEFT.
Treasurer d. J. Greenwaid of the
Commercial club submitted his semi
annual report. It showed that the cluD
has now on hand balance OF 81
1894 in the entertainment fund ana
s14i16 in the general fund, [otaI o.
S1a97.59. On January l. 1900, the club
had on hand S34504 in the general tunq
and s.. $50 10 in the entertainment fund'
STREET FAIR EXPENSES.
The report of Treasurer Greenwald
presented last night, showed the eXpeh-
ses of the street fair to have been as
| follows: Postage, S37; DR.. Gray, 81,
81. 50; kilograms, $15.39; awning, SILL
advertising and printing, SL025.56; cler-
teal work, $2OS 50; lights. $14.10; tickets
$3.50; decorations, S54 SO: Midway, ST.
1902; refunded, $50: sundries, $50 80; dam
ages to property, $145; lumber $500; car
penters. $619.62; free shows. S125. 05; Mar
sha,rs band, $780, police, s1S7.26; ticket
takers. S279.75; insurance, SO; prizes
$S.55 Total, 1000 50. Balance. $1,7S0. so
Mr.. Greenwald stated that there are
about $500 in bills yet to be paid, leaving
a balance of about $1,000.
DEWEY WILL BE INVITED
An effort is to be made by the Com
mereial club to have Admiral George
Dewey and Governor Theodore Roose-
welt present at the opening of the audi
torillm next September On motion OF
James A. Troutman at the meeting last
night q resolution was adopted provid-
ing for the appointment of a commit
tee Of three, with Charles Curtis as
chairman to visit Governor Theodore
) Roosevelt during his western trip next
t month and invite him to participate If
the opening of the auditorium, and tbs