The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-31


mere purpose of making money by the
charge of a fee at the door, The law
| certainly does not contemplate such use
1 of a public building.
Again, the opera houses in the city
/ have been erected and are owned and
/ kept up at q. large expense. Their own
| ers pay considerable sums each year as
\ taxes, a large part of which goes to the
| city. The Crawford Opera House, owned
| by the undersigned, is a source of profit
| only as it can be used for the giving of
/ er it fair competition for the city to per-
/ nit the free use, or nearly free use, of
/ the Auditorium for entertainments
which would otherwise be given in one
/ the fact that our objection to the use of
| the Auditorium is induced somewhat by
| selfish motives; but, at the same time,
we feel that our position is just and 1e-
gal The same principle is involved as
| would be were the city to give the use of
| the hall, either free or for only a small
rental to someone who wished to place
tnereln a STOCK OF goods and dispose of
| them IN competition with our own mer-
4 chants who pay taxes and rents and
own their own buildings
For these and other reasons which
suggest themselves, the undersigned re-
| specially protests against any permits
| sion being given for the use of the Aud
| 1torium by any person or persons, for the
| giving of entertainments for which an
admission charge is made.''
DODGED A ROW.
The council did a neat job Of lodging
a row when it decided that neither the
county central committee nor the Flam-
beau club should have the exclusive use
of the Auditorium for the night of No
vember 6, but that they should both
have the privilege and, as Mayor Drew
| expressed it, fight it out among them
| selves Boss Croker Swayze was on
hand to speak in favor of the Flambeau
clubs application, and he told how the
chairman of the central committee had
/ fol ovarl,<, -
jorfty of the council to agree to give the
hall to that committee before he had
filed an application. The council listened
to his plea but declined to be dragged
into fractional fight, and treated both
applications alike They got very lib
eral, though, and decided that it was
wrong to allow a charge to be made for
admittance that night and told the ap-
plicants that any one who came would
have to be admitted without paying the
proposed fee of 10 cents.
USE OF AUDITORIUM GRANTED.
The other applications for the use of
the Auditorium which were granted
were:
Clay school entertainment for benefit
of a picture fund, November Is.
Old Soldiers Mckinley and Roosevelt
club, political meeting, October 81.
ColOred Masons, November %
]. E. Nissley, dinner to newsboys, af-
ternoon, November 29
Jackson's band benefit concert, No
vember 1.
Commercial club, presentation of
medals to company A, Twentieth Kan
saS, January 16, 1900.
COST OF NEW ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The city engineer submitted a sworn
estimate of the cost of the improve
ments of the city electric light plant.
The entire cost amounts to IS OBS, and
calls for so arc lights, one dynamo, and
the poles, hangers and necessary ma
terial for building the addition The
lights are to be Of 1000 candle power,
and are of an improved pattern. Twenty
five of the additional lights will be put
in the strip" and Potwin, and the ball
ance will be used in extending the sys-
tenn in the city. The committee reported
that they desired to rush the matter
though, and the estimate was approved.
The council will at once advertise for
bids for the material.
CITY BUILDING ACCEPTED.
The building committee, consisting of
Councilmen Elliott, Warner and CLANCY,
reported that the city hall and Audi
forum had been completed according to
contract between the city and Black,
Laird & Blackman, and recommended
that the building be accepted.
The recommendation was adopted, and
the following estimates ordered paid:
Second and final estimate of Black,
Laird &, Blackman, for boilers $3.50;
final estimate for city building, 1853;
extra work on city building, S1,225.
CITY TAX CONTROVERSY
City Attorney Bird announced to the
council that the city could not collect
because the county commissioners seem
ed to think that they could buy in the
property at tax sales and then stand
the city off for the amount He ex-
planned that the loss Of this money
would seriously inconveniA Ct /the city
and also the school board. He suggested
that committee be appointed to meet
with a like committee from the school
board and that both committees confer
with the county commissioners. He
said that something must be done at
r,Ef no n
on its bonds and sidewalk scrip
A committee consisting of Council
men CLANCY, Miller and Swendson was
appointed.
of the decision of the appellate court in
the Semple case that the city was with
out an ordinance for the enforcement of
the prOh1b1tOry law ana tnaI IN the
meantime he had instructed the chief Of
police to prosecute the liquor cases II.
the district court.
three ordinances which would be present
ed at the next meeting. One will repeal
the present health ordinance, one will
relate to deaths and births and one Will
establish a quarantine within five miles
of the city limits in time of contagious
diseases. He stated that the differences
between the city and county authorities
regarding the care of smallpox cases
had been settled and that the duties of
each had been clearly defined The coun-
ty health officer will now take care OF
all smallpox cases outside of the city
limits and will also attend to all pauper
MINOR MENTION.
NJ f. Gould asked the council to grant
him the privilege of selling candy ana
chewing gum in the Auditorium. This
is the third application of the kind and
so far the council has thought it best to
refuse them.
The National Oil company petitioned
the council for authority to locate gasO-
line and coal oil storage tanks at the
junction of the Union Pacific and Rock
Island tracks. The application was
ferred to the streets and walks commit
tee.
The board of directors of the Fire
mems Relief association reported that
thew had appropriated $50 for the bene-