The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-09

your resolution Appoint your engI-
neer- Go before Judge Hook, and ask
him to order the receiver for the water
company to appoint an engineer.
Can you build new plant? Not
by a whole lot The supreme court says
the city can not compete with private
corporation. You must either buy the
WaterWOrkS plant or buy the water.
TT viii take from July to August
to appoint your engineers and get
report from them. Then there must be
ten days notice for a special election.
That takes it up to August Is 1t will
be August % before the vote is can
vassed.
Then where are you. going to get
your money to buy the plant? You
have not time to hold another special
bond election before September z. /
tell you how you can get it, gentlemen.
will pledge myself to raise the money
be done, and the deal with the COM
pany closed before September T. That
is the only way to save the city
City Attorney Spencer made short
speech in which he disagreed with Mr.
Clemens Interpretation of the situa-
ton on some points. He douhted the
application of the act OF 1888, ana
thought the city had better proceed IN
der the original ordinance. He thought
the suit should be filed in the district
court, and removed from there TO the
federal court, where it should properly
be.
After these statements were made.
the council gave Mr.. Spencer power TO
appoint to assistant attorneys to help
in the case
NEW INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE
COMPANY.
A petition signed by so leading mer-
chants and business men was present
ed last night asking the council to pass
an ordinance giving a franchise TO e.
F. Pankey to build a telephone system
in Topeka The new system is known
Fa Ia T6l6nn0ne
pany, of which J. H McMahan, OF
Alma, is general manager The com
pany has an Office at 609 Kansas ave
nue.. 1t has a large system of tele-
phones west of Topeka, and wishes to
cover the city in order to give IT'S OUT
of town patrons access to town.
The ordinance was introduced by Mr..
Snattinger, by request. Mr. Pankey IS
a well known Shawnee county stock
man. who has q ranch near Willard
and one near Rossville. He lives at sos
Topeka avenue, and is local manager
for the company. The rules were SuS-
pended and the ordinance was on the
point of being passed, when City At
torney Spencer pointed out that it was
technically defective and that it would
be a kindness to the new company to
allow the defects to be corrected before
it's passage. All of the councilmen
had expressed themselves as being in
favor of the passage of the ordinance.
ordinance was referred to the commit
tee on streets and walks.
The following is the petition which
was presented, together with the names
of the signers:
1--WE, the undersigned wholesale dea-
lers and business men of the city of
Topeka, respectfully petition and re-
quest you to have your telephone per-
NIT extended or procure such fran
chise from the city of Topeka, as may
Il
Us to connect from our places of bust
ness with your system direct so that
we may not be put to the inconveni-
ence of leaving our places of business
and going to your office at all times of
the day for the purpose of holding bus
mess communications with our pat
rons in the various cities and towns in
Kansas that only have telephone COM.
munications with your system.
ca TTFbo onas Lumber &C. ATnold PITS
willis Norton & Co, w J. Mattern Mar
Peter Pee S1 Hell & Son, s. w. trieg5 L co
Isowley & Snow, Alexander & Goodfel-
3w 5eery ElisE ortPh Il 6eaT% I9Pea
Miller Lumber Co., DeNfOsS & PennWau.
J: F; Lewis. Eladdd & Grqbbs, NJ. F. Rig
herd. Frank r. Edison. the Capital City
Titrided Brick and Paving Co, Crosby
Manqfa curing Co, Robinson, Marshall &
ton Manufacturing Co. the Smith Co,
Mccormick Harvester Co A. 81 WHITING
I.awIess w A L. Thompson Hardware
Co. L. n. Mum, Topeka Tent & Awning
Cope & Co. Charles Wolff Packing Co.
Chicago Lumber Co. J. C. Payne, Moeser
ing Co, F. NJ. Euwer. A o. Rosser. ].
McI.atchey, H I. PePpmeyeT. Marshall
Bros: Otto Kuehne & Co., Parkhurst-Da-
The only trouble with the proposed or
dinance, in the opinion of most people.
is that it fixes the maximum charges for
phones at $50 and SEQ, the present rates
charged by the Missouri & Kansas Tele-
The franchise asked for is for 20 years.
will be furnished at half price and free for
the fire department. The line will be com
within six months. The Company gives ives
$4,000 bond to protect the city.
the franchise the city is given the right
to regulate rates, subject to the appeal of
the owners of the company to the district
court. The council may also order the
wires to be placed under ground at any
The names of the towns now included in
the telephone circuit of the McMahan
Alma, Alta Vista Abilene. Americas.
Burlingame Bennington. Bradford Bridge
port, Chapman. Conway. Council Grove,
Dwight, Enterprise, Elbing, Elyria, EN-
Bend, Halifax, Harveyville lexington,
Keene KeI9o Kipp Iindsbnrg Lincoln
L LIN Lost springs Lyons Lyn-
Maple Hill, Marion. Minneapolis. Mound
Ridge, Nadeau, Newton, New Cam
bria. Ogden, Usage City, Paxico, Par
kervil1e, Peabody, Rinehart. Rossviile,
Salina. Scranton, Smoland, solomon, st.
George. St Marys. Silver Lake. Topeka,
Templin, Valencia, Walton. Warnego
Westmoreland. White City. Willard. Vel
sey, Woodbine. Wabaunsee, Zeandale.
THE ICE TRUST.
The report of the special committee ap-
pointed to investigate the ice trust was
not read. owing to lack of time. The re-
port is file and is in full as follows:
ITO the Honorable Mayor and Council.
Your special committee to whom was
referred the matter Of investigation of
the ice situation a conducted by the Peo-
pies Ice company. beg leave to report as
follows: