The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-18
Fifth Street Pavement May Be
Repaired at Last.
For Years 1t Has Been q Dis
grace to the City.
TO GO STILL FARTHER.
Approaches to Kansas Avenue
Bridge to Be Fixed.
Asphalt Found in Bad Condi-
tion i'm North Topeka.

East Fifth street. from Monroe street
to the Santa Fe depot, which has long
been an eyesore to the people who come
to Topeka on the Santa Fe trains, is to
be repaired; by the street car com
pany, If such an arrangement is posi-
BILE, and by the city If the company can
not be compelled to do the work
This action was decided on by the
members of the streets and walks COM
mittee, which made a tour OF the city
this morning in the patrol wagon look
ing for what they might devour in the
way of ideas. Those who were In the
wagon were Mayor Hughes, Council
men Snattinger, Griley, Nichols and
Weber, City Engineer McCabe and
Street Commissioner Snyder.
East Fifth street, from Monroe to the
depot, has an unpaved strip down the
middle where the street car track ought
to be. The company removed its tracks
from this street, and when it had done
so, the people enjoined the company
from paving the hole in the ground
where the track had BEEN This was a
mistake, for the track has never been
replaced, and the Injunction still holds
against the company.
The committee on streets and walks
instructed the city attorney to find out
whether there is any way of lodging
the injunction. or of getting it set aside,
so that the street car company can be
compelled to finish paving the right of
way The street is paved with asphalt,
but the part of the old railway road
bed which has been paved, was paved
with brick.
Besides taking steps to have the old
street car rOadbed paved, the commit
tee decided that extensive repairs
should be made to the asphalt pave
ment, which is in terrible condition.
SCARED THE JOINTISTS.
The word got out this morning
among the joint keepers that the patrol
wagon, loaded with policemen and
members Of the council, was out look
ing for joints.
It created CONSERVATION among the
dispensers of ice cold beer. When the
patrol wagon came rumbling down
Kansas avenue crowds of men in shirt
sleeves came rushing out of stairways
IN SeVeraf places, expecting q raid
The councilmen had an opportunity
to locate a number of well known
drink headquarters-tha is, if they did
not know where they were before.
END OF THE ASPHALT CONTRACT
With this year the five-year repair
contract which the city has with the
Barber Asphalt Paving company ex-
pires.
The committee this morning inspect
ed all the asphalt pavement in town,
for the purpose of knowing where the
places are which must be repaired.
Under the terms of the contract the
Barber Asphalt company must leave
the pavement in good repair at the end
of this term. The company receives
$40 900 for this job, which has been paid
in installments during the past five
years. The amount which is to be paid
this year is 81 500.
The committee finds that there is an
immense amount of repairing to be
done in the city. 1t is the intention of
the committee to see that it is all
done In North Topeka some especial
" defective places were discovered In
some of these places it will be neces-
sary to relay almost whole blocks.
APPROACHES TO THE BRIDGE.
The committee decided that the Kan
sas avenue bridge shall be provided
with new approaches; that is, that the
present approaches shall be widened,
curbed and supplied with brick side
walks instead of the wooden ones
which at present exist.
It was deemed the best economy to
fix the approac hes right this time, in
stead of being at constant expense for
repairs in the future.