The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-25

WIN. @. SM4SER-
This protest was referred to the
streets and walks committee
AS an indication that the council was
inclined to make the best of a bad mat
| ter, Joseph GriIey, of the Second ward
introduced a resolution requiring the
street car company to pave its right OF
way on the various streets in the same
order which the original pavement was
peutioned for. This resolution was pass
ed, but it is without any practical value
scinded.
After all the other business was out
of the way, w r. Weber, of the Fourth
ward, member of the committee on
streets and walks said that the council
had forgotten to provide for some
method of holding the pavement brick
in place, provided the street railway is
released from paving its right of way
He said that he thought it no more
than right that the railway company be
required to pay for oak headers to hold
the brick.
J. S. Warner then said: 1T appears
that the passage of that pavement reso-
luton was not very popular move
When it was presented it sounded very
nice. and 1t was very smoothly introduced.
Under existing circumstances, I hardly
know what we should do. 7 suppose
time. believe that at any rate it
should have some additional provisions.
Streets where there is a switch or dou-
Bile track would be better off without
any pavement than with a narrow strip
on each side of the tracks"
James A. TrOutman, of the Sixth
ward, then said: The adoption of that
resolution was a blunder. 1t ought to
be rescinded- I am as much to blame
for the passage of it as anybody. I
suppose we all voted for it out of good
feeling for Mr.. Baker and the railway
company. But I believe it was a mis-
take, not only from a practical stand
point, but from a legal standpoint. AS
a matter of fact, what we did was an
absolute nullity. 1t can be wiped out
by anybody at any minute. 1t IS Sc
rfous question whether we do not in
validate the Improvement bonds by
passing such a resolution"
Mr.. Troutman then introduced his
resolution, and requested that no action
be taken on it till next Monday night.
PAVING CONTRACTS AWARDED.
The most spirited contest in the bid
ding on the construction of Twenty-Five
blocks of new pavement was on grad
ing. The contract for the whole twenty
nine blocks was awarded to John H.
Maxwell at a fiat rate of 2272 cents
per cubic yard. The other bidders were
John VanVechten, Baker & Bradbury,
James Ramsey and Wall & Hanley.
On the paving proper there were only
two bidders, and there was remark
able similarity between their bids
Each bidder got about half of the
twenty-nine blocks. The division of
the work was as follows:
Ritchey & Ramsey, Quincy street,
Eleventh to Fifteenth. $1.24 per square
Ritchey & Ramsey. Huntoon. Van
Ruren to Harrison, $1.24 per square
yard.
Ritchey & Ramsey. Huntoon. Harri-
son to Topeka avenue, $l.25 per square
Ritchey & Ramsey, Buchanan, FIT
teenth to Twentieth, $1-267z per square
yard.
to Madison, $1.23 per square yard.
Ritchey g. Ramsey, alley, bounded by
Fillmore, Clay, Huntoon and Thir-
tenth, Sissy per square yard.
Ritchey & Ramsey. alley. bounded by
Eleventh, Twelfth, Topeka avenue and
Tyler, $1.287s per square yard.
Wall & Hanley, Eighth avenue, To-
peka to Buchanan, $124 per square
Wall & Hanley, western avenue.
Second to Sixth. $1.2S per square yard
Wall & Hanley, Clay, Second to
Sixth, $1.22 per square yard.
w. NJ. Gilmore took away the iron
crossing plate ''cinch" from the old bid
ders. Heretofore, the city had been re-
quired to pay $3.50 for iron crossing
plates, simply because only one firm
supplied the plates. Mr. Gilmore will
now supply crossing plates for $e.6s-
The other bidders, each of whom set
the price at $3.50, were Richie & Ram
sey and James Ramsey
On rolling, there were three bidders;
William Bradbury at 8 cents, James
Ramsey at 25z cents and Kreipe &
Maxwell at ~ cents. The council gave
the contract to Kreipe & Maxwell.
The curling contracts were awarded
as follows:
Ritchey & Ramsey, Quincy, Eleventh
to Twelfth, SIS cents per lineal foot.
Ritchey & Ramsey Twelfth to Fiji
teenth, 81 cents per Hneal foot.
Ritchey & Ramsey, Huntoon, Van
Buren, to Harrison, 81 cents per nneal
foot.
Richie & Remsey, Buchanan. Fiji
teenth to Twentieth, So cents per Iineal
foot.
r. e. Kepley, Huntoon, Harrison to
Topeka avenue, As cents per Ineal foot
The remainder of the curbing was al
so awarded to r. B. Kepley as follows:
Second street, As cents per hneal
foot.
Eighth avenue. As cents per nneal
foot.
Western avenue. Is cents per nneal
foot.
Clay street. As cents per lineal foot.
MORE PAVING PETITIONED FOR.
A brand new petition for paving was
received last night, and on a rush or
der" was favorably reported by the
streets and walks committee, and auth
orized by resolution. The petition is
for the paving of West Sixth street
from West street to Haynes street. The
Eo-N ~-AACAAL WILL We AA1duc u VllI1ueQ
brick, 40 feet WIDE with Fort Scott blue
sandstone curbing
WILL REQUIRE SURETY BONDS.
Those who were awarded contracts for
paving last night viii find themselves up
against q new proposition when they
come to file their bonds. BY the terms of
a resolution passed last night, the city
viii in the future accept no individual
bonds All bonds, for whatever purpose,
must be in some recognized bonding or
surety company
RESURRECT SALARY ORDINANCE.
> A Swendson councilman from the
sixth ward, made an effort to resurrect
the salary ordinance He reir1troduced
the ordinance which was beaten at the
last meeting and got it referred to the
committee on ways and means. which is
made up of Mr. Hughes friends. An ef-
fort viii be made to push the ordinance
down the Threats of the councilmen.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
me citX clerk WAS instructed TO adver-