The Topeka state journal., 1902-05-06
STAND BY HIM.
City Council Sustains Mayor
Parker's Veto.
Only Three Councilmen Oppose
the Mayors Stand.
GOES BY THE BOARD.
No New Ordinance is introduced
at the Meeting.
Concise Reasons Given by Mayor
For His Action.


Vinewood Park railway franchise, and
the veto was sustained by the council.
seven councilmen voting to sustain and
three voting against sustaining.
The seven couneilmen who voted to
sustain the mayor were Bergundthal,
Snyder. Neil Weber. Chaney. Nichols
ana Howe Those voting against were
Swenson, Tincher and Wolf. Council
man Blossom was absent from the city
and Councilman Griley was sick at his
home.
No effort was made by the friends
OF the proposed franchise to introduce
amendment to section rs which the
mayor recommended in his veto mes
sage. There was a hard tight to pre-
vent a vote on sustaining or rejecting
the mayors veto, because the attorneys
for the NineWOOd road are said to have
held that if no action had been taken
on the mayors veto the ordinance
would have become a law in default of
such action.
Two motions were made to adjourn.
during the fight to secure a vote on
sustaining the veto. but both motions
We're lost by a vote of to 5.
w hen the council did adjourn, it ad-
Joufned without fixing a time for its
next meeting, SO unless a special meet
ing is called, there will be no further
meetings of the council until the first
Monday in June 1t IS likely. however,
that a special meeting viii be called
to take up a new VineWood Park rail-
way ordinance.
The developments last night were de-
cIdedly unsatisfactory to the Ninewood
railway promoters. They will now be
obliged to introduce another ordinance
eInbodying the amendment to section %
called for by Mayor Parker, provided
they think it worth while to carry the
light on any further 1t is likely that
before a new ordinance is adopted it
viii have several important amend
ments attached to it which viii rectify
some of the errors due to its former
hasty enactment
The mayors veto message to the
council was as follows:
L herewith return the Topeka &
Ninewood Park railway company ordi-
nance without my signature, having de-
elined to sign the same as it passed the
council, and hereby recommend the
following substitute for section % OF
said ordinance:
AS one of the conditions upon which
the franchise is granted, the Topeka &
NlneWood Park railway company here
by agrees and binds itself to deposit
with the city treasurer of the city of
Topeka at the time of the acceptance
of this ordinance the sum of $4,000 as
security for the commencement con
struct1on, completion or putting in op-
GRAFTON its line of railway which said
sum of $4,000 shall be retained by and
forfeited to the city of Topeka in case
the said Topeka & Vinewood Park
railway snail for any reason fall either
10 commence, construct, complete or
put IN operation its line of railway
within the time and in the manner
herein provided for, and to the salts
faction of the mayor and council of
said city But upon the completion Of
Sald line OF railway and putting the
same into operation within the time
and in the manner herein provided for
and to the satisfaction of the rnavor.
and council the said sum of IS 1000 shall
be returned to the said The Topeka &
Ninewood Park railway company But
the said The Topeka & VineWood Park
railway company shall acquire no
rights under this franchise upon the
acceptance of the same until the said
sum of $4,000 shall be deposited as
hereinbefore provided And it is also
further provided that the said railway
company shall on demand, before the
publication of this ordinance deposit
with the city treasurer a sufficient sum
OF money to cover the cost of the publi-
cation of the same in the official city
paper"
Ms. reason for asking for this substi-
tute IS that we want a first class road
built and equipped to Vinewood, just
such road as the Vfnewood people
have promised to build
Ihey have come here saying to our
people, We want to build first class
road to Vinewood. and are going to ex-
pend at least $780, 600. and perhaps $780,
| 600, and to show our good faith we will
deposit with the city treasurer $5. 900 in
cash for the faithful performance of
this expenditure of money. Now / had
my doubts about section 2S as passed
being strong enough or ironclad enough
to compel the company to build such
road or forfeit the 5000 IF section %
as passed was ample to compel the com
pany to build as promised or forfeit the
$1,000, then they Will certainly have no
objections to the substitute And any
councilman who voted for section % as
passed can take no exceptions to the
substitute if he has the interest of the
city at heart
It has been said: Had you made
your request known at the time the or
dinance was passed you could have had
section % amended to suit you. Then
there would have been no objection to
! it,
At my request an amendment was Of
! fered by Councilman Weber and the
same was promptly voted down Now
/ the reason I had Mr. Weber offer the
amendment was that he being in favor
/ of the ordinance, thought 1t more like
/ " to be adopted, coming from him, than
! from me. There are other objections to
! this ordinance which I viii not refer to,
and will waive my objections to this or
/ dinance thereto in order to get the peo-
/ pie OF the southeast part of town. High
I land Park and the country beyond
/ first class road so that they can get to
and from the city. And in returning this
ordinance I can but feel that I am do
! ing for these people the very best thing
/ possible for them. for unless they get
] first class road. it will not be of any
I benefit to them and would soon turn
out like the two roads they have al
ready had operated a short time and
/ abandoneds
ALBERT PARKER. Mayor.
BARBER COMPANY WINS.
The city was forced last night to re-
ar q he orsFlts A.