The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-02
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MINOR MENTION

MINOR MENTION.
The contract for building the smoke
stack at the city electric lighting plant
was let to Joseph Bromich at $20S. Mr..
Bromich was the only bidder.
By resolution. the council ordered
that all miscellaneous bills must be filed
with the city clerk not later than noon
on Friday before the first Monday in
each month. This is to accommodate the
claims and accounts committee. which
in the future will meet on Friday after
noon instead of Saturday to audit bills.
The city attorney was instructed 50
prepare an ordinance providing that ali
wagons carrying a load of $500 pounds
or over shall be required to have tires
at least 3 inches wide. This ordinance
has been urged by the city engineer for
the purpose of preventing heavily load
ed wagons from cutting the pavements
with narrow Tires
At the requestsof City Attorney Spen-
Ger, the mayor and the judiciary COM
mittee was authorized to consult in ref
erence to the expenses in the gas Htiga-
tion. Mr. Spencer stated to the council
that the presentation of the city's testi-
mony would involve a very heavy ex-
pense, and he desired to have someone
share with him the responsibility of in
curing this expense. After the coun-
Gil meeting, the committee and the may
or had conference with the city attor
ney on the subject.
The council took hostile action to the
AlSSOQtl cZ FAdIlStS 4 lClSpIlOIlS COMPANY,
which has its phones in nearly all the
city offices. The company presented
claim of $49.50 for rentals. The commit
tee on claims and accounts recommend
ed that all of the Bell phones possible
be dispensed with. Chairman Bergund-
thai said:
The Independent Phone company
gives US all our phones free of charge
and if the Bell company wanted to do
the fair thing, they wouldn't charge
ei .o7 cut o11t h0 ell rahn
at the electric light plant, the mayors
residence, the detention hospital, and
several other places without losing any
thing"
but instructed the committee on public
buildings to order out all of the Bell
phones possible.
The council also voted to investigate
one of DR.. Judd's bills. The claims and
accounts committee discovered that the
BILL which was filed by A. T. Waggoner.
included such items as an atomizer bulb
for Sergeant Vanderpoops asthma cure,
two bottles of SwampRoot for some
man by the name of White, and lot of
formaldehyde at 81 cents pound. 9th
er druggists offer to sell formaldehyde
at % cents pound. and it looks as
though DIR. Judd did not pay much at
tention to the character of the bills he
o. ks The bill was referred to the
health and sanitation committee.
Mrs. Eliza Ray, woman living near the
site of the detention hospital. presented
bill of $25 for a 2-year-old heifer which she
claims was killed by eating some dynamite
which the well diggers at the hospital
were using. She also filed a bill for s6
for damage done to her corn field, due,
she claims, to the carelessness of city
employees in leaving a gate open, thus
allowing cattle to get in. These claims
were referred to the health and sanita-
ton committee for investigation.
The people on Madison between Elev-
enth and Twelfth asked the city by petit
tion to cut the street down to grade This
is the street in which the Vinewood rail-
way had made cut four feet deep.
A request for use of the auditorium for
an entertainment was granted to the st.
John church.
E. Horn asked permission to use the
brick taken from Van Buren street in
front of his lots to pave his park. The
request was referred to the streets and
walks committee with power to act.
]. W. Davis. of 1871 Piercy street. filed
request for $40 damages against Wall &
Hanley. Mr.. Davis claims his home was
damaged by blasting. in construction of
the Washburn college sewer.
A remonstrance signed by 30 property
owners was filed against the proposed
West Fourth street paving.
The recommendation of the board of
health that the detention hospital be built
at once was referred to the ways and
means committee.
The complaint of H. F. White who lives
on Fillmore street that the city is unlaw-
fully building a sidewalk on his property
was not received with favor by the coun-
ell. and the council ordered the street
commissioner to go ahead and build the
sidewalk
The request of the park commissioners
that the city build q sewer through Cen
trail park was granted. The sewer will
cost about $500
T. L. King and "a others asked that an
electric light at Third and Liberty streets
be removed to Fifth and Holiday streets.
The request was referred to the electric
light committee