The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-03

grave Is foot aerial hook and ladder {
truck $500; Brown roller pearing axles,
4-inch rubber tires, 500; total. 5000.
$1,000 FOR Pest HOUSE SITE.
The health and sanitation eo l1lII1 ,
committee power TO purchase 10 acres q |
mile at a cost. Of 81 900. After q hard night |
this motion prevailed by a vote OF to o. |
The selection OF the pest house site seems !
to IrdFel Ike e4eeIflclry along the me OF I
least resistance. Many other sites have |
been proposed at about half the price |
agreed upon and equally as well located, |
but the committee encountered so much |
opposition to the selection Of these sites |
there was too much pressure on the COM
mittee to permit of their favorable con-
ton of the site which has been selected (
seems to be that no one is fighting It very
The council also considered a motion
to instruct City Engineer McCabe to draw
was postponed until the next meeting,
pending the final purchase Of the site
The committee seems to think that there
is now only one obstacle in the way of
purchasing the 10 acre tract selected, and
that is the question of securing good
HYPNoTfsM IN THE AUDITORIUM.
The Amusement Syndicate company APP
piled for, permission to rent the Audito-
rum for one week. beginning January L.
Councilman Swendson wanted this re-
quest referred to the judiciary committee.
and Councilman Wolf seconded the
Il am very doubtful" said Councilman
| Swendson whether we want to allow
! show which is as questionable as the Flint
show, in the Auditorium for a weeks
stand. Many people are opposed to such
exhibitions as Flint gives.
BY a unanimous vote the council decided
to refer the request to the judiciary COM
l'--''e PROTESTED CLAIMS.
Pr p PAYS s95 eF 92 OF ln yisifs 10
cases of conta gious disease. DR.. DAVIS
was called into consultation by City Phy-
/ Gil Tt7Rd
the consultations were really called meet
ings OF the board of health No other
members of the board were notified of the
meeting. because Dr. Judd deemed it I'M
necessary to notify those members per , WIl2
IS per meeting to members OF the board
The only question was whether the meet
ings were bona 1de meetings Of the board,
as contemplated by the wording OF sec
ton 3 OF ordinance 1920 The bill was al
The Topeka Free Dispensary's claim for
SIS was brought up Chairman Bergund-
thai of the claims and accounts committee
moved that the bill be paid and that the
resolution authorizing further payments to
the free dispensary be rescandeo- Inc mo
D. NJ. Mitchell asked that his Judgment
eli got Judgment in the district and su-
prerne courts for salary as sanitary police.
man. The trouble over the payment OF
the salary was occasioned BY the ehange
in the metropolitan police law. The claim
was ordered fled with the city clerk. pend
ing the creation OF a tunu Dy Speclsl Is
sessment to pay TINS win othe[ Juog-
, Tbe Claim Of H B. Holman for $500
witness fees was rejected Mr.. Holman
was employed by the city at the electric
. light plant at the time the witness Iees
Clarence Coles claim for SIS for a chem
t ical and meteorological examination OF
! water at Nickel Plate school, when was
held up as excessive was ordered palq.
j. D. Reeder, the street force employs
| tempted to discharge, Wanle1 600 LoI VIZ
done after his discharge. The,elatm was
: rejected by the eouncn once oea9lf e al. ny
I last night the c0uncn again yq qo - ~, ~
e iect the claim. Reeder claims that ne IA.
q a contract with the city TO work py W ~
month and went ahead and nnlshed nj
? months work, ,,,r,r,po
5 Detition for 30 feet brick payemen
t with Fort Scott curbing on Van l Buren
y between Thirteenth and Fou ntf;4I6l
. for the same street, between Fourteenti
and Huntington avenue, was received an an
referred The second petltloh ASKS 10
e petition for new foot bridge at CT
e Gle and Clay streets on Inc 1IAFe' ~"
= received and referred r. a..
= The petition for pavement on Madison
e between Third and Fourth, was reJecte
on the ground that it lacked seven and
d half feet 81 having the necessary ma
r A protest was received against the US
i Of Quincy street between SsXe sever MAJ, an
. Eighth, as auction grounds. me ptotss
. was referred to the streets and walks com
y Charles J. Devlin was granted permis
sion TO erect a temporary carpenter sno
at Eighth and jackson streets to be use
&c in the erection of the new building adjoir
ing the Central National bank
S. c.. Thompson requested that ne
le eri7yen authority to build a new cremator
IF On the north bank of the Kaw. a mile be
% low the mouth Of Soldier creek Inc Inc #
Is quest was referred 10 the coIiliie1ee
health and sanitation. ,o
The use of the Auditorium Tor unlo
? meetings of Topeka churches at $40 p. II
= every Sunday during the summer wa
II granted. - 80 %
J. The council will meet next on June ID.
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