The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-23

Councilmen Blossom, Snyder. Griley and
Weber voting against it. 1t was sup
posed that those four councilmen favor
ed a compromise figure.
The new ordinance takes effect as
soon as published.
WALL & HANLEY GOT 1T.
Wall & Han1ey. who have been doing
the work on the Washburn college sew
er, secured the contract last night for
building the new sewer through Central
park. Their bid was SPLITS on the en-
tire job. The contract involves laying
sos feet of pipe and one catch BASIN
The bids were as follows: Watson &
Cook, SIS for the catch basin and 38
cents per foot for the sewer; H. K
Winans, SIS and 35 cents per foot: Gill
more & Younkin. SIS and 40 cents per
foot; Ramsey & Ramsey, SIS and At
cents per foot: Wall & Hanley. SIS and
So cents per foot.
MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS.
To great many people directly in
terested, the most important part of the
meeting last night was the passage of
the appropriation ordinance carrying the
authority for the payment of the De-
cember salaries of all the city employees.
The pay rolls of the various DEPART
ments for the month We're follows:
| City officers and counciImen. 81 139. 0S
Street department .............. ], 393. so
Engineers department .......... 1890
Electric light department. ....... 610.S3
Police department. ...-.-.,...-...1 l, S94.S3
Sanitary department ....... 10000
/ Election commissioner dept. $4,000
VINEWOOD GIVEN MORE TIME
FRANK G. kelley, manager of the To-
peka q Finewood Park railway, asked
the council to grant his company more
1 time for the completion of their railway
throughout Topeka. Mr.. Kelley claim
ed that the council made a mistake in
passing the franchise ordinance, and
gave the company two years from the
adoption of the ordinance to complete
the road instead of two years from the
beginning of work to complete it. The
ordinance gave the company a year to
begin work.
Mr. Kelley claimed that the council
had intended to give the company two
years from the beginning of work. and
that it would be impossible to complete
the work unless that arrangement
should be made.
my opinion is that you can't change
this ordinance without passing another
ordinance" said City Attorney Spencer
Cant you rectify your mistaken"
said Mr.. Kelley.
There was no doubt a misunder-
standing" said Mr.. Spencer.
Il don't see,' said w. S. Bergundthal
why the Vinewood park road can't go
! ahead and complete its line within the
could do SO. 1t is easily possible to
build line clear to Kansas City in six
| months"
TT is slower work building in town.
however, said Mr.. Kelley I'VE can't
work in the winter, and so two years
time from the time we begin work Is
really only twelve months
Mr.. Kelley had evidently forgotten
| that his construction company is going
right ahead with its road building this
winter in spite of snow, ice and every
thing else.
Councilman Nichols moved that the
he oh To
years instead of two, giving the Vine
wood company three years from the
adoption of the ordinance to complete
the road, and one. year from the adop-
to an increase in the time originally
asked for by the Vinewood companL
The council after some discussion,
adopted this motion.
no right to do said City Attorney
Spencer. You can't change this ordi-
nance that way. You'd better not put
any of this talk into your Minutes
IT move" said Councilman Swendson,
that all this talk and this motion be
stricken from the minutes. All we have
said is just on the side. What we want
is simply to have the clerk correct the
mistake we made before
The motion was adopted, and no ref
erence to the subject will appear in the
official minutes
There is a grave question as to wheth-
er the change in the ordinance is valid,
without being made in the form of an
amending ordinance The ordinance has
not been published and when it is pub
lished it will be in the amended form
The only councilman voting against
the proposed change was Councilman
Howe.
WANT ANOTHER FRANCHISE
The Topeka Desiccating company filed
notice with the council that that corr
pany had made arrangements with the
International Waste Utilization COM
pany Cor the erection of $4,000 garba ge
plant in Topeka. The Desiccating ccnl-
Dany asked the council to send a repre-
sentative to Eincennes Ind. to fnsneci
the plant there. The object of the To-
peka company is to ask fer a franchise
of from 10 to 20 years to handle garbage
The company does not propose to handle
nightsoil at this new plant. but merely
garbage and manure. Dead animals
and nightsoil will be disposed of at the
present plant in North Topeka.
The council referred the conmunica-
ton to the health and sanitation com,
nittee.
TITLE IN QUESTION
City Clerk J. H Scuires notified th-
council that there are 138 pieces OF
propert y which the city has appropri-
ated this year for the opening and