The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-06

These. phones it is deemed best to keep
IN place, owing to the large amount OF
business transacted over them.
The object ef the city in making this
move IS to fierce the Bell company TO
give the city free use Of the telephone
as the Independent Telephone COM
pany does. It has been found that tho
Independent lines are entirely satisfac-
tory without the large expense invoked
in keeping the Bell phones in place.
LIMIT IS SET
According to resolution introduced
by Councilman Weber and passed
without opposition, the council will not
consider any paving petitions present
ed after February 1, 1908 It does not
follow, however, that the council viii
grant them even If they are presented
before that date.
The fact is that the council now has
plgeonholed more paving petitions than
1t win grant this year. The petitions
viii be taken out after February 1, and
then the fight VIII begin to see which
ones viii be favorably acted upon
The following paving resolutions
were adopted last night, for pavementa
authorized before the council COM
menced to hold up the petitions: Tyler
Weber; Harrison from Huntoon to
Huntington, by Howe; Tyler from
Twelfth to Hunteon, by Neil; Kansas
avenue from Tenth to Thirteenth. by
Wolf.
WILL ISSUE BONDS
AS has been exclusively announced
in the State Journal, the city viii ask
the legislature for authority to issue
bonds to pay off the floating debt A
resolution instructing the city attor
ney to prepare such an act was intro
duced by Councilman Howe and adopt.
ed. The resolution says that the city
shall be authorized to issue bonds not
to exceed $40, 000 Nothing is said about
interest hIff If will H0HhflRSc q
cent.
NO ECONOMY IN DECEMBER.
The appropriation ordinance carried
the following items:
General revenue fund ...S 4436 SO
Fire department fund .-..... 594 90
Police department fund $500. 293 93
General improvement fund.-. 1721. 81
Park condemnation fund.-. 1921
Library fund Observation-Disclosures. 1902. IS
Sidewalk fund ............ 1913. 0S
Paving fund Observation-Disclosures. $50. 50
Sewer fund Observation-Disclosures. 1855. Il
Total --.-... -............-...$2 1-6S 81
! As shown above. the amount of ST.
O44-o2 was the current expense bill OF
4 the city for the month of December
To this must be added, however, the
sum of $7960.09 appropriated for De-
cenber salaries before Christmas, max
/ ing the total current expenses for the
I month S15.007.61, which is much higher
than usual
THAT DYNAMITED COW
Mrs. Eliza Ray. whose COW ate dynamite
and made her will had another innins
last night She wanted $25 for the de
| ceased COW.
The sanitary committee investigated tn,
| claim and moved that it be rejected
! Councilman Griley wanted to pay the bill
because he. thought that the city was a
| fault Sanitary Sergeant Vanderpool sale
that the we'll diggers who had the dyna
mite claimed that it was a physical i'm
possibility for the cow to get at the dyna
mite. and besides that the COW was sici
! when the well diggers were at work.
WIN dynamite kill cow asked Coun
Ask the city attorney Clipped il
somebody.
The council rejected the claim
MINOR MENTION.
G. L. Nanderpool requested the council t.
allow him $ month for car fare. Tn
council referred the matter to the Sanitar.
committee. with instructions to try to pre-
vail on President c. c. Baker to give MI
| Nanderpool a book of free tickets
A petition for pavement on Topeka ave
nue. from the end of the existing paveInen
to the north line OF Huntington ave. tn
curbed with Allen stone and paved wit
Capital City. Coffeyville or Lawrence brick
to Douthitt avenue. and 30 feet wide fror
Douthitt to Huntington
granted the use of the Auditorium for
concert on February s.
The street commissioner reported ina
the white wings carts are in bad repai
ana asked for conference with the street
and walks committee on that subject
The use of the council chamber va
granted to the Kansas State Co-operativ
association for a meeting on January :
and 80.
The action of the city attorney in com
mencing quo Warranto proceedings agaius
the gas company, was approved. and tn
city is pledged to stand back of the fnan
cial part of those proceedings.
The communication of Clark Hendrick
of Riverside, Cal. Offering to sell the cit
a dynamite cyclone buster, as reporte
in the State Journal, was read to the cour
ell amid considerable laughter and ordere
filed. Dead
The council adjourned sine die whic
does not mean permanently, but only unit
the first Monday in February. unless Gale
together for a special meeting.