The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-02

mains across the Melan bridge as soon
L E. Myers Of the stxeef railway com
pany who was present at the meeting.
stated that in rs opinion, enough piles
OF 1ne old street railway bridge are still
standing co enable the water and gas
mains co be lashed to the piles and car
ileo across the river temporarily as
SON as the water goes down IF there
are not enough piles the street railway
company viii agree to drive more, so
tnal such an arrangement can be car
r1ed out" said Mr.. Myers
The council therefore took no definite
action IN regard to the place for the
mains, but by motion requested the
water company and gas Company to
make all possible haste to procure new
mains, and get themselves in readiness
10 put them across the river as soon
as the river goes down a little lower.
gntll water mains are carried to North
topeka that part of town is without
FIRE protection.
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
me street railway franchise was re-
ported back by the ways and means
committee, with the recommendation
that IT be passed as amended. The or
dinance was not discussed but was
made a special order for Thursday
evening
The ordinance provides that the COM
pany shall not build on the AIeIah
bridge, but shall be allowed to build
a new bridge on either the east or west
SIDE of that bridge.
The following streets are on the list
I IN the ordnance as being barred to tn.
railway company's tracks: Quincy
south OF Seventh: Topeka avenue. 10
seventeenth Fillmore south If Iro4yrfr !.
Clay, Fourth to Tenth: Harrison TYLER
greenwood, Woodlawn Ashland. Park
Laurel and Grove. Over ali othnr
streets Ia the city the company is given
q blanket franchise for a period of fhrce
y ears. After three he
must not occupy other streets without
permission Of the council
II L. Myers was present a { the meet.
lhg ana said he was willing to let thr
ordinance go over. but wants The or5t
nance passed soon so that when tho
oOHl pahy IS able to go to work in Nort},
roleiSa II can relay its tracks PEI :
An ordinance was passed e,-,n+in.y
me Rock Island the right to law
SWitch TO the new cold storage plant on
jackson street.
me ordinance repeating all the old
stfeeL railway franchises was intro
uueed and referred to the ways and
/ means committee
An ordinance repeating the huckster
Incense ordinance and reducing the fee
70 20 Tor six months was introduced
and referred to the judiciary commit
/ tee.
Councilman Wolf had an ordinance
providing certain streets upon which
ufays may stand, which he wanted
passed under emergency but il was re-
4 iefred to the streets and walks com
mittee- The ordinance seems to allow
expires wagons to stand almost any
/ Whsre except on East Sixth street be
! tween Kansas avenue and Quincy
The settlement Of the Edward Thomp-
son damage suit for 1929 was approved
by the council, as recommended by the
ways and means committee.
II was voted by the council to pay
the Topeka Water company 500 600 in
/ full payment for rental on 800 hydrants
provided that the company enter into
the necessary stipula ton to protect the
J cltys legal status in possible litigation.
petition for pavement on an alley
during 1904 was recommended to the
council next year for favorable action.
The Mutual Ice company offered to
supply the city with ice at the rate of
j 3f1s cents er 100 pounds. This price
was considered too high and it was laid
over.
An offer Of s8s5 for the old. pest house
site on Deer creek was reaeivea fnysal
Thomas Kennedy and refele.ed to the
ways and means committee
A proposition with prices for new
sprinklers and street sweepers was re-
| ceived from Seery & Morton and re-
ferred 10 the ways and means commit
tee and the city street commissioners
Prince Hall grand chapter. Order of
/ the Eastern Star asked for use Of the
municati beginning June "A for three
days The fact that it is uncertain how
long the room win be needed for flood
refugees, the request was referred to the
building committee
The license collector reported collec-
tons of S504.1O for the month Of May
The appropriation ordinance for the
May expenses as as follows:
I General revenue fund 2,SOS-2l
Fire department fund....--.-.- 2.6o3-9
Police department fund ...-.-.. 2.342.04
General Improvement fund. 2,4II1'
Paving fund .-.-......-.-....-. l,360-Ss
Street opening Observation-Disclosures l9U.Vt
Street opening .-----.----------- 19V y,
Alley opening ....----..-..--.-- zo-O'
Total -.--.--...-+. .---.-.----S l1, 90 q
The council took up and passed the
paving assessment ordinance of Al
pages, very interesting dccunen'
which no one ever listens to. 1t is par
of the red tape necessary in the pro
cess of pavement construction.
TIE council adjourned till THURSDAY
night.