The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-23
TOO MUCH TORN UP.
City Engineer McCabe Thinks
Streets Should Be Fixed Up.

City Engineer McCabe says it is time
for the city railway company 10 cau d
halt on their construction work ana pc
gin to get things ready for winter. he
may try to prevent the company from
opening up any more streets.
Winter is likely to set in any day,
says Mr.. McCabe, and 1t WouIo ca IN
the city railway in bad shape. The
company has a lot to do to finish up It's
work and get the streets in good shape
The company has not, carried away the
dirt which it removed from its excaVa-
lions in some streets. West TWelftn
street is almost impossible, and so IS
Clay between Tenth and Huntoon
There is still a lot of dirt there when
has not been hauled away. On other
streets where new poles have been set,
the dirt has been thrown into the gut
ters. Down on Kansas avenue, south
of Thirteenth the dirt has not all been
removed the company seems to think
that simply by leaving the dirt there
the city will have to carry 1t away Ior
it.
Besides all this grading, the COM
pany ought to be required to fix, be-
fore cold weather, it's paved tracks on
East Eighth, East Seventh, West Sew
enth, East Fourth and numerous places
where the paving was not properly
done. There are no really dangerous
places on these paved streets, but the
tracks are very rough, and the bricks
are coming out in some places. They
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! cold weather"
One of the proposed moves which Mr..
McCabe is going to try to stop for this
winter is the construction of line on
Percy street to Washburn college. He
I says that if the company opens up this
! line through the Fifteenth street pave
ment, the chances are that it will stay
open all winter. A freeze would pre-
vent the replacing of the pavement.
Sunday morning a gang of over 100
/ laborers was put to work tearing out
the Quinton Heights line. The work
was commenced well GAIT toward the
Shunaanunga creek, and progressed
toward town rapidly
The work of Street Commissioner
Snyder in getting the streets in cond1-
| ton for winter is being greatly delayed
| by the construction work of the street
car company. Snyder wants to start
in work on West Twelfth at once. and
get it in passable condition, but he
con do very little until the company
finishes u<9-
A gang of men was at work all day
Sunday and today on Tenth street
cleaning up, and that thoroughfare is
now in fairly good shape. The COM
pany has been improving the favorable
weather to get in all the new con-
struction possible.
IF we can only have thirty days
more good weather" says Mr.. Myers
of the. street car company, I'VE car
get things in good shape. We are
pushing the work as fast as possible.
In regard to Percy street and the
Washburn college loop, I have beer
trying to meet President Plass OF
Washburn college for several days
and hope to hold a conference with
him today looking to satisfactory adj
justment of route
The company seems to be willing tt
give UP the proposed Percy stree
route under certain conditions. one O.
these is that they be saved the ex
pense of square turns around a block
by permission to run a loop east of tn,
athletic field with the understanding
that they abandon the ground whei
Washburn may want it for the gymna
SUM or other purpose, and then 81
further west with the car line.