The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-29
HOW THEY FEEL.
Talks With North Topeka PeO-
pie.
Not All Favor Giving Hallway
- the Bridge.
ENTITLED TO SERVICE.
Do Not Understand Discrimi.
nation of City Railway.
No Effort Made to Accommod ate
the People.

Sentiment in North Topeka regarding
the granting of a franchise by the city
council allowing the City Railway COM
pany is divided. BY no means all of the
citizens are in favor of the concession.
Some people, made desperate by the
dilatory actions of the railway COM
pany, favor allowing the company to
use the bridge temporarily even at the
expense Of damaging the structure and
It is not surprising when it is known
that North Topeka is practically with
out street car service. One car runs from
the north end of the bridge for four
blocks The four blocks amount to
nothing. The company makes no effort
TO furnish transportation across the
bridge. Last year when the car bridge
was damaged by high water and this
year before the bridge was carried out
the old street car company operated a
bus between the north and south car
lines and a fairly good service was
maintained. Now no effort whatever is
made toward accommodating the peo-
pie.
C. F. Rimban said: There is not one
person in five in North Topeka who IA
vor having the tracks Of the city railway
on the Melan bridge. Some favored d
light track and light cars and traffic on
the Kansas avenue bridge with the
council to regulate the traffic and speed
but in the last week a sentiment against
even that form of street car traffic on
the bridge has become manifest. Per-
sonally 1 understand our councilmen
from the North side to be opposed to
allowing the street cars on the bridge.
The street car company is trying to
force US to favor the use of the bridge
Tor the cars. At the meeting held in
North Topeka Monday night the state
ment was made that the street car COM
pany is not asking for a franchise across
the bridge but that If the people wanted
the tracks on the bridge the company
would lay them if permission was given.
Now Mr. Doran. the attorney for the
company, makes a statement in which
he says the street car company VIII
fight the injunction and spend money to
secure the right to the bridge.
e. F. Tenant says that the people in
the northwest part of North Topeka are
opposed to the street car tracks being
laid on the bridge. T. M. Hanley does
not favor it. 1 fear that people viii
move away if the tracks are allowed on
the bridge. 1 win do that myself and
move my home and my business to the
south side of the river If the tracks are
placed on the bridge and the structure
IS ruined for wagon and traffic. Only
few men in North Topeka are agitating
the placing Of the tracks on the bridge.
I favored it until 1 saw that the street
car company wanted the whole thing
with no restrictions. We depend upon
the help of the councilmen from the
south side of the river to keep the tracks
off the bridge. They can prevent the
outrage.
The street car company asked for the
use of the bridge. first for one year.
and then asked for the use of the
bridge for two wears. and ninety days
In which to remove the tracks after
that. That is a strange way of chang
Ing The company tore up the track
pm Kansas avenue to Garfield park. and
| believe forfeited the charter. They
want the use of the bridge with no ex-
pense TO them, and while North Topeka
Is being rebuilt make a great incon-
genience to use.
1.-THE company is not trying to give
US good service. waited one night
at the south end of the bridge 40 min
ntes for a car, and another night wait
ID 30 minutes and then walked and
reached 922 Polk street before the car
The company is making this incon-