The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-17
He HAS HIS WAY.
Councilman Holiday Overturns
Report of Committee.
City at Large VIII Fix Bois-
ferrous Biddle Greek.
LATER MAY BE SEWER
Preliminary Steps Taken to
Build One on East Side.
Two Firms Divide the New
Paving Contracts.
LATER MAY BE SEWER

As a sort of compromise and final set
Element of the long standing Biddle
creek trouble, the city council last night
voted in favor of the construction of a
large sewer for Parkdale which will
cost probably upwards of 800, 0O0- As a
temporary relief from floods caused by
the overlooking of Biddle creek during
heavy rains, it was voted to at once
receive bids on the widening of the
Biddle creek waterway, and the con-
struction of large bridges and culverts
at a cost of s756.
This plan of action was adverse to
that recommended to the council by
the ways and means committee. The
ways and means committee voted to
spend no money on providing temper
airy relief measures, except for repairs
on the East Sixth street bridge. The
committee thought the sewer should be
built by the people of Parkdale, to pro-
vide for their own drainage.
Councilman c. K. Holiday was large
Iy responsible for the concession in re-
gard to the extensive temporary RELIEF
measures, for which the city will pay.
What our people want" said Mr.
Holiday, lis immediate relief. They
are threatening to bring damage suits
against the city, ana 1 believe that II
the council votes to give this temper
airy relief it viii serve to allay much
of this feeling. 1t may be several years
before this sewer can be built, ana
meantime the people down there are
likely to be drowned out at any time.
am unable to say whether the people
there feel able to build a sewer at this
time"
The following are the engineers es-
Inmates on the job which the city will
let to the lowest bidder on June 6:
Culvert and bridge at La
fayette street ....--..-...-.... $lS3-S1
Culvert at Leland street. ........ 33052
Culvert on East Sixth avenue. 241.5s
s75s.O8
Value of Sc inch pipe. 10000
Net cost to the city. s456.oS
Paving Contracts Let.
1t was 1890 this morning before
the councilmen came out of their
caucus and announced the awards OF
contracts for this years paving work.
For nearly two hours the tellers had
been working over the figures, and the
other councilmen had been helping
them iron out the difficulties
John Richie and Ramsey & Has
kins each bid S1.15 per square yard
for the job of paving East Eighth
avenue, which was the capital prize.
The council settled the difficulty by
giving Richie the work Of paving
from the Shunganunga creek to Lake
street and giving Ramsey & Haskins
the rest; this gave each firm Il
blocks.
There was no evidence of a let-up
in the old fight on the Ramsey firm |
1t seemed to be just as bitter as it
was in 1902, when the price was
chopped down to $1.121a. This years
figures were even lower than that
year, because it costs more to lay
paving now than it did then.
AS it turned out, John Richie got a
little the best of it. He will lay y
blocks of paving, while Ramsey &
Haskins Will lay 6 Z blocks. Ritchfe
got the Adams street contract which /
carries with it a big job of paving
fronting the new freight depot, to be
paid for by the Santa Fe railroad.
Samuel Dolman came in with a bid |
of "a cents and got four blocks of
grading. while John Maxwell bid one
fourth of a cent less and got the CON
tract for 10 blocks, including East
Eighth
NJ. W. Gilmore carried off a good
which was for curbing East Eighth |
He win furnish Colorado red sand
stone for this job at 56 cents per
lineal foot. This contract amounts /
to about 81 900 He also got the con
tract for the following: All catch /
basins, at S16.75; all crossing plates. |
at $5.25; ali manholes, at $235O; ali /
culverts, at $141; all sewer pipe, at IA /
cents for 10-inch. so cents for 70
inch, 20 cents for 15-inch and S41L
cents for 18-inch. Gilmore's contracts
will probably run we'll up toward
$4,000.
John Richie also secured all the
rolling at cents per square yard.
kepley & Webster secured the Fort I
Scott blue sandstone curbing con-
tracts for Adams street and Third |
street at so cents, which is the full |
estimate price.
on paving of S1.221z and S1.22%. but !
OF course was not in the race He was I