The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-18
GO ON A TOUR.
Second Ward COuneiImen Feel
the Public Pulse.
Holiday and Griley Visit Their
Constituents.
DON'T WANT A SEWER.
Satisfied That a Majority Are
Hostile to the Project.
There Is, However, a Strong
Sentiment for 1t.
DON'T WANT A SEWER.

c. x. Holiday and Joseph GriIey.
the Second ward councilmen, put in
the whole morning today in walk
ing tour of the Second ward, for the
purpose, it is said, of talking with
people about the proposed new sewer
for that part of town. Holiday and
Griley will try to find out whether
the majority of the people favor or
oppose the sewer project.
Councilman Griley says: From
what 1 learned, the majority of the
people are opposed to the sewer, and
shall vote against it until I am con-
WINGED that more of the people want
it. We found a good many people
this morning who were for the sewer,
but more who were against it. 1
think"
Councilman Holiday said: eve
were out talking sewer, and 1 don't
know how 1 shall vote on the propo-
sition if it comes UP. ] shall be in
favor of what the majority wants. I
don't know what it wants. but 1 ex-
pect to find out. our business this
morning was to look at the condition
of streets and alleys.
1t is considered pretty certain that
both of the Second ward councilmen
will be opposed to the Second ward
sewer when the time comes for them
to go on record in the matter. There
| is, however, a strong sentiment in IA
vor of a sewer, and it may be strong
enough to justify the council in order
ing the big drain put in, even over
the protests OF the majority.
o. Swanson, the well known con
tractor, who lives on East Eighth
avenue, has come out strongly in IA
vor of the construction of the sewer,
and will do all in his power to see
that It is built.
Election Commissioner T. s. Will
i liams is also a Second ward man who
is ready to fight for a sewer. He
Several people have come to me
4 and asked that / should draw up pc
titions in favor of the sewer to be
circulated by them, and l may com
| ply with their suggestions. 1 believe
| that the sewer sentiment is growing
stronger down there. People realize
that it is their only way out of bad
situation Parkdale and vicinity is
situated on fat bottom land, where
the drainage is naturally poor. I'm
| less the district has a sewer, big
enough to take care of all the storm
water it will always be troubled by
/ floods We might as well build a
sewer now as later on
Frank NJ Newland is one of the
men who is opposed to a sewer, and
/ in his ward. The people who want
the sewer built say that the reason
NeWland is opposed to it is because
| he has private sewer of his own
| leading into Shunganunga creek, and
| does not want to pay his share of a
/ public sewer. which is scarcely fair to
Mr.. Newland, who is a public spirited
citizen.
E. b. Snyder former councilman
from the Second ward, knocks on the
whole proposition. He says that it
will do no good to build new and
larger bridges over Biddle creek, be-
cause the water has room enough
there now. Nevertheless he is OPP
posed to the construction of a sewer
system. He says:
What should be built down there
for the present is not a sewer system.
but a storm water drain, emptying
into Shunganunga creek. That is what
our people really need. They don't
want a sewer, because comparatively
few of them have water. 1t is esti-
mated that the proposed sewer may
cost $4,000. If they build it big
enough to carry all that water from
Biddle creek, it will cost nearer $780,
0OO. The people down there are very
much opposed to a sewer. They don't
want it and they will terminate the
political career of any councilman
from that ward who does
Street Commissioner ]. F. Snyder
has been doing considerable street i'm
provement work in the Second ward
recently, and il was part of Mr.. HOlli-
days and Mr.. Griley's object to in
SDeCL IQ1S work curing Lnelr Trip TINS
morning. The last flood left a num-
Der of large ponds Of water standing
in the low places. To these bitches
were dug, and the water drained off
A ditch was also dug to carry off the
water from a large spring which has
opened up at the foot of the hills
This spring is discharging a large
quantity of water. and it has been
fixed now so that it's water runs di-
rectly to the Shunganunga. The
street commissioner has also graded a
number of streets and put in lot of
box culverts. All this work was found
to be satisfactory by the two council
men.
About two months ago, when there
was some talk of a sewer in the Sec
ond ward, the people down there got
UP quite a voIuminous protest against
such a move. This protest is still on
file with the city clerk, and viii doubt
less be resurrected by the opponents
Of the proposition. There are to be
several petitions in favcS' of the propo-
sition circulated, and the chance for a
hot fight is very good