The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-10-08
MAY CHANGE 1T.
More Talk of Proposed Viaduct-
Election Deferred.

No action was taken by the streets
and walks committee Friday night or
the Rranner street viaduct proposition
| This practically settles the question
/ of when the proposed bond election
will be held. 1t cannot take place
until after the fall election, for the
streets and walks committee decided
to postpone consideration of the mat
ter until its next meeting, on Oct. a.
That will be too late for the Monday
night council meeting.
The committee will have to make
its peace with the council for this
action, for the council ordered it to
report back the Branner street ordi-
nance next Monday night
This afternoon, the streets and
walks committee will go at o'clock
to see the proposed site for the viaduct
and talk over the possibility of the
people down there getting damages.
A number of property owners were
present at the meeting Friday night,
and made it plain to the council that
if the viaduct was built on Branner
street, they would expect heavy dam
ages for their property.
A committee consisting of I. F.
Carver, w. H. Wilson and John D.
Norton were present at the meeting
representing the board of education.
The board of education wants the via
duct placed somewhere else besides on
Branner street. They say it will in
terfere with the Branner school. Mr..
Wilson said, in addressing the council
1--WE do not want the tracks in front
of the school house because the street
is narrow. and there is danger for
the small children. The noise of cars
passing is also very annoying for a
school in session.
A new plan for the construction of the
viaduct was proposed last night. 1t
was suggested that the street car tracks
might be built north on Klein street to
the corner. of Second street and then
RI 1Iwr Tod ,,1,
which would be built across some va
cant lots lying between Klein, Branner,
Second and the Santa Fe tracks, to
Branner street, where the span across
the tracks would start.
1t was thought that the viaduct might
be built on Santa Fe land at the north
end, so that it would be unnecessary to
shut up the street in the front of the
houses on the east side of Branner
street.
This afternoon at o'clock, when the
streets and walks committee goes on
it's tour of investigation, it will also
of the proposed Santa Fe sidetrack
from Fifth to Tenth.
Would Locate Factories.
There was another great talk-fest
last night between the people who 1--we
on Adams street and oppose the con-
Struction of the sidetrack, and c. K.
Holiday, H. G. Carney and others who
want to see the sidetrack built.
The Adams street residents say the
proposed track would ruin their prop
erty. They had Joseph G. Waters there
last night to plead their case for them.
He said it would be confiScation for the
council to allow the track to be built.
Mr.. Holiday said that his mother
owned a lot of land on the east side of
the proposed sidetrack, which was a
desirable site for factories provided the
sidetrack was built. II know of two
factories which want to move in there
right away" said Mr.. Holiday. with
in five years that vacant tract down
there will be a seething mass of fac
tories. I wish I had the money to spare
4 would like to buy the property of
these people all along the west side of
Adams street, VINO are SO anxious to
sell out. according to their story. I
would double my money within five
years.
who had a supply of irnpassioned ora
tory on tap, however. There was a
large amount of it opened up on both
sides. Mrs. Carnahan, who always
Holiday about the Adams street pro-
position, Threatened dire vengeance
on him at the next election unless he
would come around and vote against
giving the sidetrack to the Santa Fe.
After Mr.. Holiday finished his re-
marks Mrs. Carnahan said: Il have
heard on very good authority that the
devil is a liar and the father of liars.
and 1 am convinced that Mr.. Holiday
is closely related to him." 1t takes a
woman to put the finishing touches to
a dark brown roast.
Besides Mrs. J. A. P. Canadian. who
is a power in Second ward politics
there were about four other Adams
street women at the meeting. Several
of them made speeches. The men were
also on hand, and added their argu-
ments to the collection.
At the present time, there is a space
80 feet wide between the Missouri Pa
cific tracks and the property line of
the people who are making the fight
The proposed Santa Fe sidetrack is
east of the Missouri Pacific tracks, so
that it does not cut down the width
of the present roadway at all.
w. o. Anderson, one of the proprie-
tors of the new barrel and box factory
was at the meeting. He says that he
has for a long time tried to induce the
Pacific to build a switch into
his factory, but it has refused. He then
asked the Santa Fe to build a side
track to reach him, and the Santa Fe
This is what really start
ed the whole agitation for a sidetrack.
Mr.. Anderson's factory is now doing a
business of So, 900 a year, which will be
largely increased provided the factory
can get the necessary railroad accom-
The indications are that the council
will grant the Santa FEES request for
a sidetrack. The sentiment seemed to
be that it would not injure the resi-
dence property on the west side of
Adams street.