The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-02
BAILEY GOT IT.
Governor Appears Before the
City Council,
Asked for Sidetrack at State
House Heating Plant.
CITY LEVY is MADE.
Parks Must Get Along One Year
on Half q Mill.
Many Miscellaneous Matters
Are Disposed OF.

Governor Willis ]. Bailey paid a visit
to the city council Monday night, and
made a speech in favor of an amend
ment to the street railway franchise
(which would permit the company to
build a sidetrack to the state heating
plant for the purpose of delivering coal
to the plant
| Judging by his results, the governor
is about the strongest lobbyist that has
ever attempted to use his ''fuence"
with the city council. He got what he
went after. The councilmen fell over
each other in their anxiety to suspend
rules, clear the track and pass the or
dinance which the governor advocated.
The result is that the city railway
company can start right in with the
construction of its sidetrack to the heat
ing plant, and within a week or SO, the
state can begin to deliver its coal di-
rect from the cars to the coal bins
Governor Bailey said to the council:
/ Il nave been asked to come here and
represent the executive council. They
want to have a switch built so that
they can haul coal direct to the state
heating plant. The loss in the state
coal, somewhere in transit has almost
amounted to a scandal. and we want to
see if we can't get little more coal by
having the cars hauled right to the
them in hte yards. We would apprec-
| late it very much if you gentlemen
would grant this request"
| The documents were on file to prove
request. signed by the members of the
executive council. was one of the ex-
hibits. and the agent for the property
on the other side of the alley from the
heating plant agreed TO make no claim
for damage to the construction of the
switch.
The ordinance desired by the railway
company was merely amendatory of
~ sal,
the company from building in alleys.
1t allows the company to build the side
track and to deliver freight over it
between the hours of midnight and a:
m. 1t was passed under suspension of
rules without opposition.
Levy Is Made.
There was no change made by the
council in the tax levy as drawn up by
the committee on ways and means, and
printed in full in the State Journal
park levy was allowed to remain ait
one-half mill in spite Of the efforts of
the park commissioners to have it
raised to one mill.
Park Commissioners Downs and Eol-
man were present at the meeting and
made short talks, in which they urged
the council to continue the one mill
levy for park purposes. They cited the
fact that rearly all cities of this size
make larger 1evies. and urged the coun-
Gil not to sacrifice any of the work al
ready done to a spirit of false economy.
VIM. Green explained why the ways
and means committee had taken its ac-
ton, and assured the park commission !
ers that it was not the intention of the |
council to make a permanent reduction. |
He thought the levy should be restored /
to one mill as soon as the city gets |
rid of some unusual expenses which |
cause temporary increase in the levy |
for other funds.
Appraisers Report Laid Over.
special meeting of the council had |
been called for 1880 p. m. for the pur-
pose of considering the report of APP
part of town. The fact that an error
had been made rendered it impossible to
carry out the plan as proposed and it
was decided to lay over the whole mat
ter until the difficulty could be adjust
ed 1t seems that under the plan pro-
posed, the opening of the alley would