The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-06-29
WILL GEl NUKE.
City Railway to Receive 30 Cents
for Hauling State Coal.
Last Year the Contract Price
Was % Sd.
CUTIN JANITOR FORCE.
Reduction Is Made by the Ex-
ecutiVe Council.
Mr.. Wells Won't Audit Bills for
Silver Service.
CUTIN JANITOR FORCE.

At the meeting of the executive coun-
ell Wednesday afternoon, the Topeka
Railway company closed a new contract
on more advantageous terms for the
hauling of coal to the state heating
plant. Instead of getting 23A cents a
ton for hauling and delivering the coal
at the heating plant, the railway COM
pany will get 35 cents per ton.
The railway company also agrees to
haul away the cinders from the plant.
There was considerable objection to
the increase in price, but the railway,
represented by Superintendent A L
Patten and Secretary Frank Kelly,
claimed that the company had lost
money on the contract last year, and
could not afford to take the work at
the same price.
I'VE will deliver the coal for 81 cents
tom said Superintendent Patten,
provided the state will assume all
| the expense of unloading. We figure
that it costs 4 cents a ton to unload,
and if the state can manage to get in
side that price, all right"
Some of the members of the council
| thought that this was entirely too high
a price. They figured out that it would
be 1915 for a 25 ton car and $3.50 for
so ton car. That looked very large,
but there seemed to be no way to beat
the price.
While the state was having its coal
hauled from the freight cars to the
heating plant in wagons, it lost hun
| dredS of dollars worth of coal every
/ year. The amount of coal received on
the car was nearly always several tons
/ more than the amount of coal received
1 at the heating plant. When the city
railway put in its freight track down
/ Jackson street, connecting with the
| Santa Fe tracks, it afforded a way by
4 which the coal cars from Leavenworth
might be hauled right to the door of
/ the heating plant and there unlOaded
| directly into the bins.
In explaining the increase in the
| bid, superintendent Patton said:
4 when we took the contract last year
we supposed that we could haul the
/ % ton cars up the Jackson street
track without any trouble. But the
| coal commenced to come in 80, 40 and
/ SO ton cars and the track wouldn't
stand it. We have had to reconstruct
the track, and lay hevier steel. In
winter it is necessary for US to keep
| the track clear of snow Last year
we were able to use the cinders from
/ the heating plant in our construction
work. Now the construction work is
done, and the hauling away of the
cinders will be a dead loss to u.s.
you people propose to charge al
most as much for hauling the coal
!
Tenth and Jackson as the railroad
does to haul it from Leavenworth to
Topeka How does that happen?"
asked T. T. Kelly.
'"The railroad hauls 40 or SO cars
with one engine and one train crew;
we have to employ nearly as large d
crew and handle the cars one at
time. That's the reason" explained
Superintendent Patten.
In compliance with the reduction in
| the number of state house janitors
from IS to Il, as provided by the last
/ in a couple of hours deciding upon
the six heads to be removed.
Seven of the old janitors were fin
alIv removed, and one new one ap-
pointed. The new man is T. J. Jami-
son of Topeka, and four of the seven
men to be let out are Topeka men.
Topeka appointes therefore got the
/ worst of the shake UP. The janitOrs
who will quit the employ of the state
on July 1, are James Mccoy, Topeka;
John c. Childs, Topeka; Frank Dim
cry, Lawrence; Logan Spaulding, To-
peka; Hirscheu Alexander, Horton:
Ed. G. Bass, Arkansas City; Henry
Scales, Topeka.
The appointments were parcelled out
among the members of the council, as
usual Three places are yet to be fill
ed, night Waterman, assistant engineer
and fireman, and a committee COM
posed of Governor Hoch, Attorney
General Coleman and State Treasurer
Kelly will be the official ironing board.
J. C. Collins of Paola was reap
pointed as custodian. Collins is T. T.
| Kelly's appointee. A complete list of
! the people elected is as follows:
/ Engineer, S1,200-A. P. MaItby
Assistant engineer 5000. k
! Grimes, Topeka.
Firemen, William Dennis.
CLAY Center; Harry Heckethorne, To-
! fr1y
Electrician, 5000. vester. To-
pel1a.
Janitors $75o-C. r. Bradshaw.
Topeka; Felix North. Topeka; Toliver
Bird, Topeka; J. W. Ffnney, Pittsburg;
! Walter Evans Hutchinson; W. NJ
! johnson, Wichita; Jacob Zahn. At
wood; Ned O'Banion, Clay Center;
| William Jackson, Columbus; D. Hick-
man. Hill City; NJ c. Peak, PaoIa; T.
J. Jamison, Topeka.
Messengers, 5000. H johnson
and W. W. Fisher, Topeka.
Waterman. $S0O-John R. Garvin.
Guide, s6OO-Lewis Geauque, Abb
Elevator men. 5000. N. Bacon,
Oswego; a. l. Maltby, Hutchinson.
State Auditor Wells announced to the
| council yesterday that he would refuse
to audit the vouchers for the $4,000
| which the legislature voted to spend for
/ the battleship Kansas silver service.
4 1.-The legislature did not specify who
| should expend this money! says Mr.
Il Wells. 7 don't think the governor has
any more right to spend it than one
of the state house janitors At any
4 rate I want to have an order from the
i supreme court before I authorize the
| payment of this money"
/ Mr. Wells thinks that there will be
plenty of time to buy a silver service
after the next legislature meets. and