The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-25
TO HELP Topeka.
City Railway Is Planning Inter
urban Lines.
This Developed in the Lower
House Today.
BILL is REPORTED.
Eminent Domain Act Receives
Favorable Consideration.
Will Promote the Building of
Electric Roads.

When the ALBANIAN bill giving inter
urban railways the right of eminent
domain was recommended for passage
IN the house committee of the whole
this morning. T. G. Kelley and At
torney T. F. Doran of the Topeka
City railway We're on hand to see the
Are you going to build some inter
urban lines was asked of Mr..
Doran.
I'VE may; watch us and see," re-
piled Mr.. Doran.
Where Will you build ~
That's what you are to watch
said the street railway attorney.
asked.
reply.
The ALBANIAN bill allows interurban
railways to condemn a right of way
the same as steam railways. There
was objection to that part of the bill
which allowed a street railway to con-
denim land within city, and it was
stricken out The bill was recon-
mended for passage with this amend
ment
It is supposed that this bill is to
facilitate the construction of the kan
sas City-Topeka electric line
As further aid to interurban roads
the house committee of the whole
recommended for passage the bill pro-
v1ding penalties for injuring or dam
aging electric railway property for
throwing stones at electric cars, and
giving to conductors and motorneers
police powers to protect their prop
erty and to arrest anyone caught
damaging property of the company
VIII Repair State House.
Two bills for the repair of the state
mouse steps and the pavement of the
state house drives were recommended
this morning for passage.
The bill for the reconstruction of
,,
which were not constructed of the
right kind of stone in the first place.
carries a $4,000 appropriation.
The further sum of $4,000 is pro-
vided for paving the rough stone
walks around the state house.
Both of these appropriations were
recommended by the ways and means
committee, but when the WAYS and
means committee bill was knocked
out. special bills were introduced by
W. A. S. Bird. There was no opposi-
ton to the favorable report on these
two important bills.
Can Cross Asylum Grounds
The bill granting the city of Topeka
the right to lay water mains across the |
insane asylum grounds was recon- /
mended for passage. This will be a
valuable right for the city to possess
under the city ownership plan. The
bill in full is as follows.
The right is hereby granted to the |
city of Topeka to lay a water main /
from the west SiQE across the la0QS OF
the Topeka state hospital to a point
on the east line of said lands.
AS compensation for said right, the /
city of Topeka, at the time said main
is laid, shall place such number of fire L
hydFants, not less than three, and at /
such points adjacent to the buildings (
on said lands as the fire marshal of /
said city may think proper; and in I
case of a fire at said hospital the fire
department of~said city shall respond, +
and render the same assistance as
though said buildings were within
said city
New Judicial District.
J. w. MOntee. of Crawford county,
this morning introduced a bill giving a
new solution for the judicial district
muddle down in the Sixth judicial dis
trict-
The Montee bill proposes to create a
new district out of Crawford county to
be known as the Thirty-eighth district
and leave Bourbon and Linn as the
Sixth district. Heretofore the plan has
been to put Bourbon in a district by
itself and throw Crawford and Linn
together.
There is a strong demand for some
sort of relief. The population of the
district has so increased that it is i'm
possible for one judge to do the work
When the time came to hold the term
Of court at Girard the other day Judge
SimOns was sick and unable to preside
The members of the bar selected B. s.
Gaitskiu as judge pro tenn, and also
drafted the bill which Mr. Montee has
introduced. They sent a letter to Mr..
Montee urging him to secure the pass
age of the bill as soon as possible. The
communication was signed by 3. S.
Gaitsl1ill d. H Wooley. L. H Phillips,
u. NJ Mason, James A. Smith, J. NJ.
Wayde, Arthur Fuller, E +. Woodbury.,
T. J. Carr. J. f. Walsh.
Under the terms Of the bill all the
cases now on the docket from Craw-
ford county viii stand for trial at the
first term of the proposed new judicial
district The court of the new Thirty
eighth district will meet at Girard on
the second Monday in January, the first
in April. and the first Monday
in October; at Pittsburg on the third
in February, second Monday in
May, third Monday in November. The :
governor will appoint a new judge to | {
serve till January. 1907. 1t is proposed
that Judge Sinons stay at Fort Scott z
and preside over the Bourbon-Linn s
court
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