The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-16
Miscellaneous Rnsfness-

Herman A. Klauer brought in a
claim of $4,000 for damages for in
Juries resulting from fall caused by
sidewalk obstruction. The accident is
said to have occurred on February 6,
1905. The claim was referred to the
| judiciary committee.
The claim of VIM Schick of $247.65
for horse killed and other damages
/ incurred eby a runaway caused by the
| engine of the pile driver on the Melan
arch bridge extension was referred to
the judiciary committee
The communication from Mrs.
Emily Meade in regard to opening
/ Third street between Fillmore and
/ Clay streets offering to compromise
for $240 was referred to the judiciary
committee.
A sidewalk petition for the west
side of Fillmore street between Second
and Third streets was referred to the
streets and walks committee.
A petition for the placing of an arc
light at the corner of Eleventh and
| Locust streets was referred to the gas
and electric light committee.
A petition for an arc light at the
| corner of Clay and First streets was
referred to the gas and electric light
committee.
The judiciary committee recommend
ed to the city council that the free en-
/ ployment bureau be taken care of by
! the city clerks office. The reconmen-
/ dalton was adopted by the council.
] City Clerk SQuires addressed a written
/ communication to the city council stat
! ing that he would take care of the Of
fee but that it would be necessary for
him to have additional clerical hire if
the duties of the employment bureau be
left with him.
T. B. Gerow, director of the state free
| employment bureau, requested the city
council to continue the Office of the city
| free employment agency in the commits
siOner of elections and that the sum of
! $25 per month be allowed a deputy as
| a part of his work, the said sum to be
| charged to free employment agency on
the books of the city A communica-
| ton along the same line was received
| from G. H. Titus, commissioner of cleo
| tions. He said: LAS the question of
making an appointment of a deputy in
| this office has become an open one, by
reason of the enactment of the recent
! law, which allow a registered voter an
unlimited registration, provided a
/ change of residence does not occur, nor
/ the voter fail to vote at each succeed
! ing election after registering, and it
J having been considered by some that
a continued or extended registration
/ might lessen the duties of the Office to
the extent that the services of a deputy
! might be dispensed with for portion
of the time as a measure of economy
to the city, I wish to state that I am
disposed to favor any effort of the city
administration favoring economy in the
| affairs of this Office that may be adopt
ed without detriment to the service or
general convenience of the public"
Mr.. Titus stated that it would be pos
sible to get along at certain in
/ tervals without the assistance of a dep
uty, thus cutting down the expenses by
| one-half to $780, But he claimed. that
| this would be impossible if free employ
ment bureau was continued in his Of
fee The communications were placed
on file.
w. F. Warner of the Warner Arc
Lamp company, stated that he would
| be in the city next Monday to ask for
a consideration of his proposal for the
| sale of his lamp to the city
]. C. owens made a proposition to the
| city to take care of its garbage and
! offaI The communication was referred
! to the committee on health and SANTA
! ton. owens offers to haul off and bury
! the bodies of dead horses. mules and
| cows where they have not been skinned
or burned, free of charge, providing the
/ city council viii give him a free IL
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