The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-01

COullCll last hereafter following
the publishing of the ordinance the
use of firearms in the city on the
Fourth of July will be prohibited. This
includes the use of blank cartridges,
but it does not take effect until next
year.
The following pay rolls of the city
departments for the month of June
were allowed:
Street department .....$ 2,643.92
City officers and councilmen 1,259.91
Police department ........ 1,954.00
Fire department ........ 2,914.88
Sanitary department 1900. 431.50
| Engineering department 1890
Electric light department. 553.33
$1o.5oo.54
A petition for the creation Of a
benefit district for the opening of an
| alley between Twelfth and King streets
and Lane and West streets was re-
ferred to the streets and walks COM
mittee.
A petition requesting the city coun-
Gil to fore the c. r. I. & P. railway
to construct sidewalks across their
tracks on Gordon, Morse and Grant
streets in North Topeka was referred
to the streets and walks committee.
A communication from the Warner
Arc Lamp company offering a bond of
$4,000 to cover their proposed contract
was referred to the committee on gas
and electric lights.
A remonstrance against the opening
of Smith street between Seventh and
Eighth streets was presented and re-
ferred to the streets and walks COM
nittee. The remonstrance is signed by
four property owners.
James Neil asks damages to the
L.
| in Ritchie's addition on Kansas ave-
nue.. Neil claims q mistake in the sur
vey has been made and that the city
has appropriated some of his property.
| The city engineers estimate for the
fixing of a room in the basement of the
city building for the waterworks depart
ment amounting to $191.09 was referred
to the waterworks committee.
The recommendation of the ways and
means committee that the new bridges
across the Shunganunga. be raised at an
expense of $323.7S was adopted by the
council.
A communication from the CONNER
cia1 club requesting that water rental
charged for Home Festival Week be
RENTED was referred to waterworks
committee.
The report of the ways and means
committee rejecting the Meade claim
was adopted by the council.
The regular monthly appropriation or
dinance appropriating money out of the
general revenue fund, fire department
fund, police department fund and gem
eral improvement fund to meet the pay
rolls of the various city departments
was passed as follows:
| General revenue fund. .........$ 1904. IA
Fire department fund. ...... 2,914.SS
Police department fund. 1880
| General improvement fund.-. 3,940 25
Total SO. 613s7
The following revised ordinances
drawn up by former City Attorney
Spencer were presented and referred to
the judiciary committee: An ordinance
regulating the planting and protection
of shade trees in parking grounds; an
ordinance relating to the repair of side
walks; a repeal ordinance, repeating
certain ordinances which have been re-
vised.
An estimate for the raising of the
gutter in the brick pavement and put
ting in drain at Fifth street and West
street amounting to $3.50 was referred
to the streets and walks committee.
The following resolutions for the rails
ing of sidewalks on East Fifteenth
street and on east side of Kansas ave-
nue. south of fair grounds railroad
switch, were referred to the streets and
walks committee.
A communication from Chas. F. Spen-
Ger in regard to compilation and re-
vision of ordinances, was referred to the
judiciary committee.
A plumbing bond of $4,000 of the Mood
Plumbing and Heating company was
approved.
The deed of a small piece of land near
the change of channel of Wards creek
near Park avenue from John D. Knox
to the city was accepted