The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-11
WILL HAVE TOCONE OUT.
kansas Avenue Property Owners Won't
Compromise.


The oak plank headers on Kansas
avenue viii have to come out and the
Colorado red sandstone substituted as
is provided under the contract.
The Kansas avenue property owners
paving committee yesterday afternoon
turned down the proposition advanced
by the streets and walks committee
which offered to fix up the intersections
of Kansas avenue with Second and
Fifth streets where eobble stone pave
ment existed with asphalt provided
waiver was given by the property own
ers for the stone headers.
The streets and walks committee fig
ured that the additional asphalt paving
would cost as much as the difference.
between the plank headers and the
sandstone headers-and that the cost OF
one could be charged or against the
cost of the other.
The property owners wanted the por-
tons OF the two street intersections re-
ferred to repaved with asphalt instead
of the cObble stone and the council be-
lieved that they could trade the head
ers already in for this work.
But the trade fell through-the pro-
perty owners were not running to any
bargain counter sales They wanted
the contract lived up to and they in
sisted on it.
It will now be I'D to the Parker
Washington Paving company to get the
sandstone headers.
The Whole thing looks funny to me.
don't know how it may strike anyone
else said c. E. Jewell of the property
owners committee.
I'VE have been simply asking the
council to live up to the contract which
they have made. It's funny that it
should take so much work on our part
to make the council see that the con-
tract is lived up to. When I make
contract with a man see to it that he
does everything that he is called to do.
It's not the part Of these property
owners to see that this paving con-
tract is obeyed to the letter; that's
what the council is there for.
I'VE have been asking for this stone.
We asked for it in the contract. It
was there and we had man brought
here to Topeka to tell US just exactly
what we should specify. We want the
stone and don't want anything else. We
have paid for it.
The stone can be secured without
any trouble, I think. I got SO feet Of
it here right in Topeka when needed
some. The plank headers that we have
got here is that rotten red oak, too
White oak may be hard to get, but 1
believe that it could have been bought.
1.-The two street intersections could
have been fixed up from the money
left over for hiring an expert. We
figured on $500 for engineering con-
tingeneies in the way of inspection and
it is not going to cost more than $500.
The difference could have been applied
to the cost of fixing up those fntersec-
TONS but I presume the council want
ed to turn in the surplus into the gen.
eral improvement fund. I don't know
why we should particularly interest
ourselves in the looks Of those two in
| tersections; we don't own any property
down there with the exception of Mr.
Thomas. It's really q matter which
should interest the city council itself"
I'VE are going to call upon the paw
ing company to live up to the con-
tract - remarked +. E. Nipps. chairman
of the council committee on streets and
walks Il think the contract should
be lived up to. If we don't we are
apt to run into a lot of trouble. The
stone headers will have TO go in. What
will be done about the intersections
hasn't been determined YETI