The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-31

cures the bid FOR TepaXfnE Kansas aV-
enue can afford TO make as Low bid
If NOT lower than fer Kansas av-
enue. It is on the grounds and does
not have to freight its tools and equip
ment. The plant is running and there
is no preliminary loss in getting it
started.
Wait a year or two years, the pave
ment is in an impossible condition. it
Will cost more to repair it and the
chances are the contract cost will be
higher.
The streets which the council de-
cides should be repaved, should be re-
paved now as soon as Kansas avenue
is repaved. The streets that the coun-
ell decides should be repaired, the
council should order repaired now a.
soon as Kansas avenue is repaved.
The contracts for the repavfng of KAN
sas avenue Will be opened June 4th.
If possible it is even better that the re-
pair and new pavement work shoulA
be carried along hand in hand with
that of Kansas avenue
There are many places in the asphalt
pavement where a little repair work Is
all that is necessary to make then.
good. Neglect and the cost. of repais-
will increase.
Il believe that the city council
should appoint a committee from
among its numbers together with the
city engineer to report on the asphaA
pavements which need repair or can
be repaved.'' said James MeCabe, city
engineer. Some of these streets 1t is
a hopeless matter to try to repair. The
lief has gone out of the pavement and
try as we might the asphalt would
simply disintegrate around the patch
which we might put In. leaving it just
as same as it was before. Jackson
street East Third, West Eighth anG
Tenth avenues will all have to be re-
paved. You can't repair those. Quincy.
ianr Ninth North Ia Oh
streets think can be fixed up with lit
tie cost. The Davements are in gooG
condition with the exception of some
places which can be easily fixed up.
/ think we should get at this righe
away. The places should be mark ed
off that need repairing and the streets
which need repaving should be de-
cided on. With this settled the council
could go right ahead"
Heavy circus wagons and the gas
company have placed Topeka avenue
south of Tenth in a deplorable condition.
N. I. Dalton, property owner on
Topeka avenue, said: THE mayor and
the members of the city council ought
to take a. look at Topeka avenue south
of Tenth now. The pavement is in
such a condition that we will have to
pave over again and some of the people
haven't finished paying for the nave
ment yet. The gas company and the
circus wagons are responsible for The
cOnQltlOn OF the street The gas COM
pany tore up part of the pavement TO
put down their mains and the circus
wagons came along and wherever they
struck places where the gas company
had been digging the bricks were urn
ed on end and just ground to pieces.
Those heavy circus wagons loaded down
with the heavy oak seats weigh down,
you have no idea how much It's not
the wagons used in the parade but the
wagons that haul the tents and seats,
the dray wagons which do the mischief.
The wagons have worn grooves right
into the pavement If this keeps up we
will have to reDave.
I think that the council should pass
some sort of an ordinance covering this
There is no reason why the circuses
can't have their freight shipped right IN
to the fair grounds instead of hauling it
over the paved streets. Ours is not the
only street that suffers. We employ the
mayor to look after ethese things and I
think that he ought to pay US visit