The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10
IT is TOO SMALL.
Topeka Commercial Club Over
flows It's Rooms.
Members Forced to Stand Out
in Halls.
POLE QUESTION is UP.
Debate on Old Question of Re-
moving Them.
The Club Is in an Especially
Thankful Mood.
OLE QUESTION is UP.

uduAtttA MUBus
Last nights meeting of the Com
merciaI club was one of the most en-
thusiastic which has been held for
long time. The qoom was crowded
and even the hallway was filled with
members of the club who-were I'M
able to gain admission TO the room,
and the entire attendance semed en-
Unused with the spirit of progress.
The Commercial club needs larger
quarters.
George w. Upshaw, president of
the Standard Upholstery company,
had number of chairs, couches and
other articles manufactured by his
company on exhibition about the
room. Mr.. Upshaw recently moved
his manufacturing business to this city
from Abilene on the assurance of the
Commercial club that he could obtain
financial assistance in this city with
which to enlarge his business.
Last night he stated that the com
pany must raise $4,000. and that at
once, or curtail their operations and
reduce their force, which now consists
of fourteen employees. Sixteen shares
o fstock at 500 per snare were sub
scTibed for by members of the Com
mercial club who We're in the room,
and a committee of three was APP
pointed who have promised to raise
the remainder of the amount this
morning
Would Remove the Poles.
The proposition of removing teIe-
graph and telephone poles from the
streets, which has been agitated some
in the past, was given new life last
night by the introduction of a resolu-
| ton by A. H. Bennett, which is as
follows
Resolved. That the committee on
municipal legislation be requested to
confer with the city council with a
view of securing such harmonious
action as Will remove all poles from
the business streets and as far as
practicable from the residence streets
prior to the opening of the semicen-
tennial exposition"
The resolution was referred to the
committee on municipal legislation
The introduction of this resolution
caused an Outburst of speech making
winch was of the free for all variety and
| INDUCED in by about every one who
could think of something to say in favor
Of having the poles. removed. Dean
Kaye, David OVermyer, John Waters
ana a number Of others spoke of the
/ identifying. effects that the removal of
gave their reasons for their removal
which are very plausible from the
standpoint of the observer who has no
/ interest in these poles
There was but one lone protest against
the removal of the poles and this came
/ from g. r. Maunsen of the Edison Light
company who explained that the policy
of the Edison company in the past has
+ been to keep The wires off of the bust
ness and resident streets of the city as
much as possible The protest of the
representative Of the Edison company
was without avail and the resolution
was referred to the standing commit
tee on municipal legislation.
TT VIII cost at a low estimate $3.50. 600
to put the wires of the lighting COM
pany under the ground an over the
city" said Mr. MauRsell. fand that is an
/ expense which the company should not
be asked to sustain in a city no larger
than Topeka will agree that the
wires in the business district should go
under the ground and I do not think
that there win be amy trouble in CON
vincing the company of this fact
Wants Help of Women.
G. c. Clemens offered resolution
providing that; 1. There is hereby
created in Topeka a Women's Semi
centennial COmmercial-CIub auxiliary
which. while independent within itself,
shall, as an organization, constitute and
be deemed in all respects a committee
of this club, its plans and proceedings,
like those of other committees. to be
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subject to this clubs approval.
2. That no expenditures, otherwise
than for the maintenance of its organiz-
alton, shall be mede by said auxiliary
without the approval of this club, nor
4 shall it incur any indebtedness. so as
to bind this club morally or legally be-
yond the appropriations which may be
made it by this club from time to time
nor for any purpose beyond the express
ed object of such appropriations strictly
/ interpreted.
g. That no steps shall be taken by
/ said auxiliary toward the execution of
any plan it may devise, invent or ADOPT
| until such plan shall have been ap-
/ proved by this club at a regular meet
! ing to the end that there shall be no
conflict or clashing of plans.
4 That the president appoint a COM
mittee of fifteen women to effect and
perfect the organization of said auxil-
larry and report to this club such or
/ ganization.
/ The resolution was referred to the
/ Semicentennial committee of which
/ John e. Frost is the chairman.
/ New Members Elected.
Twenty-Five applications for mem
bership We're read and the applicants
elected members of the Commercial
/ club. The new members admitted last
night were: Galen Nichols, T. J.
4 Myers. Overmyer & OVermyer. Henry
Vesper, George P Stitt, George o. Will
Bros, J. c. Sinner, Mark Putnam,
/ Rev. Dean Kaye, DR.. J. P. Lewis c. F.
+ Abbott, S A. SWendscn. H. x. Good
/ rich. S. S. Rice, Ed A. Clancy. David
4 Lakin, Henry Steele S. e. Barber.
Aetna Life Insurance company. Dr.
Eva Harding. John NJ Wilkerson, E.
( A. Wall, Mary D. Holiday.
To Encourage Enterprises.
A. H. Bennett favored incorporating
d company in Topeka to be known as
T5-e.~
/ a view of promoting trade extension.
The resolution provides that the com
pany be Incorporated under South Da-
kota laws, for the express purpose of
Interesting manufacturing enterprises
to locate here at Topeka, and helping
the worthy ones ia some practical
manner as follows.
When a company wishes to locate
( have ar5 r,,1ref have additional funds