The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-05-01
CLEAR The WAY.
Council Committee Votes to Fa-
yOr City Hallway.
May Haul Freight on Topeka
Streets Despite Ordinance.
NO POLICEREGULATION
Provisions Providing for En-
forcement Are Turned Down.
Town Too Nasty Nice Says COun-
Gilman Holiday.

The counciImens composing the
streets and walks committee believe
that franchises when granted, are
granted to be broken. That at least is
the indication from the action taken
last night when they voted to place on
file the ordinance referred to them
providing for police regulation of the
freight traffic of the street railway
company; in order to hold the COM
pany more strictly to its franchise and
compel them to haul freight within
the specified hours of from II o'clock
at midnight to 5 O'Clock a. m. The
franchise calls for a forfeiture when
the provisions are violated. The pro-
visions regarding the hauling of
freight are violated right along but
the council is fully aware that an at
tempt to enforce. a forfeiture would re-
suit in prolonged legal struggle. The
police regulation ordinance providing
for fine for hauling freight in the
daytime would exactly accomplish the
right kind of regulation.
The streets and walks committee be-
lieve, however. that the best interests
of the city demand that freight cars
shall continue to rumble up and down
Kansas avenue. Jackson street and the
other business streets CT the city dur
ing all hours of the day They seem
to believe that to wink at the violation
of the franchise which was passed az
measure to be enforced and which
upon assuming their oath of council
men they swore to uphold along with
the other city ordinances is to be play
ed with as a toy.
There is well
the part OF the street railway com
pany to act the part of a belt line
railroad They are edging their way
INTO that position with the least de-
gree of noise that it is possible to
make. Once firmly entrenched thew
can laugh at attempts made to dis
lodge them.
The Topeka street railway would
ike to contract with the state of Kan
sas for hauling The supplies to the
asylum west OF the city; they also are
planning and thinking very favorabIv
of building an extension. to the reform
school, on which they plan to haul
freight to the school: they have prac-
tieally entered into an agreement with
the Topeka wooden mills for hauling
the coal wool and other freight which
the mills may need; they are daily
hauling freight thf0ugh the heart Of
the city, fiat cars loaded with rock
lu4n Der, and even at times abaled hav.
These are the items which 90 to show
the intention of the street railway on
the freight proposition. The action
OF the streets and walks COMMITTEES
favors the plan of the street railway
to haul freight out West Sixth avenue
in the middle of the day to the asylum.
If all the plans carry out there will
be an almost equal number of freight
cars to passenger cars in service
along the best streets of the CITY.
This was the Significant statement
made by Councilman Holiday in the
council chamber to the members of the
committee:
This town is getting almost too
nasty nice. They can't stand little
smoke and they can't stand a little
freight running around the city streets
tell you 1 would like to see, almost,
so to speak. so much freight hauled on
these streets that it would crowd the
people off.
1T was only after certain agreements
We're entered into on the part of the
Street Railway company that we were
able to bring the Topeka Wooden mills
back to this city; that they were to
freight the wool and coal and treat
them just as if they were in the city.
Il was very glad to see a big car
loaded up with lumber on Jackson
street. It showed that there was some
| thing doing, that someone out on the
edge of the city was building"
Councilman Simms, who was present
as a spectator, was asked to address
the committee. THE Street Railway
company feel that if they get the con-
tract for hauling the freight of the
state out to the reformat tory that they
can build the extension. I went over
the route with Mr.. Sunny and Mr.. My
ers and they told me that they could
| build the line to the Reform school If
they had this freight the first year.
Every day there are two large wagons
filed with ice from the Mutual which
pass my door and don't see what
harm car would do hauling that ice. -
Il don't believe that you can build
up the city without suffering some in
| conveniences- You can't build UP a
town without some of this. ventured
/ Councilman Nipps. chairman of the
committee. If we need some ordinance
to regulate them when they get too bad
we can pass it,
IF no one is hurt or has been hur
| what's the use ?" asked Councilman
Horn. ''If they do haul freight in thu
day time and it's against the franchise
just slip over it
81 move that the ordnance be placed
on file" concluded Horn The motion
was carried unanimously.
Hale Richie was present to protes
, against the action of the street railwa.
company in leaving freight cars stand
ing in front of his house on switch
streets.
It am here tonight simply as object
ing against the loading and dim
Of freight on the long switch in from
Of my house" said he I'VE have beel
, annoyed there continuously ever sine
the switch has been in. Freight /
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