The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-06
WON'T EXTEND TIME.
Council Committee Would Hold Paving
Contractors to Contract.

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Upon the council will depend wheth-
erfhe Parker Washington Paving COM
pany will get the wished for extension
of their contract beyond October Is.
The contract calls for a completion of
the contract by October / ; and a $40
forfeit for every day in excess of that
until the completion of the contract
The streets and walks committee of
the council last evening refused to take
action on the request of the paving
company for an extension of thirty
days of time and placed the communi-
cation on file.
The request will be open for consid-
GRAFTON at the next meeting of the
council which comes on next Monday
evening.
AS the paving company have got
only a little more than one-half of
their contract completed and with but
nine days left yet until the 18th, the
paving company stands to lose from
5000 to $500 in the way of forfeits.
COuncilmen Hughes and Jordan lead
the fight against an extension of time.
IF it has been the custom of the city
to pass over this and grant an extension
1t is time we were making our contracts
mean something" said Councilman
Jordan.
1T is not our fault that the paving
company did not get here in time to
complete the work according to con-
made the contract in good faith and
expect it to be carried out in good
faith
The paving company claims that a
part of its delay Is attributable to the
gas company which has been digging
trenches in Kansas avenue for the lay
I ing of gas mains and connections. Ihat
it was subjected to partial delay
menced and that it would have been
unable to complete the paving on time
if it had arrived here earlier due 10
the fact that the gas company was
then excaVating-
The same treatment was accorded to
tn g resolution presented to the council
BY the Kansas property owners COM
rnittee asking that steps be taken to
keep the paving company from sup up
shutting oak plank headers FOR the
Colorado red sandstone specified In the
contract BY deferring this resolution
the council will be given the pleasant
task of unraveling this question along
with the other
James McCabe, city engineer. stated
that the paving com pany had overlook
ed the section of the contract Gaining
for the red sandstone headers and that
when they learned of the section 1t was
TOO late to get the stone and to wait
with the paving would have delayed
the contract Now it is impossible 10
get out the stone because the quarrles
are covered with snow.
1t is probable that the oak plank
headers will be allowed to be put in for
the time being but the property owners
viii insist that next spring the stone be
put in.
JTpon the request of the street rail
v-av company the committee also de-
ferred action on the resolution Gaining
for the tearing up of the street car
track at Seventh and Kansas avenue
The track in question, running down
West Seventh is not being used ana
the property owners want the track
taken up and the asphalt paving car
ried all the way through me slreet
railway company agrees to pave IN Pc
! tween its tracks but does not want 10
tear up the track.
Councilman Sinner Of. the Fifth ward re-
seems to be playing losing hand OF
late Mr.. Sinner is noted for having
a wideawake eye for the interests OF
his end OF the Fifth ward WARDS may
come and wards may go but ms paIb OF
the ward goes on forever ana the street
com r1issfoner spends most of his time
there. They have recognized this IN the
council and they call that part Of the
town Shinerville But as we We're re-
marking Sinner has lost some Of the
potency which made him a marked man
and they shelved all of his petitions 70
raise sidewalks in the Fifth ward with
out batting an eye last evening Things
/ have come to a pretty pass
The. ordinance making It compulsory
upon all oil and gasoline wagons to be
equipped with drip pans so that neither
oil nor gasoline may streak UP the new
Kansas avenue asphalt paving ana
cause it to rot out soon was recon-
mended for passage.
The pavin~ petitions presented to the
council from North Topeka at the ses-
sion Monday evening have been held
/ over for the present until further petit
/ tions are filed with the council.
The resolution asking for an ordi-
nance creating the office Of meter IN
speetor was placed on file
VIII Talk on Red Cross Work
Rev. F. L. Hayes. pastor Of the First
CongregatlonaI church. viii deliver 9