The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-18

their plans for extensions and it is
very important that this be granted .
said Mr.. Spencer.
I'VE don't expect to sell OUT or go out
of business said Mr.. Pankey- We
expect to spend a large amount of
money in putting our wires under
ground and we would like to have this
extension granted. We expect to sell
that the extension is secured for this
reason"
The franchise expires in June of 1921.
The franchise was passed by the coun-
ell Of June, 1901. The proposed extern
sion will make the franchise expire
June 1881. The request for an extension
has been referred to the judiciary COM
mittee.
The city council approved the report
of the streets and walks COMMITTEES
favoring a 90 foot pavement on West
Eighth street from Lincoln to West
streets This involves the destruction
of the elm trees down to center of the
street over which protest arose. c.
Jensen, landscape artist, was present
and made a recommendation to the
council for the removal of the trees.
He claimed the trees were not on grade
and would have to be lowered or raised
and this would necessitate large eN-
pense.
Dean KAYE addressed the following
| protest: AS chairman of the commit
I tee on civic Improvement of the Com
mercial club and speaking for the COM
4 mittee wish to enter a most earnest pro-
/ test against the removal of the large
! elm trees on West Eighth street be-
tween Lincoln and West streets. p
4 de B. Kaye"
To exhibit Cleveland without paying
/ a license is the request made of the
/ council by T. Watts, a colored horse
man. Cleveland is a trained high
school horse. Watts is arranging to
give exhibitions of his horse at PA
/ Kansas avenue and wants to have the
payment of license released The com
mittee on license was given the re-
quest with power to act.
M. "A. Dale of 1880 Buchanan street
says that the sewer just recently con-
structed in the Sixth ward is but four
feet from the surface between Fiji
teenth and Sixteenth streets and Blu
I chanan and Lincoln streets and as a
result claims that it is impossible to
/ make use of the sewer. He asks that
the sewer be sunk. The request has
been referred to the committee on
sewers.
A special meeting of the council has
| been set for 7:30 o'clock just preced-
ing the regular May council meeting
1 May 7th to listen to the report of the
appraisers for the appraisenent of the
| property liable for turning Garfield
park into a city park There has been
such a multitude of council meetings
that it has been impossible to call a
special meeting though the appraisers
report has been ready for several
weeks.
A resolution instructing the public
buildings committee to secure bids for
reDairinp the roof of the Auditorium
and city building was passed. The tir
roof of the city building and Audi
forum is. on its annual rampage o.
acting as a sieve and letting the rair
J through.
A resolution vacating a certain por
ton of Foster avenue west of Sixth
avenue was adopted last evening. TIL
lots on Foster avenue are irregular
because of small irregular parks a
the Intersection of the streets and it i
to remedy this defect that the resolu
ton was adopted.
Amendments to the present ordin
1 ances governing the issuance Of licens
to hucksters liverymen and ice cream
l.venders were presented and referred
to the license committee. The pro
posed amendments are minor in thei
effect.
The following sidewalk petition
i were referred to the streets and walk
committee:
North side of Eleventh street be
q tween. Lane and West streets
South side of Third street from tn
E alley between Polk and Taylor street
to the alley between Clay and Fillmor
4 streets.
A protest against the closing of Elm
4 wood avenue across Willow park ha
been referred to the streets and walk
committee.
A petition for the vacation of tn
alley bounded by Tenth avenue, FIJI
s more street, Eleventh and Clay street
has been referred to the streets an
+ I walks committee.
The street commissioner has bee
instructed to open Twentieth stree
q from Bolles avenue to Western avenu.
An amendment to ordinance 261
q defining certain public ofensess relatir
to section 81, governing the placing
81 manure in the alley was passed. tt
E Amendment relates especially to tt
construction Of manure boxes and r
s. uuires that a cover be constructed Fl