The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-06-21

per cent interest on the deferred pay
ments The machines are to be deliv-
cred before September 1, 1908, or ABOUT
that time The council figures that IL
will find its greatest need of them at
that time, at the next general election.
Tt does not care to install them before
because there is not much OF a saving
until it can cut down on the NUMBER
of precincts by an act of legislature.
At present the legislature provides tnat
a. precinct when organized shall nave
not to exceed $50 voters, though 1t may
grow in excess of that afterwards. In
cutting down the number of precincts
the number of voters in a proportion
of them will be naturally in excess or
$50 This factor and the possibility or
enacting legislation cutting down the
size of the election boards from 10
are the two reasons why delay is
desired. The saving is estimated by
the use of the machines to be about
81, 500 on a general election and 5000 up
wards on city election.
The city attorney was instructed last
evening to draw up an ordinance tax
ing into the city the following addi-
lions: Maple Grove addition; Armstrong
addition; Garfield park; addition A to
Garden Place addition; Keith tract;
Metsker tract; a tract bounded by
Grove avenue, extending west to The
Drive, south to Park avenue, west to
Stephens streets, north on stephens 10
Laurel avenue, east on Laurel TO Ine
avenue extended Hartsock's addition;
Jones Place; Klein addition; tract
bounded by Huntoon, McVicar avenue,
Euclid and Huntoon streets.
The Consumers Heat, Light and
Power company wants the city TO IN
stall several hundred gas lamps and is
willing to furnish natural gas at Sc
per lamp per year.
E. E. Roudebush made a proposition
which figured on taking over the city
electric light plant, leasing it for 20
wears at per cent on value not less
than $4,000, as the present estimated
value of the plant. This would mean a
rental of the plant at from $l,25O up
wards. Roudebush then proposes to
furnish 300 lamps at $54 per lamp per
year for an all night schedule and $4S
for a moonlight schedule: The propo-
sition was referred to the ways and
means committee.
The city claims that the county owes
it lot of money in the way of delin-
quent taxes collected and not turnedin
The mayor was instructed to employ G.
E. Carpenter at IS a day to go over the
accounts and discover how much is due
the city.
An ordinance was passed making sew
eraI slight increases in salary of water |
works employees. The meter reader was |
given an increase OF 81 a month, the
stenographer 81 month and one OF |
the firemen SIS month. The highest sal |
airy involved is that of the fireman who |
in now getting with the increase $55 |
month.
The fight on the effort that the water |
works department is making to grad |
ually place all of it's customers on a |
meter basis has been dropped.
& A benefit district will be created for |
widening Sixteenth street between Lin |
coin and Williston streets, the district |
to be bounded by Walnut, P1ercy streets |
on the north, and buchanan street, Cen |
trail Park avenue and Euclid and War |
rem streets.
A second benefit district will be Gre
ated to open the alley bounded by Sew
ard avenue, Norris, Pleasant Valley ad- |
6ition. The district Will be bounded by |
woodruff place addition on the south, to
rear of properties facing on Seward ave-
nue., west to Woodruff avenue.
The opening of Swygart avenue from
Fourth to Sixth avenue has been refer |
red to the street commissioner and city
engineer.
The city will carry $500 burglary in
surance for the city treasurer's protec-