The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-16
City Council Refuses to RetrSncE
on Paving.
Only Three Blocks of Thos
Recommended, Withdrawn.
MR.. HOWE STOOD ALONE
Pleaded That the Operations
Should Bo Limited.
Kansas Avenue From Bridge to
Gordon Street OFF the List.

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One lone councilman stood by Mayor
William Green last night in an at
tempt to secure a retrenchment of
paving expenditures. The one council
man was Councilman S. T. Howe,
chairman Of the ways and means COM
mtttee. All of the other remaining ten
councilmen present voted Justify for
the paving schedule as recommended
ny the streets and walks committee.
Councilman c. z. Jordan, chairman of
that committee, apparently thought
that the attempt on the part of Mayor
Green and Councilman Howe to re-
trench was something in the nature of
slap at the work of his committee
and refused to consider any amend
ment of the committees report.
At the suggestion of the mayor Coun-
Gilman Howe introduced a resolution
which embodied the maintenance of
the new paving within proper bounds.
The resolution provided that.
Resolved, BY the mayor and coun-
Gil that in their opinion the tax levy
for 1907 if it can not be made less
than for the previous year should at
least not be in excesse OF the same;
and therefore
Resolved, That the paving to be
done in 1907 be limited in amount to
the amount of paving bonds of the
! city which will be paid in 1907
down. but it is not any more than last
year. counting in Kansas avenue said
Jordan to Howe. but it is so per
per cent more than two years ago."
The new members of the council
were buttonholed by some OF their
constituents last evening out in the
lobby leading to the council chamber
promised to vote for the paving with
out countenancing any modification of
the schedule.
Councilman Howe's resolution there
fore received only one vote, while the
other ten members voted against.
Councilman Holiday and Jordan led
the opposition forces. The latter said:
"The city's proportion of paving will
be very light because there are very
few street intersections and the grad
ing won't be heavy
The three blocks of repaving on
North Kansas avenue from the Melan
bridge to Gordon street were with
drawn from the list of the committees
report upon the request of t. NJ
stated that they were not yet prepar-
ed to repave with brick but desired to
Investigate further into various ma
terials for repaving., principal among
had originally signed the petition for
brick but last night petitioned to with
draw their names. The council per-
mitted the withdrawal and the repay
back to the streets and walks COM
xaittee.
Twenty new blocks of paving, three
blocks of new alley paving and two
blocks of repaving comprised the
amount of the paving authorized which
consists of the following situated
blocks:
streets.
Central avenue from Gordon street to
Bridge street.
Topeka avenue from Huntington ave-
nue. to Euclid avenue
Seventh street, Topeka avenue and
Tyler street.
Alley bounded by Jackson, Van Buren,,
Third and Fourth streets.
Madison from Tenth to Eleventh
North Kansas avenue from Gordon
street to Garfield street.
West street from Sixth avenue to
Tenth avenue.
Tenth avenue from jackson to Earri-
son streets.
Alley bounded by Topeka avenue,
Tyler. Eighth avenue and Ninth street
Alley bounded by Fifth, Sixth avenue,
Madison and Jefferson streets.
A dog ordinance was introduced by
Councilman Holiday.
All the owners of dogs will be after
Holiday if the ordinance goes into eff
feet. Holiday has drawn an ordinance
which provides that dogs must not be
allowed to run at large and fixes severe
pGuauG1GS Tor violation.
The ordinance follows:
Section lit shall be unlawful for the |
owner, harborer or keeper of any dog
in the city of Topeka to allow or permit |
such dog to run at large in said city
Sec. Pit shall be the duty of the
sAdog officer of the city of Topeka to |
capture and destroy all dogs at large
In said city.
Sec. 3-Every owner, harborer or keep
er of any dog in the city of Topeka, who |
snail allow or permit such dog to run
at large in said city in violation of the |
provisions of this ordinance shall be |
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and |
upon conviction thereof shall be fined |
I'm any sums not less than SIS nor more |
than $50 and be confined in the city
prison until such fine and costs are |
paid.
The ordinance was referred to the |
streets and walks committee.
The following side walk petitions were |
granted:
East side of Wayne from Munson to |