The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-13
City Council Refuses to Issue
Punishment Order.
Convinced That They Do Little
or No Harm.
PARK is ESTABLISHED
The Arch Street Trouble Final
ly IrOned Out.
City Will Pay Amount De-
manded by Property Owner.

-Four hundred colonies of honey bees
In the city scattered out in search or
tie delectable this morning to an &C
compartment of a verY merry buzz.
The cause of rejoicing was due to tho
action of the council committee on 70
lice which shelved che ordinance pro-
Vidiug for the removal ii ali bees from
the CITY and the imposition of 1ine
upon ali bee keepers If they enatinded
to maintain bees within the limits of
the {. ty.
One little girl living on Fifth street
who was stuns on che foot by bee
was the cause of all the trouble. Coun-
Gilman Howard said a neighbor of the
mother of the little girl had bees and
that the complaint originated from d
neighbOrhocd row.
The bee keepers We're in full force at
the committee meeting last evening ard
they ei.sered protests which sounded a
great deal like 0mino Is buzzing.
AN ordinance like this has never
been passed in any city in the United
States. A n1mber of them have un !el-
took to pass something ike this hut
they have never been sdcceSs'Sul,' said
one of the bes Keepers. 1T wouldn'e
do any good anyway because Il be fiies
five miles 10 gather honey ard Il You
would bar them from the city they
would fly right back into the ctt% IN
less you had them removed further than
five miles from the boundaries of To-
peha. A few may be careless in placing
their stands near the sidewalk but on
the whole more people are stung by
yellow jackets and hornets than by
honey bees
A delegation of six representing II
owners of bees stated that the abund-
ance of the fruit crops depended upon
the fertilization carried on by the bees
in carrying the pollen.
The new city park at Tenth and Arch.
k,-E1, Isar. -frfrR Of nd Will
badly be opened soon Notwithstanding
tedious litigation involving the ap-
praisement made of some or the pro-
erty condemned for park purposes.
The first appraisement placed the
value of lots owned by Frank Thomas
as too low and in consequent lawsuit
the court awarded the valuation Thorn
as demanded for his lots. This increas-
ed the amount of the assessment and
called for entire new appraisement ana
assessment. On this second appralse-
ment ]. B. Kassebaum claimed that his
lots which had also been condemned
had been placed at too low a figure
and commenced proceedings in court
to set the appraisement aside This sun
is pending. Last evening 1t was urgeo
that the city should arrive at a settle
ment with Kassebaum by paying over
$780, Kassebaum holding tnat his lots
were worth 800 in place of the apprais-
al of $500. The attorney for Kassebaum
stated that this would be acceptable:
The city's proportion at large of
the cost of opening the park being
but 5000, it is believed that the extra
5000 will be made up by the city.
The council went ahead and adopted
the assessment ordinance. The cost or
SO 1885 is divided with the following
assessment upon the various lots:
On Clay street from $40 to $340 per
lot.
buchanan street. so cents to $3.50.
Lincoln street. $1.15 to $3.50.
Lane street, $1.70 to $11.30.
West street, $40 to Slab.
King street, $3.50 to So.
Arch street., S13.55 to Slab.
Garfield 1925 to $11.30.
Norris avenue, $2.25 to $3.50.
Spruce. $1.15 to $685..
Pine street, As cents to S1.1O.
Brooks, IS cents to IS cents.
Woodward, 35 cents to So cents.
Grand 20 to As cents.
Washburn, % to 35 cents.
Wayne street, 10 cents to 25 cents.
High street, IL cents.
Eighth avenue, $1.T0 to $3.50.
Tenth avenue, $2.25 to $15.25.
After the committee on police had
made a report to the council looking
10 the adjustment of the kitty fund"
and which carried with 1t practically !