The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-12
That Represents Limit on the
1907 Street Paving.
Is More Than the City Council
Planned.
ON THE NORTH SIDE.
Considerable OF the Improve
ment in First Ward.
Kansas Avenue Bridge
to Gordon Street.

Twenty-three blocks OF new paving.
and five blocks of repaying is the sehed-
uIe for the city as recommended by the
streets and walks committee to the city
council last evening
This is a heavier schedule than il
was anticipated would be adopted The
city viii pay off in paving bonds this
year for work done last year close 70
$50, ,o00
The schedule adopted will involve an
expenditure of $4,000
Topeka is already very well paved for
city of this size and by limiting the
amount of paving each year 50 that it
will not exceed the paving bonds retired,
considerable new paving can be under
taken without increasing the bonded
Indebtedness Of the city Topeka viii be
confronted with unusual expenditures
within the next twelve months for which
provision viii have to be made by the
issuance Of bouds-theSe improvements
are absolute necessities. consisting
among others Of the reconstruction OF
the electric light plant. A large number
Of petitions for sidewalks are in The
city assumes the expense For all OF
these reasons there Is plenty excuse Tor
not mourning extra indebtedness for
paving-which cannot be considered ab-
soluteIy a necessity.
Bv cutting down the schedule of the
paving four blocks the city council can
remain within the amount Of bonds 10
be retired. Considerable Of the new
paving granted last evening was for
North Topeka North Topeka has not
done any paving for a number OF years
and II all Of the petitions for that por-
ton of the city viii pass the council il
will represent considerable activity
The new work recommended Tor North
Topeka is-
Repavfug Kansas avenue from Melaa
bridge TO Gordon street. with exception
Of one block OF cobble stone. with one
course Of brick This is now paved
with asphalt
Paving Kansas avenue from Gordon
to Garfield avenue with two courses OF
vftrified brick
Central avenue from Gordon street TO
Soldier creek
on the south side the following petit
tfons for paving and repavins were al
lowed;
Jererson street between Third and
Fourth streets: Madison street between
Eleventh and Twelfth streets; West
Seventh street from Topeka avenue to
Tyler street. Topeka avenue from
Euclid to Huntington avenues. repav-
ing Tenth avenue, Jackson to Harrison
streets
The alleys which Will be rspaved are.
Bounded by Topeka avenue. Tyler.
Eighth avenue and Ninth street; Van
Bureu. Jackson Third and Fourth
streets: Fifth. Sixth avenue. Madison
and. Jefferson streets. All OF this paving
is with brick with the exception Of that
on West Tenth avenue which is asphalt
Warren street between Fifteenth and
Sixteenth streets was changed upon
petftfou to the name Mulvane in order
to make IL uniform with the remaining
portions of that street
The city engineer was instructed to
confer with the Parker Washington
Pavfne, company with regard to the re-
having OF portions Of Kansas avenue
where the city engineer has found rea-
son to condemn the work.
The painting Of the Sixth avenue via
duct has been left with the city enSi-
reer