The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-12-03
CITY DOING WELL.
Financial Showing Being Made
Is Excellent.
Saving of twenty-five Thous-
and Dollars Is Indicated.
BETTER YEARLY YEAR
Treasurer Says Is No Need fol
a Vehicle Tax.
Action to Recover Balance of
First National Money.

| The city is just $25,414 better off this
| year for the seven months ending with
| November 1, 1907, according to the re-
port of the city clerk filed than it was
last year. To reduce expenditures and
| increase the receipts so that the f1nan-
cial condition of the city is bettered at
| the rate of $4,000 in IL months is some
| thing of more than passing interest. II
| the school board conserved it's finances
| in manner in any way approaching
| that of the city council the tax levy
would be decreased appreciably. In
| stead, however, notwithstanding the eff
| forts of the city council the tax levy
| remains practically unchanged. The
$25414 represents saving of $16,788 in
| the running expenses of the city and
| ,626 in increased receipts due to larger
| tax returns.
The past month, October, does not
make such good showing as compared
with the same month of 1906. Though
the total expenditures are less by $1,000,
on the other hand the receipts from
taxes are Sc, 700 less. The receipts over
disbursements for October, 1907, amount
to S419.03 and for October, 1906, 50, 21I.3 0
During October, 1907 the police de-
partment cost SAB less, the sanitary de-
partment $751; miscellaneous expend1-
lures, general revenue fund. $225 street
department $7s3, city engineering de-
SIP and miscellaneous department 1884,
less than similar expenditures for Oc-
tober, 1906. The fire department cost
$3.50 more and the city officers and
councilmen $21 more than curing &c
tober, 1906.
M. NJ Hale, city treasurer, says that
there is no need to provide for We.
hfcle tax, that financial conditions of
the city are gradually becoming bet
ter each year. For the purpose of pay
ing city expenses there was the follow
ing balances on hand at the times
noted: November 1, 1904, $18, 42292; NO
vember 1, 1905, s23, 37267; November 1.
1906 s35 1852; November 1, 1907, $685.
1859, an increase of $4,000.
Action to recover from the defunct
First National bank the S4,657.03 which
remains still due to the city on the de-
post which was held there by the city
at the time the bank went into the
hands of a receiver, may be commenced
by the city.
Councilman c. E. Jordan, through
resolution called on the city attorney to
bring proper legal action TO recover
the above balance still due. the city
has received 50 per cent of the funds
in the way of dividends and the last
dividend still remains yet to be an
nounced, the banks affairs having not
yet been wound UP.
The resolution went through the
council with a whoop. An old bond,
security, which was given to the city
years ago will appear In the SUIT.
"I don't think would care to have
the mayor remit these fines because ne
will have to remit so many" said Coun-
Gilman Kutz IT think that this or
dinance ought to be enforced"
You're just coming to where SAID
Won was coming" said Councilman
Horne ct opposed this ordinance When
it came up. Why do we pass these or
dfnances If we are not going to enforce
r0lo
of the law is not an excuse. Let's go
through with this. If it's law. let
stick to it until the people ask 10 re-
peal it, =
over the request of the remittance OF
the fine of Harold Copeland, who was
arrested and fined SIS for riding an au-
tocycle through the state house grounos
prohibits autos, autocycles and p1-
cycles. -o.o
ferred to the mayor.
The city attorney and the streets |
and walks committee will get To-
gether and plan for the taking into the
city of Kenwood addition, formerly the
Keith tract and Metzskers ADDITION.
The two tracts will add something
like 14o acres to the city though there
will be no addition to the city's popu-
lation both tracts being vacant.
The viaduct ordinance franchise
granting the city street railway com
pany the right to construct v1aduct
on Branner street will come up in an
amended form next Saturday. me
old ordnance was vetoed because as
it read, it was constructed partially
within the city and without.
The communication of John Rog-
ers, city engineer, relative to the con-
tract of the Topeka Bridge company
in the construction of East Sixth ave-
nue. viadmct which should have been
FIVE months ago, was re-
ferred to the streets and walks com
mittee. The city engineer wished for
instructions concerning the contract
on which he declared no work had
been done for 80 days past The
bridge company in a written communi-
cation to the council stated that they
were endeavoring to secure lumber
with which to complete the con-
tract. that shipments were difficult to
secure.
'sBe it resolved by the mayor and
+or after the