The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-05
Would Buy Old Santa Fe Lum-
Der Yard.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
No Longer Welcome at
State House.
City Council Passes an Or
dinance Barring Them.

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the duchy of Councilman C.. K. Holli-
day, hopes to secure the cooperation of
the city council in securing the pur-
| chase from the Santa Fe railroad of
the old lumber yard. lying directly east
of the depot and extending through
| from Fourth street to Sixth avenue.
One of the wedges towards this end was
driven home last evening when the
council Instructed the city engineer to
prepare plans and specifications for the
| opening of Chandler street from Fifth
street to Sixth avenue.
The site of the proposed park would
be practically in the heart of the big
ward and would provide one of the best
sized parks in the city as it averages
about two blocks and a half long, by
two blocks wide and contains upwards
of Is acres. ,
The only thing that may tend to OPP
crate against any purchase of the plat
of ground is the intention which the San
ia F'e has. it is said, of opening up the
tract, laying it out as a new addition
and erecting model cottages for rental
to it's employees. This it is rumored is
plan which the railroad has in
prospect. The Second ward has no
park and has been casting about for
some time for a suitable site. At one
time it had figured on securing some
land on the banks of the Kansas river
but this has been abandoned. If the
Santa Fe land is purchased it would
have to be through a benefit district
created expressly for that purpose.
Councilman Lannan is one of the
warm supporters of the proposed new
park which would provide a beauty spot
where it would be good advertisement
of the city, right near the depot of
transcontinental road.
Automobiles motor cyclists and those
who are content to ride at lesser speed
on the ordinary bicycles are barred
from using the driveways on the state
house grounds under an ordinance
which threatened for a time last even
ing that it would not be passed even
though state house officials had ex-
pressIy asked the council to pass such
an ordinance. Councilman KutG and
Stanley were the obstrererous members
who opposed the passage of the ordi-
nance with vigor-opposing it with the
intent of having little fun with Coun-
Gilman Hughes who occupies the dual
role of city and state official and who
naturally championed the cause of the
ordinance. The. ordinance has been
pending for long time and the state
house officials finally became FESTIVE
and threatened to board up the drive
ways This nettled the. council some
what and probably lent some force to
the attack that was made to the re-
quest of the state house people. Coun-
Gilman Hughes proposed that the ordl-
nance be placed on it's final reading.
suspending the rules. Councilman HorE
and Holiday opposed it and the motion
was lost by vote of to 5. Then Coun-
Gilman Stanley moved to reconsider TINS
action and both Councilmen Kutz anu
Stanley switched over to support
Hughes. It carried by vote OF to 3.
The ordinance was read by sections and
Councilman Holiday suggested that 1t
be amended to permit the driveways to
be used by autoists but on consultation
- -, n a
with certain OF the state mouse oll la1aIs
it was found that the ordinance would
not be accepted by them in that form |
This amendment was dropped then |
The penalty for using the driyeways is |
from IS to $25.- Councilman horn was
the only councilman voting against the |
measure. |
Increased revenues amounting to |
Sic 400 and decreased expenditures to |
the same amount are salient features |
of the report of c. B. Burge, city clerk, |
which was filed with the city council |
last evening covering the six months
parative figures are made with refer
ence to the same period for the pre-
vious year.
last year.
show up for the six months of 1907
ending September 80, as compared to
the six months ending September 80,
1905:
Police department. $4,000; fire de-
partment, $1,000; city officers. $1,000;
$4,000; city engineering de-
$500; electric light depart
ment, $1,000; miscellaneous expendi-
500; miscellaneous expenditures, gen.
eral improvement fund. $1,000.
The receipts for the same period In
1907 were: Taxes. general revenue
fund, s25,o24.44; miscellaneous. gem
eraI revenue fund, $13,385.69; taxes,
general Improvement fund, $25, 024.44;
general Improvement
$2,2O4.74.
sources during this six months was
Sos, 639.31, as against a total of $780,
S05.75 for 1905. divided as follows:
$3o.o7s.s4 general revenue fund and
In the first six months of 1907, COM
mencing with April 1, the fiscal year
the grand total disbursements were
$50. 344.45 as against $95,2S341 in
receipts for the first six months of 1907
by $14,705.14, in 1905, the same period,
s44,977.69, almost three times as much.
explained by the smaller amount Of
For the month of Septem Der the
grand total receipts were $7,710.02 and
he disbursements $14,31Is6. |,
The city treasurer sh owed a balance
IN hand of $210,945.01, But $6,020 OF
his money is tied up in New York at s
he fiscal agency, the rest of the cash IS
IN deposit with the ten city depositor-
es ranging from Scissors on deposit {
With the Bank of Topeka to $1s,5Ss.S4 s
IN deposit with the Citizens State
bank.
The following ordinance which pro- I
tides for taxing certain Industries /
which have hitherto escaped special 1
AVIATION was recommended for passage /
o the council and approved: Crude 9
Ill. coal oil or gasoline companies G