The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-12

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1.-THE mayor has nothing to saw,
what he wants to know is whether
the council wants such additional aid
| or not said the mayor.
We'll. I want to know" continued
| Holiday. ST don't believe that we
should pay out a big legal fee to some
lawyer unless there is some actual
need for 1t. I have never heard any
| report from the Fifth ward or Sixth
ward sewer, that is any official re-
port
| Mr.. Blakely stated about $4,000
mad been paid out in excess on the
Fifth ward and $4,000 on the Sixth
ward for sewer never laid. st am un-
prepared to make a statement now
because the committee had not anti
c1pated making a report at this time
said Blakely. 'But is looks like there
was collision between the contractor
and those in authority"
What have you found in the rock
excavations?" was asked.
we have not gone far enough to
make report upon that. The indi-
cations are that we have paid largely
IN over and above what was taken
out" came the answer.
probably can answer better
about that than anyone else," said F.
G. Dreaming, city attorney. 1--WE have
got more than one half done in dig
cling our holes to discover how much
rock was taken out in the Fifth ward
paid from $1,000 to $4,000 for rock
that was never dug. If you think
that you have got all the fraud that
there is you are greatly mistaken.
of six years. If you want the work
done promptly we ought to have some
help. The city attorney has a great
deal of work to do in the regular or
der of business and with these suits
coming on.
There will have to be a stop to this
or else we might as well say that we
don't charge anything for the audi
torium," said the mayor when a reso-
luton came up to refund SIS to the
M. w. A. for the rental Of the audi
torium on October 30th.
The city council has of late been
refunding rental for the auditorium
that the rental charge has come to be
a farce. A regular ordinance exists
fixing charges. The ordinance should
be either repealed or lived up to. The
year for maintenance and pay inter-
est charges. On two tie votes, first to
place on file and second to refund the
rental the last named motion lost
Here is one man who is brave
enough to complain of the plumbers
to the plumbing inspector: James H.
Devlin Of SIS Monroe street. Devlin
says that plum bling firm did not
construct their work right and that he
afterwards was forced to do a part of
the work over again. He now COM
plains of the size of the original bill.
The complaint went to the plumbin
inspector.
Under an estimate of the city en-
gineer it will cost to open Branner
street from Fourth street to Sixth
avenue $4,000, two acres of ground
lyar of mt -
bridge across the Shunganunga at a
cost of 81 800. The resolution as first
presented called for the opening of
Chandler street from Fifth to Sixth
Plans and specifications for two
small sewers were approved. The one
sewer is for sewer district 20, which
is out in the College hin district run
ming west from College avenue and
south of Huntoon street. The cost of
this sewer is given to be $1,365.42
having 772.5 feet of 8-inch pipe, SGT
feet of 12-inch and 210 feet of one
inch galvanized iron pipe with three
manholes. The second sewer is sew
err district numb Der 20 and the estimat-
ed cost is $1,43S.09 with 1s296 feet of
12-inch pipe and 10 feet of one inch |
galvanized iron pipe and two man
holes.
A portion of the sidewalk on west |
side of Western avenue from THltn |
avenue to Eleventh street was ordered |
raised at the expense of the property |
owners. |
Section 1146 of the revised ordi- |
nances relating to mfsdemeanors is or
dered amended to provide for the feed |
ing of horses out of nose bags on |
provided the horses are kept |
close to and parallel to the curb.
nilY Mt OF
last night against the action of the gas
and electric lights committee in I
petitions for new street
lights. He was assured by the mayor
that an effort is being made to read
just the hanging of the street lights. A
petition for an electric light on the
corner of Thirteenth and Harrison
street was referred to the gas and cleo
M w. Gilmore, sidewalk contractor,
was handed a rebuke and ordered to
hasten with his city contracts, which it
is claimed he has neglected in favor of
his private sewers.
The street commissioner was in
structed to flush the sewers of the city.
The city clerk was instructed to re-
inst the sidewalk tax on the tax roll
on the west side of Leland street from
Sixth to Tenth avenue.
The buildings committee was in
structed to secure bids for kalsomining
the walls and entrance corridors of the
A petition for a 30-foot brick paving
on North Jackson street from Morse
to ST. John streets was referred to the
streets and walks committee.
George F. Smith made a request to
construct corrugated iron addition to
4 street stand at the southwest corner
Of Ninth and Kansas avenues. The
request went to the committee on fire.