The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-09


formances under the main tent to
which an extra charge is made SIS.
RMS means the concert after the per-
romance must pay a $50 license
Irregularities in appraisements of
property subject to special improve
ment tax seem to be unusually fire.
quent this year. Three blocks of paw
ing authorized this year have been at
tackled through the above channel.
Last evening the council reconsid-
cred the approval of the appraisement
of the paving of the alley bounded by
Jefferson, Madison, Sixth avenue and
1 Fifth street. This will shelve the
paving for this year for this block.
Two more protests were filed last
evening against appraisements re-
turned. The one was filed by Eliza
! Downing J. s. Mcclure and Elias
| ShuH, owning lots 229-239 inclusive
on West Sixth avenue and liable for
the paving of west street from sixth
| avenue to Seventh street The claim
is that the appraisement is entirely
too high. The second protest was
filled by Martha Laycock, owner of
lots 5s4. SIS, 500. 6O2 Topeka avenue.
Laura D. Root, owner of lots 5Ss,
/ $50, SOP, 594, ]. L. Ferry. owner of
| lots sos, 6O4, and Malhon Bishop,
| owner of lots 60S-601, all on Topeka
| avenue in Orchard Place. The paw
| ing to be laid is on Topeka avenue
from Huntington to Seventeenth
street. The protest is based on the
grounds that the property on the east
| side of the street was not appraised as
| high as on the west side, that by rea-
/ son of this the west side property was
| appraised excessively high.
These two reports will be consid-
cred at a meeting of the judiciary
committee late this afternoon.
If the protests are allowed these
two blocks of paving will be put off
until next year.
There is that dern little feist again,
yelled Councilman Hughes last evening
| in the midst of a grave elaboration of
twelve who had their brows all pucker-
ed up. A little dog was running about
the city hall and barking with such We
hemence that nothing could be heard
that was said in the council chamber.
For fifteen minutes the noise kept up
and the councilmen squirmed in their
seats. For two successive nights little
16 ounce dog has threatened to break
up the meeting.
An ordinance creating a new benefit
district for the opening of Smith street
was submitted to he council by the city
attorney. 1t proves that the benefit
district shall be bounded by the center
lines of Branner, Seventh street, Chest
nut street and Eighth avenue.
George W. Dusenberry was relieved
AIOIIl his pOSlIlOn as Q6IeCL1N0 on the DO |
lice force by Mayor Green last night. |
Lon Sauls was appointed in his place. |
Sauls has been a patrolman. Dusen- |
berry was discharged because he sided |
with his son in the charges filed against
Chief Eaton. AL Hopkins was appointed
as patrolman to take Sauls former
place.
Over five miles of new sidewalk will be
laid this year at cost of $13. 16007. An
a rT-ai I<&-
this improvement was passed last night |
Eleven hundred and sixty-three lots win |
be assessed.
H. B. Howard offered a resolution to |
do away with the kitty fund" at the |
police station and to vote a S25 month |
emergency fund to take it's place. This |
was referred to the police committee.
The city attorney is now acting as |
counsel on two different sides in the |
same suit. The following recommends |
ton of the judiciary committee was |
adopted: Your committee recommends |
in the case of the state of Kansas VS.. |
the city of Topeka wherein F. G. Dren-
ming, city attorney, is suing the city
your committee recommends that the |
city attorney defend the city in said suit |
especially so inaSmuch as there has been
no intention on the part of this or any
other committee to pay this claim and |
your committee further recommends
that if any cost in said suit is assessed
against the city the city attorney pay
the costs of said suit" This refers to a
suit brought by Dreaming in the eprev-
ious administration to keep the city
from paying $500 to MarshalPs band un-
suit brought by Dreaming in the prev
ious administration last summer. Dren-
ming held it was illegal and borrowed
the name of the state in bringing in
junction proceedings.
The street railway company was given
perHiss ion to build a loop at the south
west entrance to Garfield park. In return
for this additional right of way the
1T owns between the park and Soldier
creek. L.
Fifteen dollars was returned to the
Robinson shows for license Illegally col
lected. The shows want $115 back be-
cause they claim that they were assess
ed for three rings when in reality they
had but one ring. The city will contest.
The bonds of James Durkin, plumber,
for $4,000. the Topeka Edison company
for $500 and Haskins & Ramsey for
81, 1921 were approved.
The opening of Grove avenue which
has been before the council was not ia
ken up last evening; the council is wait
ing to receive a report on the cost from
the city engineer.
The report of the police committee ex-
onerating Chief Eaton from the charges y
of H. A. Dusenberry was adopted.
The council adjourned to meet next
Monday evening.
Dan Patch Failed Again.
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