The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-30
The TIDE.
Mayor William Green Stops the
Paving Movement.
Must Keep Down the Tax Levy,
He Says.
GIVE 1T UP FINALLY.
Streets and Walks Committee
Surrenders to Disqualification.
Marshall's Band Proposes to
Give Concerts.
GIVE 1T UP FINALLY.

The tidal wave of paving has beer
checked. Mayor Green waved his
wand of power, i. E., his veto, and the
streets and walks committee last
evening accepted the ultimatum and
refused to recommend any paving
additional to the original schedule
Councilman KutZ, who was very
anxious to have Harrison street be-
| tween Seventeenth and Huntington
avenue paved, was compelled to ac-
cept his defeat as gracefully as posi-
BILE.
The council committee on streets
and walks met just before the session
of the council to consider paving and
sidewalk petitions. The names OF
number of principal property owners
| on North Kansas avenue had been
Withdrawn from the protest to the
paving of North Kansas avenue from
the Melan bridge to Gordon street and
the petition for paving was recon-
mended for passage.
Following this c. H. Kutz pressed
his block of paving. The committee
was inclined to grant the petition.
The mayor then interviewed and snap
ping out his decision killed the agita-
ton. The Fifth ward councilman'S
feelings were considerably ruft1ed-
The mayor said: You will save
the printing and appraisers pay and
such expense if you cut out some of
those petitions, for will not agree to
any more paving. To grant any more
paying petitions means that the city
will have to go so far in debt that the
tax levy will be increased, and 1 can
not allow that without protesting.
You have already granted petitions
which will cost the city more money
than will be paid out on paving bonds
this year and several blocks should
come off the amount already allowed.
I have no objection to allowing addi-
tional paving where the property
c-fo oil n hrTf
to allow paving which will increase
the tax levy is something that~should
not be DONE
The council adopted a resolution
calling for the paving of North Kan
sas avenue between the Melan bridge
and Gordon street. Action on all
other paving petitions were deferred.
through during the evening. None CT
it amounted to much but it had acctm-
ulated in committee pigeonholes ard
needed attention.
A construction of a sewer between
the two blocks bounded by Thirteenth,
Fifteenth, College and Boswell avenues
was petitioned for by property owners.
They request that the sewer connect
with the one at Thirteenth and Gel
lege avenue. Tine request went to the
committee on sewers.
PeIiI1OnrnS property owners ask NIldI
the block bounded by Boswell, College
avenues and Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets be included within the
corporate limits of the city. The petit
ton was referred to the streets ard
walks committee.
Two petitions for the vacation of al
leys were filed. One asks for the va
cation of the alley south of lots 6!-71
Huntoon street. addition IA College
Hill; the second calls for the alley
bounded by Eighth avenue. Western
avenue, Fillmore and Ninth streets and
running east and west. Both were re-
ferred to the streets and walks com
mittee.
SHOULD your honorable body decide
to provide for such public concerts this
would be pleased to sub |
NIT a proposition for a series of band
concerts is the text of a communica- |
ton from Narshalls band with refer |