The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-01
ridges appear at regular intervals of

ridges appear at regular intervals of
so yards.
On King street east of Clay the paw
ing at the curb has been chopped to
pieces for the entire length of the
block.
Tenth avenue west of Kansas ave-
nue. to Clay street. is in fair shape, but
west of Clay it is very rough To-
peka avenue, the swell residence street
of the city, is in fairly good shape,
but the street has been butchered in
many places by the repair men,
At Eighth and Tyler where the brick
and asphalt pavements join the connec-
ton was made haphazard with the re-
suit that the asphalt is about five
inches lower than the brick These
same connections appear at Topeka av-
enue and Polk street. though not so
pronounced as at Tyler.
At Eighth and Clay the brick paw
ing around the car tracks looks like
the Texas bad lands.
CrumbIing to Dust.
At Eighth and Western avenue the
brick have crumbled to pieces. Be
tween Tyler and Polk streets Eighth
is bad mess to drive over.
Topeka avenue north of Eighth street
is in very bad condition. and at the
intersection of Ninth and Eighth there
is plenty to complain of.
On Eighth at the Western avenue
crossing the brick have disintegrated.
Western avenue north and south of
Third street is very rough, the de-
pressions and bumps being about even
~ distributed = 80 = $50 ssss-s 7e-.--
On West Fifth street there are two
blocks of oiled road. The soil had been
poured on about six inches of dust and
the result is an imitation of the sand
hills of the far west. This road should
have been heavily sprinkled before the
oil was used.
On Fourth street for a distance of
two blocks east of Western avenue an
old line of the street car tracks has
been torn up. This leaves a strip of
land about ten feet wide in the center
of Fourth street. The blue brass and
weeds in this strip have thrived the
past summer in spite of the expanse
of brick paving all around which must
have undoubtedly reflected the suns
ray in terrible fashion upon this devo-
ted strip of ~asture land
On Fourth avenue between Topeka
avenue and Tyler, the brick stand
up above the surface of the paving like
sentinels on the watch tower of lib
erty.
At Third and Jackson is a roadway as
impossible as a jungle.
The paving on Kansas avenue be-
tween Fourth street and the bridge
was so deeply covered with straw,
mission houses along the way that it
was impossible to determine its real
condition but there were several bad
holes to be seen. Speaking of Kansas
avenue, there is a bump on the west
side of the street between Eighth and
Seventh in front of Crosby Brothers
store that looks like the base of pro-
posed monument, the erection of which
had been abandoned. This block OF
stone is only about five feet by three
and energies from the surface of the
street to a height of about five inches
1t may be the outcroppings of the work
of the mound builders and therefore of
historical value. 1t should be removed.
however. from the busiest spot in the
busiest thoroughfare in the city. sew
eraI deep holes appear In the asphalt
directly in front of Mayor Green's place
of business.
The asphalt on Quincy street, from
Crane to Ninth. is the worst ever, ex-
7cepting one block between Second and
Third.
The brick pavement on Fourth street
east of the Santa Fe tracks is cut to
nieces. The rest of the paving east of
the tracks is in fairly good shape
Add to the above general description
of Topeka's paved streets the fact thae
that section lying between Elsnth anc
Fourth and Kansas avenue ana JelIer-
cor street is far worse than anything
rorrated above and a good idea may
he formed of the results of the paw
ing in the capital city. Inferior brick
and careless repair work are the sole
causes for all this miserable condition
| of the streets.
Rigid and intelligent brick inspection
and the enforcement of the ordinance
recurring a bond for good repair Work
done by the plumbers and pipe line
gangs are the remedies at hand. Pav-
| ing is the most expensive of all public
works and ten years is short enough
time for the life of good paving. Re
pairs should prolong this to twenty
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