The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-21
WON'T STAND IT.
People Of Second Ward Are
RighteOusly Indignant.
Desiccating Plant Is a Menace
to Health.
TO TRIFLENO LONGER.
City will Make Repairs in As
phaIt Pavements.
j. II. Maxwell to Try His Hand
on Biddle Creek.
70 TRIFLE NO LONGER.


heavy hand of the council was laid on
the shoulder of the company two
weeks ago as the result of complaints
made by residents of the Second ward
through Councilman Miller. The des-
locating company squirmed around
and promised to be good and the
threatened punishment was withheld.
But apparently the promise is not as
it should be for Councilman Miller
said to the members of the council last
evening: Things are going on just
like they did before. They are haul
ing carcasses there and leaving them
lie for two or three days before cutting
them up and shipping 'em away. Now
wedon't propose to stand this any
longer. You wouldn't stand for 1t in
your ward and we are just as good as
you are When I pass by on the
street car the stencil is so bad that
have to turn my head. They are re-
building the plant and improving the
handling of the garbage and refuse
but no provision is being made to han
die these carcasses in any other differ
ent manner than they have been ham
ding them in the past. I would like
to have the council adopt a motion to
reconsider the vote on the report of
the health and sanitation committee
of the last meeting
wouldn't 1t be better to bring this
up entirely separate" said the mayor.
Il should think it would have more
force. Inasmuch as they have failed
to comply with the promise made to
the health and sanitation committee
to make some change in handling
these animals I should think 1t better
to ask the council to take some action
without trying to have this other vote
reconsidered."
II will bring 1t up then at the next
meeting of the council" said Miller.
One of the old standbys of the coun-
Gil has been this ever recurring fight
ing company. Management has sue
ceeded management and the plants
have been dismantled, rebuilt and re-
located on new sites but the same old
complaints of carelessness in handling
the refuse and dead animals have
cropped out. About two years ago the
council was considering the construc-
ton of a municipal crematory, but 1t
was finally ditched and it probably
was fortunate for the peace Of munich
pal affairs that it was. s- 4 ~.
The city asphalt repair plant will
hereafter repair all places in the as
have been made and the cost of max
ing these repairs will be assessed
against the property owner asking for
the excavation.
Action resulted from the application
Of NJ. Snattinger and w. G. Stephen
son asking the permission of the coun-
Gil to make excavations in the new
Kansas avenue pavement at 619 and
S2S Kansas avenue where repairs are
neceSsitated in water service mains.
When the pavement was put down
the council put a ban on all excava-
tons for a period of FIVE years except
under extreme necessity when appli-
cation might be made to the council
and permission granted.
The applications made last evening
of the above named parties was grant
ed, but with the understanding that
the city plant should make all the re-
pairs, instead of allowing some con-
tractor to place back the asphalt in
position.
Several holes have shown in the
pavement aside from those along the
cutters caused by the stamping of
hitched horses and the city engineer
and street commissioner have been
asked to make an inspection and re-
port Following the report the Park
paving company which
is under contract to maintain the
pavement in repair for period Of five
years will be instructed to make the
necessary repairs.
j. H. Maxwell was dWdTOeQ the COIl-
tract for the construction of the spill
way for Biddle creek. Maxwelrs was
the only bid submitted and was for
S375O.O3 the estimate of the engineer
being So 1922 This is the second esti-
mate submitted. The first estimate
was found to be too low, all of the bids
being in excess, consequently the esti-
mate had to be altered and new bids
asked for The estimate of the en-
gineer includes the following large
items of expenditure: Concrete con-
struction $1.S44.50, stone riprapping
s573. 90, ten inch pipe $685. and eighteen
inch pipe $3.50. The plans provide for
a riprapping of the sides Of the creek
from Fourth to Eighth avenues and
the construction of a spillway in the
vicinity of Locust street and Eighth
avenue. A pipe will carry off the water
to the Shunganunga at a certain level
and beyond that the water will be car
ried down the spillway.
1t is believed that this together with
the paving of Locust street to Fourth
street will handle the excess water
which floods that portion of the city at
every heavy rain storm
The Topeka Railway company was
given the contract for raising its
tracks from Lake to Locust streets.
The cost of raising the sidewalks for