The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-28
Commissioners Are Busy Max
ing Estimates.
Probably Require Two Weeks
to Do the Work.
NEW PLUMBING RULES
City Engineer Will Have Charge
Of Excavations.
Fees will Depend Upon Extent
of Work.

Estimates and plans for the rebuild
ing Of the city electric light plant are
being prepared by the electric light
commission. Work has commenced,
r. L. Cofran and Herbert Hackney will
get up the details on the boilers and
the electrical equipment will be based
on figures submitted by H. K. Good
rich, the superintendent, to the COM
mission.
"It will probably be two weeks yet
before we can get them completed"
said r. L. Cofran. one of the commits
sion.
Five thousand dollars Is what Rufus
Knott, colored, asks from the city for
injuries which he claims were received
by him from fall over an iron Gull
vert at the southwest corner of Clay
E. D. McKeever, attorney for Knott,
says: "Our information is that about
January 20 a wagon from station No.
in running to a fire ran over the iron
culvert at this place, breaking it so
Ithat the broken edges were slanting
downward and the outer edges were
sticking up.
"Mr. Knott was gofr- to his work
about 6 o'clock in the mornino. being
employed at the residence of Mr.. Ham
ilton at 915 Western avenue. 1t was
dark and Mr.. Knott was not able to
see the broken culvert. He stumbled
upon it and fell backward upon 1t, re-
ceiving a serious bruise which de-
yeIoped into dangerous abscess,
which has rendered him incapable OF
earning a livelihood and resulted In a
serious and permanent injury to his
BODY ~.
The claim went to the judiciary
committee together with the city at
torney. s'tf
The new ordinance covering the APP
pointment Of board of examiners for
plumbers, and prescribing their duties
along with those Of the city plumbing
inspector was passed last night. Tne
new ordinance takes the inspection OF
from the plumbing inspector ana
places it with the city engineers ofhce.
This and the changing of fees, making
the charge dependent upon the exteit
of the plumbing improvements In
volved, are the only changes OF conse-
uuence in the new ordinance. TWO
hundred copies of the ordinance will
be printed in order that the plumbers
of the city may become thoroughly
acquainted with the law.
For the sum Of $1,7oo complete
statement can be secured 81 the un-
redeemed taxes due-to- the city from
Stanley Medlicott, county treasurer;
The statement will be in full detail
coverinrN the wears from 1855 to 1908
and will take about four months to
prepare The offer was referred TO
the ways and means committee.
| The norton Of the license ordinance
referring to the tax on skating Kinks
was amended so that it Is possible TO
secure license for six months for $25
as well as a license OF one year at $oo.
r. F. Buck, r. A. Richards and r.
M. Kimball were appointed as ap-
praisers for the new Martin-Dennis
sewer.
The street commissioner has been
requested to remove cottonwood trees
in the 100 block on North van
buren, street. The request has been
referred to the committee on streets
and walks.
Two ordinances covering the trans
fer of s53.OS from special funds, OPEN
ing streets and alleys, to the general
revenue fund were pissed: Inese
amounts were left unspent In those
two funds.
The MAYOR has been authorized to
purchase some new bags for electlon
ballots. AS the city has decided on
purchasing voting machines the CITY
will really have no use for new bags.
An estimate of the probable cost
of constructing a sewer to drain the
district bounded by Fillmore,
Buchanan, First street and Fourth
streets will be prepared by the city
| engineer.
Haskins and Ramsey were declared
the lowest bidders on the paving of
the alley bounded by Eleventh,
Twelfth, Polk and Tyler streets. The
total bid was $1,755.1S. The bid on
the grading was 40 cents per cubic
yard and for paving $1.35 per square
yard.
A resolution asking the city at
torney to prepare an ordinance pro-
vidine for the creation of a benefit
district to open Roosevelt and Grove
streets, was introduced.
Property owners on East Sixth
avenue petition the council to relay
the stone block paving in the alley
running east and west bounded by
Sixth avenue, Seventh street, Kansas
avenue and Quincy street. The petit
| ton was referred to the committee on
streets and walks.
Two paving petitions for 1909 were
| introduced and referred to the streets
and walks committee. Sixth street
| from Tyler to Polk street. Alley
bounded by Seventh street. Eighth
avenue, Polk and Tyler streets.
/ The report of the Topeka Edison