The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-18

fusing to permit his scales, weights or
measures to be examined, $500 fine;
| for changing weights scales after seal
| ing, or using such as have not been
| tested, or using scales knowing that
they are Inaccurate $10-$50O; a fine is
also levied On the inspector of from $40
$500 if he uses scales which are stan
dardized other than as provided by law
Fifty pieces of unplatted tracts of
land lying adjacent to the city
limits and three plated. additions are
proposed to be taken into the city by
| the council aggregating in all several
| hundred acres and surrounding the city
| On all sides. Kenwood addition, for
merly the Keith tract Jones Place adj
! ditfon and part of Quincy addition arc
the three large plated tracts which
will be placed on the tax rolls as within
the city during 1908 while the Metsker
tract, 711a acres belonging to Wash
burn college, H. acres belonging to
Dana McVicar, 713 acres belonging to
Mile K. Nichols, IL acres owned by
Mary ]. NJ. Meade, Is acres owned by
P. o. Towers and forty-five other tracts
are included in the sweeping ordinance
which it is proposed to introduce in the
council on Thursday evening.
In order to get the tracts on the tax
rolls the council must take action be-
| fore March 1. The addition in the way
| of population to the city is entirely out
| of proportion to the extent of the land.
/ This ordinance when passed will prob
ably conclude the spreading out process
| that has been going on in the way of
altering the city's boundaries during
| the past two years and half.
Every councilman pulling for his own
ward the resolution to postpone the
consideration OF any more paving until
1909 which was introduced by Council-
man Jordan was temporarily defeated
last evening by being referred back to
j the committee on streets ard walks. A
petition to repave East Sixth avenue,
east of the viadnct, which has been I'M
der consideration by agreement was
not made a part Of Jordan's resolution.
Councilman Stanley then refused to
vote unless he could get action on paw
ing the west end of West Tenth avenue
and the breach was opened and immed-
lately every councilman proposed addi-
tionaI paving despite the fact that the
total amount of paving as far as cost
is concerned is in excess this year of
what it was last thus adding to the
general tax of the CITY,
The gas company is requested to ex-
tend the time for paying gas bills from
the 10th to the goth of each month. At
ter the 10th, under the present provision,
the gas company charges a penalty of
cents per thousand cubic feet, making
a charge of % cents. To many in the
city the monthly pay rolls come at the
18th of each month. To give these peo-
pie An opportunity of meeting their gas
bills more equitably the council has
asked the gas company to extend the
time. The resolution calling for the
same was introduced by Councilman
Lannan.
Some of the councilmen who went to
Scipio as the guests of the Kansas Ma
tural Gas company had fun with Coun-
oil limo nd
back to the old council proceedings and
reading the vote of the two councilmen
on the passage of ordinances which
have to do with natural gas. In ex-
PLANTATION of his vote at that time for
the ordinance-franchise under which
the gas company is now doing business
Councilman Hughes said it was passed
at a time when it was supposed natural
gas would never be brought to Topeka.
He said he was sorry that he had voted
for the franchise at that time and saw
where he had made a mistake in doing
so. Councilman Stanley started the
ball rolling by reading the old minutes.
Several of the older councilmen got up
to explain, Councilman Holiday and
Jordan among others. take your
Howard.
The council vacated a number of
streets and alleys in the Santa Fe
shop district upon the application OF
the Santa Fe Railway company.
The streets and alleys vacated:
Portion OF Second street, "a feet west
of the west side of Hancock street
thence west along said line of Second
street 116 feet, thence south at right
angles IS feet, thence in north
eaSternly direction to a point OF be-
ginning. Alley in block west of Han
cock and north of Second street All
portion of Hancock street lying be-
tween north line of Second street and
present railroad right of way. Klein
street lying north of the south line of
lot No. 22. Klein street, and south of
the present right of way.
All east and west, north and south
alleys in the block between Hancock
and Klein streets norun of Second
street. A triangular portion OF
Fensky street.
Also that part of Kaw street lying
west of east line of lot No. in
Bowers subdivision.
Also that part of Norris street
lying south of the south line of Kaw
street. Also all that part of alley in
Currans subdivision lying west of the |
east line of lot No. AT Currans sub
division. Also all that part of Burr |
street lying north of the south line OF
lot No. IA in block between Burr
street and Grey street and north of
Second street.
The resolution of ]. W. F. Hughes
calling for the revocation of the fran
chise of the Consumers Gas COM
pany was voted down. Eleven votes
were registered against the resolution
and only one vote was cast in its ia
vor, that by Councilman Hughes.
The second resolution. aimed at the
gas company providing that no more
permits for making connections or
excavations be granted until July 1,
1908 was voted down by a similar
vote.
The mayor was authorized to en-
ploy an electrical engineer for in
structing the city in the contemplated
rebuilding of the city electric light
plant. The instructions provided that