The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-06-04

that the said company may and shall
act as the fiscal agent Of said city for
the purpose Of negotiating and selling
at not less than par and accrued in
terest, and for as much more as may
be obtained therefore, the entire issue
of general improvement bonds issued
by said city in 1908; said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of Az per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually, and to
be issued in such denominations and
at such times during said year, 1908.
as the city may hereafter determine.
1.-The said company agreeing on its
part to act as said fiscal agent and sell
said bonds without any charge or ex-
pense whatsoever to said city or to the
purchasers of said bonds. and the whole
amount for which said bonds may be
sold shall all be paid to the said city.
All expense of advertising and other
expense incidental to the sale of said
bonds to be borne and paid by said
company. And the said company fur
Their agrees that all bids received by
it for said bonds or any part thereof
shall be first submitted to said city,
and that said city reserves the right
to accept or reject any or all of said
bids SO submitted. 1t is further agreed
that the preference Of the sale of said
bonds shall be given by said company
and by said city to persons desiring to
purchase said bonds in small amounts.
1t is further agreed by said company
| that in the event that the said bonds
of said city cannot all be sold under
said bids for par and accrued interest
or for a larger sum, that the said COM
pany will purchase from said city the
unsold portion of said bonds if said
city shall so decide at par and accrued
interest,"
The benefit district in the Second
ward which is to pay for the proposed
Here it is: Commencing on East
Eighth avenue near the Santa Fe
right of way, continuing east on that
street to Division, north On Division
street to Sixth avenue, east on Sixth
avenue to Market street, north on
Market street to Fifth, west on Fifth
to Division, north on, Division street
to the Shunganunga creek, along the
banks of the creek to Fourth and Lo-
Gust streets, where the east boundary
line is the Klein tract, then north on
Lake across the Santa Fe right Of way
to the alley to the east of Twiss ave-
nue.. east to Division street. west on
State street, until Larch street, then
north between Cedar and Ash streets
to Chase avenue, then south on Ash
street to Sardou avenue, west On Sar-
dou to Elm street, across the Santa
right OI way, Inen west along
right of way to Hancock, down Han
cock to Fourth. bounded on the west
by the Santa Fe lumber yards be-
tween Fourth and Sixth and then con-
tinuing at Sixth street down the
Shunganunga to the place of begin
ming,
The matter was referred last even
ing to the committee on sewers who
1t is expected will report back favor
ably upon the boundary lines as pro-
posed in the above. 1t is expected
that remonstrances will be soon filed
against the construction of the sewer
by property owners. Councilman Mil
Ter is also opposed to the, sewer be-
cause his constituents he says do not
want 1t.
East Sixth avenue from the east
end of the viaduct to Locust street
will be repaved with brick forty feet
wide and Locust street will be paved
with brick rs feet wide. The recon-
committee to this effect was accepted
and the city engineer instructed to
prepare plans. specifications and esti-
mates. This work will be done this
year, but it will hardly be possible to
place the tax for this paving on the
tax rolls for this year. Everything
must be prepared by the middle of
|
monstrances before the assessments
can be placed against the abutting
property. This will not be possible
and the contractor will have to wait
for his money until next year.
No objections to the appraisements
made by property owners the council
approved the report of the appraisers
on the property subject to the cost
of constructing sewer No. 2S, small
branch sewer between College avenue
and Boswell and from midway be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth to
Fifteenth streets
Because of the location of the pub
lie drinking fountain at the corner of
Quincy and Sixth which results in
temporary impeachment to traffic by
reason of the large number of horses
being watered there the council
made an order providing that all
draymen who stand at the corner
must move to some other location.
This order has been disregarded and
the council last night referred the
matter to the police.
The dogs are dying off in Topeka
from Core-itis-that is they are be-
ing forced or the earth by persuasion
emanating' from a gun in the hands OF
William Core. dog officer, who last
might reported that he had disposed
of 102 dogs during the month upon
which dog license had not been paid.
The petition of property owners at
Sixth and Morris avenues for the re-
grading of West Sixth avenue two
hundred feet west from the end of
thu brick having in order that Stow,