The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-22
a good ordinance nevertheless and pass
ed a scrutinizing body.

good ordinance nevertheless and pass
ed a scrutinizing body.
When one of the south side represent
| tatlNeS was giving street naming
speech last night he happened to men
ton that in putting the matter before
| the council he was getting in deep wa
| ter and gave them strict warning. Coun-
Gilman Rlakely took advantage of this
comment and got on the territory of
Engineer Rogers. the champion humor-
| list when he said: go on, you will find
| no deep water in this council They
f, are all shallow" Did Mr.. Blakely mean
70 take up the sentiment expressed by
the city attorney the afternoon before?
The government report recommending
the flood changes in the vicinity of the
kaw was not read last night on account
or Its length and was filed. The coun-
cilmen We're all invited to read it at
their leisure or else read the daily pa
pers and find out the contents boiled
down to a much simpler style.
The claim of the Star grocery for $40
on account of the injury of their horse
and wagon on Seventeenth street be-
tween Fillmore and Western avenue
was not granted. The committee de-
clded that the necessary signs and
warnings We're in their place and the
driver removed the obstacles himself
before going into the sewer ditch. This
has been up before the council a num-
| ton last night
The specifications made up by the
city engineer for the raising of the well
for the water department were brought
before the council last night in their
final form and adopted. They are in
good shape and cover the necessary
ground.
A. W. Brown again took the limelight
by having his petition for a scavenger
license placed before the council. 1t
did not come in the proper form and
was stung for the third time. Brown
does not have a permit and his petit
ton can not be considered until he pro-
vides himself with one.
City Engineer Rogers suggested last
night that all of the councilmen go to
the Howard electric store today and
procure numbers in order to place their
names under the Howard petition Tor
reelection in his ward. The city en-
gineer made the suggestion and ex-
planned it thus: 1T would be a mighty
good investment to get hold of some of
these tickets and sell them to the
voters in Mr.. Towards ward. 1 am
sure they will be at the store in
swarms this morning..
The judiciary committee made their |
final report to the council concerning
the $4,000 request from Mrs. L. e. |
Whitworth of Dodge City who fell over
a brick at the alley behind the F11th |
avenue hotel and bruised herself ex- |
ternally and internally. The commit |
tee decided that the pavement was not |
in bad enough condition to warrant |
such a fall and they saw no reason for |
the accident. Street Commissioner
Snyder made an inspection of the place /
in question and he found that it was
in practically as good condition as any
place in the city. 1t was simply case
of not stepping high enough and the |
city does not feel responsible.
Councilman Hughes from the Sixth
business forms last night in the place
of Assistant City Attorney Ralston who
could not be present. The general wore
the checkerboard trousers and the
white vest and manipulated the same
skiIlful cigarette rolling but he created
a decided hit with the audience by
wearing a huge brush of mistletoe on
his coat lapel -.....
City Engineer Rogers reported the
St John street macadam trouble to the
council last night and solved the Ques-
ton in full. He reports 1884 feet as
the total length of improvement. The
city's proportion would be 421 feet and
the private subscription would amount
to 1,777.4 feet. Twenty-four per cent OF
the whole is the share of the city or
S232. IS. The private subscribers are to
pay $s74.10 The report was adopted
and the fight rests with the North side
people.
An ordinance appropriating over $4,000
to meet the desires of the city employees
was passed. This for the month of
December and was passed in order that
the employees might have coin to purchase
their Christmas presents.
A police trouble was reported to the
city council last night instead of to the
police department and the council act
ing in unison took the matter in their
own hands and acted upon it even
though Chief Eaton was on the floor
and was ready for action at a minutes I
notice There is a bill board at Thir-
teenth and Kansas avenue on the
Chase property. The residents in this
district say that every night men, wo-
men. boys and girls gather behind the
bill board and when the next morning
dawns a mass of debris varying all the
way from Merry Widow hats to dead
soldiers are resting silently after the
battle Profane language. deafening