The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-01-07

! ordinance 1909 the following articles
may be deemed of necessity that may
/ be sold on Sunday without violating
said ordinance: ice, bread, milk, ice
cream, soda water, cut flowers, con-
fectionery, cigars, tobacco, newspapers
and periodicals, also meats and fish
before 8 o'clock in the morning from
April l to November l and the mayor
is authorized to act accordingly
There was good attendance on the
council meeting of business men who
were interested in a modification of the
ordinance. There was no EXTENDED
demonstration from the audience when
the ordinance was interpreted in lib
eral manner. Councilman Holiday
wanted to lower the maximum fine
from $50 to S. but his motion was lost.
The new ordinance which the city at
torney drew up to regulate Sunday the
aters came up before the council last
evening but action was postponed I'M
til the next meeting of the council
which is Monday next. The new ord1n-
anoe- seeks to close the Sunday thea
tiers by taking advantage of the ordin-
ance which provides that the council
may regulate theaters among a num-
Der of other kinds of business.
The present ordinance under which
theaterS are kept closed is being tested
in the courts and the city attorney de-
sires to rearrest theater proprietors
under the new ordinance so that both
ordinances may be tested in the courts
at this time.
Some discussion took place on the or
dinance. Councilman Horn stated that
While he never attended the Sunday the
alter he questioned the wisdom of clos
ing them because the people who COM
posed the theater audiences would not
go to church probably and had no 9TH
er place in which to amuse themselves.
The young men, he thought, might be
led to spend their time in worse places.
Councilman Kutz did not think it wise
to pass new ordinance until the legal
ity of the other ordinance had been
passed upon.
The city Will be given an opportunity
of voting 900 in bonds for an en-
largement of the city electric light plant
at the coming spring election.
The gas and electric lights commit
tee of the council favored the holding
of such an election and the council
deemed it wise to back up their recon-
mendation.
There are on file 100 petitions for
lamps with no probability that the pc
titions can be considered for the rea-
son that the plant has capacity of
close to the present number of lights
800. 1t is desired to increase the num-
Der by about 200 more lamps. The in
crease to be made to consist immedi
ately of 100 lamps with a reserve of
100.
Councilman Kutz believed that the
CITY had enough lights now if they were
tempting to issue any further bonds.
On a vote the resolution carried by
vote of to l.
Salary increases were made of city
employees by the council last evening.
The plumbing inspector, John Shea
han, was raised from 81, 900 to $1,000.
Employees of the electric light de-
partments were granted the following
raises: Firemen from $500 to $3.50;
Iinemen, from 1920 to $500; trim
mers from $500 to $3.50.
P. c. Wilson. police court prose-
cutor, raised from $35 to $50 per
month
cit seems discrimination to me-"
said H. K. Goodrich. superintendent of
the electric light plant as he referred
to the failure of the council to pro-
vide for an increase for the engineer
at the plant.
A resolution to increase the salary
of Goodrich from $1,000 to $1,000
was referred to the ways and means
committee.
A new petition asking for the re-
paving of West Tenth avenue from
Jackson to Harrison streets was pre-
scented last evening. The petition asks
for brick with an asphalt filler.
The state of Kansas at the last
session of the legislature refused to
make an appropriation to pay for its
share of the cost of repaving and this
killed the petition which was adopted
last night.
other paving petitions presented
were: 49,.
West Tenth avenue from the west
line of alley running north and south
in West Park addition the west line of
Ella avenue.
West Sixth avenue from Harrison
street to West street.
Buchanan from the south line of
Thirteenth street to south line of
Fifteenth street.
Remonstrance against paving Car
field street from Thirteenth to Fiji
teenth street.
P. / Bonebrake requested that his
name be withdrawn from the petition
for paving West Sixth avenue; All of
these petitions were referred to the
streets and walks committee.
H. K. Goodrich. superintendent of
the electric light department, was
authorized to enter contract for
$4,000 pairs of open arc carbons at
s12.75 per 1000 pairs and 1000 en-
closed arc carbons at $3.50 per
thousand.
The plumbing inspector reported
collections for the month of December
amounting to $116.50.
The city treasurer made a report
showing a balance on hand amounting
to $246,324.21.
The city council allowed $13.957.O6
on estimates for paving work done on
city contracts by H. N. Rice.
The council approved an appropria-
ton of $56.15 made by the board of
directors of the Firemen's Relief as
50 ciation.