The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-02

government the commissioners would
have ordered the sidewalk down and
| then kept their eye on the spo. until
] it was laid.
A buzz of excitement has run riot
ment by Mayor Green that there
would be a play at the Grand opera
house Sunday night. A Sunday night
snow in Topeka is the first event of
this TIM kind kind since two years ago when
handed to the citizens with a big
stick and a bunch of state laws.
inc play Sunday night will be given
py company composed of Orthodox
Jews, The ssao ticket sellers ushers,
OF the same creed. They consider the
seventh day of the week as their
Sabbath and on this account the laws
| OF the state and the city do not apply
| The city ordinance reads:
Every person who shall either la
Dor himself. or compel his apprentice,
| servant or any other person in his
charge or control, to labor or per-
form any work other than the house
hold offices of daily necessity, or other
works of necessity or charity, on the
: nrst day of the week, comm only
called Sunday, shall be deemed guilty
i OF m1sdemeanor and ON conviction
| ~ AAA4Co III ally sum not less imam
Two dollars nor more than twenty-five
doliars for each offense: Provided,
Th1s section shall not extend to any
person who is member of any re-
iglous society by whom any other
than the first of the week is observed
as the Sabbath, SO that he observes
such Sabbath
NO action has been taken by the city
] oihclals on the proposed demands for
l INV r,f4
| paving and sewer contractors who fail
ed to have their work done by a GER
| tain time as specified in the official
contract Gilfllan & Son for paving
and the Kenwood contractors for sewer
| have allowed their contract time to fall
past due. According to a city ordin-
arce these men Should pay SIC a day
| as forfeit money to the city until the
work is completed.
The sentiment at the city hall favors
Gnniian: is stated that he has been
The victim of unforeseen and ''can't-be-
| helped circumstances. Material did not
| come on account of the snail like traf-
| f1c on the Miserable Pacific" Rainy
| weather and lack of help delayed him
with the actual work when he did have
| the material The CURRIERS' were also a
| constant source of delay until they
could receive the proper material.
Contractor Rftchie is without sympa-
thy, however. 1t has been stated many
| tiA<nl iiO apparently LdkSu III
tie interest in the pavement work and
| las allowed it to drag when the excuse
| list was wasted for lack of funds His
/ contract time does not expire until jan
! nary but it is hopeless to harbor any
. completion at that time. He is at least
six months behind on the work laid out
, before him.
The sidewalk contractors are now
coming in for their worries. Since the
| first contract was let for thousands OF
1 Cd dow L ~, .i@ H.,
| tractor Gilmore has done nothing but
| work on the cement walks-and it is
| said that the construction of these has
been exceedingly slow. Not brick has
| been laid in preparation for the brick
| walks in the city. The people are COM
| ing in delegations to the Office of the
| mayor and the city engineer every day
on account of this delay. Street Com
missioner Snyder commenced this work
| OF excavating for the sidewalks as soon
| as the contracts were let expecting
that he would be followed up closely
by the contractors. AS a result former
paths and cinder walks were made into
| canals and mud holes by the excavat-
ing work and the contractors have not
| attempted to lay their walks. This wet
season has made the walking miserable
| and the citizens are kicking with a rea-
son. An effort wall be made by the city
officials to rouse up the contractors and
have this work completed at once.
The sewer work is about the same as
reported in the State Journal the first
of the week. The Elmhurst sewer is
about one-etigl1th done. The Kenwood
| sewer is nearing the so per cent mark
and the Martin & Dennis people are
| rushing their work along in good shape
All of the contracting companies are
| three months or more behind in their
work. The Martin & Dennis sewer was
relet to the bonding company Of the
| contractor VINO failed on the work and
| dc dA1o he
| other contractors have the usual line
| of excuses.
| 1t is getting so that a city contract
means little to the contractors as far
| as the time limit is concerned. This
| year the administration intends to en-
force the ordinances and if they do il
! will be a criterion of the construction
| work to come-also. a neat little add
| ton to the city treasury.
1.-THE Mayor of the City of Topeka cor
| daily invites the Honorable Mayor OF
Your City to be in attendance at the
Good Roads Association National Con-
vention to be Held in Representative
| Hall, State Capitol, December IA and
| 15 1909, Topeka, Kansas
| This invitation on an attractive card
| is being sent from the Office of Mayor
| Green to all the cities of Kansas and
/ to the cities with a population above
1 5000 in Colorado. Iowa. Indiana, Ne
hraska, Oklahoma. Missouri, Wisconsin
| Texas, Minnesota. North Dakota, South
Dakota, ard Michigan.
The annual report of the board of ed
| ucation which came to City Clerk G.
| B. Burge as a feature IN the new re-
port of the departments of the city, re.
ports the following facts:
The total receipts for the last fisca
year:
Receipts.
General fund Observation-Disclosures $500, 7S4 s
Building fund. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a, 1900
Interest OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "a $50 5
bond building ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10000
Unavailable unpaid tax. IA, 434S