The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-24
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Civic Improvement Committee
Has Some Suggestions.
Would Adopt Uniform Methods
All Over the City.
/" GET TO BOOSTING"
f. s. Savage Makes a Number of
Good Suggestions.
Other Items of Interest to-
Lively Citizens.

Inc CIVIC improvement COM
mittee of the Real Estate Dealers
association, a branch of the Topeka
Commercial club. is arranging on a
large scale the improvement of the
different sections of the city coming
under It's Jurisdiction. The com
m1ttee consists of man from each
ward III the city who is a member of
the Real Estate Dealers. association.
IL Is the plan to have each ward
member of his committee appoint a
committee of citizens from his ward
and organize them into committee
to improve the property of the diff
eerent wards.
The plans in carrying out this ac-
ton are wide and varied. In the
first place it is proposed by the
chairman to cut out all the telephone
poles in the city possible Confer
with the telephone companies asking
theE1 to improve the looks of their
poles and improve the looks of the
There are number of electric light
and street car poles in the city also.
The latter company is painting it's
supporters black and white. It is
the plan to ask the city ard the tele-
phone people to do The same. Have
a uniform color and a Uniform. loca-
ton of poles if possible
Then the habit OF planting trees
wherever hey Will grow best and
wherever they will give the most
shade will be discouraged. Plant the
trees in long straight rows and cut
out all the Objectionable trees and
shrubbery. This is an important fac
tor in the identifying of the streets
and the yards over the city. In the
new additions over the city it is pro-
everything as uniform as possible.
The committee is meeting this af
ternoon perfecting their organiza-
ton.
Much interest is taken in the
scheduled appearance of Professor
Webster, dean of the experimental
station at the State Agricultural col
lege, Manhattan. He will speak be-
fore the members of the Alfalfa club
Saturday afternoon at o'clock. 1t is
expected that a large number of the
members of the Commercial club will
take advantage of the time and place
and hear this well known authority.
Professor Webster has national
reputation along this line and he will
deliver some very valuable Informal
ton.
The committee on state and nation
al legislation of the Commercial club
met this noon in the Commercial club
rooms and appointed j. A. Troutman,
Arthur Capper and F. W. Freeman as
a committee to draw up resolutions
for the purpose of presenting to con-
gress asking them to hurry matters
on the tariff question. These resolu-
lions will be presented to the Com
mercial club and then sent on to con-
gress. 1t is the complaint of the bust
ness men of the city that during this
tariff trouble business all over the
city is at a standstill and there must
be something done for a relief. Many
of the merchants the meeting said i
that they could notice most radical
difference ever since congress had en-
tertained this question. A quicker
action would be a great benefit to
business men all over the country.
The alive Commercial club will start
the ball rolling by sending petitions.
The parcel post proposition was
brought before the state and national
legislation committee this noon but it
did not gain very much Roadway.
There is always a big division on this
question and 1t is not well for the
sentiment either way to be made pub
lie. 1t is the opinion of most of the
members of the club that the Topeka
business men cannot afford to touch
upon the question either way. There
is a lurking desire to make the ex-
press companies come to time but
it can't be done now.
The Commercial club register is not
as successful as was hoped at first.
There are only five or six names on the
register up to date and the prospects
for more are not very encouraging-at
least as long as the members of the
Commercial club fail to take their
mand a signature. The average man
is more than pleased to write his name
on the register of an enterprising Com