The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-10

dogs have been shot and killed because
they did not have the proper protectors
Il e. license hanging around their
neck Since this time almost $3.50 has
been collected and IA dogs have been
sold. This taken all in all makes a
mighty good record for such a short
time.
The annihiIator, William Core is dis
gusted in the manner of treatment re-
ceived by some of the dog owners over
the city. He is authority on the state
ment that there are more 'prevaricators
in the city of Topeka throughout the
fashionable resident district than any
other place in the city. 1t is a detec-
tive's work to find dog when the dog
catcher appears upon the scene. Mr..
Core said this morning that his horse
was known for blocks-the other day
it was necessary for him to tie the
horse eight blocks from a house and
sneak upon the family before he could
find the dog and take his life. People
spread the news of the approach of the
dog catcher and the dogs are called in
away in the cellar or any convenient
place from the eyes of the catcher. IL
is also customary for people to curse
the dog. catcher and his men, and in
suit them in every way possible. The
secret of the whole thing is that peo-
pie are so anxious to skin the law that
they take out their wrath on the SER
wants of the law. When the street
commissioner fails to clean up the street
in front of a mans residence he growls
and hollers for better protection and
complains of the lack of the law ma
chine but when he cheats the city with
a little cur dog he feels proud OF the
fact. 1t is simply a case OF hitting a
man and running before he can hit
back.
The councilmen took advantage of
the absence of Alderman General
Statesman Hughes Monday night and
passed upon resolution sent to the
council by him last January. The
resolution called for a forfeiture of
the franchise of the natural gas COM
pany and requiring them to take stor-
age tanks enough to aid the city in
and supported by the general in the
midst of the gas troubles last winter.
At this time it Travelled to the gas
committee and has been in port at
this place ever since. Monday night
the weather was so hot and the gas
propositions would receive very little
support-thus the presentation of the
report of the committee. The COM
mittee reported that the bill be mot
passed
The city is hunting for good man
for the inspection of the asphalt work
which will commence very soon. 1t
takes a good inspector for this work.
In dSDndIt DluSI l1OI Dc lOO
or too little asphalt in the mixture.
In cement work the more cement the
better but in asphalt this would be
crime. 1t takes a man with a good
eye and this is what the city is looking
for.
Mayor Hunter of wellington has
written to City Engineer Rogers con-
corning the new combination paving
filler recently invented by the Topeka
Il hf1J1 I1n- rnaAiUn6
prominent notice from the scientific
magazines all over the country. The
mayor of Wellington wants to figure
on this kind of filler for his city
Mayor Hunter was in the senate in
Topeka last winter and became inter-
ested in the Topeka ideas at this time.
The automobile licenses are being is
sued at the rate of about four a day.
This is the rate that Topeka people are
man from rural route No. procured a
license for a Rambler. T. ]. Brown
took out No. 279 and o. E. Walker No.
$50 There are now $50 cars in the
city or an investment of over half
million dollars. This is a big amount
of money to sink into automobiles.
Street Commissioner Snyder is MAX
ing a noise for noisier pavements IN
Topeka. He is of the opinion that the
put in hard concrete filler paving brick
There seems to be difference of opin-
ion. While speaking to State Journal
this morning Councilman Jor-
dan said that there We're four big dis
to the cement filler In the
first place he claims that it always
takes an asphalt binder in order to
keep the paving from swelling up and
breakage. In the second place in or
der to make an excavation it is nee
essary to break all the brick used for
the covering of the hole. The cement
makes the brick stick into one solid
mass and necessitates new brick alto
gether. In the third place the cement
is very noisy and in the fourth place it
is rigid and hard. Councilman Jordan
seems to be on the other side of the
noisy proposition. He says: THE coun-
try towns are always hollering for
more noise and activity. The real up
to date metropolitan cities are hunt
ing for less noise. You will never have
activity until you have traffic. The
less noisy the paving the better. This
is one great advantage of the asphalt
filler" Meanwhile Topeka will be
noisy in places and quiet in others.