The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-06
Commercial Club Holds Meeting
Under Changed Conditions.
Three Business Men to Act as
Temporary Secretaries.
WILL MOVE SOON.
Rooms Being Made Ready in
Crawford Building.
Mayor Green Tells of City's
Claim Against State.
SATURDAY.

The first meeting of the reorganized
Commercial club was held at the old
quarters Friday evening and while the
attendance was far below what it
should have been there was more en-
thusiasm in evidence than at any pre-
vious meeting for months. There is an
air of progress about the body which
has been lacking for long time and
the indications are that the body will
take on new life and again become a
useful member of society.
AT the present time the club is we'll
equipped with secretaries with c.. p
Adams, e. S. Clark and r. L. Bone,
who were named by President
Mills for the place last night. which
does not carry a salary attachment.
1t is understood that these appoint
ments are to be temporary only and
that as soon as the club becomes
financially able that a secretary will
be employed and paid salary.
The members of the club who were
present at the meeting spent two or
three hours under what might have
been termed '-the good of the ORDER
line of discussions. AS soon as ar
rangements can be completed the
Commercial club will move to new
building. It will take some time TO
place the new rooms in condition for
the club, but as soon as that can be
done the move will be made. Mr..
Crawford will be asked to rename the
building and call it the Chamber of
Commerce building or something
similar.
Mayor William Green presented a.
claim of $S2, ,232.25 which the city has
against the state for pavement Which
has been laid at the expense of the
city on streets adjacent to state prop
erty. With interest the total sum
which the state owes the city accord
100000.
The claim is an old one or at least
a considerable portion of it and though
it has been presented at every session
of the legislature since it was incurred
no favorable action has been taken on
It, Attorney General f. S. Jackson as
well as his predecessors in the attro-
ney generals Office have held that the
bill is just and should be paid but no
appropriation has ever been made to
meet it.
A portion of the sum which is claim
ed is for the original paving which
was laid in 1888, over 20 years ago.
The cost of the states portion of the
pavement at that time was $2,52612
block and the interest since that time,
computed at the rate of 3 per cent,
is $2,65R.30, making a total of S5,-
178.42 for each block of paving laid.
Then there is a bill of several thou
sand dollars for repaving portions of
the streets adjacent to the capitol
building and on this amount the inter-
est has been figured for six months.
While it is admitted that the claim OF
the city is just. there has never been
an appropriation made to pay It, and
the legislatures in the past have looked
with disfavor upon such an appropria-
ton bill.
Mayor Green also took occasion to
1T
knockers on the fire department and
and designated numerous
statements which have been published
over the signatures of well known citf-
zens as malicious, slanderous and as
1bels on the city of Topeka
w. A. Williams, who is looking for
4 location for plant for the manufac-
ture OF corrugated iron culverts gave
pract1cal demonstration of the action
of chemicals on his culvert materials
J. w. Robinson made an interesting
-alk on the good that has been accom-
pIshed by the Commercial club COM
nittee which is looking after the ad-
7ertising in pamphlets, circulars, cal
endars and the like.
President Mills announced the fol-
owing chairmen of various commit
nittees with selections of their own
choice:
Transportation. ]. G. Bauer, F. E.
Nipps; manufactures, w. G. Dlckie,
4. Auerbach, W. w. whitney: men- M
gership, E. L. Copeland; arbitration,
John Macdonald, c. Z. Gault; state
md national legislation, r. G. Kelley.
I. A. Troutman; municipal legislation
J. 3. Larimer, Clad Hamilton; agri-
culture, George Christman, Philip
Lux; immigration, Oscar Bischoff, r.
D. Blaine; auditing, z. L. O'Neil. w.
?. Roehr; entertainment and advertis-
ng, J. w. Robinson. z. h Crosby:
house, G. P. Adams, E. S. Clark; roads
Ind bridges, H. w. McAfee, Fred o.
dorns; parks, A. Reinisch, NJ. A. Low:
natural gas and oil, G. G. Blakely. I.
J. Trelevan; promotion, ]. r. Mulvano.
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