The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05
NOTES OF THE COUNCIL.
Last Nights Session Was a Busy
One.

A freak petition came in to the coun-
lcil last night and took the prize fol
complaints from the street naming dis
trict. The petition bears the ear marks
of a certain city official who is gaining
a reputation as an original humorist
but the blame cannot be proven and is
postponed until further information
The petition read as follows:
/ I'VE see that a lot o. wise guys are
wantin youSe to knock off the knob and
put on some handles on some of your
streets, see? Now we'S didn't take nc
chips in de game till some you smart
blokes and petticoats put up a spiel
| ter change Bolles avenue and West
street to Westlawn avenue or Green
wood avenue. Now ives appeal to youse
as true sports to be game and stand
/ by the frat and not lay down to de
only street in de burg that bears the
cog of a true sport OF course youse
all know BolIes avenue was named af-
| ter Walter Bolles, our great baseball
fan and dead game sport. Now don't
| give the whole frat the icy NIT by
stacking der deck against US.
We knows dat dere is a lot o rab-
| bits in your bunch as will stampede
whenever a lot of windjammers and cal
| leo gets dere bazoos a goin but we ap-
peals to you all what is game to give
the street der handle of Bolles avenue
and play it to der limit and show de glad
hand to der sportin frat
YOURS ON DE LEVEL"
The communication was signed by
such well known characters as Smoke"
Williams, Turkey Block, Frog
Hidgins, Hinky Dink. Jack johnson.
Muscogee Red Fatty Clark, Kid
Mccoy, Bat Nelson, Tom Sharkey, Fatty
Dupree. Big B. Adams, ''Pie" Jordan
and a number of others.
When it was read before the council
last night it created an uproar and af-
ter a hot discussion was referred to the
dog catcher for file and application.
The board of directors of the Fire
mems Relief association sent COM
munication to the city council which
contained the report of money used
in their work in the last month. 1t
was sent to the council for their ap-
prevail which they did with pleasure
turned to the association. The relief
association spent only $36.05 during
the last month. Twenty-Five dollars
to the widow, Mrs. Matte Anderson,
Sc to a physician for the care of
sick fireman and the rest for medicine
purchased for the use of fremen on
duty and otherwise. Tt is expected
that the police relief association re-
Eaton, will soon make their applica-
ton for appropriation to the city
council. 1t is for a good cause and
should be given due consideration.
The city council set the time limit
for the bids of bridge companies on
the Soldier creek bridge on Central
avenue at one week from last night
and City Engineer Rogers sent a plea
to the aldermen last night asking that
the limit be extended until the first
of February in order that the bridge
companies might have time to make
their estimates. The city engineer
has all of the plans drawn and the
profile in readiness but the bridge
firms have not received the statistics
to work upon. They would give
much more accurate bid if they had
more time and this was the contents
of the plea to the council last night.
The city dads took the matter to
heart and granted the time extension.
This means that the Soldier creek
bridge will not be constructed until
a little later than expected but North
Topeka is not expecting any water for
awhile-not at least until Councilman
Jordan gets his hydraulic pumps in
action.
Mrs Ella Fletcher sent a letter to
the council asking that her name be
stricken from the petition which |
called for the paving of an alley |
bounded by Tenth, Eleventh. Madison
and Jefferson streets. In the same
breath three other people asked that |
their names be attached to a petition |
for the paving of Mulvane street from |
Thirteenth to Fifteenth. All the COM |
municatiOnS were read, accepted, ap-
proved, filed and taken due action. |
All of this trouble for the simple |
change of mind of a would-be and |
done signed petition. |
The report of the city milk in
spector, DR.. d. NJ. Campbell, which |
was read before the council on De-
cember and accepted as a piece of |
literature as well as a piece of art at |
that time was given a final
hearing before the council last night |
and after going through a series of
committees it finally landed at the |
very door of the grand and august |
body of Drenning's Wonders where it
was approved and filed for future |
But the report was not |
without effect at the meeting last |