The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-30

gineer. W. w. Gilmore will receive
the contract for the sewer out near
Washburn college. These contracts
be awarded at the adjourned meeting
of the council tonight.
The idea of spending a vast amount
Of money on the country parks-es-
pecially Gage park, does not appeal
Not long ago the report came out that
the park commissioners would spend
thousands of dollars at the big park
four miles west of the city and a
storm of objections was raised at once
by these officials. They take the mat
ter this way-the only people who can
take advantage of the suburb park
are those who have carriages or auto
mobiles. The real parks for Topeka
should be those situated within the
city limits-those that can be visited
by people either after short walk or
by street car. 1t was pointed out that
people with the conveyances are able
to go out in the woods, along the
river and take little outings of their
own without visiting city park.
While the people in the city who are
really in need of the shade and the
water are those who are not able to
get them.
There is no anxiety for a jealous
controversy but it was stated yester-
day that J. G. Dolman of the North
Side was responsible for the sugges-
ton that willows be planted along
the bikes in order that the foods
would not damage the loose soil. 1t
will be remembered that Street Com
missioner Frank Snyder made this
suggestion in technical form a long
time ago and it was printed in full in
these columns. The willow PROPOSE
ton is receiving staunch support from
every source. m
A report has been going the rounds
to the effect that City Attorney Dren-
attorney as soon as w. C. Ralston took
charge of the Office. This report has
been circulated pretty freely among the
enemies of the administration who point
out that this Is simply a scheme to re-
tain the old 'tgahg" and run things as
they have been run during the last two
years. Mr.. Dreaming announced today
that after he was out of office he would
set up a private office at 623 Kansas
avenue, and get out of politics alto
getber This explodes the theory of the
leremies of the so-ealled plot.
According to the plans of Councilman
H. B. Howard tomorrow afternoon is
the official test day for the automobile
ordinance. At this time Judge s. 8.
Urmy, Chief Eaton and others will be
taken out on tour over the city to
judge the merits of the proposed or
dinance. Chief Eaton says that there
might as we'll be no ordinance as allow
the motorists to go 20 miles an hour.
Mayor Green says that it is almost i'm
possible for some cars to go eight miles
an hour and he is in favor of making
some kind, of compromise Alderman
Horn, the only automobile owner In the
council, thinks 1t very foolish to re-
auire a man to grind his machine down
to eight miles. To tell the truth there
are not very many people who are real
w radically against the IL and 20 mile
limit if the autoists would only obey
them. 1t is the 80 and 40 mile clips
that people kick about
The election from the election COM
missioner,s side of the fence Is as quiet
as ever. Captain Titus said this morn
l. ing that tomorrow{t the clerks and judges
would come to- his office for their sigma
lures and after that he expected moth
ling to come up in the form OF news.
The final registrations returns have not
been figured out but they will amount
to about 13, 100. This is 600 more than
the primary registration when the total
was about 1850. The registration sig
nifies the lack of interest and 1t is not
expected that one-third OF these VIII
vote. The Democrats are working nara
for their candidates but the work is
simply giving them Notwithstanding
to those who claim to know.
1--WE could not find a better man for
fire marshal if we canvassed this whole
western country, said Mayor Wilham n
Green this morning as he brought his
mighty fist down upon his desk!
don't feel right over this talk about
putting another man in his place. Cnlei
Wilmarth is advanced in years but not
enough to warrant any change what
ever. No. sir, Topeka has her first and
only fire marshal and she will continue
| to have him as far as l am concern
| ed" And the reporter stole out or the
office thinking that possibly he might
have said something sometime that re-
fected upon the popular fire marshal
| and if he did 1t was without thought.
| Through a letter of recommendation
from the city Attorney Frank Dren-
ming, the Kaw Paving company of this
city was able to land a big contract at
Emporia Thus 1.-The powers that be-"
| People who have been misinformed
| as to the real value of the first class
paving have been calling upon Mayor
| Green in his office all day today.
that they might get out another petit
| ton for the first class material. To-
night the contracts are awarded and
there is a little time for these people
7:30 and If the petitions are handed
to the city clerk before this time and
they are approved the deed will be
| "done''
DIR. Roby, who has been reformed
from the second to the first class and
who has been interested in it since the
awakening, spoke to State. journal
reporter this morning concerning the
sanitary advantages of the first class.
He said:
1.-The sentiment is practically unani-
nous in favor of the best. 1 took the
| trouble to interview every resident
| property owner on that part of the
street that I could find and all but
two of them expressed a strong de-
sire to have first class paving in every
particular, and they signed UP a Pc
tition to that effect, which is now on
j oil Ia