The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-09-28
CITY HALL NEWS.
Plans of Council to Regulate
Street Car Traffic.
Shall Light Plant Furnish Cur
rent in DaytimSE
MELAN BRIDGE WORK.
Plans and Specifications Sub
mitted at Auditorium.
Funeral of Fireman Jones HELD
at Auditorium.
MELAN BRIDGE WORK.

The Judiciary committee of the city
council has mapped out an ordlnance
with the idea of regulating strSes Co
traffic in the city although no ueiiii! i. :
action has been taken. Inc spec ga
changes which will be made Wnen tne
o~5;nenca is framed by the city attor-
new will be in respect to the standlhs
of freight cars on Jackson anu otneI
STREETS. the cutting of weeds and grass
along the tracks, and the resuiaeioi'
of street crossings and grades.
In regard to the latter the new Or
dinance will provide that all tracks
must come to grade ana tnat e
street crossings must be kept III $500 $500
order. It was announced tnat WItli ~
a month new long cars will be lnstalI-
ed in Topeka. According to the new
ordinance it will probably NOT pc nee
essary for the cars to stop at tue ldI
side of ever street corner. rms rue
has been the cause OF cohsioG1raOihe
times of wet weather when the
streets in some sections OF the city
were flooded with water.
A heated argument took place
among the committeeman IN resdro
to whether or not it was advisable TO
ask the city electric light commission
to furnish a scale of rates IN Iespec1
to the furnishing of day current from
the city plant for eommerciai i pad-
but the committee will report at the
next council meeting that city Attor-
ney Ralston asserts that the city mas
a right to furnish day current TO prl-
waite concerns.
of desiring to sell electricity is to pay
for the new city plant. other cities
are doing the same thing.
Councilmen Howard, Miller and
Jordan were among the enthusiastic
Of he
was considerable objection to the
resolution on account of the bel1er
that the city should not compete with
private enterprises. AT the present
time 5 or 20 applications for electric
current are on file in the office of the
city clerk. The whole matter will
undoubtedly be thrashed over by the
council as a whole at the meeting
hext Monday evening.
The judiciary committee considered
a petition from I. NJ. F'rizell, the pro-
prietor of an employment office at
116 East Sixth avenue, who stated
that he was 80 years old and veteran
of the Civil war and that the license
fee of $25 which the city demands
worked hardship upon him. He
appealed to the city to grant an ex-
emption from paying this fee. me
committee decided that the city has
no authority to make any exceptions
to the rule and it was recommended
that the petition be nor granted.
The bid of the Street Railway COM
pany for the raising of the tracks be-
tween the west line of Kansas avenue,
to the center of Harrison street, was
accepted at a special meeting of the
city council held last night. and the
mayor was authorized to draw up
contract covering the work. There
are 1,160 lineal feet of track to be
raised, and the total cost to the city
will be $1,276.
At the special meeting of the city
council plans and specifications were
submitted by city Engineer Rogers for
the extension of the Melan arch
bridge. The plans were turned over
to the committee on public works pro-
files. Bids will be called for as soon
as possible.
The funeral of Harry Jones, the
fireman who died as result of in
juries sustained while heroically
fighting the flames at the Otto Kuehne
Preserving works on Thursday last,
was held at the auditorium at 2:30
o'clock and was public affair. The
members of the city council met at