The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-20

it would be expedient to call for all
three elections for the same date.
General Hughes contended that
such an arrangement might have the
tendency to kill all three of the ques-
tions involved or at least to weaken
the cause of one or more of them.
His arguments prevailed and only
one date was definitely decided upon.
The county commissioners rendered
a joint proposition for building a
bridge across Soldier creek on Cen
trail avenue. This was accepted. The
steel structure will be $50 feet in
length, and will be built of one of the
spans of the old Santa Fe bridge. The
comm issioners are to build the
bridge, while the city is to pay $4,000
towards the cost of contraction, pave
the new bridge with brick, and turn
the old one over to the county. The
cost of erecting the bridge will be
about $4,000.
The city clerk was authorized to
notify the city railway company that
their tracks and pavement thereon
on West Eighth avenue between Har-
rison street and Kansas avenue are
net in a safe condition, and that the
same must be put in condition at
once.
The estimated cost of running the
police department for the year ending
March 81. 1909, was submitted by
a total of S3O,277.3O will be required.
Twenty seven thousand dollars of this
amount will go for salaries, while
$500 for meals, $25 for policemen's
clubs and "a for matches. etc
The names of w C. Tandy. H. B.
Howard and Louis E. Fraser were
proposed in a communication from
Captain c. H. Titus as members OF the
board of election commissioners.
communication from the county
commissioners asking the city to i'm
prove the West Sixth avenue maeadam
to the city limits was received It was
referred to the committee on streets
and walks without discussion.
A document was read which would
give A. A Knapp the authority to act
in the matter of placing waste paper
boxes on the street corners. It was
referred to the streets and walks com
mittee. This subject came up at the
last council meeting.
An ordinance combining gas and
other plumbing was passed rms or
dinance is of lengthy nature anu el
among other things provides for an
inspector OF plumbing at 200 year;
whose duties shall be to inspect all
new plumbing plants which may from
time to time be 1nStalteO, anu 70 pAoCC
his approval upon all repairs made in
connection with old plumbing. This
ordinance has been under considera-
ton for a matter of half year or
more.
Specifications for a 500 square foot
bridge to be erected over Wards
creek at. Grove avenue were called
for from the city engineer. The
specifications on which a SLOTS bid
was received called for q waterway
embracing 600 square feet. but this
amount was more than the council
cared to expend and a smaller bridge
was considered fully adequate.
letter from Frank B. Simms,
chairman of the board of county COM
rnfssioners. asked that the police judge
be authorized to parole Frank Ray
nor. who was last Friday fined 500
and sentenced to 80 days in Jail for
the sale of liquor, inasmuch as his
wife and children are in st. Joseph
without support, The request was
granted.
The city clerk was authorized to call
for bids for the printing OF a COM
pilatipn of ordinances which have
been adopted since the publication OF
the last ordinance book.
City Engineer Rogers submitted the
cost of the sidewalks to be construct
ed during the present year by Walter
w. Gilmore under his present con-
tract. The total estimate was ST.
953.52.