The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-06
$27,2s0.79

The first real objection to a pave
rnent petition that has been handed to
the city for two years was sent 10 the
city clerk today. The city has been
especially lucky in this respect as the
people have been very anxious to keep
Up the pavement work and improve
the city as much as possible The best
part of the people this year Is that
they ask the city for very reW inter-
sections and thus pay foT the pave
nents themselves. The objection that
came in today was against the petition
that was handed in not long ago for
pavement between Sixteenth and
Seventeenth streets on Van Buren, The
protest has ten Signatures and COM
planned of the cost of the pavement,
saying that the tax was too heavy now
because of the expensive sewer which
has Just been finished in this dIstr1ct-
It VIII be referred to the ways ana
means committee together with the
petition
The contractors who have been lay
ing the concrete walks at the 1ntersee-
tions in the new brick pavements over
the city have rebelled- They say that
it costs eight dollars extra for each
walk and they can't afford to lose $3z
on every job 1t will not be much OF a
loss to the city as the cement walks
are an expensive luxury
Mayor Green is receiving congratu-
Iations from all over the city this
morning on the new gift given to him
by the members of the city council
Monday night Several of the minor
city officials have been to the office
this morning bewailing the fact that
they did not get to donate tG the gItt
and one man came up with a handful
of the mayors favorite cigars. saying
that he wanted to have something to
do with the New Years giving and
good cheer. 1t is the general opinion
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the council together as did the event
of Monday night and today there is
nothing but the best of feeling The
standing joke. however. is that Coun-
Gilman Blakely and Councilman kutz
did not know of the joke played on the
mayor Monday evening and they en-
tered into the fight with fists doubled
and blood in their eye. The mayor
was not the only man who received the
surprise
There have been numerous inquiries
coming to the city hall asking about
the hydraulic pump that Councilman
Jordan asked for at council meeting
Monday night Here is the answer:
Every time there is a food in North
Topeka the water backs up The sewers
or else the foodgates are closed and
nothing can be done with the sewer
age This makes very dangerous,
unhealthy condition of affairs and Mr..
Jordan has decided that the only
remedy is to install the proposed
hydraulic pump. The plans are be-
ing drawn up by the city engineer to-
day and they will be submitted to the
council at their meeting next week
The pump will only be used during
extreme flood times and probably it
will not be used for two or three years
on the other hand it may be used
this spring-but when It is needed it is
needed bad and IS a friend in need 1t
viii be a great relief to the people of
North Topeka to have the pump on
nand and it will be a physical relief
when the water rises The council viii
favor the plans of the
city engineer and order the mauufac-
ture of tie pump
addition and vicinity must be approach
ng a crisis-0r at least the matter they
have been sending 20 the papers tas
made a noise like sour grapes, muck
-aking" and the Ike. Hare IS a sJnple
lC the corEmunicatf0n-tEis one was
sent to the State Journal this morning
The WestIawn addition protest as was
sEred in the Monday paD.sr wds signed
~ thirteen -na1 ard the4t Wives n the
addition. thus trying to make their pro-
Test look strenuous to the council The
protest reSOrtei TO peOEfs nO< residing
n the addition For instance some
six or eight men and their wives on
Liz oln street and sou1e renters N the
TaneWay place signed the paper There
are Just twenty-oue IA miles N Lane
family does not i've in TOPeIza ard one
would not sign the protest, leaving nine
teen on the protest instead OF about
70, as the protest tried TO appear be-
fore the honorable councs- There are
seventeen families in Tastl1wn addf-
ton on West street There is one block
of WestIzwn annex On WeS= street and