The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-27

city. The average city councilman
can not spend one-tenth of his time
city expect high class government with
such a condition of affairs. 1t must be
admitted that the city administration
at this time is excellent-in fact the
all around condition of the city at
large was never better. But the coun-
cilmen are spending much more time
than they can afford. A man may
obligate himself by running for Office
and swearing allegiance, ETC., but he is
not expected to put 500 worth of
month when he is only getting SIS.
This is the way the aldermen are do
ing at the present date-and they
have been doing it the last two years
ton for an election to put the commits
sion form of government into effect?
Some one must have smothered it.
Mayor Green completed his ap-
pointments for the ensuing term last
night at a special meeting of the coun-
Gil when he appointed the board Of
library directors, the park commits
sioners and the members of the board
of health from the city council. Albert
T. Reid, A. A. GODDARD and Joab Null
vane were given berths as library di-
rectors. NJ. A. Low, f. o. Morns, A
B. Quinton, J. B. Larimer and c. K.
Holiday were appointed as tho now
board of park commissioners. The
members of the board of health from
the city COZ" e!l are Y. z. Stanley and
c. G. Blakelv.
The new fire limit ordinance has
finally passed the city council and will
go into effect at once. There is an in
teresting addition to the fire limits
the half block on which is situated
the city hall and Auditorium and the
two full blocks between Tenth and
Trr1
son are now in the city fire limits. The
latter includes a bunch of state prop
erty also some street car property
possessions. The half block at First
and Crane will also be included.
Apropos the idea suggested by the
city engineer, John P. Rogers, making
it possible for the city to attend to
sewerage during the floods by con-
structing a portable gasoline pump
which could be moved from one stor-
age tank to the other on both sides
of the river and thus pump the sew
erage over the bikes into the flood,
the city officials have new idea for
the disposal of the waste matter at
flood times. 1t is suggested that the
sewers emptying into the river at the
city park and vicinity be extended
east into the big sewer opening at the
foot of Jefferson street. At this point
erect a big storage tank and estab-
lish a permanent pump which would
accommodate all the sewer water of
the south side of the city. The north
side sewerage has been arranged for
through the efforts of Councilman
Jordan, who has been working hard
on the matter ever since it was sug-
gested. The city engineer has also
taken a great interest-his ideas con-
corning the storage tanks and port
able pump are very good-and prob
ably will be adopted If the new con-
nection is not considered the cheap
est. It is ackn owledged by the city
officials that the Rogers plan is the
easiest and the best looking at first
glance, but it is not known whether,
or not it is the cheapest. The ex-
pense of proposition seems to ap-
peal the strongest to an average Of
fetal. The petition from North To-
peka asking the council for a cut off
and pumping station has been re-
ferred.
Building permits are not coming as
fast as they should this time of the
were allowed at the office of the fire
marshal yesterday. This would be
good any other year, but this year
property and building is booming.
In speaking of the value of skim
IHl1k DIS d IOOQs Olly MILK inspector
DIR. D. NJ. Campbell had the following
to say to State Journal reporter this
morning:
"Skim milk is a very economical
food, containing all Of the valuable
protein and onN-half the fuel value Of
the whole milk. Skim milk is nearly
10 per cent solids and a pint of it con-
tains about 0-535 pound OF protein,
the building and repair material Of
the human body. 1t costs but two or
made of two parts skim milk and one
to the skim milk than to the oysters
it contains.
1.-The value of skim milk as a feed
titution for water where possible in
cooking, would considerably increase
the amount of protein in the ordin-
milk is more nutritious than that
made with water. A lunch of bread
and skim milk is very nutritious and
Of low cost, as following comparison
between such lunch and a restaur-
ant lunch costing four or five times as
much as shows
The tin can day crusade is meeting
with the greatest of success. Street
Commissioner Frank Snyder said this
afternoon that his men have been fill
ing up the wagons much faster than in
former years and it looks as though
every sink hole in the city will be filed
to the level with the trash. Since the
article in the State Journal last night