The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-01
Tearing Up Of West Eighth
Pavement to Be Investigated.
WILLOW OR ST.FRANCIS
This Question Will Be Settled
by Council Tonight.
Other Items of Interest From
City Building.

VI LIS new west ElSutn avenue paw
ing will be pleased to hear that the
city council is going to take quick ac-
ton on this matter and investigate
the actions of the Edison company in
tearing up this paving which has only
been down a few weeks.
The Edison people obtained a per-
nit to tear up this new stretch of ex-
cellent paving without the consent
and the knowledge of the city en-
gineer. Then they started to dig out
the brick and concrete but were
stopped at once by City Engineer
Rogers. It was found that the COM
pany had no right to destroy the paw
ing in this manner without the per-
mission of the council and the city
engineer.
AS a result the Edison company has
sent a petition to the. council praying
that they might continue their work
of digging up the paving along Eighth
streets. From the attitude of the
members of the city council today the
petition will be rejected.
It is against a city ordinance to
tear up brick paving until after it
has been in for a year. This paving
the city sends out the assessment no
tees a little slip is attached which
calls attention to the ordinance and
asks that a permit to excavate be pro-
laid if any of the property owners
wish to do such work. The Edison
people said nothing about their pro-
posed heating pipe extension at this
time and not until last week did they
make any move to do the mutilation.
The city officials have declared an
active war against such practices of
paving holes and they will push this
case through as an example. The
West Eighth paving is an example of
excavation of this kind only weakens
it for future use and durability. In
this case the damage has already been
done.
The recent proposition to change
the name of Willow Park, a small
piece of we'll kept land at the corner
of Sixth and Morris avenues. will re-
ceive a set back at the meeting of the
council tonight. The Ladies' Forestry
selubSef the West Sid e. hasss=orsanizedI
into a regiment of anti-change-the-l
name supporters and with a full dele
cation they will try and down the
proposition this evening.
Another fact in favor of those who
are against the changing of Willow
Park to est. Francis Park is a state
ment from Fred o. Morns. secretary
of the city park board. The petition
of the council supposed to have
come through the authority of the
park board was signed by Mr.. Morns
and he has stated very emphatically
that he desires to have his name re-
moved from this petition. He said
this afternoon that when he signed
the paper he was under the impress
sion that it was large petition and
not an official document OF the city
park board.
Since the suggestion for the re-
naming of this park the feeling in
that part of the city has been running
high and today the delegations for
appearance at the council chamber
tonight have been organized The
West Side Forestry club insists that
it was through their influence that
the park was set out and paid for and
it was named by the club. They are
the name to St Francis Park.
The only reason for the change of
this name is on account of the
erection of the new st. Francis hos
pital, they say, and it is not sufficle ei1t
to change the name altogether "If
they are going to name city properties
after hospitals why don't they call
West street 'Christs street - said one
of the women this morning.
Tonight will be Ladies' night" at
the council chamber. The old street
naming proposition has been revived
and several of the residents (mostly
Women) of West street have struck
the responsive chord OF remaining West
street to ''Westlawn boulevard This
suggestion came UP when the big street
naming fight was on a year ago and
the ordinance making the change was
killed.
some of the councilmen will present
a new ordinance tonight repeating the
ordinance which made West street as
it is and thus giving the residents or
the street chance to have their ia
vorite name revived In handing down
an opinion on the matter Judge Dana
of the district court decided that if the
people wanted the name of their street
changed the council could act. large
delegation from along this street Will
present their pleas to the council to-
right
Following the ideas of Mayor Green
on the matter of guttering and grading
the dirt streets in the city the residents
and property owners along Garfield av-
enue from Huntoon to Munsen streets
! have petitioned the city to grade and
curb their street and place 1t in con-
dition for paving when the time comes
for this move. 1t will be remembered
that the mayor suggested that the pro-
rerty owners along the dirt streets in
Topeka petition for grading and curb
ing thus placing their streets, their
parkings and their sidewalks in excel
| lent condition until they feel able to
nave. The new petition on Garfield
avenue will be presented to the city
council tonight
Councilman C. E. Jordan from the
First 0ward will introduce a new or
fdinance at the meeting of the city
| council tonight which will place the
| city on the safe side of this license
| collection from the moving picture
houses in the city.
| 1,ox hno II I,,xk -
moving picture houses in Topeka have
been paying city license OF 500 a