The Topeka state journal., 1909-01-27
NORTH SIDE NEWS
More Soldier Creek LeTieS Now
Under Consideration
To Protect District to North
From Back Water.
THESE ADDITIONAL.
Electric Lights to Be Placed in
Garfield Park.
Various Items Of Interest to
North Topeka.
ADDITIONAL.

v R. Parkhurst, engineer of the
drainage board, has been employed by
a committee of men living north OF
Soldier creek to estimate the cost OF
making Ievies on the north side OF Sol
dier creek between the draws or low
places of the bank. These draws are
found on the Horton, DransfleIo.
Farnsworth and Taylor farms nortn OF
town. Their extent is about 1,5OV 1eet
altogether.
The proposed embankments will
probably be about eight feet VIDE at
the base and four feet wide on the
top. They are TO protect the lana
north of Soldier creek from being
overlooked in time OF high water oE
the back water from the river
The engineer will make his surveys
and estimates as soon. as posSlolg anu anu
work on the construction OF the leVles
will begin as soon as he has maze MS
report TO the committee.
This body has asked the dram
age board if ii would pay the eA
pense of the work The sentiment o.
the board was that they would Iurnlsh
the money II the cost was within the
The committee referred to consists
of William Dransfeld. CHAIRMAN
John Reed, J. A Taylor, NeIs OlsoH
and D. Denison.
Another improvement in store for
Garfield park is the permanent sys-
tenn OF electric ISnIlllS NAAACA
be installed as soon as the city Iisht
plant has been remodeled- This plant
will furnish the current WhlIe lne
details of the plan for arranging the
lights are not yet complete, it is GER
tain that there will be enough OF them
TO furnish plenty of light Both arc
and incandescent lights VIII pro oao!y
be used Hitherto, the only electric
lights have been furnished tenn
porarilv by the street railway during
- a.
owns both the park and the light
plant. 1t was the sentiment OF the PARK
commissioners that it should furnish
the current for the park
Eight sixteen candlepower electric |
lights are being installed in station
a. to be used in case OF /
emergency like the recent gas failure |
The gas lights will be used as regu- !
lar thing.
Tom James is recovering from an /
attack of grip
VIII jenkins of Granville spent /
Tuesday in North Topeka.
Clyde Hunter of Onaga is visiting /
at the home OF his uncle. D. T. |
Gabriel, at FairchiId street and Kan
A. FaSsIer, president of the Inter
Ocean Mills, is in Kansas City on1
business.
]. NJ. Campbell, who has been con-
fined TO his home at 224 West |
Laurent street for several weeks. is /
reported to be somewhat better.
Mrs z. J. Grear of 1923 North |
Jackson street is visiting in Kansas
City
is the guest of Miss NJ. l. Doering, |
manager of the Union Pacific tele- |
graph department
William Jenkins of Granville was
a North Topeka visitor Tuesday
Miss Lola Blanchard, the daugh- |
ter OF Mr.. and Mrs. M A Blanchard, |
fell out Of a buggy Sunday evening |
and fractured her collar bone and |
two ribs, is reported to be doing as |
well as possible under the circum- |
stances. No internal injuries resulted |
from the fall as was first feared.
a yellow cur dog, showing symp-
toms of hydrophobia. was shot by Of |
fcer Hutton about 9 o'clock yester- |
day morning near the NJ. Wins |
house at lis Jackson street. The !
animal was found by the Wins /
family near the house in the morning /
preached it and frothed at the /
mouth The police were notified. |
Officers SauIs and Hutton came over
in patrol wagon Hutton chased /
the dog into an alley and shot il /
So far as can be learned no one had
been bitten. No one seemed to know
who owned the dog
Foucht's Hardware sells farm |
wagons SIS.
Word has been received here of the
good progress that Edwin James. son of !
Tom James. is making with the Mitch
accounting company at
Winnipeg. Manitoba Canada This
installs accounting systems in
different cities Mr.. James, jr., has