The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-23
Abandon Custom of Allowing
Cars to Stand on Streets.
FIX UP TRANSFERS.
Oakland and East Sixth OBJ
jecti0ns to BE Adjusted.
City Regulation About Paving
Tracks Bone of Contention.

| ton discussed at the meeting of he
| streets and walks committee of the city
council last night was in regard to a
proposed change in the street railway
| ordinance. As a matter OF fact al en-
| tirely new ordinance has been drawn
up by the city attorney upon the suE-
/ Sestion of Councilman Miller. 1t sif-
fered from the present ordinance chiefly
| in regard to the issuing of transfers
| and the requiring of the company 20
| lay pavement along their tracks at
their own expense in conformity with
the pavement Of the street on which
their track is laid.
In the first place the object which
Councilman Miller had in changing the
| ordinance was to facilitate matters in
| regard to transfers but he highly a.
proved of the paving clause which the
city attorney inserted. The question
| in regard to transfers arose from the
fact that at present transfers are not
given to and from the Oakland. and
Cemetery lines and in the vicinity or
First, Jefferson, and Madison streets
| one must walk to Sixth avenue in order
to take an Oakland or cemetery car.
Secretary F. c. Kelly of the railway
company was quite willing that 1hfs
difficulty should be remedied. Eve are
willing to incorporate in the franchise
! a concession granting transfers on the
| Oakland and cemetery lines" said Mr-
| Kelly "A peculiar condition exists in
| this matter and it did not occur to us
until you called our attention to 1t.
! will agree with you that you should
/ have transfers and you will be taken
care OF in this matter.
However,. when II comes to any
| pavement section which will set
precedent we could not agree upon
| that, for you would soon have us tear
ing up the cobble stones from Kansas
/ avenue. The city viii do much betrcr
| service to the people If it VIII encour-
age further extension, instead of re-
modelling the streets"
At the commencement OF the discus
sion of the paving proposition AIayor
Green. who was present. entered into
the conversation, saying. Il think the
tracks should be built In such
| a manner and be constructed OF
such material 50 that it will be just as
| easy to travel across the tracks as uIf
the Streets Mr.. Kelly's answer 10
| this assertion was to the effect that u
would be better to leave the cobbie
stone along the track. as they tend TO
| keep traffic from the right of way and
would tend to lessen accidents.
| As the new ordinance is not worth
| five cents unless the street railway
company will agree to It ana as MT
/ Kelly emphatically asserted that the
| company would never agree to the sec
/ zion relating to paving the discussion
/ finally ended with the decision that the
question be threshed over with the or
1 hcials of the street railway company
| thoroughly. The outcome Of the propo-
! sition will probably be that clause
will be inserted in the present ordi-
nance which Will relate TO the question
Of transfers
In speaking of the problem OF
hauling freight Mr.. Kelly said: "Ev-
cry time anybody sees freight car
on the line he jumps at the conclu-
sion that the railway company Is
simply aching to enter into general
freight business, but as matter OF
fact we are. trying to get away from
it. and within a year we VIII cancel
all OF our contracts"
Every once in awhile some one
complains about 1t when ne sees q
coal car on jackson street so we are
just going to quit the business"
A proposition in the form or a
resolution from the county commits
sioners was presented to the meeting.
The county proposes that West Sixth
avenue be repaired by resuTfacing the
present macadam and oiling the
road. the entire cost OF such work
within the limits Of the city to be
paid by the city, and that portion OF
the road outside Of the city limits to
be paid for by the county.
AS the communication from the
county commissioners was decidedly
vague when It came to the matter OF
probable cost. il was agreed that
! Councilman Tandy, chairman OF the
committee and City Engineer Rogers
should call upon the county commits
sioners in order TO ascertain the facts
Of the proposition.
The first proposition which came
before the meeting was a proposed
ordinance which would give A. A
Knapp the authority to erect and
maintain waste paper boxes made q
glass with metal frames and lighted
by electric lights. for the consfdera-
ton of SO per year for each box.
Mr.. Knapp to see to the removal or
the trash. The contractor would ex-
pect to make his profit from the ad-
vertisements on the boxes. The
committee recommended the ordin-
ance for passage
A petition to have Lime street ma
cadamized from Eighteenth street to
Twenty-first street, and Washington
street from Tenth to Eighteenth
street. was referred to City Engineer
Rogers.
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