The Topeka state journal., 1909-02-08
ON THE NORTHS SIDE
Dikes and Flood Protection Inn
prOvements Expense.
Cost VIII Be Over Ten Thousand
Says Engineer.
1T WAS ALL A MISTAKE
Silver Lake People We're Need
lesSly Alarmed.
Rev. O. e. Hamilton Goes to
HeringtOn,
TT WAS ALL A MISTAKE

According to the report given at the
Injecting at the Lyman school house
north of Topeka Saturday night, by "
r. Parkhurst, engineer for the NORTH
Topeka drainage board, the work OF
building flood protection dikes and max
ling other improvements along Soldier
and Indian creek will cost $10,627. 40
These figures are the estimates made
| by Mr.. Parkhurst after making surveys
along the streams last week. They in
clude the cost of the earthwork, piling
and riprap. tile openings, flood gates
and approach to the bridge on the
Granville road. along Soldier creek
also the expense of the earthwork
clearing the creek, right of way and
other items for the improvements along
Indian creek.
His report also recommended for In
dian creek a cutoff OF 1900 feet from
where the creek leaves the bluff north
of Topeka and flows south, to where the
stream flows east to the Kansas river,
after forming a bend. This bend is
said to be responsible for the flooding
of Little Russia and it is thought
that such a cutoff would divert the wa
ter and prevent the flooding of that
neighborhood.
MT. HdTkAurSL SdlQ Cna1 Work along
the streams could be done in 80 work
ing days for each creek. counting that
on Soldier creek so teams and 100 men
were employed and about 40 teams and
the same number of men were employ
ed on Indian creek.
This report was favorably received
by the committee. They will have a
blue print made of the work proposed
in the report. and circulate this and a
petition among the taxpayers of the vi
cinity recommending that the proposed
undertaking be carried out.
When the majority of the taxpayers
have signed this, the actual work will
begin.
The meeting held Saturday after
noon by the taxpayers of the Kaw val
ley drainage district, between Topeka
and Silver lake, to protest against the
board and to take steps for its re-
moval, dissolved without any action
being taken. The assembly was in
formed through Homer Nefswender,
the son of D. F. Neiswender of Kiro,
chairman and president of the board,
that the report published in a Topeka
morning paper W. edzresday was net
true The paper stated that the board
had voted $4,000 bonds for the con
struction of dikes and later had form
ed an emergency district and raised
the sum for bonds to $4,000.
This had been read by G. H. Ginter
and others. They thought that this
district. They asked the members of
the board about the matter but were
told that the latter knew nothing
about such an action. However, Mr..
Ginter says that he and others had
heard that such a move had been con-
templated, and taking this, and the
published report into consideration,
they decided to call the meeting.
There is nothing in the report that
the board has voted $4,000 or has
formed an emergency district or has
voted $4,000 Improvement bonds"
said D. F. Neiswender today. 1--WE
have not decided what will be done,
but we will do the best we can for the
district with the least expense pos
sible.''
A large and interested audience was
present at the Christian church last
night when Rev. o. E. Hamilton, who
has been conducting revival meetings
at the church. preached his last ser
mon here. Rev. Mr.. Hamilton has