The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-13

thoughts wandered away from the
surroundings and cast their shadow
grew Disguised with the air castle
load and strove to sink into something
deeper When it was all over and the
said Mr.. Dana had been surrounded
with a swarm of lawyers he decided
that he had sprained his left arm,
elbow, shoulder, side and back. He
could not work for many days and the
doctor made daily visits. Last night
he presented this bill to the city coun-
ell for their approval and signature:
Pain and suffering $4,000
Loss of time and labor 400
Physician .-.-..''''.. 1o-OO
Permanent injury It,. 10000
Total cost to city of Topeka $1,057.0O
The matter was referred to the ju-
dietary committee last night and they
will make their report at the next
council meeting. 1t is the opinion of
the street commissioner and engineer
that the gentleman in question ran
over the danger line or he did not
watch out for the hole. Mr.. Dana
claims the hole was inches wide, five
feet long and 10 inches deep. His
wagon leaped into this and threw him
to the ground. He claims that there
were no red lights, white lights or
even green lights. Nothing around the
hole to indicate its presence. The
council will undoubtedly drop the
matter as soon as the judiciary COM
m1ttee mas JnaL the aCClQeII WAS All
accident and not oversight on the
part of the city officials or employees.
Chief of Police R. w. Eaton was at
the council meeting last night. 1t was
a sign for something doing around the
station and the councilmen expected a
new pop wagon ordinance to appear at
any minute. Instead the chief presented
a little communication that viii not
cost the city a cent and will be good
thing for the welfare of the police de-
partment. 1t is so unusual for an i'm
provement to be made without cost that
the city dads jumped at the chiefs sug-
gestion and adopted everything he could
think of. Chief Eaton wants to divide
his force into three classes, A, B, and G.
Glass A includes all men who have
worked on the force over six months;
B includes the men who have worked
over three months and under six months
and c refers to those under the three
month rule. Glass A including the Jail
annually, Glass B $500 annually and
Glass c $500. The chief explained the
matter by saying that the classification
gives greater announcement to men
after they have been commissioned. It
is hard to get a good policeman and
keep him now days In the older times
(and that was not long ago. the aver
age patrolman forgot about the pay
day check-he did not work for that
There were so many other inducements
to work on the police force that it was
not hard to keep a man in his uniform
harder to do this than keep him on
duty But at the present time the pa
trolmen work for their CHER and their
city and their pay check and their
class" is the only inducement. The
mayor and council thought the same
way the chief did last night and the
communication was passed without
vote in the negative. The city council
lis proud of the police force and it Is
expected that the chief Will pounce upon
them any day for the new station that
has received so much advertising
through the skillful support of Gen"
Hughes.
Not long ago the state board of
health and the county board asked the
city council to listen to the plans Of
fered by one of the councilmen in ask
ing for a 800 appropriation which will
be used as part payment In the Sc
curing of the national tuberculosis ex-
February The tuberculosis fight has
taken Topeka by storm and the appro-
priation as approved by the council last
night is the first official step toward
the support of the city. The exhibit Will
he held free of charge in some vacant
building in the city-if it is possible for
such a thing to be found.
A condensed report of the rest Of the
work of the council last night would
read like this:
Councilman Miller asked that lots
42O-42S on East Eighth avenue be re-
duced on the tax books as the lots are
not as large as the others in this VI
Icinity and they were taxed to an ex-
cessive amount of $210.64 Mr.. Miller s
suggestion was approved. Councilman