The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02

teenth street on. February IT c. r.
Byers of this city overlooked an ex-
cavation which had been made for
sewer purposes and his horse fell into
| the hole, sprainingsShis leg and back.
The horse being a little aged. and not
! used to such violent gymnastics found
1t necessary to rest for number or
days before he could be on the street
have his services in the daily bread
| winning contest. Mr.. Byers claims
only $500 for the incident and his
claim looks rather logical The matter
counts committee who will confer with
the city attorney and the street COM
missioner.
On account of the big P.-D. fire and
several other cold weather exposures
the board of directors of the Firemen' $
Relief association found it necessary TO
spend $117.25 at the Keith hospital Tor
human repairs. The association SUD
mItted their monthly report to the CITY
council last night and asked $l4b.OU
which included besides that mentioned
above, $25 to the widow, MIS- NONE
for medicine from Geo. Stanshe!d-
The mayor and council approved the
report and it was sent to the city
treasurer for final transformation from
pleasure to happiness.
Nothing of the rougher nature came
up at council meeting last night. Ihe
street naming proposition was never
limited the payment filler was not
touched and the gas problem was left
to the answer book for final passage
1t was a quiet, business like and well
conducted council meeting with all OF
the wild and woolly flavor cut out.
While business was tagging last night
land the routine work was wearing on
the members of the city council. Coun-
[Nr,Y71 ice on
er Snyder rose from their seats and
stealing stealthily out of the council room
they sneaked suspiciously into the com
mittee room and shut the door The
by this time and every eye was on the
door of the committee room. AT last II
opened and out came these two atore-
said men carrying huge oox Whch
was attached a little note. "A box OF
lemons for the State Journal" yelled
the city clerk. "A bomb from the
southwest insurgents muttered Coun-
Gilman Tandy. "a can of dynamite
ed H. B. Howard. I'Methinks l get a
whiff of cigarettes" said the states
management Hughes from the sixth
ward. "The remains of the parted
Kutz," yelled stranger from the rear
of the galleries Some bad groceries
coming back" growled Alderman Fra
ser my long lost sewer pump" bright
ened "Chesterfield' Jordan and the
comments went on down the line ana
around the chamber. At last the mayor
commanded silence and he read the lit
tie note. 1t showed that the box con-
tanned apples from the people llVlng on
West street who had their street chang-
ed to Westlawn Boulevard. The coun-
ell and spectators, and reporters ate
apples the rest of the evening. They
were big red juicy apples and made the
cares of the city dads seem hghter.
There were a number of gas permits
given out last night to people who
wanted to install their gas at once In
order that their furnaces and water
mines not freeze. New houses which
have been rushed during the "spelr' of
nice weather were the cause for the
rush.
When the street naming proposition
first came up the people never imagined
that it would cause such general dis.
turbance Then at the last council
meeting the president of the codnclI ana
the mayor engaged IL a quarreI rhae Ise
were acquainted with the former exist
ing circumstances. But today some
thing happened that has created three
times as much excitement as any OF
the other incidents. City Clerk Burge
received a letter from the Topeka Rall-
wav company this morning in which
they presented the. city with $zV9.!o. II
was a clear case of good Will and tne
for.
On November % the street railway
was asked to raise it's tracks on Mad1-
son street, between Tenth and Eleventh.
The city was paving this street and the
grade figures of City Engineer Rogers
did not agree with those made by for.
mer city engineer not long ago. Ine
former engineers figures were used Dy
the railway company when they laid
their tracks and they were contracted
for in this manner Last fall when the
pavement was laid along Madison street
it was necessary to raise the tracks ana
the railway company was given the job
at the estimates of Mr. Rogers.
They did the work and this morning
thew sent a communication to the city
clerk asking that only $S234 40 be palo
them for the work instead of the figures
of the city engineer-$532. so. Thus they
saved the city over 5000 and without
soul in the world knowing it they could
have fattened their bank account with
the funds This is a rather extraord1-
nary step for a corporation to take but
ID is for the good of Topeka.
Next council meeting on Thursday |
evening. March IL. The paving esti- |
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