The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-26
CITY HALL NEWS.
Inspector Hamilton Says Ice
Companies Are Honest.
Offer to Make Good Any Short
age to Customers.
SCALES TEST WE'LL.
Topeka Merchants ScrupulOus
in Their Dealings.
improvement Tax Assessments
Certified to Clerk.

| There has been recent complaint of
the ice companies failing to give their
! customers full weight. In speaking of
| the matter c. B. Hamilton, city in
spector of weights and measures, said
| that he believes that the ice companies
want to do the square thing The in
spector has provided each company
with thoroughly tested scales, and
they have agreed in case complaint is
| made Immediately after the delivery
OF the ice. to send a man around with
the regulation scales to weigh the ice,
and if there proves to be a shortage to
make it good. If an ice company
should fail to comply with this agree
IheIt the next tnlng TO be done Is to
notify Inspector Hamilton at the city
hall, and he will attend to the matter,
but such course will probably not
be necessary, as the companies seem
DESTROYS of pleasing their customers.
1t appears that we have a striking
~ honest set of merchants in Topeka
at the present time, so asserts City In
spector of Weights and Measures
which ase lodged with this officer, how
ever, some of which are of rather an
amusing nature to say the least. The
other day. said Mr.. Hamilton, ga lady
called and complained that she had
purchased chicken at a certain store
which she was told weighed two
pounds. When she got home she
weighed the fowl on a pair of 25 cent
weighed only an even pound. l went
in the broiling sun, personally, to the
store and found that the scales were
absolutely correct and that the chick
en- tipped the scales at one ounce
above the two pound mark.
told the lady that she ought to apol-
ogize to the store keeper.
"A similar complaint was made a day
or two ago in regard to a pat of but
Ter being short weight. I have a weigh
ed hundred pounds of butter recently
and am convinced that there are no
short pounds being sold in Topeka at
the present time
On August 10 the hotel men of the
city will be prosecuted unless in the
meantime these gentlemen conform to
the law, as Chief Wilmarth is in re-
ceipt of Communication from DR.. S.
J. Crumbine which suggests this date
Tor the beginning of prosecutions
against delinquentS who have failed to
comply with the fire laws. Chief Viii
marth has repeatedly warned the hotel
n en- that they must get busy in the di
rection of conforming to the law and
this letter comes as result of their
failure to take notice of the warning.
A warrant was sworn out Saturday af-
ternoon for the arrest of Contractor
Cross who moved a house without the
necessary permit. This was not his
only offanse asserted Street Commits
house across tine Fourth street bridge,
going so far to rip off the ratings
that structure was badly mutilated,
the offender, it is alleged, going so
far as to rip off the ratings of the
bridge using a saw for the purpose.
City Clerk Burge has certified to
the county clerk a total of sos, 909.83
in Improvement tax assessor ents. This
figure represents only installments
due on improvements effected prior
to 1909. Taxes aggregating more than
$4,000 representing work now be-
ing executed or that when is in con-
temptation before the ciose of the
year, will be certified to the county
clerk some time in the very near flu
ture. The property owners are due
to pay the first instalImenu of these
taxes in December ana the balance
by June of next year. The total cost
of the paving for this year will be in
the neighborhood of $1S5, 000, this
years installment being a tenth of
this amount, or $18,500. Four per
cent must be added to this on account
of the bond issue which will soon be |
made to pay for the paving.
The items that follow must be paid !
for this year. The cost of construc-
ton of the sewer in Kenwood district |
this summer will amount to $4,000. |
Twelve hundred dollars will be the !
first installment on the EImhurst |
sewer. The opening up of Third |
street will necessitate an expenditure !
of $500, the entire amount to be paid |
this year Opening the alley for the |
G. A. r. Memorial site at Tenth and |
Jackson street will cost $4,000, |
Grove avenue opening $68S. the drain |
at Biddle creek $3,S3S.05, Sixteenth I
street opening $1,957, Euclid park I
opening $2,042, and the Roosevelt |
street opening $474.