The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-02

The city officials who guard the in
ward paths to the city treasury handed
| in the following reports last evening.
All of the money was accepted with
pleasure by the city:
Food inspector ..-............. 1oz- =
License collector ........-......- 4oo.zo
Inspector weights and measures, 10 90
Police judge ..--..-...-..-. 1,O4o: ~
Plumber inspections ...--....... 10000
Total - s2,o7S. SO
superintendent of Electric Lights H.
K. Goodrich handed in his electric light
report last night and it revealed the
per night for street lights. This is not
bad considering the fact that so many
of them take temporary vacations.
The Mutual Ice & Cold Storage COM
pany and Whiteker Bros. both signed
a petition last night asking that they
be allowed to pave ground around thelr
buildings for the purpose OF making T1g
streets and walks committee Will take
the matter in hand.
Councilman c. w. Horn is back
again. He has been down in Cuba for
a long time and his vacant chair in
the council chamber has always been
looked upon with Il certain sense of
loneliness by all the aldermen and the
the first thing he did was to present
to the mayor, council, clerks and other
accessories (such as reporters) a big
box of real Cuban cigars. They were
strong and had the rich flavor that
can only come from such a brand of
smoke sticks. Alderman J. w. F.
Hughes jumped from his chair at the
presentation and demanded cigarettes
but, the travelling councilmen had for
gotten this particular hobby while
making his purchase. After the coun-
ell had transacted all of the necessary
business Mr.. Horn was called upon on
motion from Alderman Jordan to tell
a short story of the trip to Cuba and
the municipal conditions in that little
island. Mr.. Horn gave quite lengthy
off hand talk and it was interesting as
well as instructive.
An auditor will be appointed to
sfcheck out" the out going city treas
urer, NJ NJ. Hale. This is for the pur-
pose of setting the new man right.
A big petition full of signatures was
presented to the mayor and council
last night asking that the petitioners
be not liable for certain amount OF
the tax levied for the East Sixth street
pavement. The tax payers in this dis
trict say in their communication that
they paid for resetting the curbing
and as far as they can tell there has
been no curbing reset. They asked
taxes be deducted. The matter was
referred to the proper committee for
investigation and will be reported in
final form at the next meeting of the
city council
The roof on the city hall covering
the council chamber and the city Of
fees is in very poor condition and dur
ing heavy rain or snow the water
leaks down through into the office of
the city engineer. Since an exploring
expedition has been made by the
street commissioner and number of
the proper committee it was decided
to put a new preparation on the roof
an asphaltic substance invented by
the street commissioner, Frank Sny-
der AT a resolution last night it was
decided to adopt the solution of the
street commissioner and he was in
has a gang of men on top Of the city
hall today.
The ordinance drawn up by Council |
man Fraser fixing the fire limits of the |
city was before the council again last |
night and was referred to the fire |
committee for further consideration. |
1t is a good ordinance and will be of |
great value to the city.
On behalf of their mother Mrs c. s. ]
Mr. J. B. Hughes and Mr.. E. |
G. Hughes sent a petition to the coun-
change little of the street naming in
their district and open up Byron ave-
nue. from the east end of Central Park
avenue. The petition gave as a reason
the fact that this change would save
the property of Mrs. Hughes and other
wise it would be swallowed up in the
mixup. The whole matter was a plea
for the final settlement of the bad |
street naming tangle and was boost |
to the councilmen who have been
up for this change ever since
it came before the city body. The whole
matter was referred to the streets and
walks committee.
A good public spirited unselfish COM
came to the council last
it made the aldermen feel
gave them renewed energy all the rest
Of the evening. This communication
stood up for the plans of the city en-
gineer in the plans he suggested to
he council at the last meeting for the
new combination or asphalt filler and
brick blocks. The people said that
they wanted the very best regardless
This is the kind of spirit that makes
ife for councilman worth living and
they filed the letter away for future
reference.
An ordinance was passed last night
money out of the general
'evenue fund, the general improvement
'und, the waterworks fund. the paving
and sidewalk funds the sewer fund
district No. 80 to pay the pay rolls
md salaries against the city of To-
1eka for the month of February. The
.otal amount was $29, ,144.62 and the
ordinance was passed happily.