The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-02

newspaper reporters and other lux
uries viii be loaded into the wagon for
trip in the southwest mart n fhe
city They are going for. tha nIIrpoza
and here IS where the danger Hes
they are going for the sole purpose
of changing the names OF the e+vae+s
in this part of the CITY. The stres9
naming proposition has reached a do
en- cEmaxes and has been naSsed
around to two dozen committees ana
mas caused thousands of names TO he
signed TO hundreds of petitions II Is
said that the census bureau has a.
Piled TO the city council for the street
naming petitions They viii save fba
time and expense of running around
ms ms part OF the city by using the pc
titions. At any rate the COMMITTEES
before mentioned will take this trim
Friday afternoon and the residents are
given due warning. The counciIr1an
VIII be Wen supplied with police Of
ncers and there will be a. special wire
TO this part of the CITY to he usad in
case of a riot call Mayor Green will
Of course allow the couuciIrnen 10
take such an action but he said last
evening that they were taL.in1 +beFr
own risk Men who are not afraid TO
cast themselves among such a nest ~
protesterS are not afraid of the Wild
est and wooliest of battles and thew
should De pictured and hung in the
who stood pat" Councilman Fraser
has given his solemn promise 70 f11r-
nish the apples. ''ChesterfeId'' Tor
dan viii probably collect for the Gig
airs, Ch1ef Eaton will furnish the po-
lice and the two newspapers will fur
nish the reporters together with one
years Subscrfption.) It will be a great
trip and the plans are growing more
elaborate as the time draws near.
January has been a sick month for
the hremen over the city According
to report sent to the mayor and com :
Gil from Chief George O. WfImartF last
evening, $685. was appropriated from
the funds Of the Firemen's Relief asso-
citation and all was approved by the
city legislature Twenty-Five dollars
went to the widow of Fireman N 3
Anderson and the rest went to the
drug stores (for medicine only and the
doctors. 1t is all for a good cause and
the council is only to glad to attach
their o. K. to such an act
If the streets and walks committee
stamp their little names under the
mighty signature of c. E Jordan the
council will be able to stamr1 ont a had
place on College Hill. For the Iss+ few
years the block between Huntoon street
and Thirteenth street on MuIvane has
been regular sink hole Some have
offered the Grammatical information that
but recent investigation committee
sent out with supplies and appliances
give out the latest reports that they
have found the bottom and the airy
theory IS practically worthless Never
theIesS there Is a series of juugles-I
everything but the aIHgators-at the in
tersectton of Mulvane and Huntoon
street and whenever an April shower
happens along this way it deposits
enough water to last until the next
April and the residents are getting
tired of the continual jim-jam- Jerks of
the frogs IN the summer and the crack
ing of the ice in the winter. They de-
sire to build a drain to carry off this
water and they asked the council last
night if they could not do such a deed |
1t was referred to the streets and walks
committee (who will dissolve into the
jungle committee for the time being)
and their report to the council will de-
eide the whole matter The people
complain that the water does not all
stay in the draw-it overf1ows into
their cellars and forms an annex to the
1ungles- The signers are plenty to /
action
There were some wild west schemes |
presented to the city council last night |
when the bids for the new bridge over |
Soldier creek were opened This is the
bridge that the city has been coutem- |
plating for a number of months. Since |
the dIkes have been constructed around |
this district it has been necessary to |
raise the bridge and make it longer. /
The old bridge was one of the old fash |
Ioned inverted truss afairs-the rail- /
Ings were under the bridge instead of /
on top Of it. The whole effect of the |
structure made a beautiful scene dur |
place for gatherings of the log, tree, /
orushwood and water varieties. When /
the bids were opened 1t was suggested /
that the companies make their bids
and send their specifications along-in
other words allow the companies to /
not only build the bridge according to |
their own plans but also give the price. |
The bids opened last night before the |
council caused little smothered |
laugh to go over the chamber The
bridge firms forgot that the city was
only allowed s., 900 and the county an
other $4,000 for the construction of the |
bridge and some Of the companies ran |
their bids up above the 80 600 mark. |
the proper committee for Investigation |
last night and they have not chosen /
the lucky firm However, a glance az |
the following figures will give an idea
Is a list of the bidders and their prices: |
Canton Bridge & Iron Co, Canton, o., |
81, 100 adm So, $50; Topeka Bridge & Iron
Co., gave nine bids They run all the !
ley Bridge & Iron Co, Leavenworth, |
s14,942 A NJ Bladgett Construction |
Co.. Kansas City, Mo, 81, 1856 and ST,100; |
Capital Iron Works, Topeka, 81 ,2o9, 81 |
sos and s4.796: Midland Bridge Co, |
City, No, $11,150; Leavenworth |
Bridge Co, 1885. The committee on |
public works will decide the matter and /
their report will be adopted at the next !
meeting Of the council
A petition came from a large unmber
Of the people living on the East side |
asking that Lake street crossing the |
Santa Fe right Of way be opened for a |
This would mean that |
the Santa F'e would either have to build /
a viaduct a tunnel or tear out a big /