The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-14
CITY HALL NEWS.
Mayor Green Makes Number OF
New Appointments.
Heads of Departments Will All
Remain in Office.
TO ASSIST WILMARTH
COunciImen Would Give Fire
Chief More Authority.
Other Items of Interest from
the City Building.
TO ASSIST WILMARTH


Mayor Green almost completed his
appointments last night when he COW
cred the schedule for the engineer
ing. street, health and police depart
ments, also the milk inspector and in
spector of weights and measures.
John p. Rogers was reappointed
city engineer, w. 8. Fulton received
the assistant position and H. V. Ridley
was made axe and rod man.
Frank Snyder was reappointed
street commissioner and his three for
mer foremen were given the same
honor-S. M. Evans, ]. w. Miller and
J. p Smith.
DIR. c. B. Van Horn was reelected
as president Of the board of health
and Dr. Eva Harding was given
position as member of this city board.
DIR. d. NJ. Campbell will continue
his services as city milk inspector and
c. B. Hamilton will retain the box OF
weights and measures.
A regular monthly assignment sheet
was sent in by CHIEF Eaton and Mayor
Green as the police appointments.
When asked if he was going to make
any changes in the force the Big Chief
only shook his head and said that he
has not had time to work this out.
There is a wild report going the
rounds to the effect that the chief in
a certain extent-and the cops them
selves are nervous.
The plumbing inspector has not
been ppointed-although John Shea
han, the present holder of the office
is struggling for appointment. 1t
is known that several men are hunting
the job. Walter J. Arnold, who has
been serving as assistant city engineer
has resigned his position and turned
over his keys to City Engineer Rogers
1aG forI,f In, ion nf
office-that of city draughtsman Mr.
Arnold was given the position but his
fellow workman in the office. w. S.
Fulton was placed above in the assis-
tant's position. Arnold believed that
he had been handed a '1emon" in the
deal and he promptly resigned. Mr..
Arnold is good man and has been a
valuable addition to the office force
at the engineers office but he did not
think that his service were worth only
$1,000 a year. He will enter into con-
tract work.
All of the mystery surrounding the
non-delivery of the voting machines
to the city for the last election April
l, has been cleared up and the city
can rest at ease until the next cleo
ton. Charles Hull. manager of the
Kansas Voting Machine company,
wrote to the council asking that the
time for the completion of the ma
stated that since the contract with the
city for fifteen machines a number
of new improvements had been in
vented and they wished to use them
all on the Topeka voter. The city is
perfectly willing to grant the company
the time. The Kansas Voting Ma
chine company will be a big concern
some day and they are relying upon
the Topeka trial for their success. To-
peka has them bound to esta blish
headquarters at this city and they are
going to do it if possible.
Topeka people will have a chance
to buy local bonds at a good price
and keep them for investm lent
Councilman c. f. Jordan from the
North Side has pushed a resolution
through the city council. authorizing
the Prudential Trust company to re-
ceive subscriptions for the city i'm
provement bonds which pay four per
cent interest. There are over $780,
600 worth of these bonds for disposal.
If they are not taken by local capital
they win be sold to eastern capitalists.
For the last few years it has been an
easy matter to sell local bonds in To-
peka and the city officials feel as
though everything will be kept at
home.
Lecture No. by DR.. D. NJ. Camp
bell city milk Inspector is another
help to the housewife. 1t concerns milk
inspection by the city officials and by
the housekeeper. 1t reads as follows:
1T is impossible for the milk in