The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-17
BIG FORCES CLASH
Long Looked For Fight Between
Mayor and Jordan.
Fiery Discussion ins City Hall
Last Night.
OVER PUMPING PLANT
Old Trouble ReneWs Official
Antagonist at Last.
Other Fights and Near Fights
at Meeting Last Night.
-ER PUMPING PLANT

The strained relations between
Councilman c. E. Jordan from the
First ward and Mayor Green broke
out into an open and spicy con-
troversy last night and for fifteen
minutes during a meeting of the ways
and means committees the chief
executive of the city and the council
man exchanged personalities.
It was the hottest little scrap that
has occurred in the city hall for some
time and was simply an anti-climax
of the worst which is yet to come
Mayor Green has been accused by
Councilman Jordan of wayIaylng the
pumping station proposed some time
ago for the North Side and the coun-
Gilman has been accused by me
mayor as conducting. the plans for
the station under very poor man
Last night the little tussle started
after Mayor Green had been re-
auested to read the financial posltloh
of the city at the present. time. me
ways and means committee met TOT
the purpose of deciding for or against
this outfit of pumping sewerage oN eI
the dikeS in times of high wafer
f L. Overton was assisting the city
engineer in bringing the estimates
down to the proper form, shape ana
size of cost and business men repre-
senting the big interests of North
Topeka filled the committee ROOM
The Battle Opens.
1t was truly a night for Mr. Jordan
to make good if there was TO De
scrap scheduled. His solld con
stituency and the men who nave az
WAYS supported him and his IDEAS
were there to see that he would re-
ceive the endorsement OF his Waru
in the pumping station matter. Inc
MAYOR read the financial estimates
and when he had finished ne STACEY
that Topeka only had about $1,ZOO |
over what had been scheduled Tor use
and this would never construct
81, 500 pumping station
When this announcement was Illdue |
Councilman Jordan jumped to his
feet and said:
1T believe that the increased tax
able property added this year Wouiu
more than make up this dencIl.
Then Mr.. Jordan continued IN d |
little historical sketch of the manner
in which the mayor was supposed TO
have placed the blocks in front Oh
the pumping station proposltlon
Lots of extra things have come up
since the pumping plant came under
consideration" said MI: JolodII-
ss-They have always received the very
hest of support from the mayor anu
from the council. I believe and know
that the mayor has been bitterly op-
nosed to this station all of the time
and know of r seyeral incidents
where he has blocked II. 1t lsn lar
to the people Ol the W.
Il have had no idea of cutting out
this plant. 1 have never oeen
opposed to it-and will say. how
ever. that the reason it has not gone
through the council in short order IS
because it has been managed very
poorly" answered the mayor.
This reused the wrath of Mr.. Jor-
dan. His face reflected the fire
which flashed in his eyes and looking
suuareIy at the mayor he said:
"It has always been before the
council. I have never managed It's
course poorly, if the mayor means
to insinuate that I am the person who
did the poor work. 1t is on ac-
count of Mayor Green that this mat
ter has been postponed''-and he
fairly threw the last sentence at the
mayor who was sitting a few feet
away
.'If Jordan is the man who has
managed this all right" snapped
the mayor as the councilman jumped
in the air once more and said:
ct have all of the records to show
that this thing has never been de-
Iayed by my work.
eff you're so well posted, explain
came as a shot from Mr.. Green.
Mr. Jordan explained that the legal
opinion of the city attorney had de-
manded that this station had been
built and Mayor Green had ignored
this opinion. Then he went on to
explain the incidents in connection
all the time referring to the mayor !,