The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-16
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Blasting For Calhoun Bluffs
New Road Finished.
Z. P. Will Erect Concrete Wall
Along Bluffs.
NEARLY AN ACCIDENT.
Automobile Barely Misses Rum
ing Over Woman.
Other Items OF Interest on the
North Side.
EARLY AN ACCIDENT.

The Calhoun bluffs, three miles
| northeast of Topeka, has been blasted
out about four feet for an extent OF
one hundred feet to make more room
for the wagon road. The roadway will
be practically new along the path of
the blast. A portion of the old road
has slipped down to the railroad grade
below.
This sluffng off which has been go
ing on for some time was cause by the
earth under the wagon roadway hav-
| ing been blasted in when the Union Pa
cif1c put in it's tracks about four wears
ago Since then the edge of the bank
has been gradually sliding down until
the wagon road which ran along the
top became dangerous. The blasting
has been going on for about four days
and was finished yesterday. About
seventy sticks of dynamite were used.
AS predicted in the State Journal
yesterday, the Union Pacific will erect
| a concrete retaining wall along the
weak place of the Calhoun bluffs about
three miles northeast of the city. The
wall is to be constructed against the
bank. This has been caving in and
causing landslides on the double tracks
of the Union Pacific which run parallel
with the bluffs at this point The wall,
according to people of the neighbor-
hood who have talked with the en-
gineers of the railroad is to be about
thirty feet long and six feet high.
Farmers of the locality say that men
are on the ground now preparing for
the work.
An automobile. numbered 2S2, al
most ran over an unknown elderly wo-
man about o'clock yesterday evening
near Station ''A,'' according to Ed
KIussrnan of 1913 Madison street and
-
bile No 282 is registered at the office
of the city clerk as belonging to T. E.
Armstrong. THE woman had just got
off of north bound street car" said
Mr. Klussman. 1.-The car had started
and the woman was crossing the
tracks when an auto coming from the
south barely missed her. She scream
ed but the machine did not stop. A
white man and a colored man were in
the car on the front seat. Two women
were in the back seat. The lamps of
the auto were not lighted, but it was
not near dark and I do not understand
why the driver could not have seen
the woman I was standing in front OF
HeTry's hardware store (s17 North
Kansas aVenue) when 1 saw the affair,
but a customer called me in just after
wards and I did not learn the woman )
name. None of the others who saw the
incident seemed to have learned the
woman's identity
Special sale of hats, trimmed and un-
trimmed, at Mrs. Todd's Hat Shop.
From the Quincy, Ill, Herald: Mayor
Stienbach enjoyed a visit today from
his o1dtime friend, Tony Roth. now of
North Topeka, Kan. Mr.. Roth is here
visiting his sister. Mrs. LOWS Wellin
Reiter 1882 Spring street. Mr.. Roth
was born on State street in this city,
and is the son of Frank Roth, one of
the honored pioneers. In his younger
hal
Thomas White Stove foundry. He has
number of friends in Quincy, but
Mayor Stienbach and he had their
good times together. There is 4 strong
attachment between the two.
A number of North side young people
gave a party at the home of Miss Hazel
Boast of 909 Jackson street. Those
present were: Miss Mollie Sipes. Miss
Lois Segar, Miss Pearl Head, Miss
Mary Summers. Miss Marget Sturges, |
Miss Marie Moore, Miss Lena Cook, |
Miss Helen Hunt, Miss Hazel Boast, |
Kingmap Miss Merle Segar, Mr.. Chas.
Martin, Mr.. Ralph Zarker, Mr.. Elmer |
Creveston, Mr.. Duane Elmore, Mr..
Chester Thomas. Mr.. Bert Camp, Mr..
Robt. Truhurst. Mr.. Paul Van Nessi
and Mr.. Ross Daniels.
Mrs John Knoll entertained the
Merry Matrons' club Thursday after
noon at her home. 1923 Jackson. This
interesting club of young married wo- I
men was organized in September hye
years ago and unlike most other Ia (
dies clubs, its meetings include not
only the mothers but the children also.
Following are the members: Mrs. John
Knoll. Mrs c. c. Berry, Mrs. Joe
Smith. Mrs r. K. Diffenderfer, Mrs
John Johnson. Mrs. W. L. -1ofer, Mrs
Walter sSnools, Mrs. Fred Clark Mrs.
VIM Swartz, Mrs. Chas Killian, Mrs.
Ed gar Wfnans, Mrs. l. @. Harper, Mrs.
Paul White. Mrs. Henry Barns and
Mrs. Bert Keele. The guests present.
we're Mrs Edgar Clark of Muskogee,
ok. Mrs Guy Gatchal of Albuquer-
uue Nm Mrs. Harry Mckinley and
Mrs D. A. Wizer. The next meeting
will be August 10. at the home Of Mrs.
Joe Smith. 51S Polk street.
started by the farmers living along
Soldier creek to straighten the chan
mel and deepen the stream. At any
rate it is very likely that the creek
will be thoroughly cleaned out This
undertaking will probably be the re-
suit from the fact that where the
creek was cleaned out it did not flood
in the recent high water. The mat
ter OF building additional dikes along
the creek is also under discussion as
those which have been constructed
prevented an overflow last week
along the parts of the creek protected
by them
Notes and Personals
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