The Topeka state journal., 1909-03-29
CITY HALL NEWS.
Proposed Transfer Resolution
Causing Trouble.
City Attorney Says Topeka Rail-
way Must Change Tactics.
TWO FALSE ALARMS.
At the Same Time to Fire De-
partment This Morning.
other Items of Interest From
City Building.
TWO FALSE ALARMS.

Ihe resolution introduced at the
council meeting not long ago asking
the street railway company to issue
transfers to passengers who wished to
go from Oakland or Santa Fe lines to
the cemetery and vice versa, is causing
the legal department all kinds of
trouble. 1t seems that the city attor-
ney Is bound to make this transferring
a law and he is gettingv his records
tosether- Mr.. Drenning said this
morning:
TO see that this street car company is
sues transfers the way the people want
the1n. The old franchise concerns the
ParaIIel lines but any one with
pllance is not under the parallel rule
The street car company is afraid that
some OF these poor old women and
broken down men who have to walk
Two or three blocks in the cold and
dampness to get to the cemetery, will
keep their checks and make a round
trip This is the secret of the whole
matter-the street railway is fearing
an alleged round trip for five cents.''
There are number of the council
men who favor the street car COM
pany in their plans and the fight is
liabIe to attract attention-in spite of
the fact that it will be sandwiched in
between any number of troubles.
There are a number of transfer
troubles in the city at this time that
have caused a regular flood of COM
plants to stream to the office of the
city attorney. 1t seems that in a num-
Der OF instances person cannot
transfer without walking four or six
blocks-and on the face of the mat
ter-the transfer is perfectly legal.
But there is a chance for some person
who ordinarily never rides on the cars
to work a graft whereby he can ride
both ways for five cents. The mat
ter is complicated and will take a
number of days to straighten out The
large enough for a continued ride and
not short enough for halt in trans
fer issuing.
Two sets of false fire alarms turned
into the headquarters of the fire de-
partment at II o'clock this morning
caused a complete turnout of the com
panies at the stations over the city
and with a hard nasty wind the fire
fighting force drove for the big Con-
tinental creamery down at the foot of
Polk street and the Central Sash &
Door company in North Topeka.
The main guard met at the cream
cry with Chief WiImarth and the sec
ond cotillion responded to the North
Topeka alarm. Both these buildings
are mammoth concerns and the fire
marshal ordered everything out but
the old steamer at No. 2. The other
steamer responded.
On being informed that there was
no sign of fire at the Continental
plant the van guard whipped up for
the long mile run to North Topeka
and at this source they found nothing.
1t seems that the American District
Telegraph company made a mistake
in turning in their reports for patrol
in the form of an alarm. In the
creamery there is an A. D. T. fire
service on every floor and while an
employe of the company was making
d repair on one of the alarm boxes
he accidentally turned in an alarm. At
the main office of the A. D. II. the
alarm man mistook the Continental
alarm for the sash and door factory
alarm where a similar system is in
use. Thus companies were called to
both places-and the fire was no
where.
Chief WiImarth said this morning
Just after he had found the cause OF
the alarm that he regretted the fact
that the fire department was at such
a loss to act on account of the mix
t1re of alarms and he was not very
well pleased with the useless exert1ng
run made by the teams but he was
thankful that neither of the big in
stitutions were damaged by nre or
were on fire. The day is bad one
for fires.
The committee of East side men in
the vicinity of Washington street from
Tenth to the rock quarrieS have prac-
tically succeeded in making good their
petitions for the macademizing OF
Washington street out to the END or
the thoroughfare. On account OF the
nearby rock and the good will OF the
people interested it will cost very lit
tie for rock and hauling and it is sup
Fl