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

kins turned over 1853 a His range OF
duty has taken him from the discovery
Of single nails in bakery bread to
| tuberculosis in the packing house cat
tie. Judge S. 5. Urmy. Of the police
court graciousIy handed the treasury
! S90S.70 This is what the people of the
| city have paid for the privilege Of be
ling drunk and mean The treasurer
is satisfied If they are. Inspector of
/ weights ard measures. c. B. Hamilton
/ handed a check for s9-25 and then he
J disappeared However. this small
amount does not represent the work in
voIved- Weighmaster Peck succeeded
in making it 5000 and his months work
| is considered well done.
The firm of Gillette & Nicholson COM
planned to the council because the e
clerk handed them q bill for $57-40 for
sand. cement, etc. for the pavement
| in their water wagon platforms They
I say that part of their business is to
haul and sell this material and if they
were TO be charged for it they had the
right to demand a mutual favor. Their
communication was in behalf of the
square deal" The poor downtrodden
streets and walks committee will dis
euss it at their next conclave-
Councilman c. E. Jordan introduced
a resolution TO the effect that all hedge
fences in the city be trimmed to the
inconspicu0us height of 31z feet
In spite of the fact that the city attor-
ney said it was an old. old story it
carried
northumberland ordinance which
would create the Office of electrical in
spector has been referred to another
committee and VIII again traverse the
rough sea of conservative scrutiniz-
ing committee meeting. It went to the
gas and electric lights committee at
first and on being brought before the
council again was shifted to the fire
department committee last night This
ordinance would have an electrical in
spector who will Of course draw nea-
little salary. His duty is to see that
everything in the city is wired pre-
perry, that all wires be in iron pipes.
etc It was first unveiled at the cOun-
ell meeting December Z, 1903. AT the
present rate it viii rival the ''Salome"
in a few years
On request Of the council City Engi- |
neer Rogers presented the first batch |
of equipment and construction plans for
the new city electric light plant which |
will cost the city $4,000 and Will save
that amount in a few years The equip /
ment recommended by the city engi- |
neer last night was:
Generator, 100 direct, enclosed. OUT
door arc lamps. SIS, 40 /
l switch board, l direct connected
steam generator. Observation-Disclosures. 1850 /
100 absolute cut outs go
100 additional arc lamps. 4.60o
Es.4a0
The street naming proposition had
a good start last night but dropped out
of sight very soon. Councilman Miller
introduced a resolution asking that the
Second ward people have their street
names changed in accordance with
portion OF the ordinance drawn up not
long ago. This started the aldermen
to their feet at once and the Trusty
Mr.. Tandy volunteered the information
that if Mr.. Miller had not possessed
r-Tl E--T-r l7aa
whole matter would have been settled
This put a little damper on the oc-
casion and it soon dwindled down to a
vote which carried the resolution It
was Just like an April shower.
city Attorney Dreaming enjoyed
himself last evening during the coun-
ell meeting He accomplished that IN |
known feat of combining work with
pleasure and having a good time with
both of them He sat in vacant
aIderman's chair and read popular
piece Of reading matter CuOC the state
Journa) and even though the villain
was about to grasp the hero by the
appendix. he would still listen to the
cOun ciImen and would never hesitate
to make known his thoughts audibly.
Once during a debate over the creating
of q benefit district the city attorney
broke Up the whole meeting by snap
ping out a retort without looking from
his book. All he said was, There amt
any such thing as a benefit district in
this place" He must have been read
ing of the villain in distress. At an
other time when Mr.. Jordan was ex-
planning a resolution relating to the
cutting down of hedge fences, the city
attorney broke in-"AW, this law has
been going for ages. Give US some
thing new" City Attorney Dreaming
was full of spirit last night but ii was
It takes chair presentation speeches to
spring a leak in his dream tank-and
then he shows real talent Mr. Dren-
ming has plenty of masterpieces If they
would only find an opening.
The city treasurer came to the front
last night with his monthly report 1t
contained practically the same items
but bore out the statement that the
balance in hand after the crusade
amounted to $3.50, 23S.77- This is an
immense amount of money to have on
hand with so many possibilities No
wonder the fight for city treasurer IS
getting so fierce
The board of directors of the To-
peka free public library gave their
monthly report last night They said
that the receipts of the year 1908
were S7,55T.55 and the disbursements
were ST,55T-55 Then they went on to
say that the balance on hand in the
general fund was $1.75s-1s and the
total cash on hand at the last counting
Sunday night was $2,027-24- 1t must
be remembered that this is in addf-
ton to the books and property. The
council and chief executive did not see /
anything wrong with the report and as
Alderman Hughes did not discover any
scandal the matter was adopted with
out an objection.
Alderman Tandy-the light taIker
with the heavy ughts-saw two of
his ordinances go through with colors
flying last night. One was to appro-
pirate money out of the street and
alley. alley paving and bond, sewer
bond. and interest funds to pay bonds
and interest coupons due the first of
this month This is one of the special