The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-03-24

ers they will have little trouble to get
what they are asking for.
| Washington street is down on the
/ east side near the edge of the city linn
it's. It runs from Tenth avenue east
and at about Fifteenth street the end
| of the city is met. Then 1t is under
the supervision of the county. When
/ the petition is filled it will be presented
| to both the city and the county ana
| they will both act. Mayor Green is IN
| favor of the plan and says that he VIII
| do all he can to help the petition
| through the council. The county Of
| icials are also in favor of the idea-so
1 it looks as though new macadam
| road will soon be a reality.
| The street department has been keep
ling this road as far as the end OF the
city limits in very good condition put
| Ell it is impossible to make the street
| hard and compact. Hundreds of Dig
| loaded wagons pass over this road eV-
J cry day to the city-the stone quarries
which furnish practically every piece of
stone to Topeka are situated just be-
yond the end of Lime street. The road,
at the present time has good crown
| and is in fine condition for the average
| unpaved city street but when the soft
spring weather has its effect and the
| travel increases on account of the in
crease in building, it means that every
thing will be cut and ruined.
Two subscriptions to the fund have
been sent this morning, one from w. A
johnson, who promises to give 300 yards
E. McCarter. who says he will give $50
in cash and $50 in labor toward the
work. This is an excellent start.
A movement was started about two
years ago for this purpose and $1,000
was subscribed but it fell through. This |
year the condition demands such &C
tions and it is up to the people to make |
their plans at once. Street Commits |
sioner Frank Snyder said this morning |
that he thought the city would pay for
the intersections as far as the city linn
it's and after that the county would
have to donate. 1t will cost about $1,000
to complete the work and the people
feel as though they can raise the money.
1t will be constructed of crushed stone.
This rain has done as much good
work for the city as a force of street
workers, sWeeperS, graders, wagons and |
everything else from the street commits
sioner down. Street Commissioner Sny-
der said this morning that these driv-
ing rains wash all of the dirt to the
cutters and it is then taken care of |
by the city. A small drizzling rain
simply tracks the pavement and gives
1t a nasty appearance but the big rain
of today has done wonders. The street
commissioner is a happy man.
Mayor William Green announced this
morning that John Purcell, superintend-
the appointed position as a trustee of
the water department for the city of
Topeka. The mayor was pleased over
the acceptance and said Mr. Purcell
would . be a very valuable man to the
city in every way.
me new insurance license ordinance
introduced at the last council meeting
Is causing all kinds of trouble to the
license committee under the chair |
manship Of W. NJ. VanNess and if was
stated today that the committee could
not get together before the next conn |
ell meeting. The idea of taxing the
niue insurance companies as heavily
as the larger ones thus causing the
snaIi agents to pay a tax as large as
the big man is not very compIim entarv
TO the small fellow-and he is making
h1mSelf heard. All of the smaller
agents are up in arms over the ordi-
nance and they are making daily trips
to the city hall in force with the in
tentlon of stopping the whole pro
ceed1ngs- The result of the fight is
not even dreamed and the CITY officials
do not intend to mix up with the in
surance men in any of their troubles
therefore the ordinance will prob
ably be filed-which is a polite word
for "stung.''
j. H Maxwell. the Topeka contrac-
tor, who was forced to stop work on
the Martin & Dennis sewers on ac
count of the lack of funds and whose
time for the completion of the work
mas expired, has decided to turn over
the work to another contracting firm
Burke & Durbin of Indiana This new |
firm will take up the work where Mr.
Maxwell left off and finish it as soon
as possible. This arrangement has
been made and will be presented to
t Ine CITY council for approval at the
rangement is satisfactory to the bond
company involved in the work and all
VIII run smoothly This settles once
and for all the trouble between the
city and Mr.. Maxwell The bip roiD |
last night did a little damage on the |
open sewer work but not enough tn
delay the construction any length of
time.
Here is something that will interest
the people of Topeka-the South Side
bikes which have been under con-
temptation for SO long cannot pos
sibly be constructed until next fall.
Th1s information is exact Under the
1903 laws. which the South Side drain
age board drew their plans. it is neces-
sary that the money be in the county
treasury before it can be spent for
this work. The taxes are not collected
until fall, the first batch falling due on
November
This means that all the work of the
drainage board will have to be laid
over until next year. They have tried
every manner and means to construct
their bikes before the customary sprinp
freshets and even referred themselves
back few years landing on the
1903 laws. Now they have met an
enemy that cannot be defeated and +ba |
only work on the bikes possible will he
on paper. All of the engineering CON
struction with the pen and pencil can
be done before the taxes are maid hut
their accomplishment not until later
Thls VIII fall as a keen disappoint- !
ment upon many of the suppOrters of
the bikes and it means that the COM
ing floods Will have full sway without !
anX obstruction fha